BILLIARDS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 198, 19 February 1912, Page 5

BILLIARDS.

GREY v. LINDRUM. By Cable—Pr«M Ass^iation— Copyright. Received 18,' 5.13 p.m. London, February 17. Grey made breaks of 280 and 275, whereof 273 were off the red. Stevenson made a break of 253.

THE ROBERTS-GRAY CASE. A ' ROBERTS AWARDED '£lsoo.

London, February 18. Roberts gave evidence that the agreement arranged that the receipts should be pooled and divided, Roberts paying the first-class travelling expenses of Gray senior, and junior, which afterwards were to be deducted from Gray's share of the receipts. When Gray reached London he, however, entered into an agreement with Riley's,Jby which he received £3O weekly. Riley's gross receipts had. been £4655, Gray receiving quence of the repudiation oi the agreement Roberts lost £SOO whiclThe would have made in Dublin, £350 in Manchester, and _ £ 1200 on two other matches. The receipts in the Diggle match, which Gray repudiated at ten minutes' notice, were £ll3, and would have been at least another £SOO if Gray had played. It was definitely stated for the defence that Rileys' net profit was only £3OO. Roberts had also misstated the date of the expiry of his contract with the bohzoline ball manufacturers, which made it impossible for Roberts to play with crystalate balls. Gray, in his evidence, said he was sure it was arranged in Melbourne that he and Roberts were to play together always, but the question of profits was not mentioned. His reputation suffered through changing balls. He added he hoped to get the English championship, but it would take a year or two. After Gray, sen., Stevenson, and Riley, with whom Gray was until lately under contract, had given evidence, Roberts was awarded £ISOO.

The Lord Chief Justice postponed the arguments on the legal points ass to whether the contract was beneficial to Gray, and if so whether the benefit was injured by Roberts' inability to play other than with bonzoline balls for the first two months.