British Open Snooker Final 1990 Alex Higgins v Bob Chaperon (Part 1)
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- 1990 British Open Snooker Final between Alex Hurricane Higgins and Bob Chaperon presented by Tony Francis. Chaperon was a 150/1 outsider at the start of the tournament and Higgins had rolled back the years to get to another ranking final.
Final part of the interview is here • British Open Snooker F...
7:18 That red was unbelievable. Higgins = GOAT
I'm pretty sure Bob Chaperon was in the Guinness Book of Records for the highest three consecutive total clearances for a while, and let's not forget he beat Neal Foulds and Mike Hallett en route to this final. Also, I recall seeing him shake more than just about any snooker player I ever watched, so even more kudos for having won here. Doubtless the negative comments from RUclipsrs who can just about clear a coffee table wouldn't bother him too greatly.
Bob Chaperon, kirk stevens, and cliff thorburn, great Canadian talent!
Allain Roberdeux as well.
What about big fat Bill 😂
@@denisdaly1708 Alain Robidoux 👍
@@denisdaly1708And then Canadian snooker disappeared! 😮
Higgins was so brilliant at insanely difficult shots into middle pockets
Missed opportunity for Alex to get a ranking event in the 90's here. Chaperon played well that week though.
Clearly an extremely hard-fought match.
I have watched and played snooker for years but Bob passed me by..
He had a couple of good years in the early 90s around the same time as Alain Robidoux and then just seem to disappear as fast !
@@opencurtin being from Canada.. made it difficult to transfer living to the UK.. winning a couple of tournaments was sure nice though!
Great to see a underdog win something
People talk of Alex Higgins as the GOAT but he only made 86 centuries in his entire career and never made a maximum in professional play...in fact his top break was 142.He averaged 4 centuries per season during his career.Steve Davis played him 25 times in tournaments and won 20.And many times they were hammerings.Alex's positional play was rubbish compared to today's players.But he was great to watch.
I was there!
Alex what a player. Did things what other can dream off.
Alex Higgins forever the people's Champion !!!
Good to see Alex sober at the post match interview lol
Canadian snooker had a world ranking finalist in 96, world semi finalist in 97 and a top 16 player in 99. Come the new millennium, nothing!
Never heard of Bob but he played very well, and the pressure release turned positive for him near the end. Alex never gives up but with only the pink and black remaining, be real.
Good Job Bob. 🇨🇦
I've watched snooker for years - stayed up to watch Taylor v Davis in 85? as a kid - I have never heard or seen this Bob bloke - is it just me???
There were quite a few players over the years that won a tournament or reached the final out of the blue. Bob Chaperon was one of them but also won the World Cup with Canada along with Thorburn and Robidoux in the same year. I have brief footage of the final on my channel. Tony Jones , Dave Harold also won tournaments when virtually unknown and other players like Mark Johnstone Allen, Euan Henderson, Rod Lawler, Warren King and Wayne Jones got to finals and then the most famous of all Joe Johnson won the World Championship without ever winning a match at the crucible. He did also get to the final of the 1983 players championship which was a ranking event at time. Snooker is a game where sometimes players just clicked on the week/fortnight!
@@digeme69 also Kirk Stevens was another great Canadian
@@paleshelter4002 Not to mention Jim Wych
Yes it’s just you.
Very Good
Very Good my friend
Kinda surprised me that Bob got £75,000 for this. Seems pretty decent money for 1990.
I hope he invested it well coz I'm pretty certain he never saw another payday in snooker quite like this. Seems like a really nice bloke - I'm pretty sure the conversation with Alex at the beginning was about the champagne 🍾
This was snookers maximum lucrative years.. lasted for about 5 years
@@paleshelter4002 Indeed, I remember Jimmy White getting about £270,000 for a tournament win in the 90’s. It was serious money at the time.
What beer commercial?
Alex Higgins was one of the greatest potters of all time lacked consistency to really win more tournaments!
Nonsense, Higgins won 20 tournaments, more than the vast majority of players....and he did it while playing the most entertaining snooker of all-time
@@JohnSmith-su3ze He also lost so many big finals that he perhaps would have win if he didn't lose concentration and miss easy balls, or try for impossible positional shots.
@@markdrinkwater1508
Or Higgins going for the impossible slow roll along the cushion where you couldn't generate enough pace to reach the pocket like White tried once.
@@JohnSmith-su3ze Is the word ‘More’ not in your vocabulary?
Best player ever. No one could play some of his shots.
Bob was ok but I wouldn't go that far
Ronnie osullivan judd trump
Alex wouldn't get in the top 16 these days. I was a big fan of his back in the day but you've got to be realistic, he just missed too often.
