Alec E. Mann was an
English professional
snooker
Snooker (pronounced , ) is a cue sport played on a rectangular table covered with a green cloth called baize, with six pockets, one at each corner and one in the middle of each long side. First played by British Army officers stationed in Ind ...
player.
Career
Born in
Birmingham
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on 14 November 1902, Mann turned professional in 1926, entering the
1927 World Championship, where he lost his first match 6–8 to Albert Cope after leading 6–1.
The following year, he defeated Cope 14–9 before losing 11–12 to
Fred Lawrence in the second round; the highest break of the tournament was Mann's 46.
After two first-round exits in 1929 and 1930, Mann did not play competitively again until 1935, when he lost his semi-final match - his first in
that year's tournament, 4–13 to
Willie Smith.
Mann entered the World Championship on three more occasions, but following a 12–23 loss to
Kingsley Kennerley in the 1947 edition, he did not play again.
References
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English snooker players
1902 births
Year of death missing
People from Birmingham, West Midlands