BILLIARDS

NZ Truth, 5 October 1918, Page 8

BILLIARDS

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in£ n^ am ., es for th F Wellington Crystalate Cup Championship resulted as- many expected, m Mr. A. J. Congdon winning and retaining the. cup. The Masterton Player has now won the cup five limes, and three times being m succession. *? * - # • Ihe following are the results of the game: Hamiltoir defeated Tucker, " both of the Federal Club. The best breaks were: Tucker 44 34.30 21; Hamilton 2-t 23 £0 Mead (Petone W.M.C.) defeated J. .3rackenridge (P.T. Club); Rait (Welllne--ton W.M.C.) beat Moore :' (G.P.O) ; Ooniy°" (C.and F.C.). defeated Hofferns (Cj.P.O.). The best breaks were: Congou 3 7 - 23 ,31.27 and 37; Mead 30; Moore -0; Ran 35 and 21. Dunlop (Federal Club) defeated Stone (Petone W.M.C), the best breaks being?on nl °r P n 3 i£ B 23 and 20: Stone 36. Dennt n£iit,w-E- O i Pafjtimcs Club) defeated Rautu (Masterton); J. Key (W. W.M.C.) ,^ atecl I- Shortt (Pal. N.). The best bleaks were: Key 37 37 23 and 20; Rautu Dennison 30 and 24. In the second round. Mead defeated Rait, while Congdon defeated Hamilton xne. best breaks were: Congflon 46 44 39 £F c Va' H ; imiUcm . :19 1G 15 12 ; MeEu * 23 S. Brice- (Petone) and Dunlop (Wellington) provided one of the most exciting finishes of the series. Brice at length ?«n • , ow " t0 his '" a 'i ie > a »d got about iuu m the lead, the scores at this f-t.-iKe standing at 290 to 101 m favor of Brice It appeared hopeless for Dunlop, hut hi succession ne l Jllt together breaks of 28 27 37 and a few smaller ones, which put him m the lead and only wanting five points to his opponent's seven. He played what appeared to be a safety, but from a most difficult angle Brice brought off a beautiful cushion cannon, and ran to his 300 points amidst- great excitement. (The second game, betw9en Key, of the (W.M. Club), and 1 Dennison, of the (G.P.0. ), was somewhat mediocre. Neither player showed his previous good form Key scored his 300 points when Dennison was only 158. The best breaks wereDunlop, 37 27 28 28 15; Brice, 25 20 17 1C : Key, 27 2C 20 17 17.. In the semi-finals Congdon defeated Mead, while Key defeated Price. The beat breaks were: Con&don, 69 44 30 24