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The Whitworth Masters (20th and 21st of September 2014) was won by Rob Hall in imperious fashion with an average of over 50 in a one sided final.
Rob receives his trophy, pictured are finalist Mark Graham, tournament director Clive Scott and officials.
The EABA’s very own Billiards ace Chris Taylor has again showed what an accomplished cueman he is, winning the Eastern Counties singles title for the third time in four years against another EABA stalwart Phil Mumford.
Chris started well with visits of 86 and 82 Phil Mumford his opponent in the final could only muster a reply of 51 and looked at little at sea, Yalie chipped in with 61 but Chris raced round the table for a 71 unfinished. The final scores being Chris Taylor 331 and Phil Mumford 198.
The Bostonian was also part of the team which retained the Eastern Counties League, along with fellow Lincolnshire competitors Bem French and Rob Hall.
Taylor has had a very successful season, reaching eight competition finals and his world ranking sees him rated seventh.
His next outing is in Leeds from July 19-20, here he will again be battling it out with Phil Mumford for the CIU National billiards title and combined snooker and billiards titles.
Had a great day at the Short Format held in The Atack Club ,Nuneaton.
We watched a final to be remembered between Rob Hall & Chis Taylor, Rob won the first game to 62 and then went on to win the second to 77, A big mistake to think that Chris was finished because he hit Rob with71 break to tmake it 2–1 and then nip and tuck clinched the fourth game 2–2.
Final game of the final Chris kicks off with a 59 but came back & won the final with a 71.
The early rounds had some great games as well with Eddie Fielding beating the Grand Masters Champ 3–2 and to go into the semi’s only to be beaten by the ever improving Steve Bradshaw.
Chris Mitchell won the very strongly contested Plate beating Tony Clegg in the final.
A big thank you to the Atack Club for all their support.
The Rankings after all 6 ABC events have now been updated. This put’s Rob Hall back in the lead with a small 15 point lead over Darren Kell. It looks like its going to be down to the results from the English Amateur to decide on our winner for this year with both players still in the Amateur last 16.
Jack Headley–Ron Agnew–Arthur Winn–Bem French–Jamie Wayman.
Thanks to the Atack Club for a great day.
Well done to Darren Kell on winning the latest ABC, in a fairly close match. Well done to Steve Crosland who struck good form in defeating Rob Hall on his way to the final. In the plate steady Eddie Duggan defeated Chris Taylor and seems to be our plate specialist at the moment.
There is a small video of the plate final in our video section the quality is not great but worth a watch.
The last eight players in this years Amateur Championships again put up some wonderful performances to try and get to the coverted possition of the semi’s for the Darley Dale venue.
Phil Weham and Chris Taylor had a ding dong battle with Chris in front for most of the game until Phil went 101 in front with Chris coming back at him and on 100 had a cover that put an end to his break and the game whith Phil getting another shot to win by 5.
In the second bout we saw Martin Goodwill had a break of 172 in the second session to go ahead of Rob Hall in what was a very close game but Rob came back and just before the bell had a 95 to clinch the game.
The third saw John Mullane and Chris Mitchell in battle but Chris had no answer to Johns 8 breaks in the first session and a further 6 breaks in the next.
The last of our fighting duo games saw Phil Mumford defeat Matt Sutton in what was a very tactful game with both players making 100+ breaks but with Phil coming out on top.
A big thank you to the Clay Cross Club for some lovelly tables and some great food.
Phil Mumford to play Phil Welham.
Congratulations go to Rob this week ,A massive breakthrough in a league match he scored a 261–a 498–and a 241 unfinished .
The rankings have now been updated with the latest ABC results and at this stage its close at the top with Rob Hall and Darren Kell leading the way on 90 points. Eddie Duggan is currently having a great run and is in 7th place.
Congratulations and thanks for all your support.
Who was 15 in March last and has made breaks of 400.
THE BILLIARD ROOM ABUTS ON TO THE STREET AS SHOWN.(From a Snapshot by Mrs. Reece).
But the richest humour lies in other sections of this publication.
from the human system by billiards.
Port Said when the proposed trip to India is presently made.
