N Z. BILLIARDIST

Hokitika Guardian, 16 May 1930, Page 6

N Z. BILLIARDIST

. ■ ; ?! . .A leGON A CRY'S RETURN

(Australian Press Association.)

( SYDNEY, May 10. xli.e billiard player, Clark MConachy, has arrived here. Referring to his unpleasantness with Smith, the New Zealander says that the Magistrate ,commenting on Smith’s charge of assault, remarked, that the matter, should -never have come before the court. The.dispute was not creditable to British sport. McConachy considers the fact tnat an old cloth was on the table, with a hole in the spot mark, and that unwashed balls of varying measurements were used tended to put him off his.game. When he drew attention to these matters, the reply' was that nothing could be done, as the orders had come from Smith.

McConachy thinks that Davis is England’s best player.. The younger i school, lie says, is definitely coming into its own.

-After a brief visit to New Zealand, McConachy returns to Sydney for matches with Walter' Lind rum, after which the pair will go to South Africa for a month’s contract, and thence to England for a six months’ engagement, under conditions which will n< t prevent them competing in the world's championship next year.