N.Z. BILLIARDS TOURNEY
The New Zealand bill?a>'rl s championship was continued in Wellington yes. terday when a further three games were played in the first round. In the evening. visiting players and their supporters were officially welcomed by the mayor. Mr Appleton. A. Bowie (Te Kuiti) had to play with determination to keep ahead of F. Higgins ( Westport) in the first game of the day and eventually ran to points 666 with Higgins at 644. The latter fell back at the start, and it was not till near the i end that he began to wipe off the deficiency, but the final burst was made toe la*e. An early lead established by A. Two- j hill (Gr?y mouth) was maintained till j the 600-mark in his game against E.V. Roberts (Auckland) in the afternoon, but enterprising play by the latter I brought him nearly even, but Twohill j managed to keep ahead and won by 666 ! to 616. j In the evening J. S. Sheppard, the 1 Auckland champion played consistently and had no difficulty in beating W. O'Neill (Runanga) by 666 to 400.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 29 August 1945, Page 2
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