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We look back at snooker moments that happened on this week in history including a couple of wins in Asia for Stephen Hendry.

November 1, 1981 - FIRST WORLD TEAM TITLE FOR ENGLAND

England ended Wales's monopoly of the event when Steve Davis, John Spencer and David Taylor won the State Express World Team Classic title at the Hexagon in Reading. They beat the familiar Welsh trio of Ray Reardon, Terry Griffiths and Doug Mountjoy 4-3 in the final.

November 2, 1985 - TAYLOR WINS LATEST CLASH WITH DAVIS!

The ongoing saga of Dennis Taylor v Steve Davis finals continued with the two meeting in the final of the non-ranking Canadian Masters in Toronto. This time, Dennis, who had lost to Steve in the Grand Prix final a week earlier, got the better of his rival with a 9-5 victory.

November 2, 1997 - DOHERTY WINS IN MALTA

Ken Doherty won the fourth running of the Malta Grand Prix at the Jerma Palace Hotel in Marsascala. He beat John Higgins 7-5 in the final of this non-ranking event.

November 2, 2002 - STEVE MIFSUD IS WORLD AMATEUR CHAMPION

In Cairo, the IBSF World Amateur Championship was won by Australia's Steve Mifsud who beat Tim English of Wales 11-6 in the final.

November 3, 1978 - REARDON IS 'CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS'

Boxing promoter, Mike Barrett, followed his first snooker venture, the Dry Blackthorn Cup, with the Champion of Champions tournament. Again it was a four-man event held on a single day at Wembley Conference Centre. World champion Ray Reardon beat Alex Higgins 11-9 in the final.

November 3, 1989 - HENDRY WINS DUBAI CLASSIC.

The first ranking tournament to be held in the Middle East, the Dubai Duty Free Classic, was won by Stephen Hendry. In the final, at the Al Nasr Stadium, he beat Doug Mountjoy 9-2.

November 3, 1990 - HENDRY RETAINS ASIAN OPEN TITLE

Stephen Hendry won the 555 Asian Open for the second year running with a 9-3 victory over Dennis Taylor at the GDTV Studios in Guangzhou. This was the first time a ranking event had been held in China.

November 4, 1984 AGRAWAL WINS WORLD AMATEUR TITLE.

In Dublin, Omprakash Agrawal of India became the first player from outside the UK to win the World Amateur Championship. He beat the defending champion, Terry Parsons of Wales, 11-7 in the final.

November 4, 1999 BURROWS MAKES A MAXIMUM

Karl Burrows made a 147, the 34th on the all-time list, in the third round of the Benson & Hedges Championship at the Willie Thorne Snooker Centre in Malvern in a match against Adrian Rosa.

November 5, 1988 JIMMY WHITE TAKES CANADIAN TITLE.

The first ever overseas world ranking event, and the only one ever to be held in North America, the BCE Canadian Masters in Toronto, was won by Jimmy White who beat Steve Davis 9-4 in the final.

November 5, 1992 SMALL VICTORY EARNS WEMBLEY SLOT

The first tournament to be classified as a minor ranking' event, the Benson & Hedges Championship at the Masters Club in Glasgow, was won by Chris Small whose 9-1 victory over Alan McManus also earned him a place in the Masters at Wembley.

November 5, 1995 EBDON WINS MALTA GRAND PRIX.

The second Malta Grand Prix went to Peter Ebdon. He took the title with a 7-4 defeat of John Higgins in the final at the Jerma Palace Hotel in Marsascala.

November 5, 1997 HICKS ON THE WAY TO WEMBLEY

Andy Hicks booked his place in the Masters at Wembley with a 9-6 victory over Paul Davies to win the Benson & Hedges Championship at the Willie Thorne Snooker Centre in Malvern.

November 6, 1980 FRED RETAINS WORLD BILLIARDS CROWN AT 67!

84 days past his 67th birthday, Fred Davis successfully defended his World Professional Billiards title beating Mark Wildman 3037-2064 at Rugby. The championship had reverted to a knockout format after 46 years of challenges.

November 6, 1994 WILLIAMS'S FIRST TITLE EARNS WEMBLEY PLACE

Mark Williams won his first professional title as he beat Rod Lawler 9-5 to win the Benson & Hedges Championship at the JP Snooker Centre in Edinburgh to earn himself a place in the Masters at Wembley.

November 7, 1960 FIRST TELEVISED CENTURY BREAK

The first century break to be shown on television was made by Mark Wildman with a run of 108 in a North v London pairs match. Mark was playing with George Gibson against Geoff Lockwood and Stan Haslam.

November 7, 1981 WHITE WINS IN BELFAST

The Northern Ireland Classic, an invitation event held once only at the Ulster Hall in Belfast, was won by Jimmy White who beat Steve Davis 11-9 in the final.

November 7, 2000 MAXIMUM FOR McLELLAN

The 40th official maximum break in professional competition was made by David McLellan against Steve Meakin in the second round of the Benson & Hedges Championship at the Willie Thorne Snooker Centre in Malvern.

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