John Dunning (snooker player)
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| John Dunning | |
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| Born | April 1927, Chesterfield, Derbyshire |
| Nationality |  English |
| Professional | 1970–19?? |
| Highest ranking | #11 (1976/1977) |
John Dunning (born April 1927 in Gildersome, Bradford, Yorkshire, England is a retired English professional player of snooker. A Yorkshireman through and through. He was 11 times Yorkshire amateur champion. In 1964 he became CIU champion, beating Geoff Thompson in the final making him his best win as an amateur. He had lost to Mark Wildman the previous year.
Dunning turned professional in 1970 and played his first World Championship match in 1972 when he lost to John Pulman in the first round after beating Pat Houlihan and Graham Miles at the Qualifying rounds. He made his best preformance in 1974 when he made the Quarter-finals which he lost to Miles 13-15. He last played at the main stages in 1982.
He re-emerged in 1977 when he reached the quarter-finals of the inaugural UK Snooker Championship before losing 0-5 to Alex Higgins.
But his biggest moment in his career when he reached the final of the Yamaha Masters in March 1984. The tournament, played on a three-man-group round-robin basis, saw Dunning start the tournament as 7-1 outsider to qualify from his first group. After he beat Tony Knowles 2-1 in the opening game he became favourite; all he had to do then was to beat Les Dodd - and that he did without much difficulty. He then made it to the semi-finals which he played Australian Warren King and Terry Griffiths. Dunning lost to King but beat Griffiths which made his place in the final which he met Dave Martin and the reigining World Champion and World No1 Steve Davis. The final proved to be a real challenge for Dunning and he lost both matches ending up third with Davis winning the title but he did recive a cheque for £6,000. He is still to this day the oldest ever finalist in a major snooker event at 56 years and 11 months.
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