David Taylor (snooker player) David Taylor (snooker player) David Taylor (born 29 July 1943) is a retired English professional snooker player. He won the World and English Amateur Championships in 1968, before the success of those wins encouraged him to turn professional. Although an excellent player, Taylor never quite reached the very top of the game. He was nicknamed "The Silver Fox" because of his prematurely grey hair. He reached three major finals, but lost them all. The first was the UK Championship in 1978 (he lost to Doug Mountjoy 9–15). Then, in 1981, he lost to Steve Davis in the Yamaha Organs Trophy
Philip Williams (snooker player) World Snooker Championship he was beaten by Alok Kumar. In the 2009 IBSF World Snooker Championship he was eliminated in the semi-finals by Alfred Burden of England. In 2010 he won the IBSF World Masters Championship in Damascus, Syria, beating Thailand's Chuchart Trairattanapradit 6 - 4. He is mentioned in a book on Welsh snooker players written by Andrew Pagett. In 2013 he was a surprise qualifier for the Last 16 of the WPBSA World Seniors Championship - his qualifying tournament wins included defeats of 2 former top 16 players, Gary Wilkinson and Patsy Fagan. Philip Williams (snooker player) Philip