Bill Oliver (snooker player) explained

Bill Oliver
Birth Date:1948 12, df=y
Professional:1983–1994
High Ranking:77

Bill Oliver (born 3 December 1948) is an English former professional snooker player.

Biography

Bill Oliver was born on 1 December 1948.[1] As an amateur player, Oliver beat Ian Williamson 7–5 in the final of the 1981 Pontins Autumn Open.[2] He became a professional snooker player in 1983 but never reached the last-16 of a major tournament. His highest ranking was 77.[3] He owns a snooker club in Plymouth.

He made his television debut as a player in the 1984 World Doubles Championship, partnering Roger Bales in a 4–5 loss to Terry Griffiths and John Parrott in a match that finished at 12:30 am.[4] [5]

Oliver beat former champion Ray Reardon in the second qualifying round of the 1988 World Snooker Championship.[6] Later that year he joined the board of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), taking the place of Rex Williams.[7] In September 1990 he withdrew from the 1990 Shoot-Out after the car he was driving to the venue skidded and went off the road into a ditch. Oliver required 15 stitches and had to wear a neck brace, but his passenger Mike Hallett was uninjured.[8] [9]

He entered the 2010 World Snooker Championship under an arrangement where members of the WPBSA who were not on the main World Snooker Tour could participate if they paid a fee of £200. He was beaten 1–5 by Nic Barrow[10] in what was Oliver's first world championship match since 1994.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hale, Janice . 1991 . Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1991–92 . Aylesbury . Queen Anne Press . 200–202 . 0356197476 .
  2. Web site: Brief History of the Pontins Open and Professional. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. 5 February 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120228200841/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pontins.html. 28 February 2012.
  3. Book: Hayton, Eric. The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. 2004. Rose Villa Publications. Lowestoft. 0-9548549-0-X. 769–770.
  4. News: . Snooker Stars of future . Reading Evening Post . England . 20 . 7 December 1984 . British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 15 January 2020..
  5. News: . Into the Unknown . Reading Evening Post . England . 18 . 11 December 1984 . British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 15 January 2020..
  6. News: . Davis looks to world title after Irish win . Aberdeen Press and Journal . 16 . 28 March 1988 . British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 15 January 2020..
  7. News: . Moving up – Bill Oliver . The Times . London . 14 July 1998 . NewsBank. Retrieved 15 January 2020..
  8. News: Hallet in driving seat after car scare . Grimsby Evening Telegraph . 28 September 1990 . 22 .
  9. International one-frame shoot-out . . November 1990 . Everton's News Agency . 6–7.
  10. . On the Crucible path to glory . Snooker Scene . 9 . Everton's News Agency . April 2010 .
  11. Book: Kobylecky, John . The Complete International Directory of Snooker Players – 1927 to 2018 . Kobyhadrian Books . 181 . 978-0993143311 .

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