Terry Murphy (born March 6, 1972) is a

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former professional

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Career

Murphy started playing the game on a reduced-size table his parents bought him in order to keep him off the streets of his native

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while growing up, before he moved to

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when he was a teenager. Murphy turned professional in 1991, and represented

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at the

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in 1996, and also had his highest-ranking finish of a quarter-final in the 1997 Welsh Open. He reached a career high ranking of 29th in

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and 1998/1999. He appeared in the 1998 World Championship where he lost 3–10 to

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. The following year he again reached the

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but was defeated 8–10 by

John Parrott John Stephen Parrott, (born 11 May 1964) is an English former professional snooker player and television personality. He was a familiar face on the professional snooker circuit during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, and remained within ...

. He lost his full professional status in 2004, finishing 113rd in the rankings at a time when only the top 64 automatically retained their place on the main tour.

Performance and rankings timeline

References

External links

Global Snooker Centre Bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Murphy, Terry 1972 births Living people Snooker players from Northern Ireland Sportspeople from Derry (city)