BILLIARDS
NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP,
The second session in the finals for the New Zealand Amateur Billiard Championship, now being fought to a conclusion between Siedeberg, of Dunedin, and Tucker, of Wellington, took place at Alcock's rooms on Thursday. Siedeberg started off to add to his un--finished break of 102 made last night, the red ball being spotted where it had stopped on the previous evening,. nis own ball being m, hand, and Tuckur out of play. Only six points were added, bringing the total of the break to 108. Scores: Siedeberg, 672; Tucker, 465. Tucker was not playing up to form, and only added a few points to his total. Siedeberg drew past the 800 mark whilst the local man stood at 513, and the latter ha,d only reached 539 when the southerner, with a nice break of 60 odd, reached 927. Siedeberg' s cueing . was exceptionally line, his ball- arriving, in the pockets with deadly precision, the red ball in the meantime being brought to excellent position. At the loser this player undoabtedly is one of the finest exponents in the Dominion. His work, however, in other departments of the game lacks the finish and versatility he has gained in his speciality. He is fairly certain of his short and long "jennies," but ( is apparently disinclined to take any advantage of openings for top of tlm table' play, nnd\ up to the present baa not secured more than three or four consecutive cannons. He is a specialist in the loser, and seems to regard all other strokes merely as a means of gaining a suitable opening for his strong shot. Scoring by Siedeberg went ahead very merrily, and he passed the thousand mark whilst his opponent was at 632. Certainly Tucker lias not been favoured with the fortune he might reasonably expect—he had nothing much in the way of "leaves," and the balls persisted in running badly for him. Time and again, too, Tucker played really good strokes and failed to score by the merest margin. With an exceptionally nice break of 88 all off the white Siedoberg drnw past the 1100 mark. Tucker then l;o----mg at 647 only scored a few pofrits from an opening. which ordinarily would have added a fair number to his score. A fine effort of 105 brought Siedeberg past 1200; Tucker 656. Several medium breiks brought the Dnnedin player to 1332, Hhe number required to close the session, Tucker then being 670. 'J'ho best breaks were: Siedoberg, 30, 39, 25, 44, 64, 29, 39/88, 43.105, 29. His average, which was brought down fcy the large number of "safeties," worked out to 12.3. The last session tnlces plaoe to-night, when sufficient points will have to be acquired by either , player to bring hie total to 2000 points,
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 306, 14 September 1918, Page 3
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