Matt Gibson (born 7 May 1953) is a Scottish former professional
snooker player.
Career
Gibson was runner-up to
Tony Knowles in the 1972 British Junior Championship,
and defeated Ronnie Millar to win the 1980 Scottish Amateur Championship.
He represented Scotland at the 1980
IBSF World Snooker Championship
The IBSF World Snooker Championship (also known as the World Amateur Snooker Championship) is the premier non-professional snooker tournament in the world. The event series is sanctioned by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation. A nu ...
, finishing fourth in his seven-player qualifying group after winning three matches.
He was accepted as a professional by the
World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
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in 1981. He reached the final of his first event as a professional, the
1981 Scottish Professional Championship by defeating
Bert Demarco
Luigi Umberto "Bert" Demarco (9 June 1924 – 17 March 2012) was a Scottish professional snooker player and billiard hall owner. He competed at the World Amateur Snooker Championship several times, and was a professional snooker player from 19 ...
5–3 and
Jim Donnelly 6–4. He lost the final 7–11 to
Ian Black.
In the
1981–82 snooker season, he reached the third qualifying round of the
1981 International Open
The 1981 Scottish Open (snooker), Jameson International was the first staging of the professional non-Snooker world rankings, ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14 and 20 September 1981 at the Derby Assembly Rooms, Assembly Rooms ...
with 5–3 wins over both
Sid Hood
Sid Hood (1933–2006) was an English former professional snooker player. He was the runner-up at the 1970 World Amateur Snooker Championship.
Career
Hood began playing cue sports at the age of 14. He worked as a docker and, in 1970, said t ...
and
Maurice Parkin
Maurice Parkin is an English former professional snooker player.
Career
Parkin turned professional in 1971, entering the 1972 World Championship that season. He won his first qualifying round match 11–10 against Geoff Thompson, but was def ...
, before being eliminated 3–5 by
John Dunning.
His first match in the
World Snooker Championship
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resulted in a defeat, 8–9 to Donnelly in the
1981 tournament.
His best performance in a ranking event was at the
1984 World Snooker Championship, where he reached the last 48, where be defeated
Gino Rigitano 10–7 and
Mick Fisher
Mick Fisher (born 12 July 1944) is an English former professional snooker player. He appeared once at the main stage of the World Snooker Championship during his career, and attained a highest professional ranking of 37th, in the Snooker wor ...
, both 10–7, before being knocked out 3–10 by
Joe Johnson.
Gibson reached the final of the
1986 Scottish Professional Championship, losing 5–10 to
Stephen Hendry
Stephen Gordon Hendry (born 13 January 1969) is a Scottish professional snooker player who dominated the sport during the 1990s, becoming one of the most successful players in its history. After turning professional in 1985 at age 16, Hendry ...
after eliminating
Eddie Sinclair
Eddie Sinclair (5 May 1937 – January 2005) was a Scottish professional snooker player.
Career
Sinclair turned professional in 1979 at the relatively advanced age of 42, reaching a high ranking of 26th in 1982 and holding that position for tw ...
and
John Rea.
He was included in the Scotland team for the
1987 World Cup, losing 0–2 against
Steve Davis
Steve Davis (born 22 August 1957) is an English retired professional snooker player who is currently a commentator, musician, DJ, and author. He is best known for dominating professional snooker during the 1980s, when he reached eight World S ...
as his team lost 1–5 in the first round.
Gibson started the
1993–94 snooker season
The 1993–94 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between August 1993 and May 1994. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.
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Calendar
Official rankings
The t ...
as 161st in the
rankings
A ranking is a relationship between a set of items such that, for any two items, the first is either "ranked higher than", "ranked lower than" or "ranked equal to" the second.
In mathematics, this is known as a weak order or total preorder of ...
,
and despite winning several matches, did not compete professionally again after the end of the season.
The highest ranking that he achieved during his career was 50th.
Career Finals
Amateur
Professional
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gibson, Matt
1953 births
Living people
Scottish snooker players