Lesley McIlrath

Lesley McIlrath is an Australian former snooker player. She won the Women's World Open Championship in 1980.[1]

Lesley McIlrath
BornAustralia
Sport country Australia
Best ranking finish1980 Women's World Open Championship Champion

1980 Women's World Open Championship

The tournament was sponsored by Guinness, and held at Hayling Island.[2]

McIlrath's results in the tournament were:

Her opponent in the final, Agnes Davies, was aged 60 at the time, and went on to have a playing career spanning a total of 64 years.[2]

The victory, in only the second Women's World Open Championship (following the first held in 1976), made McIlrath the first non-UK player to win. Coincidentally, Cliff Thorburn became the first non-UK winner of the men's World Snooker Championship the same year. McIllrath remains one of only two non-UK World Women's Snooker Championship winners. Ng On-yee, who won her first title in 2015, is the other.[3]

Other world championship achievements

Other women's championships

Source: Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker[4]

  • 1976 Australian Championship - runner-up to Fran Lovis
  • 1977 Australian Championship - runner-up to Fran Lovis
  • 1979 Australian Championship - runner-up to Fran Lovis
  • 1980 Australian Championship winner - beat Fran Lovis in the final
  • 1981 Australian Championship winner – beat Ann Green in the final
  • 1981 Pontins Champion
  • 1982 Australian Championship – runner-up
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References
  1. World Champions Archived 18 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  2. Everton, Clive (2 March 2011). "Obituary: Agnes Davies: Pioneer of women's snooker with a playing career of 64 years". The Guardian.
  3. Australia to Host First World Women’s Ranking Event Archived 22 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine Huart, Matt, Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  4. Morrison, Ian (1987). The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker. Twickenham: Hamlyn Publishing Group. pp. 73–74. ISBN 0600556042.
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