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The Amateur Billiard Player : May 1998

Strachan World Matchplay Championship

Liverpool Billiards & Snooker Club

12th-16th March 1998

Peter Sheehan, playing in front of his Liverpool home crowd, eliminated Chris Shutt 4-3 in the best of seven 100 up games. He then beat Ian Williamson 4-0 before losing 4-1 to Peter Gilchrist.

David Causier accounted for Mukesh Rehani and Michael Ferreira 4-0, then claimed the major scalp of Geet Sethi 4-1.

Leading 3-1 in the semi-final against Mike Russell, David eventually lost 4-3.

Seeded into the second round, Robby Foldvari beat Manoj Kothari 4-1, then Bob Close 4-0. The Aussie lost out 4-2 in the semi to Peter Gilchrist.

The final was the best of 15 legs. Mike Russell took the two opening games and Peter equalised. Mike retook the lead 4-2 at the interval. Upon restart, Mike went 5-2 up and games then went in sequence until the World No. 1 took the £6,000 winners prize by 8-5. Peter received £3,000 as runner up in a £20,000 prize pool.

First Round
M. Kothari
(India)
4  E. Hughes
(Rep. Ireland)
1 
B. Bhaskar
(India)
4  D. Joshi
(India)
0 
B. Close
(England)
4  D. Sneddon
(Scotland)
1 
I. Williamson
(England)
4  A. Potikyan
(Armenia)
0 
P. Sheehan
(England)
4  C. Shutt
(England)
3 
P. Gilchrist
(England)
4  A. Agrawal
(India)
1 
N. Dagley
(England)
4  S. Hardcastle
(England)
2 
Agrawal
(India)
4  B. Dix
(England)
0 
D. Causier
(England)
4  M. Rehani
(India)
0 
M. Ferreira
(India)
4  I. Malik
(India)
0 
R. Chapman
(England)
4  A. Goenka
(India)
0 
N. Patel
(India)
4  C. Everton
(Wales)
2 
M. Wildman
(England)
4  M. Spoormans
(Belgium)
1 
Second Round
R. Foldvari
(Australia)
4  M. Kothari
1 
B. Close
4  B. Bhaskar
1 
P. Sheehan
4  I. Williamson '
0 
P. Gilchrist
4  N. Dagley
0 
G. Sethi
(India)
4  A. Agrawal
1 
D. Causier
4  M. Ferreira
0 
R. Chapman
4  N. Patel
1 
M. Russell
(England)
4  M. Wildman
0 
Third Round
R. Foldvari
4  B. Close
0 
P. Gilchrist
4  P. Sheehan
1 
D. Causier
4  G. Sethi
1 
M. Russell
4  R. Chapman
2 
Semi-final
P. Gilchrist
4  R. Foldvari
2 
M. Russell
4  D. Causier
3 
Final
M. Russell
8  P. Gilchrist
5