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BRADFORD’S billiards team completed their Yorkshire Inter-District League fixtures with a 7-5 defeat at a very strong Harrogate team.
In a topsy-turvy first game, Paul Devitt led 23-0, only to trail 86-23 following a break of 31 and several smaller contributions from his opponent Stephen Crosland.
But Devitt responded with a 57 to to reduce the deficit to 86-80 and then continued his revival to win 200-118 and take Bradford into a 3-1 lead.
A break of 49 gave Steve Wilman an early advantage in the next match but Harrogate’s Tom Halliday dug in to win a close contest 200-187, leaving Bradford 5-4 in front.
Bradford captain Stephen Kershaw also had an early break of 31 but Harrogate’s Jonathan Marwood was in fine form, breaks of 56, 36 and 32 helping to take the game 200-64, giving Harrogate overall victory.
Bradford still lead the table with 55 points, having completed all their fixtures, while Harrogate have 50 with one match still to play and Huddersfield No 1 have 43 with two to play, so both could still overhaul the front-runners.
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