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) Mike Dunn. Jones retired in the first round against Tian Pengfei. At the 2017 Paul Hunter Classic Jones defeated German Jiaming Zhang 4–1. In the second qualifying round, Jones lost just 3–4 against the eventual main tournament participant Robert Read. At the Last 128 2018 Paul Hunter Classic defeated former World Champion Peter Ebdon 4–0. 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