Billiard Tournament.
Extraordinary Break.
i In a billiard tonrnameiit-ilaw; ;in progress at Birmingham, J. Roberts performed on Ist February a feat which is said to be uriiquij inTthe; recQi'ds;of billiard-playing. Hispppouent, Shorter, started with a miss m baulk, .Roberts then giving the xisual miss_ below the middle.pocket, urider^ thfe' vighthand cushion. Shorter, essaying a hazard frota : fhis, /ailecl^td siboJrel aiedigevferiiai another ODportunicy of doing so m the game, as xixe champion: ran right out with the extraordinary break of 602 | ud finished, made m exactly 27£niin. Starting wich a canon, he made 13 by 'all-rbu'ivd^lay,' and got; into pdsitiott for the spot-stroke, and th,ere he stayed tilt tie Bftti compiled this retn'irkable break, pocketing the red ball no less than 196 tunes. vVhen he had niado 426,, his ball ran a little above, the spot, "and he then played all round the table for position,, which -he. obtained with wonderful accuracy.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 111, 5 April 1884, Page 2
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151Billiard Tournament. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 111, 5 April 1884, Page 2
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