Peaker break sets a billiard league record

HUDDERSFIELD billiards champion Matthew Peaker, from Brockholes BC, has been in exceptional form in the most recent set of fixtures in this season’s Huddersfield Sunday School Billiards League.

He recorded 15 breaks over 35 in his four successful victories.

Breaks of 56, 44, 44 and 42 helped him beat Paddock Con player Tim Whitehouse (-100) 200-115 (10).

He then posted breaks of 70, 67 and 56 in his victory over New North Road player, Greg Leach, as he ran out a winner (-100) 200-102 (40).

Next up was a (130) 198-200 (-100) win away at New North Road against Chris Bintcliffe helped by breaks of 62, 58, 44, 43 and 38. However, in his next match against Rastrick New Road player, Chris Evans, Peaker posted breaks of 37, 177 and 71 unfinished to run out a huge winner (-100) 200-76 (45).

Peaker was only on his sixth visit to the table as he reached his target with the unfinished break of 71 and scored 285 points in just three visits.

The match took less than 25 minutes and league officials stated that 177 is the highest ever break recorded in the 106year history of the Huddersfield Sunday School Billiards League.

This came after Peaker had posted a break of 164 in the individual May Gray Cup Handicap last season.

Peaker’s team-mate, Jack Dyson, posted a personal best match break in the very next game.

Dyson knocked in a fabulous break of 83 in his game against Allan Bottomley, but it wasn’t enough to secure the win as the Rastrick New Road player went on to take the victory (-15)150200 (50).

Dyson also made a break of 30 in his win over Paddock player Ben Whitehouse. Other recorded breaks came from Brockholes BC player David Peaker, who was the only other player to make a break over the 50 mark when he made a 62.

Chris Evans made breaks of 34 and 25 and New North Road player, Steve Hellawell, made a 25.

In this week’s Huddersfield Billiards and Snooker Association Billiard League fixtures there were only seven breaks of 25-plus, both Marsh Lib A players Graham Whitehouse and Tony O’Hara made a 28 break, Liam Fallas, of Milnsbridge Lib, had a 29, Julian Hodge, of Moldgreen Lib, registered a 39, and Lindley Lib’s David Tully had a 42. The highest break of the week came from Mathew Peaker, of Brockholes BC, with breaks of 53 and 49 against Dennis Lomax, of New Mill A.

In this week’s Open Snooker League matches there were ten breaks of 25-plus.

Mark Atkinson, of Crosland Moor Con A, and Glenn Wilkinson, of Meltham Lib E, had a break of 29, Gavin West, of Moldgreen Con C, made a 30, Trevor Liversidge, of Golcar Con B, hit a 31, both Tim Moore of Marsh Lib A and Jack EllisPownall of Meltham Lib B registered a break of 32, Ryan Driver, of Lockwood Con, made a 34, Lee Blagborough, of Marsden Social, recorded a 36, but the highest break of the week was by Michael Whaley, of Marsh Lib A, with 84 against Ryan O’Connor, of Netherton Con A.