An Extraordinary Billiard Performance

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 86, 10 January 1891, Page 4

An Extraordinary Billiard Performance

A BB£AK',OF 3301; Play of an extraordinary description ? -was -witnesbed al the Royal Aquanum «'on J the all in match of 15,U0f) up being • continued for the third d.iy (sth So\eui' ber) .between W . J Te.il i and C Daw- : son, the Huddi.r^field professional, the latter rt ri?ceiyius 30JJ start. Oninglit - the t')ta s stood x — i J e.ill, SU"I ; D tWt.o-I,' - 40>7, the leader being in play null .<n -i unfinished 85 (27 j>uotn) £e-.m»ing -»c.opeVtttions, the champion »pot player . displayed marvellous form, as> he re-' tamed y poss>etaMon all the afternoon, _ making die break into 1336, the full .score lViUhntj Peall, 6252; Uawson, - 4087. ('O.ug on in the evening the Brittonian c->auiiuea to jilay ui.iguifi* i,cedJy,ianii, in ta^t, ke^t po~scsMon of the tab.c, b.ivin<; upuipiled the largest 1 -bre''Jf.r.ii c -n i-ord 24iB— wilh 93.3. 15D, _ 123, !72, i2O, ana lU3 *<pot- (unfinished), \l\% previous bf^t bemg ii4l3— made, -straageiy tnoujjli, on 41k November, rj.BBG.' Pull gitiu' witen pla/ coabed4' L ¥ea\\,~TZ»'2,i Daws n. 4J>B7 Throu«h.>'OUfr She day Diwson piayeJ tlv* part^of - '..spectator, neve* naad.'injt the cue once •ieithercafterQ'/on or evi-ain^— a record in itself. When pi <y «vas resumed. oa t lie 6th the gallery presented an animated -appearance; and lo.igi 'before Hie little Bristouiaii m^de his bow, cue in hand, to continue «is ortjniiijht brejilf, noi a seat was rac-ini, ati«l the'gre:iie>c excite* .-mejit .}u m uvaileo. It ,w,is oxpected -ihut ■ the .spot !>trokp eii-iuipion would make a phenomenal record, and Ale«.sra Wrujht iniimated iheir intention of pit- . isenung him with ioO if he made 3n0l). _ Startitia'quietly at first the Brixtonian.' r with his customary eoolne-s soon got 'well -set, and -c-riDst liundrL'd afhr -hundred m rapid fashion r aeiied a tot. 1 . of 'd')OL. At ihis Duiiit'he rented awhii< , „ and, amid deafening cheers, was -presentKl with a £50 note by Mes^ru ""Wright and 'Jo-, and a chrouoitraj h by Mes rs Kendall imd J^ent as a memento .of the occasion. On resuming the .. champion carrneii his contribuuon up to r3304, with 92, 3, 150, 123, )72, (20 an<i; - 400 spots, briars the totdls to— Penll, r- 8220; Dawbon, 4057- Subsequently, the •Brjxioman compiled 532 (144 spots), un- ; finished, and his opponent 114 (4^ spots), and'at (he adjoarnmenl the game stood : Peall, 8752; Dan.son, 4127. In the evening the le ider made the lull break tip,to 611 (171 spots.), and then added .-^47 (120 and 110 spots), and 419 (127 spots), unfinished, while fDawsoa made a 1 better display, with 368 (116 spots) and 115 (35 spots) aud when play ceased ihe respective ■figures were: Peall (in play), U0,001 ; Dawsbn, 4726.