The Sydney Referee is enthusiastic in regard to Reece's fine touch and generally attractive play. Says The Referee: "Fine shots are the bete noir of the amateur, as a general thing; and no strokes are more appreciated by the big crowds that view each session of the Reece-Lindrum game.
Some of the skinning strokes made by the visitor are Carl Hertzian in their cleverness, and his admirers claim that the redoubtable Reece can hit a ball so fine or "thin" that the ordinary observer would imagine the object had been missed.
It is even asserted that if the balls were placed across the table in line, with only a sheet of paper separating each, that Reece would take the centre ball a foot away and fire through the opening without disturbing the stationary spheres, so accurate is his sight and so firm his cue arm.
He certainly can skin a ball finer than any player we have seen in Sydney, but whether he is equal to the above claim is open to question."
The series of weekly flying handicaps at the Queen's Arms, Queen's Crescent, was continued in spite of the extraordinary heat of mid-August, a full complement of sixteen players providing keen contests. In the final Mr.
Fennymore, rather unexpectedly, beat Mr. Evans by 27, securing the first prize, a handsome 40 piece tea service.
The second prize went to Mr. Evans, and the third to Mr. Tyrrell.