BILLIARDS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17038, 11 May 1923, Page 7

BILLIARDS.

NOTES BY “ CUE.” CLARK M’CON ACHY IN CHRISTCHURCH. Clark Al'Conachy will play an exhibi tioi. gufiie oi /ou up ai me Starland JiuliarcL Saloon on Thursday evening at 6 p in. It is announced by Billiards Ltd. that? Clark VI Conach.\, tne Now /,calami proxesaionai Inina r (is champion, will play an exhibition game at tlie R.S.a. rooms on Tuesday evening at » p.m. His opponent ivill be AY. (*’ x'oel ”) Smith, and M’Conachy will concede Smith OUO points in a game of TtXK) up. M’Conachy, who is one of the finest exponents of the game in the world to-day, is on a tour of New Zealand in order to raise sufficient funds to revisit England and again compete for the world's championship in London at the end of this year. This exhibition at the R.S.A. rooms will probably be the only one at which the public will be able to see Al’Conachy play. At the conclusion of the exhibition he will play two games of snooker and then give an exhibition of trick and fancy shots. Al’Conachy has just completed a very successful tour of the North Island, during which he played a large number of The best players in the various provinces. He only experienced defeat on one occasion, that being at Napier, when he attempted to concede 600 points in a game of 1000 up to Frank Bax, who, besides being a good player, is a good safetytactician. Bax started off with 64 and 48. In the closing stage of play the score was 941-921 in favour of M’Oonachv, but Bax came along with an excellent run of 75. to which the reply was only 14, and Bax ran out on the next hand. Al’Conachy played Bax two more games under the same conditions and. won both, the first by 28 points and the second by 120. The following are some of APConachy’s best breaks with ivory balls : 91/ at Birmingham (Eng.), February. 1922. ~

625 at Thurston's Hah, London. February, 1922. 614 at Nottingham (Eng.). November 1921. 538 at. Cardiff (Wales), December 1921. 538 at London. February, 1922. •:>2B at Manchester, January, 1922. He also holds the New Zealand record of 1083 with bonzoline balls as well as the Indian record with breaks of 8«0 and 712. also with bonzoline balls. Clark Al’Conachy will play an exhibition game of billiards at the Press Club on Monday evening, at eight o’clock. The game will be one of 750 up, and his opponent will be Mr H. "Waters. At its conclusion he will play two games of snooker. The exhibition will only be open to members of the club. The handicap snooker tourney at TattersaH’R is proceeding very slowly, only one game in the third round having been played during this week, R. Williamson (scr) beating 11. Cook (40 oil), 91-85. The following are additional result* of the handicap snooker tournament now in progress at the Grand Billiard Parlours:—Hanrath (15 on) beat Smith (18 on) ; Af.artin (15 on) beat Bosomworth (15 on): Hawker (20 on) beat Godfrey (20 on): Frickleton (scr) beat Wilson (7 on) : Fitzgerald (18 on) beat Philpot C 25 on) : Harrison (20 on) beat Hayward (20 on); Gunn (18 on) beat Edwards (18 on): Coxhead (20 on) beat Lester (15 on); Cherry (15 on) beat Duthie (10 on).