87, and was in the seventies several times.
and honours were equally divided. Newman made a 271.
a local professional, W. Smith conceded 200 in 600 to Mr.
of Scotland. He was for some years resident in Glasgow.
went to the table six times.
does with ivories, but this view Reece does not agree with.
over 400. Inman’s best was 405.
put up a good game at Soho Square this winter.
Snooker Break of 72 at 16.
may be of interest. Since Sept.
bring him out during the approaching season.
if he had his way.
thirty-two with breaks amongst others of 189, 135, and 130.
would not be an easy task.
next year will he challenge for the championship?
Gray with bonzolines suit him?
in 60 minutes, which is also phenomenal.
gently on to the top cushion and back to the base of the pyramid.
leaving a good game on for the opponent.
the cue instead of a convulsive prod or jerk.
the student days, and becomes a mere mannerism apart from it.
concerned, amongst other things, with the fastness of the table.
and where close finishes have been the rule.
1,402; Raynor, 2,000, v. Harris, 1,786; Peall, 2,000, v.
breaks were also made by some of the losers of heats.
into a middle pocket by means of a direct kiss off the white.
to the red, gathering all three balls at the top.
various diagrams of fancy strokes.
Watts, Ltd., Soho Square, W., from whom any further particulars can be obtained.
previous to striking the cork, receives the whole pool.
in rotation from a basket, or by numbered counters.
pocketed the next player plays from baulk.
4.Each player has only one stroke according to his rotation.
5.Any player making a cannon receives the whole pool.
a cushion, and lastly the cork.
same stake as at starting, and add it to that already on the cork.
by two or more players, either all against all, or in partnership.
The points are 63 or 126 up, including a number.
the middle spot; and the red on the billiard spot.
7.The baulk line is protection.
striking the cork first, hit a ball, he only loses ten points.
to suit his own secret number.
until a winner is declared.
the table, it is replaced on its own spot.
stands, and the player does not count the ten points.
ball on his proper spot, they are moved to their respective spots.
plays from his own spot.
playable as per Rule 7.
if touching are still playable.
is first to decide over which baulk pocket to leave the red.
contact and the cue ball more.
of the spot, and the cue ball in hand, two courses are open.
result which stroke suits you best and leaves the most.
parallel with the intended line of travel of the ball.
The earlier advices indicated that neither the champion (Inman) nor the ex-champion (Stevenson) had been at the top of their form in Australia and South Africa respectively, Inman having failed to hold Williams in their first encounter and Stevenson having been heavily back-marked by Gray. Williams (receiving 1,500) beat Inman by 2,352 in 9,000 up. Reece has been playing well, although defeated by Lindrum, but perhaps the most notable success has been achieved by Harverson, who in his matches with Diggle, whose play has been unsatisfactory, has shone conspicuously. On July 22 Inman and Reece commenced a match which was witnessed by the Governor-General, Lord Denman. At the half-way Inman was 839 behind, but both had been playing well, with such breaks as Inman 584 and Reece 513. Williams has challenged Reece, but Reece said that, owing to his engagements, it would be impossible for him to meet Williams in Australia. He would be willing, however, to play a match in England next season for £100 or £200 a-side, and he would concede Williams a start of 3,000 in 18,000 up. The international tournament arranged between the visiting English professionals and Australian professionals commenced with a match between Harverson and Williams (subsequently replacedowing to a conflicting agreement by F. Smith, Jun.), on July 22, Harverson winning easily. Gray, although beaten by Stevenson at Durban by 9,000 to 7,112, seems to have risen in South Africa with bonzoline balls to something like his old form with crystalates. From Johannesburg Stevenson and Gray were to move up to Pretoria, and then to Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth, Kimberley, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town, in order named.
