Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[Cyril]

Why didn't you put "John" then, you old tart! lol

[PaulTheSoave]

I beg your pardon Sir! Good guess! I have known John for years!

Yey, good guess PTS. It is indeed the dour Yorkshireman John Dunning, who reached the '74 World quarterfinals.

[Cyril]

So here is the fully updated scoreboard after round 116:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 21½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..3 . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . Robert602
..4 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..5 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..6 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . Davis greatest
..7 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . The Statman
..8 . . . . . . . . . . 6½. . . . . . . Alex0Paul
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . chasmmi
10 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . Cyril
11 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
12 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
13 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April madness
14 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
15 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
16 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
17 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
18 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . kellie-text
19 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
20 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
21 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Hegeland

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN

Anyone?

[Cyril]

Looks l;ike a young Tony Meo, before he lost his hair!

Haha! John Dunning was in fact making his Crucible debut - at the age of 54!

[Cyril]

Yey, good guess PTS. It is indeed the dour Yorkshireman John Dunning, who reached the '74 World quarterfinals.

[PaulTheSoave]

J Dunning??????????

[Ginger Freak]

Looks l;ike a young Tony Meo, before he lost his hair!

[Cyril]

Nope, not Ray.

[chasmmi]

RayEdmonds?

[Cyril]

Another clue - picture taken at the Crucible.

[Cyril]

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN

Who is this?
[photo coutesy of D.Muscroft]
hbs11.jpg

Clue: This photograph was taken in 1981.

[The Statman]

Congratulations Cyril and Alex. The last player to withdraw from a ranking tournament in the quarters or later, before O'Sullivan last week, was Higgins in 2000 (½ point to Alex) and the previous time was Dennis Taylor in 1984 (½ point to Cyril).

So here is the fully updated scoreboard after round 115:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 21½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..3 . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . Robert602
..4 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..5 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..6 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . Davis greatest
..7 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . The Statman
..8 . . . . . . . . . . 6½. . . . . . . Alex0Paul
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . chasmmi
10 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . Cyril
11 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
12 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April madness
13 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
14 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
15 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
16 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
17 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
18 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . kellie-text
19 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
20 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
21 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Hegeland

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN

...anyone?

[Cyril]

Higgins-Dott in 2000 Grand Prix.

Dennis Taylor withdrew from the Jameson in '84, following the death off his mother. Silvino Francisco received a walkover.

Dennis played in the next event, the Rothmans Grand Prix - winning his first major tournament.

[The Statman]

Congratulations snookersfun.

So here is the scoreboard after round 113, including round 115 but excluding round 114, which has not been completed but is repeated below:

..1 . . . . . . . . . 21½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..3 . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . Robert602
..4 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..5 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..6 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . Davis greatest
..7 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . The Statman
..8 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . chasmmi
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . Alex0Paul
10 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . Cyril
11 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
12 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April madness
13 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
14 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
15 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
16 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
17 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
18 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . kellie-text
19 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
20 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
21 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Hegeland

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN

When was the last time a player withdrew from a quarter-final of a ranking tournament (NOT, as Ronnie did, midway through but by pulling out before the start of the match, having won the previous match)?

And the one before that?

First answer with both correct wins the point. I want the player's name and the tournament (year and title), and for no bonus points at all, the opponent who gained a semi-final spot from his withdrawal.

We have had the first half of the answer, Higgins v. Dott, so when was the previous one?

[davis_greatest]

Is round 114 still open?