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McConachy was a keen advocate of physical fitness and regularly ran up to four miles every day. A strict teetotaller and non-smoker, he attributed his continued success well into his senior years to these things. He was also well known for walking around the table on his hands before the match
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642:"Great Snooker Break - The Maximum Score".
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216:‡ indicates challenge matches
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547:"Clark McConachy (1895–1980)"
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657:"Mr Clark McConachy".
619:A History of Billiards
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392:Opponent in the final
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121:McConachy was born at
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146:Parkinson's disease
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513:"McConachy, Clark"
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721:Categories
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561:8 December
493:References
447:Runner-up
403:Runner-up
329:Runner-up
245:Runner-up
199:suburb of
49:1895-04-15
659:The Times
644:The Times
428:Joe Davis
268:Joe Davis
212:Billiards
201:Greenlane
187:. In the
169:Joe Davis
138:Joe Davis
123:Glenorchy
57:Glenorchy
555:Archived
380:Outcome
222:Outcome
197:Auckland
175:for the
84:Nickname
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373:Snooker
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127:Otago
701:ISBN
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410:1932
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