National Billiards Final
By a Staff Reporter
At the halfway stage (four hours) of the National billiards championship on Tuesday night Chandra Hirjee, the Bengal champion , led the title holder Wilson Jones by 2,109 points to 1283.
There is little that can be said about the first days play beyond that Hirjee was in good form and Jones was not .To Jones go through four hours’ play without scoring a single century break was something unusual but billiards like any other game has it’s ups and downs .
While admitting that Jones had little luck with run of the balls he appeared to be struggling the position and could not quite exploit his top table positions . Hirjee on the other hand played a sound , confident game two of his big breaks being characterised by postman’s knock-the pot red and cannon sequence with the white jammed up against the top call. What seemed to bother Jones most was the failure of a number of drop cannons which left the balls in a fine position for Hirjee.
But despite being in difficulty Jones managed to keep along side Hirjee throughout the first two hours during which time the lead changed hands several times . It was only in the second two hours that Hirjee really asserted himself.
In his second visit of the match Jones made a break of 57but Hirjee in reply made 100.Hirjee then led until the 14th visit when Jones made a small break and managed to lead by 423 points to 421.For a long time there was little to choose between the players until the 27th visit when Hirjee got fairly well ahead with a break of 154.
The match then began to look inter-eating in his 32nd visit Jones made 80 and 61 in his 35th.But this did not deter Hirjee who made 102 in reply just before the interval at which stage Jones led by 825 points to 822 Hirjee being eight in play.
Fluent Scoring
On resumption Hirjee took his unfinished break to 51 and scoring more fluently went further and further ahead . In this session Hirjee scored three century breaks , his rate of scoring being particularly high in the last hour. When time was called Hirjee was well in front.
So Jones faces a stiff task in the remaining four hours’ play today. A recovery by him is still within the bounds of possibility but a lot will depend on what he does in the first hours and perhaps what Hirjee doesn’t do . It may be recalled that year before last Hirjee was well in front†at the end of the first day and Jones recovered to win , although the lead was not so big on that occasion .Best breaks of the night were : Hirjee- 100,103,63,154,102,53,73,64,62,148,53,76,186,54,72,142.
Jones- 57,56,75,62,74,80,61,57,58,61.
Today’s match Billiards final (second day) – Jones V Hirjee (5.30 P.M. & 8 P.M.).
By a Staff Reporter
At the halfway stage (four hours) of the National billiards championship on Tuesday night Chandra Hirjee, the Bengal champion , led the title holder Wilson Jones by 2,109 points to 1283.
There is little that can be said about the first days play beyond that Hirjee was in good form and Jones was not .To Jones go through four hours’ play without scoring a single century break was something unusual but billiards like any other game has it’s ups and downs .
While admitting that Jones had little luck with run of the balls he appeared to be struggling the position and could not quite exploit his top table positions . Hirjee on the other hand played a sound , confident game two of his big breaks being characterised by postman’s knock-the pot red and cannon sequence with the white jammed up against the top call. What seemed to bother Jones most was the failure of a number of drop cannons which left the balls in a fine position for Hirjee.
But despite being in difficulty Jones managed to keep along side Hirjee throughout the first two hours during which time the lead changed hands several times . It was only in the second two hours that Hirjee really asserted himself.
In his second visit of the match Jones made a break of 57but Hirjee in reply made 100.Hirjee then led until the 14th visit when Jones made a small break and managed to lead by 423 points to 421.For a long time there was little to choose between the players until the 27th visit when Hirjee got fairly well ahead with a break of 154.
The match then began to look inter-eating in his 32nd visit Jones made 80 and 61 in his 35th.But this did not deter Hirjee who made 102 in reply just before the interval at which stage Jones led by 825 points to 822 Hirjee being eight in play.
Fluent Scoring
On resumption Hirjee took his unfinished break to 51 and scoring more fluently went further and further ahead . In this session Hirjee scored three century breaks , his rate of scoring being particularly high in the last hour. When time was called Hirjee was well in front.
So Jones faces a stiff task in the remaining four hours’ play today. A recovery by him is still within the bounds of possibility but a lot will depend on what he does in the first hours and perhaps what Hirjee doesn’t do . It may be recalled that year before last Hirjee was well in front†at the end of the first day and Jones recovered to win , although the lead was not so big on that occasion .Best breaks of the night were : Hirjee- 100,103,63,154,102,53,73,64,62,148,53,76,186,54,72,142.
Jones- 57,56,75,62,74,80,61,57,58,61.
Today’s match Billiards final (second day) – Jones V Hirjee (5.30 P.M. & 8 P.M.).