Boring as fuck but did good with what talent he had

Higgins,williams & son of God.

@@leebeardshall2888 except he claimed no such thing.... but anyway....

@@leebeardshall2888 THAT'S EXACTLY WHY YOU ARE A DOOMED SHEEP

Don't forget whispering Ted lowe

he should have been 10x plus world champ but he lacked the discipline to be consistent.

Thanks, Ted!

He was 55 here in this match with Higgins and 2 years before in 1986 was the oldest player to reach a ranking final at 53 years old when he lost 10-6 to Jimmy White in the Rothmans Grand Prix. Not sure that record will ever be beaten

You mean too early, when he was world champion in the 60s.

@@digeme69 That probably depends if Ronnie decides to continue into his 50's. Otherwise, probably not.

@@christiano8088 Rex Williams never won the World Snooker Championship, he was World Billiards Champion in 1968

That was the 1986 match between the two, not this one. Williams went on to reach the final in 86, after, coincidentally, beating Higgins in the quarter final that year.

@@snookeringu2tonightu231 your absolutely right, great memories .. White beat Williams in the final in '87 which was the year in question

@Adam Oliver it's too long ago .. I can't remember what I had for breakfast today 🤣. I'll give way to your recollection Adam

Not really, by the time it was played there he wasn't a top player, a much better billiards player. That said, he had a revival in the late 80's and won a ranking event

Williams was a member of the top 16 86/87(16th) and 87/88(12th) and was the oldest ever player to reach a ranking final at 53 when he lost 10-6 to White in the 86 Grand Prix. He beat Higgins and Davis 5-1 on the way and the way he played that week was probably better than anything he had ever produced so I'm not sure I'd agree with that! ;-)

@@digeme69 exactly, won the high break prize in one tournament too with a 143 i think. His comeback in the eighties was amazing. Will be better than hendrys current attempt.

​@@christiano8088 Comparing him to Hendry lol.

​@@johnmc3862he isn't though!

And?

@@edmundpower1250 he had a bit of a transformation

@@squirrelpatrick3670 you're right didn't he get a perm

@@edmundpower1250 And indeed!!

He's now playing goalkeeper for humanity!

Anthony kernish all the players from the rex williams era were very slow. Like john pulman, fred davis, ray reardon, john spencer, and more. The game was going no where till alex higgins came on the scene, there was no money in it, it was so slow and boring the bbc were thincking about just taking it off the tv altogether. Becouse no one watched it really, plus most people still had black and white tv sets, so it looked even worse in 1970 becouse the commentator had to tell the tv veiewers at home when they went to play a shot they would say "and thats the brown ball hes playing, or thats the red ball" then when alex came along and won the world title at hes first attempt nobody had saw any one as fast and as good as alex he just started selling places out all over the place. Then they had to get bigger halls to play in when alex was playing and only when alex was playing just to fit in an extra 300 people. The by 1975,76 the tv veiewing had went from basicly nothing to at least a million watching at home. Then to 2 million then 3, 4, 5, 6.... Just becouse of alex and most people now had colour tv sets by 1977. And it showed alex's great dress code as well, becouse he was always the smartest dresser on the circiut, you would say to yourself thats a cracking shirt and waist coat hes wearing, then later that night he would get changed and be wearing an even better shirt and waist coat. What a guy. What a player. If alex didnt play to the crowd and played for himself like the other money mad players apart from jimmy white and ronnie osullivan, he wouldv won the world title at least 5 times becouse he won it twice and lost two finals. And wouldv won alot more other titles by far.

He was past his best in 82 but he still won the World Championship. This was an enjoyable match.

Not entirely true as he won the Irish masters later on in the season in 1989 beating Hendry in the final and the following season reached the final of the British Open

@@chrisbland6942 as a big fan of alex at the time his cue action had lost its flow for me. Its like he was dying in front of us. He should have won the uk champs in 1982 as well.

@@digeme69 i was at that final with hendry. Great night. But alex was not what he was. He could still win but not great snooker.

@@darrenmcgowan3932 Quite agree. He relied more and more heavily on his shrewd tactical play as the 80's wore on. When you watch footage of him around 1980-81 when he was in full flow, he was an absolute genius. For speed, he was probably at his best pre 1973 but unfortunately not too much footage exists of him back then. Re the 82 UK - he had that match in his pocket but unfortunately, he timed his drinking wrong. By the last three frames he was a bit mashed up. Griffiths, to be fair started to cue quite well but he should've been put to bed by then.

Different era though. Many players had similar styles back then

Yeah there are certain shots you can see him move on, not enough to miss the pocket but enough to dramatically change position. Lack of confidence I reckon

Alex was a genius

I disagree but I see where you are coming from

At any point. He couldn't beat a decent club player tbh.

@@christiano8088 2 world's, 2 Masters, 1 UK, countless lesser tirnaments and lots of major finals. He was the greatest on his day, unbeatable, he beat all of the greats on his day, usually pissed. Genius.

Bird brain.