BILLIARDS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3241, 10 June 1911, Page 8

BILLIARDS.

CRAY v. INMAN.

AUSTRALIAN’S SUBSTANTIAL

LEAD.

[UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.] (Recevied June 9, -9.20 p.m.) LONDON, June 9. Gray’s score now stands at 5251, while Inman has scored 3152.

("The future alone, says the Sydney Morning Herald, will prove the accuracy of Sporting’s Life’s forecast that in Inman Gray will meet his Waterloo. Against its opinion, however, may be placed the fact that Gray had,' up till the time the last mail had left England taken part in 29 matches, and won the whole of them. He had defeated Higgle, ’Harverson, Lovejoy, Cook, and Nelson, hut had not met either Ste-co-son or Inman, the two most prominent cueists of England. Last month Inman challenged Gray to play a .* atoll for £2OO a side, with crystalate balls, the winner to take 60 per cent, and the loser 40 per cent, of the gate money. As Gray is the only player in the world who has made a thousand break under the present rules, it may prove interesting to give a list of the twenty-one thousands he has compiled during the present season: —2196 unfinished, 1576, 1402, 1340, 1318, 1295, 1278. 1244, 1212, 1201, 1200 .1169, 1143, 1143, 1140'. 1092, 1058, 1054, 1024, 1024, 1001. , In addition he had made 114 breaks of over 400 (including sixty of over 600). Inman’s record in this respect is seven breaks of over 400, including two of over 500. The “Twickenham Terror” had played 22 matches, winning 14 and losing six, so that on ’ performances Gray should prove equal to defeating him.]