Paddy Morgan

Paddy Morgan (born 7 January 1943) is an Australian former professional snooker player from Ardoyne, Belfast. He was a prominent and successful player of both snooker and English billiards during the 1960s and 1970s.

Paddy Morgan
Born (1943-01-07) 7 January 1943[1]
Ardoyne, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Sport country Australia[1]
Professional1972–1991
Highest ranking21[1] (1976/1977)
Career winnings£15,191[2]
Best ranking finishLast 16 (1985 Australian Masters)

Early life

Morgan attended St Gabriels Boys Intermediate School growing up. A keen player of Gaelic Football, he had a trial for Belfast Schoolboys in 1957. It was during this period that he first played Billiards and soon after, Snooker.[3]

Snooker career

Paddy had his best year as an amateur in 1967, winning two All Ireland titles. In 1968, Morgan represented Ireland in the World Amateur Snooker Championship, held in Australia. He reached the Semi-final of the competition. He turned professional in 1972. Morgan participated in the 1971 World Snooker Championship, losing matches against John Pulman, Ray Reardon and Gary Owen, but winning his match against Warren Simpson.

Morgan progressed to the second round of the World Championship in 1974, beating Cliff Thorburn 8–4 in the First round, as Thorburn jokingly recalls after Morgan lost the first frame, he took his tie off, after Thorburn went 3-1 up, Morgan took his waistcoat off, and after the scoreline went to 4–1, Morgan drop kicked his chalk right out of the arena, Thorburn states that he had difficulty settling after that and lost the next 7 frames to let Morgan progress to the second round, where he lost 7–15 to Graham Miles.[4]

He participated in the Winfield Masters every year from 1983–1987, never progressing beyond the first round, succumbing to players such as Eddie Charlton, Willie Thorne, Kirk Stevens, Tony Knowles and Joe Johnson.[5]

Morgan continued to enter the qualifying rounds of the World Snooker Championship, his last appearance coming in 1991, where he lost in the first qualifying round 7–10 to Canadian Paul Thornley.[6]

Personal life

Morgan spent many years as a professional snooker and billiards player in Australia, he currently resides in Sydney along with his family.

References
  1. Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. p. 732. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
  2. http://cuetracker.net/players/paddy-morgan/career-total-statistics
  3. McCann, Paul. "Absent Friend - Paddy Morgan". Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  4. http://www.snookerisland.com/blog/cliff-thorburn-interview-3of3/
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Florax, Ron. "CueTracker - Paddy Morgan - Season 1990-1991". Retrieved 30 June 2015.
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