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Gary Owen (snooker player)

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that year. He won all his matches in a round-robin format and took the title. He became world amateur champion for a second time in 1966, beating future world professional champion
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become the first players in a generation to turn professional. His best performance as a professional came in 1969 when he reached the final of the reconstituted
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in the 1972 and 1973 Australian Professional championships. After gaining Australian citizenship, he represented his new country at the
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by 37 frames to 24. A semi-finalist in 1970, he was defeated in the last eight in 1973 and 1975. In 1970 Owen defeated
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six years later. He then gave up competitive play for a number of years, returning only in the early 1960s.
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Owen emigrated to Australia, taking a job as the resident professional at a snooker club in
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The Complete International Directory of Snooker Players – 1927 to 2018
1012: 423: 174: 166: 119: 212: 74: 1196:. Enfield: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 124–125. 230: 655: 1158: 1156: 157:In 1963 he matched the achievement of his brother 1266:. Aylesbury: Queen Anne Press. pp. 251–253. 1241:. Aylesbury: Queen Anne Press. pp. 296–297. 1226:. Everton's News Agency. August 1995. p. 10. 1384: 1363:. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from 1153: 925: 1298: 118:(5 March 1929 – July 1995) was a Welsh 1187: 1185: 594:lost in the early rounds of the tournament 1134: 19:For other people with the same name, see 1355: 1353: 1217: 1215: 1213: 596:(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) 317: 1335: 1191: 1182: 640: 634: 628: 584: 194:World Professional Snooker Championship 1385: 1361:"Australian Professional Championship" 1255: 638:did not participate in the tournament 1350: 1320: 1230: 1210: 1280: 1261: 1236: 889:Australian Professional Championship 847:Australian Professional Championship 537:Australian Professional Championship 165:. This qualified him to compete for 632:did not qualify for the tournament 13: 1139:. Kobyhadrian Books. p. 186. 124:World Amateur Snooker Championship 14: 1419: 1408:Sportspeople from Carmarthenshire 1327:"Owen wins Willie Smith trophy". 1264:Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987-88 1239:Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987-88 1057: 910: 865: 231:Performance and rankings timeline 1092: 1047: 1005: 968: 945:Opponent in the final/Runner-up 897: 852: 810: 768: 722: 656:Non-ranking finals: 5 (2 titles) 650: 67: 16:Welsh snooker player (1929-1995) 1346:. 5 September 1970. p. 11. 1294:. 5 September 1970. p. 11. 1105: 1018: 978: 781: 749: 735: 666: 578: 136:1969 World Snooker Championship 57:Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 1128: 1: 1342:"Owen defeats title holder". 1194:Guinness Snooker: The Records 1121: 823: 644:withdrew from the tournament 1112: 1064: 1024: 1000:English Amateur Championship 984: 963:English Amateur Championship 926:Amateur finals: 4 (3 titles) 916: 871: 829: 787: 741: 618: 612: 606: 598: 590: 588:lost in the qualifying draw 518:World Matchplay Championship 325: 320: 163:English Amateur Championship 152:English Amateur Championship 7: 1331:. February 1968. p. 3. 1288:"Owen defeats title holder" 1222:"Obituary: Gary Owen MBE". 602:lost in the quarter-finals 134:, and was runner-up at the 10: 1424: 1084:World Amateur Championship 1042:World Amateur Championship 763:World Snooker Championship 511: 417: 396: 370: 332: 171:World Amateur Championship 21:Gary Owen (disambiguation) 18: 668:World Championship (0–1) 580:Performance Table Legend 579: 521: 503: 493: 406: 382: 344: 141: 105: 88: 80: 62: 50: 35: 1135:Kobylecky, John (2019). 671: 610:lost in the semi-finals 403:Park Drive 2000 (Spring) 204:6–4 in the final of the 1192:Everton, Clive (1985). 372:Non-ranking tournaments 215:, and was runner-up to 181:who was the runner-up. 148:Tumble, Carmarthenshire 805:Stratford Professional 694:Opponent in the final 379:Stratford Professional 206:Stratford Professional 196:, losing to old rival 1403:Welsh snooker players 1329:Billiards and Snooker 1262:Hale, Janice (1987). 1237:Hale, Janice (1987). 1164:"Obituary: Gary Owen" 522:Tournament Not Held 504:Tournament Not Held 418:Tournament Not Held 397:Tournament Not Held 223:in 1979. He died in 717:Willie Smith Trophy 624:won the tournament 334:Ranking tournaments 225:Brisbane, Australia 122:player. 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Index

Gary Owen (disambiguation)
Tumble
Wales
ranking
1976/77
snooker
World Amateur Snooker Championship
1963
1966
1969 World Snooker Championship
Tumble, Carmarthenshire
English Amateur Championship
Marcus
English Amateur Championship
England
World Amateur Championship
Calcutta
John Spencer
Spencer
Ray Reardon
World Professional Snooker Championship
Spencer
Ray Reardon
Stratford Professional
Sydney
Eddie Charlton
Snooker World Cup
Brisbane, Australia
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