The Billiard Monthly is giving from month to month a series of diagrams illustrating what was considered “the game” at billiards in the time of Mr. E. R. Mardon, one of the earliest writers on the subject, and to this old book “B. D.” referred in a recent issue of Country Life. Carr was (writes “B. D.”) the best player in England before the advent of the great Edwin Kentfield, better known as Jonathan, who was “the god of Mr. Mardon’s idolatry.” Kentfield was a great player, more especially on the old tables with list cushions and big pockets, and for a long while was without a peer; but at length a new star appeared in the North, and some under-bred persons who dwelt in Manchester, far from the genteel repose of the subscription rooms at Brighton, began to say that a greater than Kentfield was there. This was John Roberts, the elder. Mr. Mardon had never seen Roberts play, but this made no difference to him, since he argued the question on a priori grounds. The powers of his favourite, he declared, “had gone beyond what even the imagination could embrace,” and “although luminaries may shine forth in other spheres, Mr. Kentfield, the electric light of mine, must, I think, dim their lustre and keep them in the shade.” It is pathetic to find after this spirited outburst that Mr. Mardon, in a later edition, had to change his mind. The tactless Roberts refused to be kept down by the powers of imagination; he came to Brighton and openly demanded a match. “A nobleness of conduct similar to this was not unfortunately in unison with the feelings of Mr. Kentfield.” He took Roberts into a private room, locked the door and began a game for love. It seems doubtful whether either party revealed his real game, but at the end Roberts declared that he could give Kentfield 20 in 100, and reiterated his challenge. The elder man wisely realized that the younger would be too strong for him, and preferred to rest on his laurels. Mr. Mardon has to admit that Roberts is the stronger, and he does so with a sorrowful generosity. Possibly he was the less unwilling because Roberts was stated to have declared that his game had ” benefited and improved by the perusal of Mr. Mardon’s treatise.” What amateur could survive so sweet a piece of flattery from a professional champion? The feats of other great players are to be found in Mr. Mardon’s pages, but the reader searches in vain for any further mention of the defeated Porker. He may have been finally extinguished by that great break, or possibly the conqueror wisely guided his conduct by the doggerel rhyme adorning the wall of Hughes’ billiard-rooms: William Hughes hopes him you’ll excuse For making this observation. When you’ve the best of the game, keep the same; To mention more there can be no occasion. B. D.
In making the gentle cannon off the spotted red at the top of the table, which sends the red to the corner pocket an excellent plan is first to get the aim for the pot and then play a little fuller or finer so as to strike the top or side cushion as required for the next stroke. In this way the red can always be left quite near to the pocket without going in, and the only thing to remember is so to guide the cue ball in making the pot that a cannon or another pot is left on.
In playing middle pocket in-offs always take a preliminary glance from centre of top cushion or from top pocket on same side as object ball through the latter. This will at once reveal whether the intended contact would lose ball in top pocket or leave it in an undesirable position. This treating of every in-off as a pot is one of the most remunerative things in billiards.
One of the first things to learn in billiards is the exact potentiality of the unhindered and unaccelerated cue. The gentlest of swings at the bottom of the table sends the ball two lengths and when this is realized the forcing of a stroke is at once seen to be an altogether exceptional requirement, so far, at any rate, as the object ball is concerned.
One of the common mistakes in billiard playing is always to play half-ball simply because the half-ball stroke is on. Where there is nothing else to consider this is a good principle, but when playing from baulk it is frequently much better to alter the placing of the cue ball for a thicker or finer contact even though it may seem a little more difficult.
In the same way a wider than half-ball placing and a forcing or screw shot is often essential to position, although the ordinary half-ball shot is clearly there also.
There are many placings of the balls in which the right stroke for position is in every way as easy as the wrong. Take the case of either a fine in-off or a gentle follow-through into a baulk pocket with the cue ball near a side cushion. The thicker stroke leaves perfect middle pocket or drop cannon position, whereas a fine cut would leave the object ball in baulk.
The art of securing the drop cannon, which leads to the top of the table from baulk, is worth any amount of practice, and when the red is on the spot, the white a little below a top pocket, and a fine in-off practicable, the drop cannon can nearly always be set up by cutting the white to its necessary position by way of the side cushion.
In close cushion cannons, when one object ball is against the cushion and the other situated diagonally a little below with the cue ball a little lower still and in line with the red, care should be taken to get almost full on the first object ball, otherwise an annoying cover will ensue. Similarly when the cue ball is on one side of the other two a fullish contact prevents it from coming to rest between the object balls.