@@McElhinney65 Just lack of concentration due to alcohol probably. Or he'd be so excited about having just potted an amazing ball, he'd not gather himself and then miss a sitter. But the fact remains that Higgjns could at shots like no other and when he had a consistent bit of form he beat them all and won tournaments. There is no doubt that had he not been an out of control alcohol with a totally dysfunctional life, with pretty much zero practice because of his packed exhibition schedule, he'd have won many more majors. The fact that he was able to win all of the big championships with his lifestyle is a miracle in itself. If he was born into today's game, with coaching and strict distilling and management taking care of him, he'd easily compete in today's game, as would Reardon and Spencer, there was nothing that today's players do that Higgins couldn't do, and you have to remember that there was not the number of professional organised tournaments in the 70s, and the tables ran so much slower, but Higgin's and Spencer could still do outrageous full length screw back shots that most of today's players never even attempt.
Michael Reid honestly behave his positioning and break building were below average
King 👑 master snooker Alex
Anyone know what Alex was saying to Bob at the start like as if they were having words ?
Nothing nice by look on bob's face
He was probably trying to intimidate Bob but it would have been futile as on the cobbles Bob would beat the crap out of Higgins.
He was a great, then he took things for granted.
Alex should have conceded there he knew couldent win from that far behind .
Alex desperately wanted to win this you can see the frustration in his face ..
Unfortunately for Alex he was way past his best here, the amount of missed balls compared to footage of him from 1979 to 83 is a pity, he gave it everything but it wasn't to be
Too many vodka and oranges for Alex on this one
Gave it to side show Bob the nob! Alex seem to miss easy shots...times up sadly
18:15 bloody hell
Alex looks sozled in the interview at end
Bob was sloshed in this match lol
Bob "is not happy with his haircut" Chaperon
Didn’t know Bob lived in Gainsborough. One of the biggest dumps in England.
Higgins at his best was pure artistry, just a nutter who lacked consistency
@@bluedale6563 He loved the fast life thats why he wasnt consistent same as Jimmy white but dont think they had any regrets.
He didn't lack consistency, he won 20 tournaments you fool
@@JohnSmith-su3ze He did lack consistency, otherwise he'd have won many more majors.
Alex "always seem to playing like a drunk Clubplayer" Higgins
Alex shows his nasty side here.
He was well on the road to ruin then.
@@johnmc3862 o yeah
Looks like Alex fell over and bumped his head lol, the best one though was when he had a caste on his leg and still played, hopping round the table 😂, what a man.
He won that tournament
Turned up with a black eye 1986
@@stephenfoster4178 😂😂😂
FRENCHIE!!!
V+O
Bob who 😂
Yes but Bob who was good enough to win the tournament so he wasn't that bad!. There were a few players back in the days who won tournaments who were not widely known by the general public. In 1991 the European Open was won by Tony Jones beating Mark Johnston Allen in the final. Mark Johnston Allen beat Hendry 5-0 on the way to the final and in fact never lost to Hendry in his career as he beat him the other 2 times he played him as well. Rod Lawler, Euan Henderson and to a lesser extent Dave Harold were other players who got to ranking finals and Harold won his when he was 500/1 at the start of the tournament. Some times players just clicked that week or in the case of Joe Johnson over 17 days when he won the World Championship in 86 after previously never winning a match at the crucible.
@Question Time I didn't win any but I did win 1 club handicap and lost in the final of another!
@Question Time Who was your question directed at Stephen Trevor or Mick Harrison?
@Question Time That's what I thought, Stephen seemed to think he was the subject of your question. Whereas you were really just responding to a cheap shot at Bob Chaperon by Mick I think!
Oh he was a great Canadian player.. not that easy for us Canadians to turn pro in UK, Kirk Stevens was another
This was always a tough commentary when the Canadians Played!! The snobbery of the English commentary was always wishful thinking!When the English players fluked a snooker?It was planned! When the Canadians did it?It was fortunate! Luck! Anyways there were 20 top players from Canada that never left Canada that could have competed with ANY English player in those days.
One of the commentators was Dennis Taylor,he's Irish...the Canadian players were well respected. You're just trying to make an issue where there wasn't one...and as for the 20 players,you're full of it
@@Billy.Nomates Well You could be right?? There were tons of good Players in England/Aussie/New Zealand!!! But you needed Joe Davis's permission to play!!! So you really do not know what you are talking about!!!It was a closed Shop for 30-40 yrs!!!! Davis would have been Slaughtered by Any Amateur and Pro!! He also got beaten badly by George Chenier and he never played him again!!! But you may believe what you want ?
@@KP-oe8sk what are you talking about?Who needed Joe's permission? The rankings protected the top players but it wasn't a closed shop. You're talking nonsense. Joe died in 78,and as for Steve Davis not being able to beat amateurs is delusional