1961
Jack only had a lead of 14 after the first away leg at Morley, and in the early stages of his home leg, Dunning was the better player who looked as if he might create a surprise. However as time went on, Jack came more into his own and with a break of 125 past Dunning; from that point he always had the upper hand. Jack lost to George Emmott in the semi-final who in turn lost in the final to the brilliant young Halifax player, Peter Tasker.
1961
Jack rolled back the years and pulled off a surprise win in the Snooker Championship by beating the holder Harold Smith. He went on to win his fifth Snooker Championship and create a record with a gap of 15 years between this and his last one in 1946. Brian Cousen holds the record for the Billiards Championship between first and last wins, 35 years, 1965 and 2000. You’ll never guess who he played in the final… Harold Burkinshaw, who was playing in his first snooker final, but Jack’s experience at snooker gave him a 3 frames to 1 victory.
1961
1961
Jack was playing good Billiards and Snooker as these reports show. After his win in the Huddersfield Snooker Championship earlier in the year, he seems to have his mojo back for the game. You will notice now that he is playing for Paddock Institute & Conservative, after the Con. club closed and merged with Paddock Institute. He continued to rack up the century breaks with the unfinished 149 in the Yorkshire Billiards Championship, which was the highest break to date in that years competition. Another unfinished break of 126 in the Yorkshire League helped Huddersfield beat Wakefield.
1962
Clifford was known better as a snooker player, having won the Huddersfield Championship on five occasions. He was one of three players to have won it in consecutive years; Jack and Ken Birks being the other two. He had also played for Huddersfield in the Yorkshire League at snooker for many years, and represented Yorkshire in the English Amateur Snooker Championship in London. He had always entered many billiard competitions and although fairly good had never won one – to my knowledge. Jack won his sixth Championship after a three year gap, and never looked like he was losing with a lead of 193 after the first night. Clifford did narrow the gap in the early stages of the second night but at 551 – 406 Jack, with a break 136, put himself within touching distance of the winning line.
Jack Mellor 