• Herbert John Pulman (12 December 1923 – 25 December 1998) was an English professional snooker player who was the World Snooker Champion from 1957 to 1968...
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    fifth day. Fred Davis met John Pulman in the 1955 final at Blackpool Tower Circus, with Davis winning 38–35. Davis defeated Pulman again in the 1956 final...
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  • Pulman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Cory Pulman (born 1963), English actress now known by her married name Cory Pulman-Jones...
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    quarter-finals, Spencer in the semi-finals, and John Pulman 37–33 in the final, having led 27–14 before Pulman reduced the lead to one frame at 34–33. At the...
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  • respectively. In 1957, the professional world snooker title had passed to John Pulman, and he had retained it through a series of challenge matches from 1964...
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    the World title three or more times after Joe Davis, Fred Davis, John Pulman, John Spencer, Ray Reardon, Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan...
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    Championship 2018: John Higgins to face Mark Williams in final". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018. "John Higgins edges...
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    makes final flourish". The Times. 28 February 1972. p. 7. Hayton, Eric; Dee, John (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record &...
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  • Championship series. There were three competitors, Joe Davis, Fred Davis and John Pulman, competing for prize money of £750. Matches were of 25 frames over two...
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    occasions during the 1950s; his brother Fred and future world champion John Pulman each won it twice. In 1959, Davis attempted to popularise a new version...
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    knocks such a lot in." In the quarter-finals, he saw off former champion John Pulman 31–23. Rex Williams took nine consecutive frames to establish a 12–6...
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    He won his maiden ranking title at the 2011 China Open, was runner-up to John Higgins at the 2011 World Snooker Championship, and captured his first Triple...
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  • won five more championships, defeating Donaldson three times and then John Pulman twice. Davis won the World Billiards championship twice in 1980, defeating...
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  • Knowles with a 9–2 win in the first round, then receive a walkover against John Pulman to progress to the quarter-finals, where he lost 5–9 to Ray Edmonds....
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    The England team was Rex Williams, Fred Davis, Graham Miles, John Spencer and John Pulman. Difference in cumulative points scored The other players were...
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    rehabilitation. He reached his first World final in 2001, where he defeated John Higgins 18–14 to claim his first World title and reached number two in the...
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    champion John Higgins to become the oldest world quarter-finalist since 1983. As of 2024, Davis's 30 Crucible appearances are second (equal with John Higgins)...
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    snooker history to reach the 900-century mark, after Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins and Judd Trump. In the 2013–14 season, he became the first player...
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    April 2022). "John Virgo exclusive interview: 'He wasn't everyone's cup of tea but Jim Davidson is still my mate'". The Telegraph. "John Virgo staying...
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  • by the Billiards Association and Control Council. The 1957 champion John Pulman contested and won all seven challenge matches against various opponents...
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    11 maximum breaks, putting him in third place behind O'Sullivan (15) and John Higgins (13) for the most officially recognised maximums in professional...
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  • 1927. John Pulman won the event for the first time by defeating Jackie Rea 39–34 in the 73-frame final. Rea led in the early stages but Pulman pulled...
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    John Stephen Parrott MBE (born 11 May 1964) is an English former professional snooker player and television personality. He was a familiar face on the...
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  • eighth and last world snooker title by defeating John Pulman by 38 frames to 35 in the final. Pulman led 31–29 going into the last day of the final on...
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    during the 1992–93 snooker season. They are Williams, Ronnie O'Sullivan and John Higgins. Williams was born in Cwm, near Ebbw Vale, in the Welsh county of...
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    twice for a total of nine Triple Crown titles, putting him on a par with John Higgins, and behind only Ronnie O’Sullivan (23), Stephen Hendry (18) and...
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    Cup, he defeated Steve Davis 5–4 in the second round, before losing 2–5 to John Higgins in the third. After the victory over Davis, Murphy said "This is...
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    UK Championship, but lost 5–10 to Zhao Xintong. A week later, he defeated John Higgins 9–5 to win the 2021 Scottish Open. Luca Brecel was born on 8 March...
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    breaks, the fourth most of any player, behind only Ronnie O'Sullivan (15), John Higgins (13), and Stephen Hendry (11). In 1996, Bingham won both the English...
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    the final of the 1989 European Open, where he lost the deciding frame to John Parrott. Although he also won several other tournaments, Griffiths's determination...
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