In these days when the four figure breaks of George Gray deservedly command so much attention, it is interesting to recall that breaks of a thousand or over are by no means infreqiient in the past history of the game. How many people could mention offhand the names of past and present players who have made a thousand or more off the balls? Yet the list is of surprising length, and we reproduce it below, as we feel sure it will prove of special interest just now.
| W.J. Peall | 3,304 (1,061 spots) | Nov 5th and 6th, 1890 |
| Charles Dawson | 1,848 (613 consecutive spots) | Sept. 20th, 1890 |
| William Mitchell | 1,621 (536 spots) | Nov 3rd, 1885 |
| Tom Taylor | 1,467 (spot-barred) | including 729 cannons when balls were jammed, April 24th, 1891 |
| John Roberts | 1,392 (spot barred) | May 3rd and 4th, 1894 |
| John North | 1,066 (209 spots) | Nov. 24th, 1885 |
| J.G. Sala | 1,012 (334 spots) | March 20th, 1888 |
| Fred White | 1,745 (575 spots) | March 13th, 1889 |
| Joe Watson | 1,075 (357 spots) | April 3rd, 1890 |
| Charles Memmott | 1,237 unfinished | August 20th, 1892 |