Chinese torture as Graeme's left exposed.Byline: FRANK HAYNES David Francis Haynes, usually known as Frank Haynes (8 March 1926 – 11 September 1998) was a British Labour politician. A former miner, Haynes became MP for Ashfield in 1979, regaining a seat that had been lost to the Conservatives in the 1977 by-election. SLEEPY-HEAD Graeme Dott made a red-faced exit from the China Snooker snooker Variation of English billiards. It is played with 15 red balls and 6 variously coloured balls. Snooker arose, probably in India, as a game for soldiers in the 1870s. Open in Shanghai yesterday. He was caught with his pants down as he lost 5-3 to Welshman Darren Morgan Darren Morgan (born May 3, 1966) is a Welsh professional snooker player. He lives in Fleur-de-Lys, near Blackwood, Caerphilly. Morgan has won the 1996 Irish Masters as well as having reached two ranking finals: the 1992 Regal Welsh Open and the 1993 Asian Open. in the first round. Knackered knackered slang for being so exhausted or decrepit that a horse is suitable only for the knacker's yard. after a horror 41-hour trip, the Larkhall cueman decided to catch 40 winks before travelling to the venue. But he slept through alarms and phone calls until finally woken 15 minutes before the match was due to start. That prompted a desperate dash and Dott said: "When I got the call I didn't have time even to brush my teeth. It was only when I got there I realised I didn't have any underpants on. "It's been a nightmare. I can't believe what's hap- pened and I feel suicidal." Dott eventually had to sprint the last quarter of a mile to the arena. He was still 20 minutes late and was docked two frames. Morgan made it 3-0 and although Dott battled back to 3-3 he missed an easy black in the seventh frame and didn't recover. John Higgins This article is about the snooker player; for other people named John Higgins, see John Higgins (disambiguation). John Higgins (born May 18 1975, Wishaw, North Lanarkshire) is a Scottish professional snooker player. , the 1999 China Open champion, fired in a 130 break as he roared into the last 16 with a 5-1 win over John Parrott. But Alan McManus was whitewashed 5-0 by six-times world champion Steve Davis. |
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