BILLIARDS.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1150, 25 April 1912, Page 19

BILLIARDS.

The Diggle-Harverson match for £7O was responsible for a fine batch of century breaks from both during the latter stages of play, but Harverson managed to keep in front to the time scores were called, 13,515 —

13,27 5. At one stage Diggle was over 2000 to the bad, but the latest position of affairs gives him a chance of victory, as the game was 16,000 up.

Cecil Harverson, who will make his debut in Australia with Diggle in Heiron and Smith’s hall on the 19th June next, defeated young Fred Lindrum in a game of 15,000 up by a margin of 439 points. With but one exception (that of Tom Reece), Lindrum has been inactive since arrival in England. There’s a screw loose somewhere.

There is no chance of a meeting between the great “spot stroke” player, W. P. Peal! (record break 330 4), and young George Gray. It will be remembered that Peall recently issued a challenge to play Gray “all in,” but there has been no response. It is concluded that such

a meeting would not- prove interesting in the present day of billiards. Twenty years back it might have proved a magnate, but, apart from Peall’s age 58, it is as well there is ho meeting.

John Roberts is still in the hub of billiards, and he has lately been emphasising this fact in a variety of w'ays. His latest advertising move was a challenge to play Harry Stevenson 14,0 00 up on level terms, with 3inch pockets. Stevenson promptly accepted, and. after waiting several days without avail for a reply as to terms, etc / he, notified the press cf this fact, and also that unforeseen circumstances had then arisen which would prevent him going further in the matter He took the right course, for, even had a meeting been arranged, it is a million pounds to a gooseberry that the conditions proposed would have precluded this signing of articles for a match.