BILLIARDS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 36, 6 November 1919, Page 8

BILLIARDS

The game last night between Burd (owes SO) and Ivan Ingley (owes 20) for the privilege of playing J Joy Ingley in tho final of the billiard diner tournament was well and closely contested. 'Young Ingley started off well and had soon gained a substantial lead, but Burd, playing consistently, held on tenaciously, and about half-way reached within a few points of Ins opponent. From then on it was anyone's game, until Burd missed a difficult shot and left Ingley a beautiful opening. The young player took tho fullest advantage of this, and with an uncompleted break of 3" rnn to his noinb, winning by -13.

The finiil was contested by the lngley brothers. Hoy iin-vincr to concede his brother Ivim 1?0 sturt 'in u game of 4.10 up. At the commencement the elder brother showed quite the best form, but the younger soon livened un ami made matters very interesting and diffieull; for his brother. .After MO points had been reached tliev drew very close to one another, and it. certainly locked as if the elder brother would win. However, the yonnger was not to be denied, and pliving well he reached -M 4 with onlv 1G to go. when lie broke down end let his brother in. the senros ending:: T\ Inglev. ISO; T: lngley. 434. TV '*"* breaks nf the nveiiin«r were: Semi-final. V.nH. 31. "A, ? n 37: Ti"rlev. SI. 28. 12. 27 A:nf»Ms'»\n. Fi'kivlp. M. Tn-W. 43 .ft. 31. -!1 33: T. Tllfflev 1:).. 3fi. '*». !'"• T''" : * the lliivd year in ?<tcoc? ,, ion that t l '" Av. l ,;,.., rnnn renreoiitativc3 have secured the main honour.-:.