John Phillips (1935–2008) was a Scottish professional

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player.

Career

Phillips was born in

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. In 1952, he eliminated the reigning champion,

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, from the 1952 British youth snooker tournament, before losing to Gary Owen in the second round. He won the Scottish amateur snooker championship in 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964 and 1971, and was runner-up in 1975. At the 1970 World Amateur Snooker Championship he won four of his six round-robin group matches, which was not enough to qualify for the knockout stage. Whilst an amateur player, he worked as a postman. He was accepted as a professional by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) in 1981. At the

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, he lost 3–6 to Eddie Sinclair, and his first qualifying round match at the

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resulted in a 3–9 defeat by

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. He withdrew from the 1982 Bass and Golden Leisure Classic, the

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, the

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, and the

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, before resigning his membership of the WPBSA in 1983. Phillips was known for the high quality of his safety play. He died in 2008, aged 72.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Phillips, John 1935 births 2008 deaths Scottish snooker players People from Springburn Snooker players from Glasgow