Warren Simpson

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Warren Alwyn Simpson
birthday circa 1922
date of death 5th July 1980
Place of death Toowoon Bay
nationality AustraliaAustralia Australia
professional 1970 - 1979
Prize money £ 1,725
Highest break 119 ( Australian Professional Championship 1973 )
Century Breaks 3
World rankings
Highest WRL place 15 ( 1975/76 )
Best results
Ranked tournaments Round of 16 ( 1975 World Cup )
Other professional tournaments 2 × victory ( Australian Professional Championship )
1 × vice world champion ( 1971 )
Amateur tournaments 3 × win ( Australian Snooker Championship )

Warren Alwyn Simpson (* approx. 1922 ; † July 5, 1980 in Toowoon Bay ) was an Australian snooker player who won the Australian Snooker Championship three times and the Australian Professional Championship twice and reached the final of the 1971 World Snooker Championship .

Career

Beginnings as an amateur

Originally from New South Wales and born around 1922, Simpson first attracted attention when he won the Australian Snooker Championship in 1953 with five out of five group games . A year later he was able to defend his title at the Australian Snooker Championship before he again won both the World Open Amateur Championship and the Australian Open Championship without loss . In 1956 he was defeated in the final of the Australian Snooker Championship to Bob Marshall 5: 4, before he won the tournament for the third time in 1957 against the same Marshall.

In 1960 Simpson took part in the World Open alongside Fred Davis , Clark McConachy and others , where he won at least two games.

First appearances at the professional level

In 1963 Simpson took part in the Australian Professional Championship , which he won with a 5-3 victory over Newton Gahan , together with the eventual three-time vice world champion Eddie Charlton and others . After several unsuccessful participations he was defeated in 1966 and 1967 in the final Eddie Charlton, before he defeated Charlton with 11:10 in 1968 and thus won his second title. Subsequently, he lost again in 1969 with 6:11 against Charlton in the final before he became a professional player in 1970.

First professional years

At the beginning of his first professional season , Wilson participated unsuccessfully in the Australian Professional Championship before he survived the group stage at the 1971 World Snooker Championship with victories over John Pulman , Perrie Mans and Gary Owen and reached the final with a 27:22 win over Eddie Charlton . In this he was against John Spencer the clear outsider, although it was the highlight of his career for Simpson. Spencer dominated much of the game and finally won the game 29:37.

A year later he reached the final again at the Australian Professional Championship and lost it again to Eddie Charlton, before he was eliminated in the semifinals of the Australian Professional Championship in the 1972/73 season and in the World Snooker Championship after defeating Maurice Parkin in the round of 16 against Gary Owen lost.

The following season , Simpson was eliminated in the semifinals of the Australian Professional Championship before defeating Northern Irish Jackie Rea at the World Snooker Championship before losing to Bernard Bennett in the round of 24 . In the 1974/75 season Simpson reached the final of the Australian Professional Championship for the last time , in which he was again defeated by Eddie Charlton after victories over Ron Mares and Norman Squire with 17:44 . At the end of the season he lost after another win over Ron Mares in the round of 16 of the Snooker World Championship against Ray Reardon .

Years on the world rankings and death

Even if Simpson did not play a game in the following season , he was positioned on the first Order of Merit , a forerunner of today's snooker world rankings, on rank 15, which was his best world ranking for the rest of his career. After he was placed in the first world rankings in 20th place, he reached the semifinals of the Australian Professional Championship in the 1976/77 season , in which he had to admit defeat to Paddy Morgan . As a result, he lost two places on the world rankings.

He also reached the semifinals at the Australian Professional Championship in 1977 and did not take part in the World Snooker Championship, although he still kept his 22nd place on the ranking list and only lost two places again a year later. A year later he managed a 12-3 win over Dennis Wheelwright in the group stage before losing 8-0 to Eddie Charlton in his last professional game.

Already at Easter 1974 the diabetic Simpson suffered a severe attack of flu. He received hospital treatment in England until he discharged himself an hour before his World Cup game against Bernard Bennett , which he lost 8-2. On July 5, 1980, the seriously ill Simspon died at the age of 58 in Toowoon Bay , Australia , after having attended an event with numerous professional players eight nights earlier in his home club, the City Tattersalls Club .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Ron Florax: Career Total Statistics For Warren Simpson - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on September 23, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Chris Turner: Historical World Rankings. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2011, archived from the original on June 8, 2012 ; accessed on September 23, 2019 (English).
  3. ↑ Ron Florax: Warren Simpson - Season 1953-1954 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on September 23, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b Past Champions. Australian Billiards and Snooker Council , 2018, accessed September 23, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Ron Florax: Warren Simpson - Season 1954-1955 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on September 23, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Ron Florax: Warren Simpson - Season 1956-1957 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on September 23, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Ron Florax: Warren Simpson - Season 1959-1960 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on September 23, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Ron Florax: Warren Simpson - Season 1963-1964 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on September 23, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Ron Florax: Warren Simpson - Season 1966-1967 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on September 23, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Ron Florax: Warren Simpson - Season 1967-1968 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on September 23, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Ron Florax: Warren Simpson - Season 1968-1969 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on September 23, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Ron Florax: Warren Simpson - Season 1969-1970 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on September 23, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Ron Florax: Warren Simpson - Season 1970-1971 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on September 23, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Ron Florax: Warren Simpson - Season 1971-1972 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on September 23, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Ron Florax: Warren Simpson - Season 1972-1973 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on September 23, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Ron Florax: CueTracker.net. CueTracker.net, accessed on September 23, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Ron Florax: Warren Simpson - Season 1974-1975 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on September 23, 2019 .
  18. ^ A b c Ron Florax: Ranking History For Warren Simpson. CueTracker.net, accessed on September 23, 2019 .
  19. ↑ Ron Florax: Warren Simpson - Season 1976-1977 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on September 23, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Ron Florax: Warren Simpson - Season 1977-1978 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on September 23, 2019 .
  21. ↑ Ron Florax: Warren Simpson - Season 1978-1979 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on September 23, 2019 .
  22. ^ Valiant Try . In: The Age / AAP-Reuter . April 18, 1974, p.  33 ( google.com ).
  23. ↑ Les Wheeler: A famous five ... In: The Sydney Morning Herald . July 10, 1980, p. 28 ( google.com ).
personal data
SURNAME Simpson, Warren
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Simpson, Warren Alwyn (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH around 1922
DATE OF DEATH 5th July 1980
Place of death Toowoon Bay