World Championship Moments

[Cyril]

John Virgo and Ray Reardon, two of the great snooker entertainers, go to battle in their second round match at the Crucible in 1982. Reardon won 13-8.
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[snookersfun]

ah, so that's him in your Avatar.(lightbulb) What a beard!

[Cyril]

ah, so that's him in your Avatar.(lightbulb) What a beard!

Much better than Virgo's. hehe.

[PaulTheSoave]

Its not Reardon, its Rasputin!

[lagermike]

If he had that beard then I am the king of Siam, that has been pasted on.!!! He certainly never had it in the final....

[Cyril]

He wore it as a joke, as the MC had apparently taken to introducing him as a "veteran".

[PaulTheSoave]

Virgo does not find it very funny by the looks of it!

[lagermike]

He wore it as a joke, as the MC had apparently taken to introducing him as a "veteran".

Not one Cyril, nice one son. Now that, I did not know!!!

[Cyril]

hello boys & girls, not been on for a while. Ray's beard is a beauty, is it not?

[PaulTheSoave]

I guess you met a nice lass, old Cyril!

hello boys & girls, not been on for a while. Ray's beard is a beauty, is it not?

[Gimme Danger]

Virgo does not find it very funny by the looks of it!

Only cause he's jealous....what a beauty!

[Cyril]

Are there any players on the main tour now with beards?

A few years ago there was Virgo and Robidoux.

[gavpowell]

Mark Williams is the closest it gets - he's often got quite a pronounced 5 o'clock shadow, but that's about it. Maybe it affects cueing action?

Here's one for you and Statman, Cyril - Bearded world champions from Joe Davis to present?

[Rane]

And Mark King

[Cyril]

Mark Williams is the closest it gets - he's often got quite a pronounced 5 o'clock shadow, but that's about it. Maybe it affects cueing action?

Here's one for you and Statman, Cyril - Bearded world champions from Joe Davis to present?

None.

John Spencer had a moustache though when he won the '77 title, as did his final opponent, Cliff Thorburn, when he won it in 1980, of course.

Anthony Hamilton's got a goatee hasn't he. Forgot him.

John Roberts Jnr, the famous world billiard champs from the late 1880's and 1890's sported a huge long beard. He is credited with making a 73 break at snooker in 1908 against Tom Reece.