by Juddernaut88 » 17 Apr 2021 Read
Mark Joyce got to the Riga Masters final I think in 2019. Mark Davis got to The English Open final in 2018.
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by Juddernaut88 » 17 Apr 2021 Read
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by Juddernaut88 » 17 Apr 2021 Read
Marco Fu reached the final of the Masters in 2011. Who did he beat in the 1st round?
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by vodkadiet1 » 18 Apr 2021 Read
Stephen Maguire.
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by Alex0paul » 18 Apr 2021 Read
Errol Flynn
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by SnookerEd25 » 18 Apr 2021 Read
Jamie Cope?
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by Juddernaut88 » 18 Apr 2021 Read
vodkadiet1 wrote:Stephen Maguire.
Correct
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by vodkadiet1 » 18 Apr 2021 Read
Juddernaut88 wrote:vodkadiet1 wrote:Stephen Maguire.
Correct
Thanks.
In which World Championship were the top 3 seeds beaten in the first round?
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by Juddernaut88 » 18 Apr 2021 Read
I will guess 1982?
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by vodkadiet1 » 18 Apr 2021 Read
Juddernaut88 wrote:I will guess 1982?
Correct!
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by Juddernaut88 » 18 Apr 2021 Read
Wahooo
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by Juddernaut88 » 18 Apr 2021 Read
Stephen Hendry has lost in the 1st round at the Crucible on 4 occasions. Name those 4 years?
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by SnookerEd25 » 18 Apr 2021 Read
1986 (Willie Thorne)
1998 (Jimmy White)
2001 (Stuart Bingham)
2006 (Nigel Bond)
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by Juddernaut88 » 18 Apr 2021 Read
SnookerEd25 wrote:1986 (Willie Thorne)
1998 (Jimmy White)
2001 (Stuart Bingham)
2006 (Nigel Bond)
Correct
I still look back and think he only should have lost 2.
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by SnookerEd25 » 18 Apr 2021 Read
Actually I think I’m slightly incorrect as the Bingham match may have been 2000?
I think it was an odd anomaly that he went out in the first round either side of his last title?
I’m still taking the win though, anyone got a problem with that?
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by Juddernaut88 » 18 Apr 2021 Read
Yep it was 2000 but you have redeemed yourself nontheless. I saw Bingham and and didn't check the year and assumed you put 2000 lol
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by SnookerEd25 » 18 Apr 2021 Read
Who first coined the phrase ‘the Grinder’ as a nickname for Cliff Thorburn?
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by chengdufan » 18 Apr 2021 Read
SnookerEd25 wrote:Who first coined the phrase ‘the Grinder’ as a nickname for Cliff Thorburn?
Jack Karnehm?
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by SnookerEd25 » 18 Apr 2021 Read
Not Jack, but well spelt anyhow - his surname trips a lot of people up
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by Juddernaut88 » 18 Apr 2021 Read
John Spencer?
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by Iranu » 18 Apr 2021 Read
Cliff himself?
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by chengdufan » 18 Apr 2021 Read
SnookerFan?
(aka the king of influence)
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by SnookerEd25 » 18 Apr 2021 Read
None of the above. Don’t think SF could talk yet when this comment was made.
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by Juddernaut88 » 18 Apr 2021 Read
Ted Lowe?
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by Empire State Human » 18 Apr 2021 Read
Both Alex Higgins and MC Alan Hughes have claimed credit at various times, and I believe both were prone to making stuff up. Possibly neither.
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by SnookerEd25 » 18 Apr 2021 Read
I’ll give you Alex Higgins; I was always under the impression he’d said it (rather saltily) after the 1980 World final. Cliff kind of liked it and it stuck.
Maybe it’s apocryphal, but you have the question
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by Empire State Human » 18 Apr 2021 Read
I believe I've seen a clip of Higgins referring to Cliff as the 'Grinder' after the 1980 final. Not sure if that was the first usage of it.
Here is the Alan Hughes interview in which he claims to have invented the name, but he wasn't even doing intros back then, so who knows what this is about:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_s ... 968289.stmOk, salty comment question:Who said this after losing to his opponent in a 1980s ranking final:
"It wasn't my idea of snooker and I tried to make things happen but in the end I was totally bored. I expected more from a final. It's the worst thing that could have happened to [redacted] as he probably thinks he can win a tournament again playing like that".
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by vodkadiet1 » 18 Apr 2021 Read
SnookerEd25 wrote:I’ll give you Alex Higgins; I was always under the impression he’d said it (rather saltily) after the 1980 World final. Cliff kind of liked it and it stuck.
Maybe it’s apocryphal, but you have the question
I think he called him a 'grain' after that final. It was only used as a reference to Canada.
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