Upset win to Giles
Ken Giles (Richmond B) upset the Canterbury and New Zealand champion, Dave Meredith (Hoon Hay A) in the latest round of premier inter-club billiards.
Meredith was nicely clear at 108-31, but then Giles made a superb break of 127 and he had no trouble staying in front until the finish.
there was also a big break in the reserve A grade. It was an 86 by John Chrisp (Riccarton) and is the highest in the grade for a long time. Results:— Premier A:
Hornby 3 (Houghton 220, Robertson 181, Vessey 177), New Brighton R.S.A. 0 (Kelly 140, Greaves 179, Hall 166). Breaks: Houghton 54. Richmond A 2 (Kirkness 271, DeGroot 171, Yesberg 211), Woolston 1 (Maffey 136, Franks 182, Strong 106). Breaks: Kirkness 74, Yesberg 86. Richmond B 2 (Giles 270, Hallum 177, Daly 161), Hoon Hay A 1 (Meredith 181, Baker 176, Bailey 244). Breaks: Giles 127. Kaiapoi 2 (Burney 185, Wereta 208, Lilly 207), Hoon Hay B 1 (Baker 190, Ramsay 136, Carlsen 178). Post Office 2 (Thompson 213, •Prebble 186, Dean 240), Riccarton 1 (Chrisp 261, Clark 149, Spiers 154). Breaks: Chrisp 86.
Hoon Hay 3 (Cookson 281, Daly 205, Mulqueen 221), Richmond A 0 (Scott 169, Scammel 172, Davies 164). New Brighton R.S.A. 2 (Orsbourn 287, Cooke 255, Healey 110), Richmond B 1 (Mac Kay 176, Allan 133, Smith 272). B grade. — Section one: Woolston 3, Hoon Hay 0; Shirley 3, Riccarton 0; Hornby 2, Richmond 1. Breaks: Croy 33, Smith 30, Parke 45. Final points. — Woolston 27, Hornby 20, Richmond 14, Shirley 13, Hoon Hay 12, Riccarton 3. B grade. — Section two: Kaiapoi 3, New Brighton R.S.A. 0; Post Office 3, Shirley 0; Hoon Hay 2, Papanui 1. Breaks: Linton 30, Fisher 32. Final points. — Post Office 20, Papanui 18%, Kaiapoi 18%, Hoon Hay 18, New Brighton R.S.A. 10, Shirley 5. C grade. — Section one: Hoon Hay A 2, Woolston 1; Richmond 3, Kaiapoi 0; Hoon Hay C 2, Christchurch W.M.C. 1. Breaks: Dailey 26, Young 22, Deardon 21, Garner 24, H. Bourgeois 23. C ’grade. — Section two: Hoon Hay B 2, Woolston 1; Kaiapoi 1%, Richmond 1%; Hoon Hay D 2, Post Office 1; Papanui 2, New Brighton W.M.C. 1. Breaks: Epps 21, Lister 29, Sands 24, Kitchen 22, McWatt 24, McDonald 20.
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