BILLIARDS. THE CHAMPION'S SECOND MATCH IN AUCKLAND. ROBERTS V PERKINS. (From yesterday's Herald.)

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 679, 19 October 1876, Page 3

BILLIARDS. THE CHAMPION'S SECOND MATCH IN AUCKLAND. ROBERTS V PERKINS. (From yesterday's Herald.)

ihs •.ci>nd 01 tao «cries 01 exhibition »mitoHe* took place at tho Hull of the SLc .»nio« Institute, Mr Robert* conce In) j Ins opponent, Mr Perkins, 500 poims in the gune of lOiX) up. At 812 Hubert! made Im bow, and commence i tho gams vrtth bis usual miss lv bait. Perkins triid & cannon and failed but mnia a red hazy.i, and by two verjr prottdy-itlujrcd jennies in the mi ild c pjekrt an I a cannon, brought hii •euro to 10 — lore. Roberts tliou put tjgeihtra break of 12, »nd missing, by • ■ wide, an a-t« np mi tunn a, let Perkmsin, wh>, howerer, on y scored two, an i gtve » miss in balk ; Kober.s failing t> swe, Perkins ran up to tfl. Roberts thin w«ntf in ami uddei 10, miking tue ■core— Roberts, 22 ; Perkins, 521 Perkins then added 17 by careiul pUy ; a r ter win. li Roberts got the balls log tlier and r.iu hi* icoi« up to 189 by a splendid succession of mi'-smg strokes, in w hi h fa ) i upl y d ins pr^riciH .cj m every kind of play, « belli -r wu>mng or losing h zards, or ea ihdiis, aud his exict j idgmuut til sueugih was thi) theme oi universal it imir vi in. Tlu w<ijr ho nursod bis candu'u to get into pjsiiiui iuT thd spot s r >li.! wits a wonder of ncner*ljhip, and (h< Miriati mis he introduced in Lii play at ilni pen >d ot the gitno was sometbin,* to bj rente übtr^rt. lie passed hi* iust I<X> ttt 8 25 nud his teuood At 8 30, and on ill) cmalusioi of the breik the ga-ne b.-.u^ c*l 01. Perkins 536, Koborls 211, AUur * tew brdal&s of »iu-ill auiouut on c tlur side, ferki is, by a beantilully pvjilay«il »trjlie th» balls fftVuurtbly "..iMjja.ail for a brtjak, »ail L>y tuine realty ex elleut pUy led Cbe ou-lookorn to beii« »h i hat uur 1 C«l rtp «»«ata'iv« would rr-(|n ru a lot of b a 111,4, some of his nu-11114 strokes being *• *bly pl») el a* .o* u :1 1 np u 1 <. but atter uitkiug are illy g«icl jeuuu in the middle pocket, filled mi A c miptratively e*»y stroke, his score b iii^ s>B 10 Utboru 22G. Roberts tuea vve.ii in an 1 by bis «tyle suewre I that he uuiut Ltusutcis, aud ih^t iv Perkiua he lv I f iuul a wouiiy mUgonist, but hts oviiuit care only remlte'i iv plaoiug his si; no *t 2JI. Pjihiu* hen mide 11 and Kooerw reSfjomibd by 29, Perkius f.viUn^ to no >td, liiutrts »dde 1 32, cumnun 1 1 j tue bre»k by a uioat exir«ordinary mnOi waiuu only those who witnessed u| oau apprtoi»ie, a* it ii tinpoimble to describe it. Perktua tlieu wade 13, and Ko >ens respoude I, afUsr a i'uluru to sc<>re >>ii both suli«, with fight ' bruifcia 4 Inn number to 300 at 843 to I'erkiiu 584 Perkins th>o, •vidcutly tkmkiug ducreiiou the betier part of valour, the balls being awkw*r ly placed for scoring, a miss in baulk, but Huberts, by a peculiar alow twi t combined with reveree side, lodged bis bad in the c iruer pocket, but only added 8 by the break. ift*r this the gsme rau tamely for aev« al iirokes, ueitber party being able to do much, as tho balls broke b«dy, Perkins being, hoverer, the first to biuak the mo >o tony by a carefully p'^yod 11, and shirtly after added a 4 ktroke, making his lirst 100 at 8 50, tbe score bein* Peikiua 6i)l, R >berts 31>i. Shortly after Roberts adde I 17, winding s£up with a double balk. Perkins gare a mil-, Roberts fai 0.l to add ; Perkins 1111 le 16 aid doable bak, and shortly attor 9 , H'b rta then mide a break of 65 by all round play of great merit and •pot strokes, and then an IS bieak, ■coring the f<u th hundred a f 92. Gr me ca'ed- Roberts 418 to Perkins 628. Shortly altar Roberta made a stroke so j apparently unp>s>-itile tb*t many unacqiainted witb bis capabilities thought it a tluke, but tha coynoscenti highly appreciated, it and by caitful afterplay he reached 464 with a break of 41. 'I hi* 10 many was the grau<le<t display of tbe evm ug, although not tbe large*t br-jak, ev*-ry • roke beiug perfectly play .3d and he only stopped scoring by a mis h can. After another »HV««n from the ,-e'iami i >d, Parkins • ided -13, doing with double la k. R.b rta then attempted a loii i« h zird all round the table, misii pg tb > object ball by the merest .htir's breadth, ran a 'coup.' -Bith parties at this utage played carefully, but no breaks of importance were mads for some time ; bat by small a (ditions, the score at 9 16, stood at Roberts 504, to Perkins's '087, when an adjournment took place tul 9.43. On r<«um<ng, Roberts added aifew and then a 43 brotk by all round play df unus ial excllenco. and 10 spot strokes, to which Perkins responded bj 20, .passing Ins ■t'C >nd hiindrnd at '948. Nothing pirticultr .occurred till Robert* patted Ins sixth hun lred*t 9.53. Perkins scoring ,lowl_y. RobtrU added 29 ; Eerkms, 13 Then Roberts another break of oonsiderA ab'e merit, adding 50 to his score by 12 9n,MV)lnl<N and all round plar, and, afte' (6 from I'srkio 1 , another of 58 with 18

