BILLIARDS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1148, 8 June 1911, Page 6

BILLIARDS.

GRAY AHEAD OF INMAN. By TeleeraDh—l'ress Association—Coiiy rich!

London, June 6. In the match between George Gray, the Australian billiard player, and Melbourne Inrnan, the English player—l6,ooo up, level terms-the..scores now are:— Gray 2667 Inman 2069 Gray's score included a break of 508.

LINDRUM AND GRAY COMPARED. The billiard question most likely to be put now is: "What chance would Lindruni* have with Gray?" and (writes "Snooker" in the "Referee") it is a rather difficult one to reply to, for the reason that while the youngster has had continuous play in public twice daily for six months, Lindrum has had very few opportunities to improve his skiil.Perhaps the best way to size up their chances .would be. to analyse their two greatest games in Australia—the game ill which Gray made his 83fi break, and Lindrum's bout with Williams the other week, when he put up 321. Both contests were 16,000 up, and cacli player relied greatly on red ball play as the medium for po'int-making. I will take Gray's performance for comparison. In all he made 31 bleaks exceeding the century, against Lindrum's 42 in the late game. Both plaj-ers made two breaks over 800 —Gray SOO and 836, Lindrum 800 and 821: in 500 breaks Gray made 3, Lindrum 1: -100, Gray 3, Lindrum 2; 300, Gray 5, Lindrum 9; 200, Gray 10, Lindrum !); 100, Gray 11, Lindrum II). Gray made the highest breaks, but lacked the consistency of Lindrum. for whereas the latter averaged 58.fi, Gray's average was almost 15 per innings 1e55—43.48. The difference in their averages is most important, for it shows that in the games under review Lindrum's form was 30 in 100 better than Gray's. Of. course Gray has undoubtedly > improved in the interim, but I feel certain that with the same opportunitv Lindrum, by keeping to t.lio Gray red medium of scoring, would improve and make breaks quite as large and as consistently as Gray lias done during the past six months. Limit tho red ball's play—as it probably will be limited in some way—and Lindrum would tower over his young countryman, for ho is not a one-shot merchant, and can accommodate himself to any alterations that might be made in the present code. In fact, he is in-fav-our of an alteration himself. LINDRUM'S RECORD BREAK. Melbourne, June 7. Lindrum in his match with Reece (the English biliiardist) carried his unfinished break of 1215 to 1239, of which 1230 were make off the red.