Lesley McIlrath

Lesley McIlrath
Born	Australia
Sport country	Australia
Best ranking finish	1980 Women's World Open Championship Champion

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

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:

Last 16 – beat Sue LeMaich 3–1
Quarter-final – beat Maryann McConnell 3–1
Semi-final – beat Ann Johnson 3–1
Final – beat Agnes Davies 4–2.

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

1981 – lost in quarter final 2–3 to Sue Foster
1982 – lost in quarter final to Sue Foster
1983 – lost in semi-final 5–6 to Sue Foster

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

References

World Champions Archived 18 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
Everton, Clive (2 March 2011). "Obituary: Agnes Davies: Pioneer of women's snooker with a playing career of 64 years". The Guardian.
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.
Morrison, Ian (1987). The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker. Twickenham: Hamlyn Publishing Group. pp. 73–74. ISBN 0600556042.

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[1] World Champions Archived 18 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 22 July 2019.

[OBIT-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.

[HAMLYN-4] Morrison, Ian (1987). The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker. Twickenham: Hamlyn Publishing Group. pp. 73–74. ISBN 0600556042.

World Women's Snooker champions
Professional champions	1934 Ruth Harrison 1935 Ruth Harrison 1936 Ruth Harrison 1937 Ruth Harrison 1938 Ruth Harrison 1939 Ruth Harrison 1940 Ruth Harrison 1948 Ruth Harrison 1949 Agnes Morris 1950 Thelma Carpenter
World champions	1976 Vera Selby 1980 Lesley McIlrath 1981 Vera Selby 1983 Sue Foster 1984 (Amateur) Stacey Hillyard 1984 (Professional) Mandy Fisher 1985 Allison Fisher 1986 Allison Fisher 1987 Ann-Marie Farren 1988 Allison Fisher 1989 Allison Fisher 1990 Karen Corr 1991 Allison Fisher 1993 Allison Fisher 1994 Allison Fisher 1995 Karen Corr 1997 Karen Corr 1998 Kelly Fisher 1999 Kelly Fisher 2000 Kelly Fisher 2001 Lisa Quick 2002 Kelly Fisher 2003 Kelly Fisher 2005 Reanne Evans 2006 Reanne Evans 2007 Reanne Evans 2008 Reanne Evans 2009 Reanne Evans 2010 Reanne Evans 2011 Reanne Evans 2012 Reanne Evans 2013 Reanne Evans 2014 Reanne Evans 2015 Ng On-yee 2016 Reanne Evans 2017 Ng On-yee 2018 Ng On-yee 2019 Reanne Evans
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