BIG BILLIARDS
LINDRUM BEATS SMITH
M'CONACHY ALSO WINS
(Received 25th November, S a.m.)
LONDON, 24th November,
The results of, the billiards matches between Lindrum and Smith and M'Conachy and Davis, completed on Saturday night are: Lindrum, 28,333, Smith 20,330; M'Conachy 23,589, Davis 22,769.
A match of phenomenal scoring ended heavily in favour of Lindrum, who, on the final day, exploited the open method of scoring. His first visit to the table produced 964, including two runs of 91 and 46 consecutive close cannons Other notable breaks were compiled by open means. The match is a memorable one in Lindrum s career. He made in one week hve breaks of more than a thousandiie also scored more points than anyone else in a fortnight, while the total points scored by both players exceed any total previously in a fortnight's play of one match. Finally, Lindrum's average for one match is 209 per inwfdfiQ^l^ Smith) thouSh vanquished mi t d a fino average of 150. Ihe final day at Manchester found Davis in fine form. . During the afternoon he scored 1528, or an average of -04, while M'Conachy, with 547 for an ZT g? ?U S > i eia at the interval" a -.I 458" Davis > in the evening scored 1282, or an average of 67 M.Conachy scored 544, or an average
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 127, 25 November 1929, Page 9
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BIG BILLIARDS
Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 127, 25 November 1929, Page 9
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