Doug Mountjoy Doug Mountjoy Doug Mountjoy (born 8 June 1942) is a retired Welsh snooker player. He was a mainstay of the world's top 16 during the late 1970s and 1980s, and won the Masters in 1977, the UK Championship in 1978 and the Irish Masters in 1979. He reached the 1981 World Championship final, where he lost to Steve Davis. Mountjoy enjoyed an Indian summer in his 40s, winning back-to-back ranking events (the UK Championship and The Classic) during the 1988/89 season. His world ranking peaked at #5 in the 1990/91 season. In later years he was the coach to the
Walter Donaldson (snooker player) book "Advanced Snooker". He died at his home in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire in 1973. He had also lived for some years in Belvedere, South East London. In 2012 Walter was inducted into the World Snooker Hall of Fame as recognition for his two World Championship victories. Walter Donaldson (snooker player) Walter Weir Wilson Donaldson (2 February 1907 – 24 May 1973) was a Scottish professional snooker and billiards player. Born in Gardner's Crescent, Edinburgh, the son of Alexander Donaldson, a Billiard room manager, he was the first Scottish-born player to make a mark in the world of snooker. He was