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Clive Harold Everton MBE (7 September 1937 – 27 September 2024) was an English-born Welsh sports commentator, journalist, author and professional snooker and English billiards player. He founded Snooker Scene magazine, which was first published (as World Snooker ) in 1971, and continued as editor until September 2022. [ 1 ]
Jimmy Husband: Helped Everton win the 1969-70 First Division title and the 1968 FA Cup final. He also played 162 times for Luton before playing in the USA. ... Clive Everton: Worked for BBC TV for ...
Clive Everton 2,804 - 1,976 1972 Norman Dagley Alf Nolan 3,115 - 2,469 1971 Norman Dagley W. J. Dennison 3,672 - 2,019 1970 Norman Dagley Alf Nolan 4,467 - 2,372 1969 Jack Karnehm Mark Wildman 3,722 - 2,881 1968 Mark Wildman Clive Everton 2,652 - 2,540 1967 Leslie Driffield Clive Everton 3,395 - 2,328 1966 Norman Dagley Alf Nolan 3,018 - 2,555
Williams had turned professional in 1951, becoming the first player to make the transition from being an amateur since Pulman and Brown had done so in 1946. Snooker historian Clive Everton wrote that Williams was "hammered" by Brown, and that this demonstrated the gulf in ability between the top amateurs and the professionals of the time. [8]: 60
[64] Snooker historian Clive Everton, who played in the qualifying rounds of the tournament, reflected in 2012 that after the 1989 tournament, despite Davis having lost the 1985 and 1986 championship finals, "such was his dominance that it would have been impossible to predict with confidence that [Davis] would never win the title again."
Tommy Murphy made two breaks of 108 in his first round defeat of Jack Fitzmaurice, two weeks after his win over Fitzmaurice in the World Professional Billiards Championship. [12] John Parrott progressed after winning three rounds, beating Dennis Hughes 10–3, Clive Everton 10–2 and the 1978 World Snooker Championship runner-up Perrie Mans 10 ...
Griffiths met Taylor in the final, which was a best-of-47-frame match. Griffiths won 24–16, to become the first player to proceed from the qualifying competition and win the title at the Crucible. There were 13 century breaks compiled during the championship, the highest of which was a championship record-equalling 142 by Bill Werbeniuk.
But they can be obdurate in derbies – rare as Everton wins were in the Klopp era, there were plenty of draws at Goodison – and should be buoyed by Wednesday’s hammering of Wolves. Then there ...