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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 ]
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
[47] [55] Clive Everton wrote that Griffiths was "the only player to retire when his standard was still in touch with the circuit's top players." [56] At the 1997 World Championship, Griffiths came out of retirement, and won his qualifying match against Alfie Burden 10–4, to play in the main tournament at the Crucible one last time.
Clive Everton: Worked for BBC TV for more than 30 years as a commentator. He also founded Snooker Scene magazine and edited the publication for 51 years, and was the Guardian's snooker correspondent.
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 ...
[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."
Davis went on to achieve the first of his six world titles, taking a 6–0 lead in the final and winning four consecutive frames at the end of the match to win 18–12. There were 13 century breaks made during the tournament, including a new championship record break of 145 by Mountjoy.
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.