BILLIARDS.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIX, Issue 1070, 8 September 1910, Page 10

BILLIARDS.

Roberts and Landrum concluded their series of six games, of 3000 each at Alcock’s Tournament Hall, Billiards Ltd., on Friday night, says the “ Referee.” Roberts won the whole six, having the big margins in the last three of 250, 1384, and 1664. He actually scored 6470 points more than the Australian, and altogether capped a remarkable performance by making a perfect break of 631 —the best he has ever put together in Australia. Lindrum was right off his play during the last few days, and appeared to lose interest in the proceedings. The results of the six games were:— First Game. —Roberts won by 242. Second Game- —Roberts won by 500. Third Game. —Roberts won by 32. Fourth Game. —Roberts won by 250Fifth Game. —Roberts 3000, Lindrum ■(receives 500) 1616. Roberts won by 1384- Breaks: Roberts 203, 142, 109, 105, 348, 231, 631, 101, 161; Lindrum 129, 110. Sixth Game- —Roberts 3000, Lindrum (receives 500) 1938. Roberts won by 1062. Breaks: Roberts 230, 154, 161, 121, 164, 195, 248, 124, and 72 unfinished; Lindrum, 114, 109, 169. Points Actually Scored. —Roberts 18,000, Lindrum 11,530. Surplus by Roberts, 6470Best Breaks. —Roberts 631, 417, 396, 348, 208- Lindrum 372, 337, 262, 208, 201.

George Gray will play his first important game against E. Diggle. The game will be level, and as Diggle is considered next to Stevenson and Roberts in the billiard world, the Australian lad is flying at high game straight away.

Commenting upon the series of short games between Roberts and Lindrum, “Snooker” in the “Referee” says:—John Roberts covered himself with billiard glory during the past couple of weeks. Not only did he show Lindrum a clean slate in their six games of 3000 each, but he did it in such a decisive manner as to set all wondering if they were the same pair who met with such different results in long games at Melbourne and Sydney a few weeks back. In one of those games Lindrum scored considerably more points than the veteran. In the other only a few hundred separated them. But in the series of short games just concluded Roberts actually scored 6470 in 18,000 more than the youth, and overshadowed him in every phase of the game- It was indeed Lindrum’s debacle. Lindrum certainly has the excuse that Roberts played like a machine; that no living player could have stood up to him at

times, so perfect were his fiards. No shot was too difficult for him t a cut at successfully- Did not make his Australian record break of ‘ 631—the next beet figures“ bTst-nsfn beaten right through He “ the jaunty, spry youth ot a tew w Uh 3 , but a U-"ng unpj® ‘S when^the 1 session 6 was g over-