The official Snooker Thread

[RizzlaRebel]

I had to send Mrs GreedY home as the snooker is getting interesting now.

I presume you had time before she left for a hard brown and a soft pink??

 

[Nollaig O Muracu]

I presume you had time before she left for a hard brown and a soft pink??

Absolutely.

 

[cactus jack]

how often has the champion won after coming through the qualifiers?

just the third after Terry Griffiths and Shaun Murphy

 

[Pooman]

just the third after Terry Griffiths and Shaun Murphy

Higgins in' 72?

 

[cactus jack]

Higgins in' 72?

maybe, BBC only mentioned Griffiths and Murphy

 

[jams]

Higgins in' 72?

Fromwiki..

Higgins turned professional in 1971 and won the World Snooker Championship in 1972, defeating John Spencer37‍–‍31 in the final to become the first qualifier to win the world title, a feat that only two other players—Terry Griffiths in 1979 and Shaun Murphy in 2005—have achieved since

 

[Nollaig O Muracu]

Fromwiki..

Higgins turned professional in 1971 and won the World Snooker Championship in 1972, defeating John Spencer37‍–‍31 in the final to become the first qualifier to win the world title, a feat that only two other players—Terry Griffiths in 1979 and Shaun Murphy in 2005—have achieved since

37 - 31

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