F. LINDRUM WINS THE AUSTRALASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVII, Issue 977, 26 November 1908, Page 13

F. LINDRUM WINS THE AUSTRALASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP.

The game between C. Memmott and young Lindrum for the Championship of Australasia, proved a very one-sided affair, Lindrum winning by 14,000 to 8,312. The new champion’s best breaks were 316, 282, 269 (267 off the red, an Australian record), 234, 218, 217, and there were 30 breaks of over a century. Memmott’s highest runs were 190, 179, 135, 128, and 124. Concerning the match the Sydney writer “Snooker” says: — Lindrum is to be congratulated upon his victory and the exceedingly fine exhibition he gave in obtaining it. His billiards all through was of a brilliant, rapid, and consistent order —such, indeed, as to lead those of an optimistic turn of mind to say that he is the one most likely to be “world’s champion” at no distant date. His performance on the red ball when he made 267 off it, and threatened Inman’s world’s record of 300, was brilliant in the extreme. This break constitutes an Australian red-ball record. Of Memmott, it must be said that it was only in an odd session or two that he gave glimpses of his true form, notably when he scored 950 points as against 636 by the lad, and evidence of his brilliant display lies in the fine string of breaks put up by him in that session. It was sheer bad luck in the run of the balls after a masterly display that prevented him from securing five centuries in that ■session. Otherwise he was not himself, and played very loosely at times, but it must be admitted by those qualified to express an opinion that, even at his best, and all things being equal, he would have .suffered defeat at the hands of his youthful opponent, who, even at this early hour, would certainly keep Fred Weiss moving off

the mark. Congratulations are extended to Memmott upon his having given young Lindrum the chance of securing the title, and also upon the manly way in which he played the game and took his defeat. Lindrum is also to be congratulated upon his behaviour during the contest, which from commencement was played without a hitch, a most friendly feeling being ever-evident between the contestants. The sessions were well attended, many ladies being present at times.