BiLLiARDs.-Break of 936. Cook, tho Billiard Champion, has performed the unprecedented feat of scoring 936 off one break. He had once before scored 752, and had often said that he expected some day to score the 1,000. This he was very near doing a few days ago. He was playing against Joseph Bennett who had scored 386, when he had to sit down and see Cook, who was at 152 finish the game. In Mr. Cook’s break were 296 s pot strokes, 273 of which were consecutive. It is said that as large scores have been made at the American game but that game is played with four balls, and consists of winning hazards, cannons, and forfeits. There was extraordinary excitement and enthusiasm in the room when Cook reached the higher figures.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 143, 5 March 1874, Page 2
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