THE book of Professional snooker results - 1000 pages crammed full of snooker facts ‘n’ figures.

From Joe Davis' first World Championship win in 1927 to Ronnie O'Sullivan's second in 2004 - and everything  in between - including: all qualifying matches, Challenge Tour & Open Tour and invitation events.

Over 2000 players are listed with all their results in date order, season-by-season and their full playing record.

Plus statistics from ranking events, as well as year-by-year rankings, a special ‘who’s best at the Crucible’ feature, stats head-to-head all-time for the current top 32, plus much more.

Articles include ‘The History of Professional Snooker’ by John Dee, CueSport magazine editor and Daily Telegraph correspondent.

Eric Whitehead, acclaimed snooker professional photographer, has supplied all the 350 black & white player shots included.

The Complete Record includes the 992 professional matches played by Steve Davis, the seven world titles of Stephen Hendry, right through to the single entry for Jesus Sanchez from Brazil in the Mita World Masters second qualifying round.

EXCERPTS:

Chapter 5 - Hendry on the Horizon

While Steve Davis continued to dominate the 1980?s winning tournament after tournament and three more Embassy world championships to take his total to six, he was also runner-up to Joe Johnson in 1986; another name was flexing his muscles in the background.

He was, of course,Stephen Hendry who turned professional in 1985 and played his first game in the Goya Matchroom trophy that same year beating Barry West 5-4.

Who was the first player to beat him? It was in the next round and is a real trivia tester. Take 10 points for coming up with the name of the late Eddie McLaughlin, another Scottish professional.

Hendry was groomed for stardom with a series of test matches against Davis in various Scottish towns. He lost them all but the die had been cast and the youngster, he was then just 17, was not turning back for anyone.

Player listing.

Abernethy (Hugh)

Country:      Scotland

Date of Birth:         December 23, 1967

Best World Ranking:        80

Played     wins   draws   lost    frames for    frames against

246          144     0            102       986                   870

Match %      58.54 Frame %     53.13

1994-1995

Tournaments year-by-year last 32.

1994-1995

Australian Open

1: Charlton (Eddie) bt McBreen (Chris) 5-0, O'Kane (Dene) bt Younger (Johl) 5-0, Reilly (Phillip) bt Provenzano (Nick) 5-1, Terananon (Anan) bt Tillman (Michael) 5-1, Williams (Mark J) bt Giannaros (James) 5-1, Duffy (Craig) bt Wilkinson (Glen) 5-2, Gorski (Stan) bt Johnson (Darren) 5-2, Kanthawung (Somporn) bt Beggs (Robin) 5-2, Thorne (Willie) bt Wee (Lim Cher) 5-2, Balzer (Paul) bt Udyez (Peter) 5-3, Ganim jr (George) bt Gimenez (Daniel) 5-3, Sienkiewicz (Lee) bt Ebejer (Steve) 5-3, Foldvari (Robby) bt Bonner (Jim) 5-4, Hicks (Andrew) Aus bt Higgins (Les) 5-4, Higgins (John) bt Wai (Wong Kok) 5-4, King (Warren) bt Farebrother (Roger) 5-4, 2: O'Kane bt Reilly 5-0, Thorne bt Hicks (Andrew) Aus 5-1, Foldvari bt Ganim jr 5-2, Higgins (J) bt Terananon 5-2, Williams (MJ) bt Duffy 5-2, Charlton bt Balzer 5-3, King (W) bt Sienkiewicz 5-3, Gorski bt Kanthawung 5-4, QF: Thorne bt Gorski 7-1, Williams (MJ) bt Charlton 7-2, Higgins (J) bt King (W) 7-3, O'Kane bt Foldvari 7-4, SF: Thorne bt Williams (MJ) 7-1, Higgins (J) bt O'Kane 7-2, F: Higgins (J) bt Thorne 9-5

Top Rank Classic Thailand league

Hendry (Stephen) bt Doherty (Ken) 6-5, McManus (Alan) bt Wattana (James) 7-4, Doherty bt McManus 6-5, Wattana bt Morgan (Darren) 8-3, Hendry bt McManus 6-5, Doherty bt Morgan (D) 7-4, Hendry bt Morgan (D) 7-4, Wattana bt Doherty 7-4, Hendry bt Wattana 6-5, McManus bt Morgan (D) 7-4

Regal Masters

1: White (Jimmy) bt Henry (Drew) 5-1, O'Sullivan (Ronnie) bt McManus (Alan) 5-2, Hallett (Mike) bt Parrott (John) 5-3, Snaddon (Billy) bt Morgan (Darren) 5-3, QF: Davis (Steve) bt Snaddon 6-3, Hendry (Stephen) bt White 6-3, O'Sullivan bt Wattana 6-3, Doherty (Ken) bt Hallett 6-4, SF: Hendry bt Davis (S) 6-2, Doherty bt O'Sullivan 6-5, F: Doherty bt Hendry 9-7

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COMPETITION

1 Who has played the most professional snooker matches?

a      Jimmy White

b      Steve Davis

c       John Spencer

d      Stephen Hendry

2 Which player has won most matches at the Crucible?

a      Jimmy White

b      Steve Davis

c       Stephen Hendry

d      Ray Reardon

3 Which one of these players won a title at the 2004 European Championships?

a      Alex Borg

b      Reanne Evans

c       Mark Allen

d      Ron Jones

Answer a, b, c, d to each question eg 1d, 2c, 3b.

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