Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[missneworleans]

Bit of a stab here but have they all won a match by winning 7 consecutive frames?

you are on the right track
to help you Davis, Ebdon and Bond has done at the crucible

[Stevie]

Bit of a stab here but have they all won a match by winning 7 consecutive frames?

[missneworleans]

Total shot in the dark - all have beaten world numbers 1,2, & 3 in the wc?

Nope.......

[deant1982]

Total shot in the dark - all have beaten world numbers 1,2, & 3 in the wc?

[missneworleans]

Can we get a clue. Not much guessing going on...

Ronnie O'Sullivan was close doing it twice but failed on both attempts

[deant1982]

Round 387
Okay I hope this will be an interesting one...
What is the common link for Rex Williams,Stephen Hendry,Nigel Bond,Peter Ebdon,Shaun Murphy,Steve Davis?
PS: the list may not be full, but probably it is.

Can we get a clue. Not much guessing going on...

[Turner27]

they have all won a ranking event

[missneworleans]

Round 387
Okay I hope this will be an interesting one...
What is the common link for Rex Williams,Stephen Hendry,Nigel Bond,Peter Ebdon,Shaun Murphy,Steve Davis?
PS: the list may not be full, but probably it is.

[missneworleans]

Round 386:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 44½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . attilahun
..3 . . . . . . . . . 23½. . . . . . . davis_greatest
..4 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..5 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Monique
..6 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..7 . . . . . . . . . 18½. . . . . . . Robert602
..8 . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . Cyril
..9 . . . . . . . . . 14½. . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓ . . . . . . . chasmmi
11 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
12 . . . . . . . . . 13½. . . . . . . dantuck_7
13 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . JPK123
14 . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . Mal
15 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
16 . . . . . . . . . 10½ . . . . . . .crucible77
17 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
18 . . . . . . . . . . 8½. . . . . . . kellie-text
19 . . . . . . . . . . 8½. . . . . . . abextra
20 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . Marc
21 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . April Madness
22 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
23 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . hegeland
24 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . frameandfortunereturns
25 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . Odrl
26 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
27 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . rambon
28 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . missneworleans
29 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
30 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . circle
31 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . mushka
32 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
33 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
34 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
35 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
36 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . ore
37 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . jaybee 136
38 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . jaguarf1
39 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . janverhaas
40 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . gilbis
41 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . deant1982
42 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . erezpa
43 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . lagermike
44 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . BellySpace
45 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . bongo
46 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Teresa
47 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Gingerale
48 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Shaggy365
49 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
50 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
51 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
52 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
53 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
54 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . nlm247
55 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Barcicik
56 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . aphex
57 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
58 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

Round 387.....

[The Statman]

missneworleans, you can have the point!

It was indeed the broadcaster, ITV, who appealed for the matches to be shortened, and also for the start time to be delayed until 2pm instead of 1pm for the afternoon session.

The reason wasn't actually about coverage but about costs. Union agreements meant ITV's costs were much higer if the lighting was switched on before 2pm! And that led to the shortening of the matches because a best-of-11 starting at 2pm, with an evening session due at 7 o'clock, made overrunning very likely indeed. This in turn would have led to further cost increases because overtime would have to be paid after 12:15 so they weren't keen to go much beyond midnight.

[missneworleans]

maybe TV company so they could cover full match?

[The Statman]

Best-of-23 actually - that was the norm for the time.

No, it wasn't a player or any other individual; it was a business/company/etc which had a reason for wanting them to be shortened.

[dantuck_7]

Silvino played (and won?) in the final which a best of of 25!

[deant1982]

I guess it was either Silvino Francisco that requested it shortened, and a guess was at the reason was possibly due to flight times for them to return home after the tournament? Either that, or someones wife in labour and they had to leave to attend the birth?

[The Statman]

Not Sure! They had to re-organise the tournamnet half-way through??! Going to sound very far-fetched... strange to go from 4 venues to 1?

I think the 4 venues for qualifying was to save travelling distance - if you think, this was the very early days of large qualifying rounds - so they had one in the north and one in the south. Only guesswork really. The Chesterfield and London venues were used for the later rounds and the other two for the earlier rounds.

could be non of the top 16 got through, and then the standard deteriorated in the later rounds, hence taking more time so had to reduce number of frames.
Can we get a clue Statman?

Well, when initially organised, it was supposed to be best-of-11 throughout. But a specific party requested/insisted that it be shortened and I will accept as a correct answer the identity of the party who got it shortened along with a brief supposition as to why it was.