A very interesting and exciting match between Mr, A. Sellar and Mr. H. Crosland took place at the headquarters of the Club in Great Windmill Street, on the afternoon and evening of March 18, which resulted in a win for Mr. Sellar by 31 points. At the half-way Sellar led by 202, but in the evening Crosland scored the faster and drew to within 20 of Sellar at 618-636, when the latter made two very pretty breaks of 80 and 45; however, Crosland came along again, and was only beaten by 31 as stated. The final scores were:—
| A. W. Sellar
31, 77, 24, 31, 39, 96, 22, 27, 83, 44, 45, 20 | 1,000 | H. Crosland
39, 34, 32, 40, 20, 23, 25, 22, 24, 59, 59, 87, 25, 44, 28, 28, 24, 21 | 969 |
Sir Hubert Medlicolt kindly presented the Cup, and in doing so congratulated the winner and offered sympathy to the loser. Sir Hubert said it was always a pleasure to witness matches at the Billiards Control Club, and he considered now that the West End clubs had so many competitions at headquarters and that the Club had extended the area of entries for this handsome challenge cup, he was sure next year would see a much larger entry. Sir Hubert concluded by paying a very high tribute to the sportsmanlike manner which always characterized the matches he had witnessed at the Club. A vote of thanks to Sir Hubert terminated the proceedings.
H. Crosland ran out a winner against Guy Chetwynd by 283 points. The winner's best breaks were 22, 26, 33, 37, 55, and 83 (78 off the red). The loser's best runs were 22 and 25.
Previously, H. Crosland was opposed to G. M. Roberts, whom he defeated by 91 points. The winner made breaks of 21, 24, 33, 35, 50, and 52, while the loser made runs of 23, 25, 26, 29, 36, and 40. The final scores were:—H. Crosland, 500; G. M. Roberts, 409.