BILLIARDS TOURNAMENT

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4371, 28 June 1938, Page 5

BILLIARDS TOURNAMENT

A billiards tournament, which, had been in progress at Mr E. L. Thomp- J soil’s ■ saloon, Arrowtown, for some weeks, was concluded on Saturday evening, 18th inst., when D. Dennison and B. Fletcher met in the final, the former winning by a good margin. The games were 100 up, and there were 32 entries. The following are the results: — First Round—J. Dennison (owes 10) beat R. E. Romans (owes 15); L. Murphy (owes 10) beat H. Jack ways (receives 10), J. W. Heed (scr.) beat John Robertson (receives 15), W. Hannah (scr.), beat A. Lister (receives 10), P. Hunter (scr.) beat R. Harvey (receives 10), W. Naim (owes 15 )beat C. Henderson (receives 25), D. Dennison (owes 15) beat J. Dalrymple (receives 15), J. Henderson, junr., (owes 30) beat M. Snell (scr ), B. Fletcher (scr.) beat M. Fitzpatrick (receives 15), G. Dudley (owes 15) beat J. Macpherson (scr.), J. Anderson, senr. (scr.), beat A. Murphy (owes 50), J. Mcßride (receives 15) beat E. Saunders (owes 20), E. Thompson, senr. (owes* 20) beat O. Feebly (receives 15), J. Henderson, senr. (owes 1.5) beat A. Bakers (owes 30), G. Murphy (owes 30) beat O. Latta (owes 30), James Robertson (receives 10) won from T. T. Mcßride (receives 10) by default. Second Round—L. Murphy beat J. Dennison, Reed beat Hannah, Nairn beat Hunter, Fletcher beat Dudley, D. Dennison beat J. Henderson, jr., Anderson beat Mcßride, Thompson beat J. Henderson, senr., G. Murphy beat Jas. Robertson.

Third Round—L. Murphy beat Reed, D. Dennison beat Nairn, Fletcher beat Anderson, G. Murphy beat Thompson. Semi-Final.—D. Dennison beat L. Murphy, B. Fletcher beat G. Murphy.

Final—D. Dennison beat B. Fletcher.

The prize for the biggest break was won by L. Murphy with a break of 23.