Norman Squire

Norman Squire
birthday	November 22, 1909
place of birth	Christchurch , New Zealand
date of death	23rd December 1974
Place of death	Sydney , Australia
nationality	Australia
professional	1970-71 snooker season
Prize money	0 ₤
Highest break	147
Century Breaks	1

Norman Powell Squire (born November 22, 1909 in Christchurch , New Zealand , † December 23, 1974 in Sydney , Australia ) was an Australian snooker player .

Life

Squire was born in 1909 to a bricklayer . He attended a public school and a year of technical college .

In 1935 Squire emigrated to Sydney on the advice of snooker player Edward James O'Donoghue , who recognized his talent. He trained for a long time and got better and better. In 1939 he married Annie Ross . In 1943 he went to the Royal Australian Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and spent two years there. The Second World War ruined his chances of a career in snooker. Nevertheless, he trained and became a professional snooker at the age of over 50.

snooker

Norman Squire won the Australian Professional Championship in 1964 . Two editions earlier, it was second behind Eddie Charlton . In 1970 he failed at Charlton after winning against Warren Simpson and losing to Paddy Morgan and Charlton. By this second place Squire could participate in the tournaments of the snooker season 1970/71 . So Squire took part in the Snooker World Championship in 1971 , but finished last with four defeats. After this season he lost the right to participate due to a lack of success. Squire always took part in the Australian Professional Championship until 1974, but often lost its first games. When he last played, Squire defeated Gary Owen 11: 9, but then lost to Warren Simpson.

After that

After divorcing his first wife, he remarried in 1969. Besides snooker, his hobbies were gambling , horse racing and dogs.

He died of a heart attack while playing snooker at the City Tattersalls Club in Sydney . During the game, a cash prize of ₤ 6,000 was played.

successes

• Australian Professional Championship 1964

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Ron Florax: Career Total Statistics For Norman Squire - Professional Results. Cuetracker.net, accessed on May 18, 2018 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b c} R. I. Cashman: Squire, Norman Powell (1909-1974). Austrlian Dictionary of Biography, 2002, accessed May 18, 2018 .  
3. ↑ ^{a b} Ron Florax: Norman Squire - Season 1970-1971 - Professional Results. Cuetracker.net, accessed on May 18, 2018 .  
4. ↑ Ron Florax: Norman Squire - Season 1974-1975 - Professional Results. Cuetracker.net, accessed on May 18, 2018 .