Accept a wrong decision at the table rather than let it ruffle you. Equability is a strong billiard asset.
for allowing public billiards at Otley without licence.
stated that the Club would now be properly formed.
American Tournament in 1912) won somewhat easily.
the opening of a new saloon at the Collingwood Restaurant.
the final scores were: Aiken, 1,500; Smith (200), 1,173.
ivory balls on a standard table.
736, the season’s record for any player with ivory balls.
enter the classic circle by right of victory.
Osborne v. Hoskins, September 16 and 17.
Breed v. Tothill, September 18 and 19.
Raynor v. Harris, September 20 and 21.
Peall v. Taylor, September 23 and 24.
Sparrow v. Falkiner, September 25 and 26.
Chapman v. Collens, September 27 and 28.
sessions) and play will proceed over a period of five weeks.
rather more of it with bonzoline than with crystalate.
when cue ball and object ball are touching the balls are spotted.
first question is also in the affirmative.
with file and clamp, cannot be too highly spoken of.
the opportunity had been sacrificed by the foul stroke.
demoralized, as this can only result in making a bad case worse.
arrange everything to a nicety I seem to play worse than ever.
There is no general rule.
to a top pocket and the white a little lower down across the table.
made 83 in October 1909 and the Manager of the Clarendon Hotel, Nottingham, 87 at about the same time.
just as we are going to press state that John Roberts, Mrs.
from Vancouver for China and subsequently India, on September 3rd.
Edmonton, Newman 750 v. Roberts 582.
ministers bold enough to put billiard tables in their institutes.
remark that a lot of markers must be needed for 45 tables.
and one man looks after from 8 to 12 tables.
men of the day seems without question.
whilst those who could afford it played.
easier since the billiard halls opened.
to be neutralized and spoiled.
unpleasant vibration, is not referable to the same source.
cushion to cushion as though invested with life and sensibility.
is that the ball is swept away the moment the pendulum.
to carry it far enough.
Hundred Breaks and No Applause!
introduced some twenty years ago.
brush with the nap of the cloth.
spotted, or (b) whether he resumes from the position left.
left-hand pocket and the bottom cushion are No. 1.
game. I let them go on a little longer till I had to stop them.
balls into the pockets. I should like to know what I ought to do.
and the other ball on the centre spot.
practice a day. Could you tell me if I am progressing all right?
from Messrs. Burroughes and Watts, Ltd., Soho Square, W.
when playing in-offs and where the cue ball will be left when potting.
truly, and big breaks were out of the question.
also defeated me, the latter just previously to my departure.
altogether too slow for red-ball play.
the main reason of my visit to England, I was greatly disappointed.
his stand at the table being against progression.
especially, although most unconventional in his methods.
break, at Edinburgh, of 482, he only went to hand twice.
the wonder being that breaks are made with them.
“I saw two of England’s best amateurs playMr. H. A.
be up to the Australian standard.
accorded me by a number of Australian students at Edinburgh.
and made me long for Australia’s sunshine.
1,000; Battery Sergeant-Major Wark, 635.
tournament, out of 210 competitors.
winners, as already announced, a prize was awarded to Mr.
one for a break of 41 in the list of players owing points.
break in the final of the billiard handicap.
made a break or 245, while playing a game with Mr. S.
At the Darlington Junior Unionist Club, on July 17, W.
at the Soho Square Salon.
for 1912 is as follows:President, Mr. H. D.
Campbell, James Davies, A. E. Johns, and C. E.
Joliffe; committee, Messrs. J. C. Dillon, J. Basto, H. R.
Hamer, C. J. Lane, J. G. Pearson, E. S. Raphael, D.
Robertson, and Dr. F. S. J. Latham; hon. treasurer, Mr.
W. McBean; hon. secretary, Mr. J. E. Barlow.
Sussex, chairman and managing director of Messrs.
of £90,050, with net personalty £65,725.
assistance. Subscriptions may be sent to Mr. G. Axtell.
E.C, or to his private address, 18, Linom Road, Clapham.
under the late Mr. Fraser.
Who was George Gray’s first season’s manager.

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