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South Suburban
Billiards
Allen (St Kilda) Compiles
118 Break
By JACK OKE
Rteull* of ttii£ week'e south Suburban matches
-re: St. Kilda v. Malvfm. 3 nil; Army and
Navy, five to rr-ibrai:V out; und Hautlioro—EUeiuwtck,
a tie — 3 all. Cha*. Atlcu, St. Eitdb,
otaptl«d the lira*, break toe the wcck'6 play, a
brilliant cDort o! 118.
ST. KILDA AND MALVERN TIE
Kijda could not do better tlian tie wttli
Malvern. £ome are inclined to think that Mating
tittle. Tllat ib 11 big mistake.
In the flm place, thev have "IJBToy"
Ecclee, wbo would probably defeat any amateur
in Australia, with an equal nai of luck. Ho.
2 Is Luft, one of the moat corn-blent amateur*
in Victoria, and runner-up Uitg >ear in the
8tate ehanpionahip. McGmth and Itobertaun,
-'o. S " and ' .No. - (' ucre - - boUl • -• I Bpijyntf for chain.
pionshtp tiri.r
id Cleary, deal usuallv
- - . - Ilkolv to defeat . If he sets a
ood run. Onlv Ko. 6 pwltion cati really be
called their weak one. Against !
were without -fiobertaon. Any re
been possible with him in.
The feature of the match wii
formauce.on No. 6 position. .Tt
done well rijcht through the
re not expect**!
was responsible
of 118, and no Ko. 1 could have made
i mMe attractive style. Lceka, with
bleaks of 60, 65, and .34, mis in form, as ut.ua).
and Luft (6A, 52, 47, and S7), left nothing
to be desired.
Hie Ko, 3 game, although close, TO not o! a
hfffb standard. This table (No. "), could do
rvtih a levelling up. Bracy Ml a victim to the
consistent Cleary, hut Hayes could not stop
Cook's run of vln>. Cook is one of the few
playem In the Al&oclatlon who has met defeat
only Mice during the season. The scores were:
ARMY AND NAVY WIN
At frshrao tbe borne team were -equal
winning only ' one game against Army and
Navy. Both' 'were at'full strength, but Army
and Ka>7 played Uolllngworth Ko. -8 Instead
of In his Usual posltton, Ko. 2.
- EtafiR was In great form. - ' His conslstepcy
WM. a feature -of the evening's play, but,
strange to .tay. not one of bis breaks was outstanding.
Forty-fire was^hls best, but he bad
Uons,
owing to i
reappearing
Mcfaoea obt
jitot Bb well hi did, for Stewart
bis beht gnmcn fur the season, and wsi
drfi-ated bv onH 17 jKilnH. Both Johnson and
French plived »-H. n.i.l it ua< «nioii.'6 piw
until the Army and Navy man nude the waning
hit. Individual scores were:—
ARJIT AND NAVY V. rRADRAX
ianB
250 Hancock ....
Uo»
llollingworth .
Leonard . . . . ISO Uuekle
Mclnnes . . .
250 Slewart . . . .
!jj
Johnson . . . .
250 French
- 1 -
ANOTHER TIE GAME
Hawthorn, who liave a Ions sequence of ffim
to their credit, could only manage to tie win
Elstemuick.
Dinley, vho recently
detetW
Uarcy" Kccles." could not ropmt his success
against l'eart. It must lie admitted, howevtr, that
Dinley did not receive many chauees, ss Pent
command most of the time. The E««j
,lsver gave an impressive display. ™
n at his best in bn-sks of ft, 5E. ">
31) and 2ii.
.
Cubiiins. although winning falil" cuuilortsMj
.i tiih tons °r
to lis'
delightful billi-irds.
lieh storP* 1
Robison's of Welsh Jid
much > spure again : Dai , and Fn
bad i remarkably
20 and 4U, had onlv
Sohnson. Schiller, win
Individual scom
HAWTHORN
Peart
Oubbins .. . .
Itol.i.-on ....
Dal ies .. . .
rt'n
Sdiiller ..
17'J Carpenter ,.
218 Welsh ..
$