apot-strvkts, p issm.! hu st\enth lain \r d at 10 1 Game bem^ i-a led, Hoberis, 70! ; P-ikitu, 702. h.nnll Btoiuig wi* tho '>")o «f i In- ci.iy b> b'jtli, till P. ri.in* ut 7.3 1 muiid u 'tieak ( of 3>, o >\y (a li >q ;it i hii ui<i utiokeby anu » cv»f. Vitfr 3 I from it.he^ls IVrkliid uddeJ 11, au 1 iilier Inoof three bn aks Perkin* to BJt> nt 10. 1 i Robei U short lj ufier made a l>reak ! f 2 1 by brilliant play, which die t?d yreit appl.use, and pns-ed his 800 at 10 24 by h brt-alc of 20 Gimo called, Rv.beris, 812; to Perk<n*, 822. At ihiof ihe gume Purkius had Tery bad uu«, ha plnyei sever d ttroki'S of gr at lnlmdii*! rxcollence, but without the s,iti-f leiion pf leiiTing » hr^,ik, and at 1028 ' ho gune »us cvll.-d 824 all. On a 31 «d led bj R berts, Perkins only made 3 ; Enborls, 17 ; then Perkins, 9 ; obdt*, 19, hy 14 s|jdt-(rokesavJ all round play ptKMing liih 000 at 10 34; after 3 from Pc kw «, It)l)ert< added 9 tind 16 ; tnLMi 6 from Perkins, one bern« a miinifi;cnt j' nny m the middle p clef, lenying nothing. After a 5 aid 4 bj Prrkin*, Roberta git 3 &rr l 17, to which latter Perkim resp>ndedby a carefully-pUyed 24, foljowed by one of 4t, one ttroke of Wiitch attracted considerable uoticf, it being a ki?a cannon from one end of the tnb'e to the other. Parkins passed his fourtb huiii red at 10.48, the game being, Robert*, 970; Pc kius r 924. The champion shortly after scored out by 10, 18, and 2, at 10.57, thu result, bem', Roberta 10U0, Perkins 972. tho champion being the winner by 38 point .