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mann, 4-BILLIARDS.* ••THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP• • • i. »#*»... » • . . . # » *(From Our CoifMpondwit).Mr. T. Owen, of Liverpool, aawinner of the challenger’s competition, yesterday met thehplderv Mr. Harry lt;1 Virr, of Bradford, in the actual match for the Amateur Billiard Championship of England. ' A huge crowd filled the Mechanics* Institute, Bradford,. where the 2000up game is being played. The ehampion beganbadly, 23 being his best break for some time, and Mr. Owen, with 31, 28, and 27, reached 103 to 64. Mr. Virr then found his. form and put quite a different complexion on the game, as inA'consecutive visits to the toble he‘compiled breaksof OQ, 59, 60, 21, and 26, Mr. Owen meanwhile scoring but 4, the game then being called 326to 107 in Mr. Yin's favour. Up to this periodMr. Virr had relied almost exclusively on thered-ball game for his points, but he adopted toore open methods towards the Close, and: in this way made breaks of23, 27, 42, 32, and 17 (unfinished) to his rival’s 23, 26, 26, and 21. Despite his poor start, Mr. Virr btd ah average of 15, and led by 252 at the interval' Bootes:-— Mr. Virr (in play), 601; Mr. Owen, 249.Mr. Virr averaged 24 at night, making breaks of 44, 35, 67, 60. 61, 34, 31, and 37 (unfinished), a better performance ' than has everbeen accomplished in .the competition. Mr. Owen’s best efforts were 44, 36, and 43. dosing scores —Mr, Virr (in play), 1001; Mr. Owen, 612. :
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London Standard
London, Middlesex, GB
Wed, Mar 06, 1912
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