McLEAN LEADING

Taranaki Daily News, 6 October 1934, Page 7

McLEAN LEADING

BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP. GOOD USE OF LOSING HAZARD. By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, Last Night. With half of the final of 1500 in the New Zealand amateur billiards championship concluded, H. McLean, Christchurch, is leading A. Albertson, Lyttelton, last year’s champion, by 190 points, the 'scores being McLean 752, Albertson 562. There was a fairly large attendance in the Returned Soldiers’ Hall to-night to witness the game, which will be completed to-morrow night. McLean -as playing far more consistent billiards than his opponent, making effective use of the losing hazard, and soon went into the lead, retaining it until the adjournment. When he reached the score of 596 his opponent was at 407. A fine break of 62 brought the latter to 471, but he he scored only 8 more points McLean went on to 735 with the assistance of a 44 break. McLean then came to a standstill when he wanted only 15 to finish the session, and before he could make the required number Albertson had brought his score to 562. '

McLean’s best breaks were 51, 45, 36, 34, 38, 30 and 44. For 79 visits to the table he averaged 9.6. Albertson’s best breaks were 33, 34, 62 and 31. For 78 visits to the table he averaged 7.2.