MR. CLARKE, the enterprising manager of this hotel, provided his friends and patrons with another entertainment on Friday evening last week, when a very interesting match was played between a gentleman amateur of Bognor and a gentleman from London. The game was 750 points up. Play commenced at 7.30 p.m. before a company more select than numerous. After the usual misses for safety the Bognor man made 13, and with other small scores reached 50 to 19, the balls breaking very badly for the visitor. The play on both sides was rather slow at first, nearly an hour having elapsed when the marker called—Bognor 252, London 192. Here a bet of 5 to 4 was laid on Bognor, and the taker offered to repeat the operation. The London player soon after made breaks of 28, 32, 38, and 18, his opponent responding with 30, 21, 17, and 15, and the game was called 372 all amid much applause. Again the Bognor man went ahead, playing in capital style, several of his all-round cannons being admirably executed, whilst the visitor was conspicuous more for his losing hazards and "long jennies." When the game was, London 419, Bognor 452, an interval of nearly half an hour took place.
On resuming play the aspect of the game was very soon changed. The London man soon rubbed off his arrear of points, and then put together breaks of 38 (10 spots), 41 all round, 32 (9 spots), and 48 (15 spots), whilst his opponent added 30, 22, 17, and 9, as his largest contributions. At 724 the visitor again got in, and won the game with a break of 26, his opponent standing at 647, thus losing the match by 103 points. The visitor's play after the interval was very rapid, and his victory may be attributed chiefly to his spot-stroke play, which seemed rather to unnerve his opponent. The latter, however, played an uphill game pluckily and well, rarely failing to score when a chance presented itself. We question, indeed, whether at the all-round game the local player is not quite equal to the visitor, and should like to witness another match, "spot-stroke barred." As before observed, the attendance was only limited, a fact which we much regret, considering the pains taken by Mr. Clarke to amuse and gratify his patrons. Should another match be arranged we trust he will reap a more liberal reward for his outlay and trouble.