THEY say being good at snooker is the sign of a misspent youth. But for Terry Griffiths, snooker was an escape from a misspent youth. Tributes poured in yesterday for the dapper world snooker

Terry Griffiths, who has died from complications of dementia aged 77, was the rank outsider who in 1979 pulled off one of the biggest shocks in snooker history when he snatched the World Championship from under the nose of Dennis Taylor;

Working as a postie allowed the Welshman, who has died aged 77, to polish his skills... helping him become an overnight success at the age of 31