Doug Mountjoy 16, Mountjoy was diagnosed with lung cancer after being a smoker for many years. That year, in his final World Championship finals appearance, at the age of 50, he beat Alain Robidoux 10-6 in the first round only weeks before an operation to remove his left lung. For fifteen years he was the last player aged over 50 to appear in the final stages. He survived the cancer and continued to play snooker until 1997. After 1997 he concentrated on snooker coaching but did compete in the World Championship again in 2000 and 2002. Doug Mountjoy Doug Mountjoy (born 8
Ben Jones (snooker player) Ben Jones (snooker player) Ben Jones (born 26 October 1990) is a Welsh amateur snooker player. Ben Jones participated in the 2012 Q School. He came in the second of three tournaments in the last 16, where he retired. Jones often participated in PTC tournaments and Q School events in the following years, but dropped out early. In the Paul Hunter Classic 2013 he came in the round of the last 64 and got 700 ₤ prize money. Further successes remained for the time being, until he survived the qualification at the Riga Masters 2017 by a 4–1 victory over