BILLIARDS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 285, 30 June 1875, Page 2

BILLIARDS.

To those who play billards JMO particulars of a match played ip 23i|d,lMft®llb Jasti (tJlQnUodwjiientitined!! □match was played in Loudon by Stanley and Richards, the player recently cfe-* feared by Cook for Chamyoungster, gave his opponent 150 f poipfi§ in 500. Richards initil’ri 10, 1 fitid the very-first -break-Stonley go up J®l|he m&i(gs4 <oo □strokes, caught and passed him— 16 9; Richardsyts6. Richards r»»it up to 169, and then Stanley, fin. another break/HiiS ’ uine ; of tf bhiy 42,' reached I.9jA With arfine Rouble, in tile middle pocket. Richards played -up to 182, and ihen again weiit ahead, this time with-,an aUrouad spin of fl — Stanley/'209; Ric hards, 186. Once more thefoi-Ktcr rat into position, lost it; recovered Jj, ! ujiil lost it again only to pfay rourid jtne table, andagrin got upia."t>heit9p, so'that in a graid break of jyijh 6®, spot-strokes he ran right out a winder hy dJfciOiuteiin the astonish-’ time of 3f minutes. Being re-qpested-to-emYiniiehisbreak,he went on find made 3;qtßqu rinniflie corner pockets, completing a with, m all, ICJ spots, a performance only second tc that of~the champion indeed,,■finished'-the' i game,!!!, fpmr. wake,: not eoHntingthe tfsnaVwjspes ;the 60Q..lesB r .one,,only, itaiting nijiUtes. Tba performance,, jwaslone flsfpnighijig, |he season. .GOOIJWI ,L