This article is about the Australian snooker player. For the English squash player, see Eddie Charlton (squash player).
Eddie Charlton AM
Born
(1929-10-31)31 October 1929 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Died
8 November 2004(2004-11-08) (aged 75) Palmerston North, New Zealand
Sport country
Australia
Nickname
Steady Eddie[1]
Professional
1963–1995
Highest ranking
3 (1976–1981)
Best ranking finish
Runner-up (x1)
Edward FrancisCharlton, AM (31 October 1929 – 8 November 2004) was an Australian professional snooker and English billiards player. He remains the only player to have been world championship runner-up in both snooker and billiards without winning either title. He later became a successful marketer of sporting goods launching a popular brand of billiard room equipment bearing his name.
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event until 1974 "EddieCharlton". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024. "EddieCharlton Obituary". The...
between two Australians, Warren Simpson and EddieCharlton. Simpson caused a major upset by beating Charlton. In the final in Sydney, Spencer led throughout...
Reardon played EddieCharlton in a best of 61 frames match. Reardon won 10 of the 12 frames on the second day to lead 16–8 but Charlton took the first...
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have been six century breaks compiled at the event. The first was EddieCharlton's break of 110 against Spencer in 1973, which stood as the tournament's...
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between the two highest ranked players, with Cliff Wilson defeating EddieCharlton 5–4 to become the inaugural champion. The event was revived in 2010...
Davis (ENG) 5–2 1965–66 St George's Hall, Liverpool 1968‡ John Pulman (ENG) EddieCharlton (AUS) 39–34 1967–68 Co-operative Hall, Bolton 1969 John Spencer (ENG)...
made Reardon their bookmaker's favourite, at odds of 2–1, followed by EddieCharlton at 5–1, and John Spencer and Alex Higgins who were each priced at 6–1...
Higgins, John Pulman, and EddieCharlton. Charlton eliminated Pulman to meet Higgins in the final, which Charlton won 19–17. Charlton won the first six frames...
career. At the inaugural World Seniors Championship in 1991 he beat EddieCharlton 5–4 in the final to take the title. He won the Welsh Amateur Championship...
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13–9. Thorne missed at an attempt to pot the black ball when leading EddieCharlton 12–9, and lost the match 12–13. Houlihan made his only appearance in...
June, was decided on an aggregate points score across five frames. EddieCharlton won the tournament by defeating Warren Simpson 369–208 in the final...
the lead to 7–5, but Werbeniuk ultimately won 10–7. Cliff Wilson led EddieCharlton 5–4 but lost the match 5–10.: 148 Wilson, who had been taking medication...
brand John Player, and the company had sponsored his 1968 match against EddieCharlton. The good attendances for the championship match led to John Player...
a highest break of just 36 as he was defeated 2–10 by David Taylor. EddieCharlton completed a 10–7 victory against Dodd after ending their first session...
Championship. Reardon was the defending champion, having won 31–30 against EddieCharlton in the 1975 final. During the 1976 final, Reardon made several complaints...
was a new championship record. Ray Reardon won the title by defeating EddieCharlton 38 frames to 32 in the final. It was Reardon's second World Championship...
to Australia where he defeated World Snooker Championship finalist EddieCharlton in a series of Nine-ball, Rotation, and Straight Pool. In 1980, Rempe...
of his title, against Bernard Bennett in 1971, Karnehm in 1973, and EddieCharlton in 1974 and 1976.: 214 He also won the 1979 UK Championship, which...