Roy Andrewartha (23 April 1938 – 15 October 2020) was a Welsh professional

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player.

Career

Born in 1938, Andrewartha lost in the 1976 final of the

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to Chris Ross. He played in the

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later in 1976, representing England, finishing third in his qualifying group and then losing an elimination match 0–4 against

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. As an amateur he had played against

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in the 1976 Canadian Club Masters; Reardon won 3–2. He turned professional in the

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. In qualifying for the 1977 World Championship, Andrewartha faced

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, but lost 1–11. At the 1978 tournament, he

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9–0 before being defeated 3–9 by

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in the last 24. In the

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, Andrewartha reached the quarter-finals of the 1978 UK Championship. In his last-24 match, he defeated Pat Houlihan 9–3; in the following round he faced John Spencer, the incumbent World Champion, but this resulted in a 9–8 win. At the quarter-final stage, he again met Mountjoy and was defeated, this time 4–9. At the 1980 UK Championship, he defeated Tony Knowles 9–8 and

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9–6, but lost 3–9 to Reardon in the last 16. He played in the Welsh Professional Championship from 1981 to 1984, but never won a match in the event, losing to

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in 1981, Mountjoy in 1982, Reardon in 1984, and Griffiths in 1984. The next time Andrewartha reached the latter stages of a major event was at the 1984 World Championship, where he beat Eddie McLaughlin 10–8 and

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10–9 to qualify for the first round at the

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for the first time. Facing

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, Andrewartha lost 4–10. Ranked 47th in the world for the 1984/1985 season, Andrewartha played only two matches therein; he lost 0–5 to

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at the 1984 International Open, and 2–5 to Dave Chalmers in that year's Grand Prix. He did not enter another tournament, and resigned from the

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in September 1984, saying that he was disillusioned with playing as a professional. He died on 15 October 2020, aged 82. Funeral notice: Roy Andrewartha, ''Wirral Globe'', 21 October 2020
Retrieved 24 October 2020

References

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