Snooker's Strangest Matches Extraordinary but True Stories from over 80 Years of Sporting History

It has been said that to play snooker well is the sign of a misspent youth, but what could be better than the thrills and magic of playing across the green bais? Kevin De Ornellas takes a look at one of the most popular sports (snooker fans are particularly prevalent in the UK, Ireland, Australia and Canada). Among the 100 or so stories you will find the tournament where they experimented with extra balls (one orange, one purple), how 64-year-old Fred Davis reached the World Championship semi-final and was still playing in the qualifiers aged 78; the ''Snooker Loopy'' and ''Romford Rap'' songs, how Peter Ebdon impersonated a gorilla at the Crucible and how Ronnie O''Sullivan played left-handed to beat Alan Robidoux, who subsequently refused the obligatory handshake. There''s even the tale of how Dennis Taylor was almost accidentally strangled...Kevin De Ornellas Staff is the author of 'Snooker's Strangest Matches Extraordinary but True Stories from over 80 Years of Sporting History', published 2007 under ISBN 9781861059451 and ISBN 1861059450.