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[Sark79]

Cheers RED,

Have you read Jimmy Whites biography, Red-Dog?

there are some really entertaining stories in it about his cash playing days. He talks about his time being driven around London playing cash games as a kid. There are some really amusing characters in the book which he mentions, Alex Higgins, Tony Meo(sp?) and Dodgy Bob.

If you haven't seen it, I recomend it. You could probably identify with some of his stories from you snooker days. Axe would as well, I am sure.

100 breaks with a walking stick is one story he tells. It is a great book

[RED-DOG]

Yes, I've read it, have you read Cliff Thorburn's?

[Sark79]

No, i have read O'sullivans, Hendry and Higgins biogs but not cliff thorburn. I normally pick them up at my local PDSA, it has alot of good sports biogs.

Is it any good?

[RED-DOG]

I loved it

He tells of his days playing the circuit in Canada.  One day in a brief three hour stop-over on his way to Vancouver, he called in to a local snooker club and got involved in a cash game with a deaf Indian who got very lucky against him and won a set 2/1

He wanted a chance to get even but was running out of time, so he sugested they start with fewer reds

Cliff:  let's play with less red balls

Indian:  What?

Cliff:  Less red balls

Indian:  What?

Cliff:  LESS RED BALLS!!!

Indian:  Les Red Balls? Never heard of him, but if you bring him I'll beat him too

[Sark79]

sounds good. I will keep a look out for it. Thanks

[Karabiner]

Cheers RED,

Have you read Jimmy Whites biography, Red-Dog?

there are some really entertaining stories in it about his cash playing days. He talks about his time being driven around London playing cash games as a kid. There are some really amusing characters in the book which he mentions, Alex Higgins, Tony Meo(sp?) and Dodgy Bob.

If you haven't seen it, I recomend it. You could probably identify with some of his stories from you snooker days. Axe would as well, I am sure.

100 breaks with a walking stick is one story he tells. It is a great book

I used to play snooker in Tooting, well Wandsworth actually where Jimmy White and Tony Meo amongst others used to play.

Bob Davies used to back the young players in those days and they were known as "Bob's boys".

Jimmy would have been 15/16 then. Steve Ventham was another great young player who was around at that time.