ATWSC Group B: Steve Davis v Doug Mountjoy

Steve Davis v Doug Mountjoy (Best of 20 frames)
Group: B
Date: November 25
Match: Three of six
Match day: Two of three
Venue: The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Vote for which of the two players you think was greater. Vote honestly, and leave your bias out of it. Don’t vote for a player just because you like them, don’t vote against a player just because you dislike them.

Consider the table conditions to be whatever conditions would have the least impact on the result.

You can use your own personal criteria for measuring greatness once it’s free of any bias towards/against (delete as applicable) players you like/dislike (delete as applicable).

Could be one of the most one-sided matches of the tournament, this. Davis, easily.

paul hunter's got this in the bag.

HappyCamper wrote:paul hunter's got this in the bag.

Don't be hysterical.

I see Dan-cat has already voted

Only one winner here.

You say all these matches are a best of 20 frames, but always leave out the draw option. Why?

chengdufan wrote:I see Dan-cat has already voted

Hahaha.

I love Doug, as you well know. But I love the nugget more!

My second book is about him, and will be called 'The Joy of Doug.'

The used to call him "Dog" Mountjoy! He looked a tough old unit back in the day, as you'd expect from a miner.

As for his snooker - he was so natural, had fantastic touch and timing but as he got older quite a bit of body movement crept into his technique, hence why he engaged the services of Frank Callan. What he did then was quite miraculous, to completely rebuild his game at the age of 45/46. It not only gave him two ranking titles but extended his career by six years.

Definitely one of the good guys.

badtemperedcyril wrote:The used to call him "Dog" Mountjoy! He looked a tough old unit back in the day, as you'd expect from a miner.

As for his snooker - he was so natural, had fantastic touch and timing but as he got older quite a bit of body movement crept into his technique, hence why he engaged the services of Frank Callan. What he did then was quite miraculous, to completely rebuild his game at the age of 45/46. It not only gave him two ranking titles but extended his career by six years.

Definitely one of the good guys.

Yeah I was totally rapt by that storyline as it emerged, remember it so well.

Great read about it here on the Snookerscene blog... http://snookerscene.blogspot.com/2008/1 ... -time.html

... and making a 145 in 1981 which at the time was the highest televised break https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9iuubR_CgY

Dan-cat wrote:

badtemperedcyril wrote:The used to call him "Dog" Mountjoy! He looked a tough old unit back in the day, as you'd expect from a miner.

As for his snooker - he was so natural, had fantastic touch and timing but as he got older quite a bit of body movement crept into his technique, hence why he engaged the services of Frank Callan. What he did then was quite miraculous, to completely rebuild his game at the age of 45/46. It not only gave him two ranking titles but extended his career by six years.

Definitely one of the good guys.

Yeah I was totally rapt by that storyline as it emerged, remember it so well.

They discuss it a bit in this week’s Snooker Scene podcast.

Thanks Iranu, I will check it out...

From that article above: 'It is fashionable now to pretend that nobody could really play 20 years ago but at one stage Doug compiled three successive centuries.'

There's only one Doug Mountjoy










But he was beaten by Steve Davis

Davis wins by 11 frames to 1.