AMATEUR BILLIARDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20968, 3 September 1931, Page 7

AMATEUR BILLIARDS.

AUCKLAND CHAMPIONSHIP

FINE PLAY BY M. D. WHITE

Further play in the Auckland provincial amateur championship for the Billiards. Limited. Shield took nlace last evening at Messrs, Billiards. Limited's. showrooms, M. D. Wbite. who held the shield in 1927 and 1929. defentihg H. Terry. ■ The game attracted a large gathering, including several ladies. White played up to his best form-in the opening stages and scored by nil-round nifty break", of 21. 24 and 31 and consecutive visits to the table. lie reached the century mark when his opponent s Bcorc stood at 13. Terry had practically no opportunities of makiog brenks. White continued to score freely and varied his play in a break of 34■ ■ His next cue produced a run of 24. In bis fifteen visits to the table While ran up 2)1 points, and he had failed to.score on only on» occasion, hid average being fourteen. Terry, who wan a long way behind , m the scores, was very unfortunate with the positions left him. He made several spectacular shots from difficult leaves, but invariably the balls ran safe. White was playing at the top of his form nt this stage and excelled in all-round breaks of 31. 36 and 48. His positional play wns very , . The score was 415 to 108 in Whites favour. Playing with remarkable cons'stency While ndded a further break of 37. Terry now «ot more opportunities and failed only aftei scoring a run of 29. He improved .on this soon afterwards, compiling a nicely-playerl break of 83. White clinched the fame soon afterwards. He recorded the excellent average of 11.9, failing to score on only six visits to the table. ; ■ ' The final scores were:-M. D. White. 800. breaks of 21. 24. 31. 34. 24, 31. 3G. 48 and 37. H. Terry, 183; breaks of 29, 33 ai C. 2 S.' Morrison plays T. Tierney to-night.