Sid Hood

Sid Hood (1933–2006) was an English former professional snooker player. He was the runner-up at the 1970 World Amateur Snooker Championship.

Career Hood began playing cue sports at the age of 14. He worked as a docker and, in 1970, said that apart from participating in tournaments, he did not spend much time practicing snooker. As an amateur player, he won the Grimsby Senior Snooker Championship title 11 times between 1957 and 1977, and represented England 30 times. He was a losing finalist again in 1970, to Jonathan Barron who won on the in the . For the 1970 World Amateur Snooker Championship, Hood was one of two English representatives. and qualified for the final by winning five of his six round-robin group matches.

At the 1973 Norwich Union Open, Hood defeated professional Jackie Rea 4–0 and amateur Mannie Francisco 4–3 to reach the quarter-final, where he lost 0–4 to professional Eddie Charlton. In 1975, he won the English Amateur Championship with an 11–6 victory over Willie Thorne in the final; Two years later, he was runner-up in the 1977 English Amateur Championship to Terry Griffiths who defeated him 13–3. In the final of the 1978 Pontins Autumn Open he lost 6–7 to Jimmy White.

Unhappy with the way that the amateur game was being run, Hood applied to the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association in 1979, but was rejected. A second application was also unsuccessful, but he was eventually admitted as a professional player.

In the qualifying competition for the 1980 World Snooker Championship, Hood defeated John Dunning 9–7.

Career highlights Outcome Year Championship Opponent in the final Score Ref.Runner-up 1967 English Amateur Championship 4–11 Runner-up 1970 English Amateur Championship 10–11 Runner-up 1970 World Amateur Championship 7–11 Winner 1975 English Amateur Championship 11–6 Runner-up 1977 English Amateur Championship 3–13 Runner-up 1978 Pontins Autumn Open 6–7