Muriel Hazeldene Explained
| Muriel Hazeldene |
| Birth Place: | England |
Muriel Hazeldene was an English snooker and billiards player. She was runner-up to Vera Selby in the 1976 Women's World Open snooker championship.
Biography
Hazeldene won three national amateur titles in snooker and one in billiards between 1951 and 1971.
She came out of retirement from playing to participate in the 1976 Women's World Open snooker championship, having to win through a qualifying competition in Leeds to join the main draw. She produced a surprise result in the first round of the main competition by beating top seed Joyce Gardner 3–1 in the first round. She won on the black in the deciding frame against Lettie Haywood in the quarter-final, then produced another surprise by beating Maureen Baynton 3–0 in the semi-final.[1] [2] [3] [4]
In the final, she lost 0–4 to Vera Selby. The first two frames were close, with Selby winning on the pink in the first and on the black in the second. Selby then played consistently, avoiding risks, to take the concluding two frames.
Titles and achievements
Snooker
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent | Score | Ref. |
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| Winner | 1 | 1960 | Women's Amateur Snooker Champion | | | [5] |
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| Winner | 2 | 1970 | Women's Amateur Snooker Champion | | | |
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| Winner | 3 | 1971 | Women's Amateur Snooker Champion | | 4–1 | [6] |
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| Runner-up | 4 | 1976 | | | 0–4 | [7] | |
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Billiards
Notes and References
- News: Davison . John . 5 April 1976 . Vera Must Fight To Win This Title . Evening Chronicle . p.17 . The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 31 August 2019..
- News: Everton . Clive . 6 April 1976 . Women Take Cue . The Guardian . p.27 . ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Guardian and The Observer. Retrieved 31 August 2019..
- News: Everton . Clive . 10 April 1976 . Vera Selby takes the biggest prize yet . The Guardian . p.16 . ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Guardian and The Observer. Retrieved 31 August 2019..
- News: Hunn . David . 11 April 1976 . Women Take Cue . The Observer . p.25 . ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Guardian and The Observer. Retrieved 31 August 2019..
- Book: Everton, Clive . 1985 . Guinness Snooker – The Records . Guinness Superlatives Ltd . 154–156 . 0851124488 .
- Hindmarch . Dorothea . July 1971 . Hemlines . Billiards and Snooker . London . Billiards Association and Control Council. 4.
- Web site: World Champions . womenssnooker.com . World Women's Snooker Collection . 30 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190818024929/https://www.womenssnooker.com/about/world-champions/ . 18 August 2019 . live .
- News: . Billiards . Birmingham Daily Post . 13 . 6 May 1960 . British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 5 October 2019..
