BILLIARDS
AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Tlie fourth rpuuil. of the: ; Wellington pioviucial inter-club amateur.' billiards championship was- Completed -last night at "Messrs. Billiards, Limited's showrooms.
S; M. G. Simpson (G.P.O. Club) defeated H. Shanks (Wellington Working Men's Club) by the narrow margin of 300 to 285. Play was even until half-way, when Shanks drew ahead and needed; only 15' points to score with his opponent at 244. When apparently beaten, however, Simpson compiled it: particularly • good break of 56 unfinished which gave him the matell. Though defeated, • Shanks '•■ seems a certainty for the highfest break honours, as his brilliant 102 of an earlier game is still uneclipsedJ The best breaks last night were:—Simpson, 20, 54, 23,56 .(unfinished); Shanks, 22, 54, 29. The second game was between A, Dun.eaii (Y.M.C.A.)'and W. Peter^en (Working Men's Club). Duncan, with consistent billiards, proved an easy winner by 300 to 116. Petersen, who in this tournament lias displayed quite good billiards, failed '.through a bad run- on this occasion' and did' not "look dangerous. The best breaks were Duncan,. 36,- 36, 30, 21, 33,: 48; Peterseu, 20, 20. Tonight at 7.30, Simpson will '-meet Butters for the right ta play in the final,which will be'decided tomorrow night, also at 7.30. ■ '
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 52, 30 August 1934, Page 15
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