Chris Ross (1932–2013) was a former professional snooker player.

Career

In 1968, Ross reached the final of the

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, finishing as runner-up after being defeated 6–11 by David Taylor. At the 1973 Norwich Union Open, he defeated Marcus Owen 4–3, before losing 0–4 to professional

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in the second round. In 1976, he won the English Amateur Championship with an 11–7 victory over

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in the final. Later that year, he participated in the 1976

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and won four of his seven round-robin group matches, which was not enough to qualify for the knockout stage.Straight after the IBSF World Snooker Championship, Ross was accepted as a professional by the

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. Between the English Amateur Championship in April 1976 and the IBSF World Championship in November of that year, Ross was vomiting three or four times a day, and after returning from the World Championship he later found himself unable to pick up a cue. He retired from playing snooker until adopting a different stance, and an unusual style of grip on the , with his wrist underneath the implement. In his first professional match, Ross was whitewashed 0–11 by

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in a qualifying round match for the 1977 World Snooker Championship. In the 1977–78 snooker season, he defeated

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5–4 in the first qualifying round for the

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before losing 1–5 to

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in the second qualifying round. The only other tournament he played in was the

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, where he lost 1–9 to

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. He did not record any match wins in the following two seasons; He also played in the 1980 UK Professional

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championship, losing 933–1,093 to

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. In his qualifying match for the

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, Ross found that his was unsteady and that he was unable to control his properly, and conceded his match against Tony Knowles when trailing 0–7. Although he played in several tournaments over the next couple of seasons, his only match win came with a 6–5 victory over

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at the 1982 Scottish Professional Championship. In 1983, Ross resigned his membership of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. He died in 2013, aged 80.

Career highlights

References

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