Book description
The top snooker players in the world compete for several trophies
every year, but one carries more prestige than all the others put
together - the World Championship. No other tournament in the sport
carries with it so much history, so many golden moments of spectacular
success and dramatic failure.
Meticulously researched and including exclusive interview material
with Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry and 2005 world champion Shaun Murphy,
among others, Masters of the Baize is a comprehensive guide to
the men who have lifted the greatest prize in snooker.
From the legendary Joe Davis, the first champion in 1927, to
modern-day masters like Mark Williams, all the sport's world champions
are put under the microscope, while the colourful careers of forgotten
figures such as Walter Donaldson and John Pulman and rogue heroes like
Alex Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan are brought vividly to life.
After uncovering the inauspicious origins of the game in
nineteenth-century India, the authors examine every former world
champion in his own comprehensive chapter. Additionally, a special
section focuses on the extraordinary popularity of Jimmy White, by far
the greatest player never to have won the title and one of the most
emotive names in the sport.
Who is the greatest snooker player of them all? And what criteria
would you employ to choose that No. 1 man? This entertaining read
attempts to answer both questions -- Book Of The Week Sunday Times
Timely, well-meaning and thought-provoking are all arguable descriptions
of this guide to the 20 players who have won snooker's world
championship -- Book Of The Week The Independent Commendably thorough,
offering some off-the-wall oddments Daily Telegraph Diligently
researched ... interesting and illuminating Snooker Scene Luke
Williams and Paul Gadsby are sports journalists and have been snooker
fans for as long as they can remember. This is their first book.
