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Revision as of 16:33, 23 July 2019
Born | Australia |
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Sport country | Australia |
Lesley McIlrath is an Australian former snooker player. She won the Women's World Open Championship in 1980.[1]
1980 Women's World Open Championship
The tournament was sponsored by Guinness, and held at Hayling Island.[2]
McIlrath's results in the tournament were:
- Last 16 - beat Sue LeMaich 3-1
- Quarter-final - beat Maryann McConnell 3-1
- Semi-final - beat Ann Johnson 3-1
- Final - beat Agnes Davis 4-2.
Her opponent in the final, Agnes Davis, was aged 60 at the time, and went on to have a playing career spanning a total of 64 years.[2]
The victory, in only the second Women's World Open Championship (following the first held in 1976), made McIlrath the first non-UK player to win. Coincidentally, Cliff Thorburn became the first non-UK winner of the men's World Snooker Championship the same year.
McIllrath remains one of only two non-UK winners of the World Women’s Snooker Championship. Ng On Yee, who won her first title in 2015, is the other.[3]
Other World Championship Achievements
- 1981 - lost in quarter final 2-3 to Sue Foster
- 1982 - lost in quarter final to Sue Foster
- 1983 - lost in semi final 5-6 to Sue Foster
References
- ^ World Champions Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ a b Everton, Clive (2 March 2011). "Obituary: Agnes Davies: Pioneer of women's snooker with a playing career of 64 years". The Guardian.
- ^ Australia to Host First World Women’s Ranking Event Huart, Matt, Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 22 July 2019.