By defeating Mr. E. D. Bush ai the Town Hall on Wednesday in the final round of the Snaughai Amateur Billiards Championship, by- 1,500 points to 1,264, Mr-W. Porter won the championship for the fifth time and made the Cup his own property. At the first session, before dinner, the game was very stubbornly contested, and when an adjournment was called at 8 p.m. Bush was leading by 652 points to 641. After dinner, however, Porter showed greatly improved form and soon secured a long lead. Neither player was in his best form, and it required 193 visits by each to complete the match, Porter's average working out at a fraction over 7 and Bush's at a little over 6, Porter's highest breaks were 56, 48, 40 (36 off red), 38, 37, 36 (twice), 39 (twice); 33, 30, 28, 27 (twice), 96 (twice) 94 (three times), 22 (twice) and 21 (twice), and Bush's best efforts were 42 (all off red), 39, 36, 34, 28, 27, 25, 24, 93 (twice), 22 (twice) and 21 (twice).
At the conclusion of the match the championship cup was presented to Mr. Porter by Capt. E. I. M. Barrett, on behalf of the Billiards Association, and in making the presentation Capt. Barrett stated that Porter had proved beyond daunt during the past nine or ten years that he is the best amateur billiard player in Shanghai.
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