BILLIARDS

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27368, 5 June 1954, Page 2

BILLIARDS

INTER-CLUB TOURNEY The inter-club billiards tournament controlled by the Canterbury Amateur Billiards Association was continued this week. Three grades, A, C, and D, have finished the first round, but the B grade has still two games to play in this section. Since the season opened the standard of play has improved considerably, and the A grade competition is creating much interest, as five teams, Pioneer, R.S.A. I, R.S.A. 11, W.M.C. I, and Tramway, are running level at the head of the list. Results—

A Grade.—W.M.C k I (Cheat 200, Sutherland 200, Watson 200) beat W.M.C. II (Maloney 159, O’Rawe 168, Falcon 178); R.S.A. II (Geddes 200, Kelly 200, Gray 200) beat P. and T. (Munro 168, Prince 79. White 168); R.S.A. I (O’Callaghan-200, Franks 144, Collie 200) beat Pioneer (Higgins 122, Collings 200, Macgibbon 133); Tramway (Simons 142, Cormack 200, Blackburn 200) beat Richmond (Yesberg 200, Codk 99, Norrie 100). Points: Pioneer 12, R.S.A. I 12, R.S.A. II 12, W.M.C. I 12, Tramway 12, P. and T. 10, Richmond 9, W.M.C. II 5. •

B Grade.—New Brighton R.S.A. (Collins 200, Harbridge 176, Quaid 200) beat Tramway (York 160, Remi 200, Shipp 160); R.S.A. (Garner 200, Kennedy 157, Atkinson 200) beat Lyttelton Railway (McCormack 114, Miller 200, Maloney 159); St Albans Recreation (Hamilton 200, Cowan 200, Mann 200) beat W.M.C. I (Brown 131, Milne 100, Wood 121); P. and T. (Stewart 198, Tredennick 200, Jones 200) beat W.M.C. (Harding 200, Hamilton 183, Davies 165). Points: St. Albans Recreation 16, New Brighton R.S.A. 13, R.S.A. 12, Lyttelton Railway 10, P. and T. II 10, W.M.C. I 7, Tramway 6, W.M.C. II 4, P. and T I 2. C Grade.—Richmond (Mallinson 150, C. Messervey 150, R. Messervey 144) beat R.S.A. (Hansen 132, McLean 135, Champness 150); Lyttelton Railway (Smith 138, Foster 150, Rogers 150) beat W.M.C. (McKenzie 150, Mappiebeck 92, Lilley 82); St. Albans Recreation (Hamilton 107, Mann 150, Stringer 150) beat Papanui R.S.A. (Reid 150, Smith 134, Mackay 142); P. and T. (Bromley 145, Willan 150, O'Malley 150) beat New Brighton R.S.A. (Andrews 150. Dunlop 128, Poff 130). Points: Richmond 15, Lyttelton Railway 12, R.S.A. 11, W.M.C. 11, P. and T. 11, Papanui R.S.A. 9, St. Albans Recreation 8. New Brighton R.S.A. 7.

D Grade.—St. Albans Library (Cook 150, Tresize 150, Coombes 150) beat P. and T (McEneany 77, Rightnn 53, Dickson 119)Richmond (Varnham 150, K. Murphy 150 S. Murphy 150) beat' R.S.A. (Grimstone 134, Keir 98, Anning 143).; Tramway (Boyd 150, Stamler 150, Turner 150) beat New Brighton R.S.A. (Jackson 132, Armstrong 89, Logie 132).’ Points: St. Albans Library 18, Richmond 17, W.M.C. 10, Pioneer 10, P. and T. 9, Tramway 7, R.S.A. 6, New Brighton R.S.A. 4.

Breaks.—A and B grades: Munro, 60; Choat, 54, 43, 36 unfinished; O'Callaghan, 54; Geddes, 51 Collings, 48, 39, 31; Collie, 45; Yesberg, 44, unfinished; Blackburn, 53; Cormack, 41; Cowan 40; Higgins, 39; Sutherland, 38 unfinished, 38; Kelly, 34. 25; Collins, 31, 29; Quaid, 30, 28; Macgibbon, 30; Kennedy, 28; Jones. 26 C and D grades: Mallinson, 36; McKenzie, 31; Dunlop, 26; S. Murphy, 23; Reid, 23; Hansen, 22; Foster, 22; Smith, 22; Tresize, 21; Andrews. 20, 20; L. Smith, 20. HART MEMORIAL SHIELD Fourth round results in the Hart Memorial Shield were:— Snooker.—C.F.C. (Taylor 148, Rogers 100, Dickie 115), 3; Pioneer (Pilkington 90, Walker 0, wilson 144), 1; R.S.A. (Edwards 88, Daley 147, Butts 125), 2; C.T.A. (Dunne 119, Greenfield 50, Wagner 62), 1. Billiards.—C.F.C. (Tredennick 48, Davies 100, Voice 100), 2; Pioneer (Mann 100, Guy 51, Cooke 96); R.S.A. (Linton 100 McLean 100, Anning 62), 2; C.T.A. (Whitford 46, Balfour 85, McGarry 100), 1.