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Re: Tiny ones

Postby Empire State Human

I'm gonna try and introduce some doubt into proceedings by not telling you which you have right. If this is a terrible idea, I'll tell you which ones.

Juddernaut88

6 correct

BSP

4 correct.

Re: Tiny ones

Postby SnookerEd25

Just catching up with these on my phone. Will have a proper punt at the photos later when on my laptop but can rise to the challenge of BG :

It’s Louis XIV playing an early form of billiards (no pockets, ‘shoving’ the balls through hoops, lacrosse-style) at the palace of Versailles.

Actually, have to confess that I had several books on the History of snooker that I pored over growing up, and this pic was in most, if not all of them, so is quite an easy spot for me.

I think he went out to young rookie Jimmy Blanc in the next round...

Re: Tiny ones

Postby SnookerEd25

Here are my initial guesses (lower case if doubtful) :

AT - TONY MEO
AU - Dene O'Kane
AV - NEAL FOULDS
AW - DARREN MORGAN
AX - 1 & 2 i'll come back to (both look familiar but struggling for names), 3 is ALAN McMANUS
AY & AZ - both Judd Trump?
BA - Lee Walker
BB - ?
BC - Bob Chaperon (matches the initials!)
BD - PETER EBDON
BE - DENNIS TAYLOR (wouldn't have got Clive Everton, if it indeed is he)
BF - Kirk Stevens
BG - LOUIS XIV (!)
BH - ?
BI - Tony Drago
BJ - ?
BK - STEPHEN LEE
BL - Initially, I thought Eugene Hughes, but i'm sure he was right-handed, so unless it's a mirrored photo - I'm going to go with Dean Reynolds
BM - ?

I shall keep working on the others.

Re: Tiny ones

Postby Empire State Human

AT - TONY MEO - correct
AU - Dene O'Kane - correct! Not the highest quality photo, thought that would pose difficulties.
AV - NEAL FOULDS - correct
AW - DARREN MORGAN - correct
AX - 3 is ALAN McMANUS -correct. TBH, the boy far left I didn't know, and I think I've only seen his name a couple of times. If anyone knows it, great, but I can't really push for an answer when I don't know him. The boy in the middle, however, you shouold get.
AY - Judd Trump
AZ - Judd Trump - Nope. Ha, I kinda see it, but it isn't. Tricked a couple of people there.
BA - Lee Walker - correct
BB - ?
BC - Bob Chaperon - correct. Weirdly I think he was easier to identify about 5 years before this photo with scruffy facial hair.
Image

BD - PETER EBDON - correct
BE - DENNIS TAYLOR & Clive Everton - correct, BSP is spot on.
BF - Kirk Stevens - BSP right again. I didn't recognise him with the curly hair.
BG - LOUIS XIV - Correct!
BH - ?
BI - Tony Drago - correct
BJ - Stephen Hendry - Juddernaut is correct. Also found this other youngish pic, but thought it was too easy.
Image

BK - Stephen Lee - correct. Not Stephen Maguire.
BL - Dean Reynolds - correct
BM - ?

So that leaves:

AX - boy in the middle
AZ
BB
BH - boy on left
BM

Re: Tiny ones

Postby Iranu

BH - Neil Robertson?

Re: Tiny ones

Postby Iranu

BH - Anthony McGill

Re: Tiny ones

Postby Empire State Human

Either there's too much red tint in the photo, or his hair darkened in later life to light brown. It's not McGill.

Re: Tiny ones

Postby SnookerEd25

AX : Is it Drew Henry in the middle? I think the boy on his right might be Nick Dyson?

AZ : Possibly Andrew Higginson?

Re: Tiny ones

Postby Empire State Human

AX - Drew Henry is correct. To stop further guesses, the other boy on the left is Scott McFarlane, who according to Cuetracker never turned pro. I told you to forget about him :)

AZ is not Higginson.

Still requiring answers:

AZ
BB
BH - boy on left
BM

Re: Tiny ones

Postby Empire State Human

Will give the answers tomorrow.

Final clues: in the four photos, there's one world champion, two ranking events winners, and a top 16 player who is still involved with the game behind the scenes.

Re: Tiny ones

Postby rekoons

BB looks like a 70's Mark Williams

Re: Tiny ones

Postby SnookerEd25

AZ : Martin Clark?
BH : Ken Doherty?

Re: Tiny ones

Postby Empire State Human

Why is SnookerEd so good at this? He needs to give everyone else a 10 handicap start.

Clark and Doherty are both correct!

BB and BM left.

Admittedly BM is tough because the photo isn't very clear. Last clue is that he is on the current circuit.

Re: Tiny ones

Postby rekoons

Bm fergal o Brian?

Re: Tiny ones

Postby SnookerEd25

Empire State Human wrote:Why is SnookerEd so good at this? He needs to give everyone else a 10 handicap start.

Clark and Doherty are both correct!

BB and BM left.

Admittedly BM is tough because the photo isn't very clear. Last clue is that he is on the current circuit.


I put it down to a mis-spent youth :emb:

Re: Tiny ones

Postby Empire State Human

Ok, answers for the missing 2 pics:

BB is Willie Thorne, pre-moustache!

BM is Dominic Dale. Pretty tough, but maybe the jet black hair was a clue.

I think I've exhausted all my autobiographies/snooker magazines, but I'll keep a look out for possible additions in future.

Re: Tiny ones

Postby SnookerEd25

Nice to see some new additions here.

My opening gambit :

BS : I think is Rex Williams as it is clearly a very old era when the photo was taken (but, what a facial resemblance to a young Matthew Stevens too...!)

BU : Marcus Campbell

BW : on the right - is it Cliff Wilson as a young man?

Re: Tiny ones

Postby rekoons

Bo Ronnie
Bp ants
Bq hendry

Re: Tiny ones

Postby Empire State Human

SnookerED - All correct. I would've been disappointed if you hadn't guessed Cliff Wilson!
Rekoons - Correct with Ronnie and Hendry. BP isn't Ants, though.


BN
BO - Ronnie O'Sullivan
BP
BQ - Stephen Hendry
BR - Rex Williams
BS
BT
BU - Marcus Campbell
BV
BW - Cliff Wilson
BX

Re: Tiny ones

Postby SnookerEd25

A tale of two Tonys?

BR is Tony Knowles, I think

BO could be Tony Drago?

Re: Tiny ones

Postby chengdufan

Speaking of Tonys, I wonder if BN is Tony Jones?

Re: Tiny ones

Postby chengdufan

For some reason, I'm thinking Terry Griffiths for BX

Re: Tiny ones

Postby Empire State Human

BP - Ben Woollaston - SteveJJ is correct
BR is Tony Knowles, but BO isn't Drago. We already have an answer for BO.
BN and BX aren't Jones and Griffiths.

BN
BO - Ronnie O'Sullivan
BP - Ben Wollaston
BQ - Stephen Hendry
BR - Tony Knowles
BS - Rex Williams
BT
BU - Marcus Campbell
BV
BW - Cliff Wilson
BX

Re: Tiny ones

Postby chengdufan

I'm terrible at these!