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
Mark Bennett (snooker player) Mark Bennett (snooker player) Mark Bennett (born 23 September 1963) is a former Welsh professional snooker player from Newport. After winning the Welsh amateur title in 1985, he turned professional the following year. He was ranked in the top 32 for four seasons between 1991 and 1995, reaching a high rank of 24 in 1993. Throughout his thirteen-year professional career he never reached a ranking final, but managed to reach several tournament quarter-finals and semi-finals. His last, and most famous, run to a ranking semi-final was in the 1996 Grand Prix. On the way he knocked out four seeded players,