BILLIARDS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 35, 5 November 1919, Page 5

BILLIARDS

! • : A number of bowline clubs are now ' being equipped with billiard tables, and the friendly rivalry which exists amongst ■ bowlers upon the green i.s being extended , to a like rivalry upon the cloth of green. On Monday evening a team of six bil- . liardisU from the Wellington Bowling ! Club paid a friendly visit to the Vic- ! toria Club to meet a like number in a I two-round match. A very pleasant even- : ing was spent) by all. the "match resulting in a very close finish, th? Victoria team winning on the aggregate points scored by the narrow majority of 4, al- . though, had the decision' rested on the ! games won, Victoria wojild have made : the better showing of 8 jsunes to 4. Tho j players and scores follow:— I First Round. Victoria. Wellington. ; H. .L Reid 51 v. Duncan 100 W. E. Jackson .. lflfl v. J. Roberts .... 70 ; H. Porter 5(! v. Birch lflfl 1 W. Reid 100 v. Kinvig so F. Laws 100 v. H. G. Smith . 82 W. H. Tucker .. 10(1 r. Taskor 33 510 4SO Second Round. i Laws 1011 v. Tasker (10 ] Porter 100 v. Duncan S8 iW. Reid Kill v. Robe its .... SI | Tucker 100 v. Smith CO |.H. J. Reid 3fi v. Kinvig ]C 0 j Jackson G2 v. Birch 100 49S ~324 Grand totals: Victoria 100S, Welliii-.-ton, 1004. A return match is to be played on tho Wellington Club's tables on November 17.

'the billiard-diner tournament is now in its last stages, and to-night should see the finish. In the games yesterday evening there was some very fine plav, and the audience was large and apprecialive. Porter (owes 25) had little dillicultv in defeating Gibson (owes 25), but ho in turn was even more readily disposed of by Hoy Ingley (owes 100), the present cup holder, who has come from the Wairarapa In defend his honours, liurd was late in striling his game against Tucker, otherwise only the finals would hive been lcli for this cv-niiisr. In this [alter contest play was at times brilliant, but there were periods when neither player showed real form. Burd was undoubledly piaying well, and when he needed it most the balls did not run favourably for iiis opponent. The result was a win for Bun! by n fair margin of mints. To-nighl, nt 7.30 p.m., Ivan Ingley will play Burd, and the winner of this will content the finals with Roy Ingley. The tournament for ladies will not ■commence until Monday evening next.