Porter resumed from bulk after dinner with a good position, red and white both over the top' left pocket, but he fell down at 28. For a long time after this he did very little. Johnson put on 37, leaving a double bulk, followed with 33 and then, after some safety play, a superb run of 61. He made the opening for this with a clever series of nursery cannons and then carrie ed on with the red ball. This took him to 708-686 and he never afterwards lost the advantage.
His next visit produced 28, then 7_and a miss, whilst Porter's four visits only added 27. Carrying on, Johnson again got the red ball working and strung together 49, entering the next street at 802-713. As against the next 100 Porter only scored twice, 23 and 10, Johnson, after gathering driblets, followed with the break of the match, a delightful 71, mainly collected from the red ball to the middle pockets. It was here that he displayed one stroke
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