Steve James (snooker player) Steve James (snooker player) Stephen "Steve" James (born 2 May 1961) is a retired English professional snooker player. A former postman, the high point of his career was his sole ranking title – the Classic in 1990, beating Australian Warren King 10–6 in the final. His world ranking peaked at number seven the following season, the best of his five seasons in the top sixteen. On 14 April 1990, in his match against Alex Higgins at the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield, James became the first player to produce a 16-red total clearance in competitive play. In other words, he
Michael Holt (snooker player) Michael Holt (snooker player) Michael Holt (born 7 August 1978) is a professional snooker player from Nottingham, England. A former world top 20 player, he has won two minor-ranking tournaments and has reached one final of a ranking event, the Riga Open, as well as five further quarter-finals and at the Shanghai Masters he reached a semi-final. He lost in the final qualifying round of the World Snooker Championship in 2001 and 2002. Holt almost qualified for the 2004 event – he was 9–5 ahead in his final qualifying match against Anthony Hamilton, before losing the next five frames to