Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[janverhaas]

Dennis Taylor
Mike Hallett

The reason being they were the next players to beat the defending champions at The Crucible. That is a calculated guess.

[davis_greatest]

Dennis Taylor
Mike Hallett

The reason being they were the next players to beat the defending champions at The Crucible. That is a calculated guess.

Nicely calculated, and congratulations!

So here is the scoreboard after round 228, but with round 219 still open:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 35½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . davis_greatest
..3 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..4 . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..5 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
..6 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
..7 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..8 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
11 . . . . . . . . . . 6½. . . . . . . Cyril
12 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
13 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . Monique
14 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . JPK123
15 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
16 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . Mal
17 . . . . . . . . . . 5.. . . . . . . .hegeland
18 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
19 . . . . . . . . . . 4. . . . . . . kellie-text
20 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . abextra
21 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
22 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
23 . . . . . . . . . . 3. . . . . . .....attilahun
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
25 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
26 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
29 . . . . . . . . . . .1½. . . . . . . janverhaas
30 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
31 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
32 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
33 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
34 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
35 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . aphex
36 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
37 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . Marc
38 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE

Anyone?

[dantuck_7]

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE

What do the following matches have in common?

1985 Final Davis, S Taylor, Dennis 17-18
2003 Semi-Final Hunter Doherty 16-17
2007 Quarter-Final Stevens, M. Murphy, Shaun 12-13

For a bonus point find another match from the Crucible where the same thing happened.

[kellie-text]

Was it the eventual loser had a 7 frame lead but lost?

And the bonus point, Bond v Thorburn in 1994?

[dantuck_7]

Not quite what I'm looking for.

In the Hunter Doherty match the maximum lead was 6 frames.

[Son of Cliff]

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY

Who is the only amateur to have been invited to The Benson&Hedges (The Masters) at Wembley and in what year.

[dantuck_7]

R229 is still open.

It's more to do with the fact that they went to a deciding frame.

Kellie, your example for the bonus point is another match (one of about 10) where this has happened.

[RocketSwanie]

is it that one of the players in each was making his first appearance that far into the event?

[dantuck_7]

Nope that's not it.

[Cyril]

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY

Who is the only amateur to have been invited to The Benson&Hedges (The Masters) at Wembley and in what year.

It was your dad but he declined. Wasn't it after he'd won the World Amateur, 1978? That would make it the '79 Masters, the first at Wembley.

[Son of Cliff]

It was your dad but he declined. Wasn't it after he'd won the World Amateur, 1978? That would make it the '79 Masters, the first at Wembley.

Bang on but he did not decline without having some options to choose from.
Ray Reardon made a complaint that as Cliff was an amateur he would be taking the place of a Pro which would not be acceptable as one of the Pro's not playing would lose out on the chance of the prize money.
So the old man was given three options.

1. Turn Pro then and there and play in the Masters.

2. Not play and drop out of the Masters.

3. Or accept the invite and chance that the Masters be cancelled for that year due to the threat of a boycott from the Pro players.

He decided to drop out and he declined the invite I bet that is news to most

[Alex0paul]

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE

What do the following matches have in common?

1985 Final Davis, S Taylor, Dennis 17-18
2003 Semi-Final Hunter Doherty 16-17
2007 Quarter-Final Stevens, M. Murphy, Shaun 12-13

For a bonus point find another match from the Crucible where the same thing happened.

Is it that the match winner never led in the match until the final frame? Another example is Williams v Swail 2007 1st round?

[Cyril]

Bang on but he did not decline without having some options to choose from.
Ray Reardon made a complaint that as Cliff was an amateur he would be taking the place of a Pro which would not be acceptable as one of the Pro's not playing would lose out on the chance of the prize money.
So the old man was given three options.

1. Turn Pro then and there and play in the Masters.

2. Not play and drop out of the Masters.

3. Or accept the invite and chance that the Masters be cancelled for that year due to the threat of a boycott from the Pro players.

He decided to drop out and he declined the invite I bet that is news to most

I think my knowing of this came from reading one of Clive Everton's books. Of course, most events back then tended to be Pro-Am. Willie Thorne had a similar thing happen to him in 1975 (76?) when Ted Lowe invited him to play in Pot Black. He took the option to turn pro., which, he later admitted was probably a year or two too early for him, at the time.

[dantuck_7]

Is it that the match winner never led in the match until the final frame? Another example is Williams v Swail 2007 1st round?

That is the correct answer. The match between Williams and Swail is correct. So Alex gets 2 points and Kellie-Text's example is in the list below too so add on a point there.

Year Round Player1 Player2 Result
1985 Final Davis, S. Taylor, Dennis 17–18
1992 Round 1 James O’Kane 9–10
1994 Round 1 Bond Thorburn 10–9
1996 Round 1 Griffiths Burnett 10–9
1997 Round 1 McManus Snaddon 10–9
1998 Round 1 Wattana O’Brien 9–10
2003 Semi-Final Hunter Doherty 16–17
2004 Round 1 Dott King, M. 10–9
2007 Round 1 Williams, M. Swail 9-10
2007 Quarter-Final Stevens, M. Murphy, Shaun 12-13

Round 231 Anyone??

[davis_greatest]

So Alex gets 2 points and Kellie-Text's example is in the list below too so add on a point there.

3 points for a question?