BILLARDS

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IX, Issue 693, 18 June 1903, Page 18

BILLARDS

The ex-English champion arrived in Melbourne last Wednesday from his Westtralian tour. According to an announcement in the “ Argus,” he will make his first public appearance in the Southern capital with Memmott, at the Athenaeum Hall, on Monday week, June 22, in a game of 9000 up, conceding the Queenslander a third of the game—a start which should produce a fairly interesting finish. The exhibition will take place on a table specially manufactured for the occasion by Messrs Alcock and Co., under whose auspices the game is being given.

The final game of the English Billiard Association’s professional handicap was won by W. Eagles, who defeated S. W. Nicholls by 54 points. The affair was a big success, most of the English markets of prominence taking part in ij.

The first round of the tournament for mem hers of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron has been completed. In Clats A., T. Alexander beat Coombes, 250 224 ■ A. H. Witham beat Stewart, 250—243 ; P. F. Battley beat Bockhart, 250—249 ; J. W. Winks beat Froude, 250 —238 ;C. Richardson beat S. Smith, 250— 221 • V. Choyce beat C. Conolly, 250—229 ; H. Sand beae Cossar, 250— 218 ■ A. Donald beat E. Horton, 250 233 ’ C. Buddle beat Upton, 250—220 ; S. Somerfield beat Harvey, 250—238 In Class 8., T. Buddle beat Wright by 41 points ; R. H- Bourke beat Wallace by 45 points ; H. A. Marriner beat Rndean by 5 points ; S. Hutchinson beat H. Wiseman by 81 points ; G. Lennox beat Bourke by, 46 points ; W. George beat Klette by 141 points ; J. Caldwell beat Bagnall by 11 points ; E. Conolly beat Lelievre by 8 points. Much interest, is being taken in the tournament by the members ot the Squadron.