BILLIARDS
AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENT HOLDER DEFEATED [BY TELEGRAPH—rRESS ASSOCIATION] DUNEDIN. Friday Angus Duncan, of Wellington, -holder of the amatour billiards championship, was easily defeated in the semi final tonight by A. Bowie, of Dunedin, who won by 666 points to 313. Right from the startBowie took the lead and increased it all the way, Duncan never looking like a champion. Bowie, whose average score per shot was over 14, had breaks of 89, 63, 55 and 52, while Duncan's best were 44, 37 and 36. , In the afternoon game, C. Mason (Dunedin) beat H. McLean (Christchurch) by 666 to 588 after a close and interesting game, in which each player alternated in the lead. Mason had breaks of 70, 49 and 43, while McLean's best were 46. 35 and 34. Two Dunedin players, Mason and Bowie, are left in tho final, which will be played to-morrow in two sessions, each of 750 up.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21296, 24 September 1932, Page 14
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