BILLIARDS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3453, 19 February 1912, Page 7

BILLIARDS.

THE CASE AGAINST GRAY'

[UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT] LONDON, Fob. 16. In the action against Gray, for alleged breach of contract, Roberts claims £6OOO. Roberts, in his evidence, stated that the agreement arranged fqf the receipts to be pooled and divided, Roberts paying first-class travelling. expenses of Gray, senior, and Gray, junior, which was afterwards to be deducted from Gray’s share of the receipts. When Gray reached London, however, lie made an arrangement with Riley that he was to'receive £3O weekly. Riley’s gross receipts had been £4655, Gray receiving £7BO. In consequence of the repudiation of the agreement he (Roberts) had lost £SOO at Dublin, £350 at Manchester, and £I2OO on two other matches. The receipts of. the Diggle match, which Gray repudiated at fo minutes’ notice, were £ll3. They would have been at least £SOO if Gray had played . , , , For the defence, it was stated that Riley’s net profit was only £3OO. Roberts had misstated the date of his expiry of his contract with the bonzolme bail manufacturers, which made it impossible for Roberts to play with crystallite balls. Gray, in his evidence, said that he was sure it was arranged in Melbourne that he and Roberts were to play together always, but the question of profits was not'mentioned. His reputation suffered through changing the balls. He -added that he hoped to get the English championship, but it would take a vear or two. After Gray (senr.), Stevenson and Riley (with whom Gray was until lately under contract) had given evidence, Roberts was awarded £ISOO .damages. ' . The Lord Chief Justice postponed arguments on legal points as to whether the contract was beneficial to Gray and if so, whether the benefit was injured by Roberts’ inability to play other tlian with the bonzolme balls tor the first two months. GRAY v. STEVENSON. , (Received February IS, 0.0 p.m.) / Gray made breaks of 2-80 and 275, whereof 273 were off the red. Stevenson made a. break of 584.