gmg wrote:So how many pre-ranking era players do we think actually deserve to be in snookers top 100 to push this current lot out of it? I'm guessing Fred Davis has made it anyway despite being well past his best when the rankings came into play. The most obvious candidate is Joe Davis who would probably actually top the list if he were somehow included. Walter Donaldson and John Pulman would be two more shoe-ins and Horace Lindrum won the World title once, albeit in controversial circumstances. Tom Dennis reached a few World finals and there was also Willie Smith. Can't think of too many others.
Your memory is good, you've got most of them, but here's the full list of all the oldies who made the top 100 WSC players of all time on my top 269 WSC players of all time list who will either not be on Chen's list or will be significantly lower due to the date at which ranking started. My WSC historical all-time ranking in brackets:
(6) Joe Davis
(12) John Pulman - is 137 on Chen's list
(27) Walter Donaldson
(29) Rex Williams - will probably appear on Chen's list soon
(51) Graham Miles - will probably appear on Chen's list soon
(53) Perrie Mans - Will probably appear on Chen's list soon
(57) Horace Lindrum
(60) Alec Brown
(64) Sidney Smith
(65) Tom Dennis
(79) Gary Owen - is 162 on Chen's list
(80) Jackie Rea - is 148 on Chen's list
(82) Tom Newman
(84) Kingsley Kennerley
(85) Willie Smith
(88) Albert Brown
(93) Alec Mann
(94) John Dunning - Might appear soon or might be 200+ on Chen's list
(97) Sydney Lee