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Re: Never Ending Quiz

Postby SnookerEd25

I think it took the Hawk about seven visits before he won a match at the Crucible.

Going to check and report back...

Re: Never Ending Quiz

Postby SnookerEd25

Barry Hawkins Crucible record (the early days) :

2006 : Ken Doherty (L 1-10)
2007 : Fergal O'Brien (L 9-10)
2008 : Allister Carter (L 9-10)
2009 : Graeme Dott (L 8-10)
2010 : John Higgins (L 6-10)
2011 : Stephen Maguire (W 10-9)

Since 2011 : runner-up in 2013, 4 semi final exits & a QF defeat

Hard to think of any other player who has struggled to win a match there, but since breaking their duck has then proved to be a consistent performer.

An interesting record.

Re: Never Ending Quiz

Postby Juddernaut88

HappyCamper wrote:which current world tour player's nick name is dázǐ (达仔) ?


Yan Bingtao

Re: Never Ending Quiz

Postby HappyCamper

chengdufan wrote:Zhang Anda


corect! it's zhāng āndá, or in written chinese 张安达.

Re: Never Ending Quiz

Postby chengdufan

Name any two of the top five ranked players at last year's q school who didn't qualify as pros.

Re: Never Ending Quiz

Postby chengdufan

Rory McLeod finished 29th after winning 5 matches.
Alex Borg qualified as a pro.
Ross Muir finished 71st with a grand total of 3 wins.

Re: Never Ending Quiz

Postby Andre147

SnookerEd25 wrote:Barry Hawkins Crucible record (the early days) :

2006 : Ken Doherty (L 1-10)
2007 : Fergal O'Brien (L 9-10)
2008 : Allister Carter (L 9-10)
2009 : Graeme Dott (L 8-10)
2010 : John Higgins (L 6-10)
2011 : Stephen Maguire (W 10-9)

Since 2011 : runner-up in 2013, 4 semi final exits & a QF defeat

Hard to think of any other player who has struggled to win a match there, but since breaking their duck has then proved to be a consistent performer.

An interesting record.


It's very interesting indeed. Only thing missing is the title, but he needs to sort out his consistency. No point beating a top player in Beast Mode, only to fall apart in the next round.

Re: Never Ending Quiz

Postby Dan-cat

SnookerEd25 wrote:Barry Hawkins Crucible record (the early days) :

2006 : Ken Doherty (L 1-10)
2007 : Fergal O'Brien (L 9-10)
2008 : Allister Carter (L 9-10)
2009 : Graeme Dott (L 8-10)
2010 : John Higgins (L 6-10)
2011 : Stephen Maguire (W 10-9)

Since 2011 : runner-up in 2013, 4 semi final exits & a QF defeat

Hard to think of any other player who has struggled to win a match there, but since breaking their duck has then proved to be a consistent performer.

An interesting record.


Ace stats :-D

Re: Never Ending Quiz

Postby chengdufan

HappyCamper wrote:allan taylor?


Close. Allan Taylor finished joint 7th with Hamza Akbar and Andrew Pagett.

Re: Never Ending Quiz

Postby Juddernaut88

Rhys Clarke (I only know of him from Snooker 19 game on ps4)

Re: Never Ending Quiz

Postby chengdufan

Juddernaut88 wrote:Rhys Clarke (I only know of him from Snooker 19 game on ps4)

Rhys Clark: A pro for four years, last played in q school in 2015, which he won, beating Leo Fernandez in his final.

Re: Never Ending Quiz

Postby chengdufan

A clue.
Aside from the top ranked player, Ross Bulman, the top 5 was made up of 2 Chinese competitors, one English former pro, and a mainland European.

Re: Never Ending Quiz

Postby SnookerEd25

Let's try Andreas Ploner and Barry Pinches (for starters)

Re: Never Ending Quiz

Postby chengdufan

SnookerEd25 wrote:Let's try Andreas Ploner and Barry Pinches (for starters)

Andreas Ploner is a good shout. However, despite winning 8 matches over the three events he didn't make the top 5.

Barry Pinches is a pro, having won q school 3 last year. Interestingly, he lost in the first round of q school 2 to Saudi, Omar Alajlani.

Re: Never Ending Quiz

Postby SnookerEd25

chengdufan wrote:
Barry Pinches is a pro, having won q school 3 last year.


I hadn't realised. Can't have made much of an impression then <laugh> I knew Andy Hicks and Gerard Greene had snuck back on...

How about Brian Cini and Simon Bedford then?

Re: Never Ending Quiz

Postby chengdufan

HappyCamper wrote:Cheung Ka-Wai


He finished joint 40th with Gary Thomson and Dean Young. He was the 9th placed out of 18 China/HK players who failed to qualify.

Re: Never Ending Quiz

Postby chengdufan

SnookerEd25 wrote:
chengdufan wrote:
Barry Pinches is a pro, having won q school 3 last year.


I hadn't realised. Can't have made much of an impression then <laugh> I knew Andy Hicks and Gerard Greene had snuck back on...

How about Brian Cini and Simon Bedford then?


Pinches has won 3 of his 16 matches since returning to the tour, against Milkins, Andy Lee, and Bond.

Brian Cini had some tough draws in q school last year, losing to current or former pros in all 3 events, he only managed to win 3 matches. He finished 71st on the order of merit.

Simon Bedford fared slightly better, finishing 57th.

Re: Never Ending Quiz

Postby chengdufan

Dan-cat wrote:Doug Mountjoy


According to snooker.org, Doug's last recorded matches were losses to Jimmy White in 2013, and Cliff Thorburn in 2011.

Re: Never Ending Quiz

Postby chengdufan

Clue 2
The 38 year old Englishman we're looking for's most recent stint on tour was 16/17+17/18. Prior to that, he hadn't been a pro since 2010.

Re: Never Ending Quiz

Postby chengdufan

Alternative question, which is probably more difficult than the q school one.
A correct answer to either can move the quiz along.

2 players who are now over 60 have been professionals at some point in the last 10 years. Steve Davis is one, who's the other?

Re: Never Ending Quiz

Postby SnookerEd25

I will try Patrick Einsle & Paul S. Davison for the original question.

For the 60+ player, Dessie Sheehan?

Re: Never Ending Quiz

Postby chengdufan

SnookerEd25 wrote:I will try Patrick Einsle & Paul S. Davison for the original question.

For the 60+ player, Dessie Sheehan?

Paul Davison is a good shout. He finished 10th on the order of merit.
Patrick Einsle has never entered q school.

Re: Never Ending Quiz

Postby chengdufan

HappyCamper wrote:Lukas Kleckers

We have a winner!
HC adds to his original entry of Ross Bulman to make the pair.

The rest of the top five is
Long Zehuang
Yang Qingtian
Ian Preece