Bob Harris (born 12 March 1956) is an English former professional

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player.

Career

Harris was expelled from school at the age of 15, and started playing snooker matches for money. In 1981, He made a championship record of 123 on his way to reaching the southern area final of the

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, finishing as runner-up after being defeated 9–13 by Vic Harris. He became a professional player in 1982. In the

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, Harris lost his first professional match, 4–5 to George Scott in the qualifying competition for the

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. In his next tournament, the

1982 UK Championship The 1982 UK Championship (officially the 1982 Coral UK Championship) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England, between 20 November and 4 December 1982. This was the sixth e ...

, he defeated Graham Cripsey 9-6 and

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9–3 to reach the first round of the main competition, where he was eliminated 6–9 by

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. He reached the same stage in the

1983 UK Championship The 1983 UK Championship (officially the 1983 Coral UK Championship) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England, between 18 November and 4 December 1983. This was the seventh ...

, winning 9–8 against Eddie McLauglin and 9–3 against Jack Fitzmaurice before a 7–9 loss to

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. He equalled this progress by reaching the last 32 of the 1985 Grand Prix, but never reached the last 16 of a major tournament. Harris' best finish at the

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was in

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, when in the qualifying competition he reached the last 48 with wins against Fagan and

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before losing 4–10 against

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. Having once been

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45th, he ended the

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ranked 188th, and did not play professionally again.

References

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