Clive Everton
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Clive Everton (born 7 September 1937), is a Welsh veteran BBC snooker commentator and journalist. He began his BBC career on the radio, but has been commentating on the television from the 1978 World Championship through to the present. He also commentates for Sky Sports on the Betfred Premier League snooker tournament.
Everton was a talented amateur player of English billiards, reaching both the 1975 and 1977 world semi-finals. In the latter he exacerbated a back injury, forcing a temporary retirement from the highest level of the game; he became a professional snooker and billiards player in 1981.
Unlike snooker, billiards has never generated sustainable professional incomes for players, and Everton has enjoyed a varied career as a result. He has covered football, rugby and tennis for various British newspapers, and has written several books on snooker, as well as being the founding editor of the long-running Snooker Scene Magazine. He also played county-level tennis for Worcestershire for 13 years, and has managed Jonah Barrington, the former world number 1 squash player.
However, it is as snooker commentator that Everton is best known to millions of UK fans who watch the BBC's coverage of the sport. For many he has become the 'voice of snooker' since the retirement of Ted Lowe. His commentary style is generally perceived as being quite dry and matter-of-fact. He tends towards the use of formal English, often using words that would not find a place in everyday conversation. Everton's commentary has included the following statements:
- "Ebdon's unforthcoming acceptance of the referee's replacement of the white has been called into question by his opponent despite the veracity of the location of the adjacent reds."
- "O'Sullivan's fluency was undiminished during his completion of a challenging century break using a newly-affixed tip."
- "Davis's inability to execute the quarter-ball cut to bottom left has presented his opponent with an unexpected opportunity to capitalise."
- "When King and Perry resumed their contest with King enjoying a 6-2 advantage, the least feasible outcome was a 9-6 victory in Perry's favour. However, that is what materialised this evening."
He always refers to snooker players by their surnames.
A consummate professional, Everton nevertheless suffered a minor embarrassment a few seasons ago when he fell from his chair in the commentary box whilst covering a match with Dennis Taylor. The pair were unable to continue commentary for some moments whilst they contained their laughter. It was reported by Hazel Irvine that Clive "took a tumble" after the second session of the 2007 World Championship final, and fractured his hip, missing the final sessions of the championship between John Higgins and Mark Selby. After Steve Davis joked that this was due to his penchant for skateboarding, Clive later reported that he slipped while getting out of the shower.[citation needed]
In September 2007 he published his autobiography cum history of Snooker, "Black Farce and Cueball Wizards: The Inside Story of the Snooker World" (Mainstream Publishing ISBN: 9781845961992)
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[edit] English Billiards
[edit] Amateur
1977 National (UK) Pairs Champion (with Roger Bales)
1976 English Amateur Billiards Championship Runner Up
1976 Welsh Amateur Billiards Champion
1975 Welsh Amateur Billiards Runner Up
1974 Welsh Amateur Billiards Runner Up
1973 English Amateur Billiards Championship Runner Up
1973 Welsh Amateur Billiards Champion
1972 Welsh Amateur Billiards Champion
1971 Welsh Amateur Billiards Runner Up
1968 English Amateur Billiards Championship Runner Up
1967 English Amateur Billiards Championship Runner Up
1960 Welsh Amateur Billiards Champion
[edit] Professional
1989 UK Professional Championship Quarter-Final
1990 UK Professional Championship Quarter-Final
1991 World Professional Championship Quarter-Final
[edit] Snooker
[edit] Professional
1981 UK Snooker Championship First Round
1984 Rothmans Grand Prix Quarter-Final
[edit] External links
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