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Two video games with Higgins's likeness were released in 1985, titled Alex Higgins' World Snooker and Alex Higgins' World Pool. [112] In 1992, Higgins and his collaborators Oliver Reed and the Troggs released "Wild Thing" as a single. [113] [114] His autobiography, From the Eye of the Hurricane: My Story, was published in 2007. [115]
The 1972 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament that took place between March 1971 and 26 February 1972, as an edition of the World Snooker Championship. The final was played at Selly Park British Legion from 21 to 26 February. Alex Higgins won his first world title, defeating defending champion John Spencer 37–31 in ...
The Rack Pack is a 2016 British comedy-drama television film about professional snooker during the 1970s through the 1980s, focusing on the intense rivalry between Alex Higgins and Steve Davis. The film is directed by Brian Welsh and was released on BBC iPlayer on 17 January 2016.
Alex Higgins staged a dramatic comeback, recovering from 0–7 down to beat Steve Davis 16–15 in the final, [2] [3] to win his only UK Championship title. [1] The highest break of the tournament was a 139 made by Tony Meo .
By the close of day two, Higgins was 14–12 ahead, having made a break of 121 in the 22nd frame. [28] [30] Charlton was only one frame behind at 16–17. [28] but Higgins took the next two frames, and Charlton took the two after that. [28] Higgins won 20–18, to progress to his first world championship final since his victory in 1972. [4]
Alex Higgins' World Snooker is a 1985 sports video game developed by Gem Software and published by Amsoft for the Amstrad CPC. The game is named after Northern Irish two-time world champion Alex Higgins. An MS-DOS port was released in 1986. It was the first game specifically made for EGA. [4]
The 1985 Hofmeister World Doubles was the fourth staging of the doubles snooker tournament. It was played at the Derngate in Northampton and held between 4 and 15 December 1985 with the tournament televised on ITV. [1] Defending champions Alex Higgins and Jimmy White's hopes ended at the qualifying stages.
Alex Higgins (135) Final; Champion: Alex Higgins: Runner-up: Ray Reardon: Score: 5–1: 1981 → . The 1980 British Gold Cup was a non-ranking snooker tournament, ...