Alex0paul wrote:Dan-cat wrote:Higgins, because he made it to the Henmans.
It is Higgins. It’s the lineup of the 98 UK Championships.
Surely Henman is the semis?
Going a bit off-topic here...
Looked this up on cuetracker, because i didn't remember Matthew Couch ever getting as far as a major ranking QF; he was world ranked 78 for this season, so had to win 5 matches to get to the quarters :
L134 Barry Pinches 5-4
L96 Shokat Ali 5-3
L64 James Wattana 9-3
L32 Marco Fu 9-6
L16 Michael Holt 9-5
Then lost 5-9 to Matthew Stevens in the QF, having led 3-0 & 5-3.
Quite an achievement, considering he'd never really done anything before as a pro'. Jumped to no.47 in the rankings as a result of this run, but then dropped back into obscurity and by 2003 off the tour altogether - although he got back onto it on a couple of subsequent occasions and even played Q-school last year.
Interestingly, looking at the qualification for the '98 UK, between the L134 & the L96 there was a round called 'overseas qualifiers' - 6 matches, so 12 players but 3 of them were British! (including Shaun Murphy). Anybody know what that round was about?
Sorry for hi-jacking the quiz but i'm at work, nice and early (so I can leave early to catch the end of the afternoon session) and refuse to actually knuckle down and do proper work until everyone else ambles in after 9AM
(and if my boss is on this forum, that last bit is a joke
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