John Phillips (snooker player) explained

John Phillips
Birth Date:1935
Death Date:2008 (aged 72)
Sport Country:Scotland
Professional:1981–1983

John Phillips (1935–2008) was a Scottish professional snooker player.[1] [2]

Career

Phillips was born in Springburn. In 1952, he eliminated the reigning champion, Mark Wildman, from the 1952 British youth snooker tournament,[3] before losing to Gary Owen in the second round.[4] He won the Scottish amateur snooker championship in 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1966 and 1971, and was runner-up in 1975.[5] At the 1970 World Amateur Snooker Championship he won four of his six round-robin group matches, which was not enough to qualify for the knockout stage. Whilst an amateur player, he worked as a postman.

He was accepted as a professional by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) in 1981.[6] At the 1982 Scottish Professional Championship, he lost 3–6 to Eddie Sinclair, and his first qualifying round match at the 1982 World Snooker Championship resulted in a 3–9 defeat by Paul Medati.[7] He withdrew from the 1982 Bass and Golden Leisure Classic,[8] the 1982 International Open, the 1982 Professional Players Tournament,[9] and the 1982 UK Championship, before resigning his membership of the WPBSA in 1983.[10] Phillips was known for the high quality of his safety play. He died in 2008, aged 72.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kobylecky, John . 2019 . The Complete International Directory of Snooker Players – 1927 to 2018 . Kobyhadrian Books . 194 . 978-0993143311 .
  2. News: Death of snooker legend Phillips . Glasgow Evening Times . 1 April 2008 . 14 December 2020 . 10 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201010180032/https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/12793605.death-of-snooker-legend-phillips/ . live .
  3. News: Boy dual-champion's snooker defeat . Daily Herald . 29 October 1952 . 8.
  4. News: London boy beaten . Daily Herald . 31 October 1952 . 8.
  5. Book: Everton, Clive . 1985 . Snooker: The Records . Guinness Superlatives Ltd . Enfield . 0851124488 .
  6. Yet more 'pro' players . Pot Black . John Sagate Publications . Guildford . October 1981 . 11.
  7. Book: Hayton . Eric . Dee . John . 2004 . The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History . Rose Villa Publications . Lowestoft . 978-0954854904 . 809.
  8. Cue World . £750 Golden Leisure for Rex . 17 . July 1982.
  9. News: Scot pulls out . Aberdeen Evening Express . 14 October 1982 . 18.
  10. The new professionals . Cue World . Transworld Publications . Mitcham Junction. August 1983 . 5.