BILLIARDS.

Evening Star, Issue 4227, 13 September 1876, Page 3

BILLIARDS.

EGBERTS V. MANSEN.

A f the Temperance Hall last evening there was another very good attendance to witness Mr Roberts* match against .Mr C. Hansen. These two played together twice in Invercargill, each winning a game, and a good deal of i terest was hereby excited as to the,result of their third meeting. The table had oeon ironed frequently during the day, and was consequently not so slow as on Monday night, and the marking was excellent throughout. The following is a detail ad account of the match

Mansen broke the balls, giving the stereotyped miss in baulk, Roberts following suit with amiss under tlie light-band cushion. Both then failed to score. Mansen made a white losing hazard, but then missed an easy one. This gave Roberts a good opening. He speedily ran np 28, then lost the white ball • and after making five red hazards he missed an easy loser in the middle jyocsot but flaked the white in the opposite, pro* longing the break until the game was called: Mansen, 6C3; Roberts, 53, ill ar sen contributed 7, and Roberts then started an all-round break, during which he made tour spot strokes and several beautiful cannons, amounting in all to 51. G12—107 Mansen then added to bis score 11, 6, and 6 to Roberts 8. 635—115. then got another favorable opening, and, playiag with great delicacy and judgment, alter a few cannons he got the balls down to his favorite end ef the table, and made four spot shots. He then lost position, but, getting the three balls together at t .e top cushion, he nursed them right along it with twenty-three cannons. At last they got separated, and Roberts broke down at a long white losing hazard, but not before thd» break had rt ached 137. This is the largest Roberts has made in Dunedin, and, being made by all-round play, it was a very brilliant one. 635—252. Mansen could not get a show as yet, but Roberta added 28. and then Hansen replied with a carefully played 21, 656—..80. Roberts theu rapidly put together a nice break of 40, again failing at a white loser. 656—325. Mansen missed two rather easy chances, and let in his opponent again, who, by a series of pretty cannons and six spots, increased his score by 62, leaving the red hanging over the cord or pocket. Mansen made 6, 4, 10, 17. and 18, while Roberta only scored 8, ■ At 711—395, however, the latter got his hand in again, and ran up perhaps the prettiest break of the evening, for although itonly amounted to 48, the judgment displayed iu repeatedly briugujg tbe balls together, after losing position, was a treat to witness. 711 -~-443, Mansen then scored 28, five of which was off a fluke; and Roberts flaked the white in and gave a double baulk. 739—449, He next got a splendid opening for a big break, but after scoring 27 missed an easy cnimou from baulk. Mansen, however, not troubling the marker, Roberts got in again and totted up 39 (six spots) before “i® *ed boggled in the jaw of the corner pocke fc. 742 517. After an interval Mansen scored Band_leffc the red over the pocket in his turn. -Kobertc took advantage of it and by some mure deli* cate nursing and push cannons made a fine break of /3 amidst great applause. 750—590, After two failures on each side Roberts passed his sixth hundred with a pretty break of 48, 750—633. Mansen after adding 9 missed an easy hazard, hut in his nextumiugß made his best break. Playing very steadily be ran np 40 by good all-round play, and a T, ro -? n i of applause at its conclusion. 739—640, Roberts failing to score, Mansen contributed 28. Roberts came again with 20, and—after Mansen had mode B—got s commanding position by executing two beautiful cannons. At 33, however, he lost the white ball, and had to he content with a double baulk. 837 —693. Small scores were then the rule, until at 874—730 Roberts had another good innincs. He played some exceedingly difficult cannons during this break, which amounted to 874 ~£96. jsmall breaks followed on both sides, 1111 Roberts made a grand five-shot, and this givmghiu'good position he ran upabrilodq aa- >e -»lr Te down on an easy cannon. 898—89 a. Mansen made Sand passed int. ► his tenth hundred, into which Roberts immediately followed hnn with a splendidly manipulated break of 62, all S^°Qiw y S‘ v ay rouu £ tjk® table except six spots. ihe game had for the past half hour been o and as Mansen now auuea only 8 to his total, Roberts, on taking up his cue ag-nn, ran out with an unfinished break of 43 “™ B K or ae stoo< J at 2° 6 -f° that Roberta defeated lum by 94 points. Loud cheers wore given tor both winner and loser. Roberts seemed more at homo on the table than on the first night, and played throughout with great judgment. Mansen wo have seen play much better, but the balls bioke unfavorably for him during a great part of the game.

The pyramid balls were next put up, Huberts allowing Mansen 4 points. Mansen broke the bal Is. having them apparently safe, but Roberts made a wonderful long shot, holing a ball with tremendous force and great precision. The following is the score Roberts, 2,4,2,3-11. Mansen (4), 1, 2, 18. In the second game Roberts did not get a fair opening, and ilansm won it easily, playing s?“® v j 3r ? hazards. The score wasMansen W’ r?tufli *1 “i nd c tlle “ ran in, making his total „5 oberts, v 2 ’- n-third game Roberts plsyeo. very bnllian Jy, taking seven balls in ono bre ifc. The score wasßoberts, 7, 1, 2,1, 2—lß Mansen (4), 1,1—6. ' *

This afternoon Mr Roberts again played Mr Mansen, giving him 300 points out ot 500. It was intended that the champion should have platei with an amateur, but no one could bo found willing to take 450 out of 750. The match was specially intended for ladies, but only one of the (fair sex brayed the elements. Both players started by giving a miss. Roberts reached his first 100 when Mansen was at 338, the former s biggest break 090 40* When the score was called ? 22 i to . 3 J? Roberts bad finished a fine break of 74, nearly all cannons, the manner in which he nursed the balls being generally aamirei. -Roberts shortly afterv a.-ds tried to go m oh the white, but missing the ball, left his opponent an excellent opportunity. Mansen how. ever, iailed to take it. Roberts scored hisn’xtcentury very rapidly, getting the red ball info position and poft ng it repeatedly. 3,7 _ 357 was called by the marker, Roberts already having got within ten points of Mansen. Mansen aided 22 lo his score, showing finer play than he had throughout. Roberts now added a breaK of 62 to his score (including thirteen consecunve spot shots). Mansen failed to score, and Roberts made some brilliant shots. 479—382 w a „ now cnl.ed Mansen added 10 to Lis sco-e, and . follo ) ! vt 'd this Up by going out with an unfinished break of 22. Mansen failed to score 100 P°-P! ln ' 1 an indifferent game, _a7 m ? K,a w ® r ® afterwards played, Roberts conceding four points. Mansen won the first game by ten against nine. <* 8 J

This evening the#moat intcreslinfr match of the wTS b ,n antlc l i l ,a,c ' 1 - Ml ‘ Kvlwta ploying Mr W. W stou, the well-gnown champion of the Australia,l Colonies. The English champion gives oar representattve i>°o points out of 1,000 .and it is eonsidered t hat the former will have to put forth all his powers to secure the victory. will hr. a very large audience from Dunedin alona, and a “ tnUU 18 iaid ° U botW€eu Dunedin and Port