Shaun Mellish (born 10 January 1970) is an
English
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former professional
snooker
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player.
Career
Born in 1970, Mellish turned professional in 1991. In his first season, he enjoyed a run to the last 48 at the
1992 World Championship, defeating six opponents including
Mike Dunn,
Mike Darrington
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Career
As an amateur, Darrington was the Home Counties snooker champion seven times, and defeated Steve Davis in the 1978 English Amateur Championship. ...
,
Marcel Gauvreau
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Career
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,
Les Dodd and
Tony Chappel before being drawn against New Zealander
Dene O'Kane. In their match, O'Kane compiled a
century break in eliminating Mellish 10–4.
Beginning the 1992/1993 season ranked 120th, Mellish reached the last 64 at the
1992 UK Championship
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It was ...
, where he lost 7–9 to
Alan McManus, and the same stage at the International Open, where
Steve James beat him 5–3. At the World Championship, entering at the seventh qualifying round, he overcame Simon Morris 5–2,
Karl Burrows
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Career
Born in 1969, Burrows turned professional in 1991. His best run in a ranking tournament was reaching the last 16, which he achieved at both the 1996 ...
10–4, Ian Graham 10–7,
Wayne Jones 10–7 and
Ken Doherty 10–4 to qualify for the final stages at the
Crucible Theatre for the first time in his career. Mellish was drawn to play
Willie Thorne but, having recovered from 1–5 to trail only 6–7, could not prevent a 6–10 defeat.
The performance in the World Championship had earned Mellish £8,000, and he began the following season ranked 85th - a career best. However, that season went poorly, producing only two match wins - over
Declan Hughes in the European Open, and
Bradley Jones in the International Open - and he dropped to 94th as a result.
Mellish improved with three wins during the 1994/1995 season, but earned no prize money; the next two years brought no upturn in fortunes, and he was relegated from the main tour, ranked 314th, in 1997.
Mellish next played competitively in the 2001 World Championship, where he reached the fourth qualifying round before losing 4–5 to
Ricky Walden. During the following two seasons, he entered various Challenge Tour events and qualifying for the World Championship, but was unable to re-qualify for the main tour.
References
English snooker players
1970 births
Living people
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