ROBERTS AND GRAY

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 97, 24 April 1912, Page 7

ROBERTS AND GRAY

JUDGMENT FOR THE FORMER. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright., (Received April 24, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, 23rd April. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Alvc-r-stone, has given judgment iv the case John Roberts, the- well-known billiardist, v. George Gray, the Australian player, in which Roberts claimed' £6000 for breach of an agieement. Plaintiff, in February last, was awarded £1500» but the Judge postponed urgumonte on. tho legal points as to whether tho con* tract was beneficial to Gray, and if so, whether that benefit was injured by, Roberts's inability to play with otherthan bonzolinc balls for the first two months. His Lordship now gave judgment inj favour of Robert* on all points. [Roberts, in his evidence, said an agreement had been arranged that tha receipts should be pooled and divided, Roberts paying first-class travelling ex-, penscs for Gray a-nd his father, which) were afterwards to be deducted from, Gray'e share of the receipts. When Gray reached London, however, ho arranged with Riloys that he should reoeive £30 weekly. Rileys' gross receipts had boon £4655, Gray receiving £?o& s In consequence of the repudiation of the agreement Roberts had lost £500 at Dublin, £350 at Manchester, and £1203 on two other matches. The receipts • (rom the Digglo match, which Gray repudiated at ten minute/ notice, 'wore £113, They would havo been at loa>b £500 if Gray had playod. For tho defence, it wm stated that Ui leys' net profit was only £300. Roberts had inv^ stated the date of the expiry of Ins con« tract with the bonzolinc ball nimuif.io tuners, which made it itnpoHsiliJo Jot* Roberts to play wifh rrvhliilate brtlK Gray, in his evidence. .«aicl that lib \wn* siwie it wa* arranged in Melbourne that ho and RobeiU were to play together always, but th<» question of the pvofitß was uot mentioned. His reputation had fcufi fored through the changing of balls.]