ON Saturday the pyramid match between Alfred Bennett and Alfred Reynolds was concluded at Mr. Jackson's new billiard saloon, New-street.
The match was commenced on Friday, but owing to the length of the games, only 14 were decided out of 31, Bennett having won 9, and Reynolds 5. Considerable interest was manifested in the proceedings, and those who attended were enabled to witness some good play. Each game was contested with great caution, several of the games occupying nearly an hour. Victory in the end lay with Bennett, who scored 16 to 12, although Reynolds, playing with all his characteristic tact and composure, made the success of the Midland champion no easy matter.
The games were won as follows:—Reynolds won the fifteenth and sixteenth by 5 balls, the seventeenth by 6, the eighteenth by 4, the twenty-fourth by 6, the twenty-fifth by 9, and the twenty-sixth by 8.
Bennett took the nineteenth by 8, the twentieth by 2, the twenty-first by 4, the twenty-second by 5, the twenty-third by 8, the twenty-seventh by 8, and the twenty-eighth by 8. The highest break was made by Reynolds, who put down 10 balls in succession.
Bennett, having carried off both the billiards and pyramid contest, became entitled to the diamond ring presented by Mr. Jackson. This was presented by that gentleman to the winner, amidst applause, and Mr. Jackson recognised Reynolds' plucky play by handing him a £5 note.