Leslie Driffield
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1971
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Dick Watts (Many of you may remember Dick on the Pro Am Circuit) made a break of 182 in the Taunton League. I saw Dick on many occasions at Pro Am matches with his matchless ease and style, despite his advancing years. And a civilised and pleasant man indeed.
Jack Karnehm turns professional, having won the London Billiards 9 times, of which seven were in succession, then the Eng and World Am, and had a high personal break of 1128 made in 1968.
Jack also once scored 392 in 16 minutes. (In 1964 World Am Championships) Given his known style of play, this is either an extraordinary rate of scoring or an error in reporting. Top end player usually take 5/6 minutes per hundred. Any views on this?
Jack also resigned from his Chairmanship of the BS &CC, to be succeeded by Len Oldham.
Shocking News: Match table at BS & CC home at Haringey was privately sold. Any of you aged geezers ever play on it? It was made in 1898 for Queen Victoria and was used in Buck House for years. Where is it now, I ask?
Hugh Pinner pots his opponent’s white to defeat Ross Porter:770-769 in Eng Am qualifier. Tsch, Tsch. Would we do that now, would we hell !
I read a comment by Leslie Driffield that you don’t reach your peak at Billiards until age 50 at least. Anyone disagree with that?
Driffield defeats Karnehm for the World Professional Title, 9029 to 4342, drowning his opponent in an avalanche of breaks.
Albert Johnson aged 56 defeats Norman Squires in Australasian Billiards. Johnson a known expert in Nurseries and who had not played competitively for over 30 years comprehensively outplayed his opponent, by a score of 7440 to 4394, and apparently mixing nurseries with open play and top end with ease, and delivering a top break of 370 in 17 minutes (Compare this with Karnehm’s 392 in 16 minutes) in the match, running the limit of 75 cannons during this break, and another run of 70 cannons in the break thrown in for good measure. It is said that in session 5 he turned up with the flu, and because a gentleman who had travelled 400 miles to see him play nurseries, he duly obliged with a run of 40 cannons, finally delivering the coup de grace by scoring a 101 break in the final minute by nurseries from 61 onwards. It was apparently a mesmerising match, with a match against Driffield now on the cards.
Dagley wins the world Amateur in Malta, winning all his matches except one, against Satish Mohan, with the Aggregate scores from the three final matches deciding the overall result. Francisco had 3985 v 3401, Lafir had 2514 v 5016, Mohan had 3822 v 4234 and Dagley Had 5042 v 2712.
Jack Karnehm turns professional, having won the London Billiards 9 times, of which seven were in succession, then the Eng and World Am, and had a high personal break of 1128 made in 1968.
Jack also once scored 392 in 16 minutes. (In 1964 World Am Championships) Given his known style of play, this is either an extraordinary rate of scoring or an error in reporting. Top end player usually take 5/6 minutes per hundred. Any views on this?
Jack also resigned from his Chairmanship of the BS &CC, to be succeeded by Len Oldham.
Shocking News: Match table at BS & CC home at Haringey was privately sold. Any of you aged geezers ever play on it? It was made in 1898 for Queen Victoria and was used in Buck House for years. Where is it now, I ask?
Hugh Pinner pots his opponent’s white to defeat Ross Porter:770-769 in Eng Am qualifier. Tsch, Tsch. Would we do that now, would we hell !
I read a comment by Leslie Driffield that you don’t reach your peak at Billiards until age 50 at least. Anyone disagree with that?
Driffield defeats Karnehm for the World Professional Title, 9029 to 4342, drowning his opponent in an avalanche of breaks.
Albert Johnson aged 56 defeats Norman Squires in Australasian Billiards. Johnson a known expert in Nurseries and who had not played competitively for over 30 years comprehensively outplayed his opponent, by a score of 7440 to 4394, and apparently mixing nurseries with open play and top end with ease, and delivering a top break of 370 in 17 minutes (Compare this with Karnehm’s 392 in 16 minutes) in the match, running the limit of 75 cannons during this break, and another run of 70 cannons in the break thrown in for good measure. It is said that in session 5 he turned up with the flu, and because a gentleman who had travelled 400 miles to see him play nurseries, he duly obliged with a run of 40 cannons, finally delivering the coup de grace by scoring a 101 break in the final minute by nurseries from 61 onwards. It was apparently a mesmerising match, with a match against Driffield now on the cards.
Dagley wins the world Amateur in Malta, winning all his matches except one, against Satish Mohan, with the Aggregate scores from the three final matches deciding the overall result. Francisco had 3985 v 3401, Lafir had 2514 v 5016, Mohan had 3822 v 4234 and Dagley Had 5042 v 2712.
