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Ian Graham (snooker Player)
Ian Graham (born 12 February 1967) is a former professional snooker player. Graham reached the final stages of the 1991 World Snooker Championship losing 3–10 to eventual semi-finalist, Steve James. In 1989, he reached the quarter-final of the Hong Kong Open, and in 1991, the quarter-final of the Grand Prix Grand Prix ( , meaning ''Grand Prize''; plural Grands Prix), is a name sometimes used for competitions or sport events, alluding to the winner receiving a prize, trophy or honour Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to: Arts and entertainment .... References * English snooker players Living people 1967 births {{England-snooker-bio-stub ...
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Snooker
Snooker (pronounced , ) is a cue sports, cue sport played on a Billiard table#Snooker and English billiards tables, rectangular table covered with a green cloth called baize, with six Billiard table#Pockets 2, pockets, one at each corner and one in the middle of each long side. First played by British Army officers stationed in India in the second half of the 19th century, the game is played with twenty-two balls, comprising a , fifteen red balls, and six other balls—a yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, and black—collectively called the colours. Using a cue stick, the individual players or teams take turns to strike the white to other balls in a predefined sequence, accumulating points for each successful pot and for each time the opposing player or team commits a . An individual of snooker is won by the player who has scored the most points. A snooker ends when a player reaches a predetermined number of frames. Snooker gained its identity in 1875 when army officer Nevil ...
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1991 World Snooker Championship
The 1991 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1991 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 20 April and 6 May 1991 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Stephen Hendry was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals to Steve James and thus fell to the Crucible curse, becoming another champion who was unable to defend his first world title. John Parrott won his only World Championship title by defeating Jimmy White 18–11 in the final. It was the third time that White had lost in the final after 1984 and 1990. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy. The highest break of the tournament was 140, made by Jimmy White. Tournament summary * Future champion Ken Doherty made his Crucible debut, losing to Steve Davis 8–10; former champion Joe Johnson qualified for the last time, losing to Dennis Taylor 6–10. Bot ...
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Steve James (snooker Player)
Stephen James (born 2 May 1961)White, Jason (2002) "Steve James: Crucible or bust for James; Last act beckons in great entertainer's compelling snooker tale", ''Sports Argus'', 26 January 2002, (confirms May 1961) is an English retired professional snooker player. Career A former postman, the high point of his career was his sole ranking title – the Classic in 1990, beating Australian Warren King 10–6 in the final. His world ranking peaked at number seven the following season, the best of his five seasons in the top sixteen."Booze nightmare for snooker star who blew fortune", '' Sunday Mercury'', 28 June 1998 On 14 April 1990, in his match against Alex Higgins at the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield, James became the first player to produce a 16-red total clearance in competitive play. In other words, he potted 16 reds and 16 colours consecutively, followed by all the coloured balls in order: a situation that was only possible because he was awarded a free ball be ...
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1989 Hong Kong Open
The 1989 Hong Kong Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that was held from 7–13 August 1989 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong. Mike Hallett won the tournament by defeating Dene O'Kane Dene O'Kane (born 24 February 1963) is a former professional snooker player from Auckland, New Zealand. Career O'Kane won the 1980 New Zealand Amateur Championship, and represented New Zealand at the 1982 IBSF World Snooker Championship, winn ... nine frames to eight in the final. __TOC__ Main draw References {{Snooker season 1989/1990 Australian Goldfields Open 1989 in snooker 1989 in Hong Kong sport ...
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1991 Grand Prix (snooker)
The 1991 Rothmans Grand Prix was a professional snooker tournament and the second of ten WPBSA ranking events in the 1991/1992 season, following the Dubai Classic and preceding the UK Championship. It was held from 14 to 27 October 1991 at the Hexagon Theatre in Reading, England. Stephen Hendry successfully defended the title by defeating Steve Davis 10–6 in the final. This was Hendry's third Grand Prix and his 12th ranking title overall. Tournament summary Defending champion Stephen Hendry was the number 1 seed with World Champion John Parrott seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings. Main draw Final Century breaks * 136 Ken Owers * 131, 100 Drew Henry * 131 Steve Davis * 129 Lee Grant * 128, 106 Bjorn L'Orange * 125 Craig MacGillivray * 121 Jason Ferguson * 119, 101, 101 Stephen Hendry * 118 Alex Borg * 114 John Timson * 113 Chris Palmer * 112, 106 Peter Ebdon * 111 Ken Doherty * 111 Nick Walker * 1 ...
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English Snooker Players
This is a list of notable amateur and professional snooker players, past and present. A * Hugh Abernethy *Khaled Belaid Abumdas * Pankaj Advani *Subhash Agarwal *Khurram Hussain Agha * Omprakesh Agrawal * Farakh Ajaib * Hamza Akbar *Joven Alba *Shokat Ali *Gareth Allen * Mark Allen *Amine Amiri * Ian Anderson *Roy Andrewartha * Muhammad Asif * John Astley * Justin Astley *Au Chi-wai B *Bai Langning *Bai Yulu *Sam Baird *Roger Bales *June Banks * John Barrie *Maureen Baynton * John Bear *Simon Bedford *Bernard Bennett * Mark Bennett *Bi Zhu Qing *Stuart Bingham * Jonathan Birch * Ian Black * Iulian Boiko *Josh Boileau * Antony Bolsover *Matthew Bolton *Nigel Bond *Emma Bonney *Alex Borg * Mark Boyle *Luca Brecel * Karl Broughton * Albert Brown *Alec Brown * Jordan Brown * Oliver Brown *Paddy Browne *Ian Brumby *Shawn Budd *Alfie Burden *Jamie Burnett * Ian Burns * Karl Burrows * Craig Butler C * James Cahill *Vinnie Calabrese * Duncan Campbell * John Campbell * Steve Camp ...
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