CHAMPIONSHIP BILLIARDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19721, 22 August 1927, Page 13

CHAMPIONSHIP BILLIARDS.

THE AMATEUR TITLE. ROBERTS RETAINS HONOUR. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION. ] WELLINGTON. Sunday. The final of the New Zealand amateur billiards championship was completed at tho Federal Club, Wellington, yesterday, and resulted in a victory for Roberts, the holder. Freeman (Wellington) was leading Roberts (the champion) by 280 on the first session, in which RqJjerts' display was considerably below standard. The afternoon session ended: —Roberts, 1332; Freeman, 1279. Best breaks were as follows: -Roberts, 80, 50, 62, 44, 32, 35, 31. Freeman: 29, 36, 35, 26. Roberts' average was 10.4. and Freeman's 6.6. At the final session Roberts converted 6, unfinished, to 36, and 10 visits to the table produced 252, as against Freeman's 123. Only 47 visits were required, Roberts making a good string of breaks and missing little or nothing, in striking contrast to his play on Friday night. He tl&yed tho red magnificently, scoring freely, and made three or four brilliant run-through and screw shots to secure position. With Freeman making breaks of 26, 39, 69, 35, 67, 22 and 26, Roberts treated him with respect, and gave no chances. In the closing stages he compiled 49, 50, 35 and 79. His average for tho final session was 14.16. Freeman's average over the whole final was 7.5. The final score was: —Roberts, 2000; Freeman. 1779. The gold championship medal was presented by Mr. H. Gilbert, president of the Federal Club,, as was a gold medal for the runner-up. In thinking the Federal Club for running the championship, Mr. F. W. Vosseler, manager of Billiards, Ltd., said it did not reflect credit on Wellington that the amateurs should allow Auckland to secure the championship year after year.