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Richard Beckham
[edit]| Born | February 28, 1975 Redcar, United Kingdom |
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| Sport country |  England |
| Best ranking finish | Last 128 (2010 World Open) |
Richard Beckham (born 28 February 1975) is an English amateur snooker player.
Career
[edit]Born in 1975, Beckham first played competitive snooker when he was invited to take part in the 2010 World Open; his first opponent was fellow amateur Chris Norbury, who defeated him 3–0.
A four-year hiatus followed, but during the 2014/2015 season, Beckham had some fortune in the Players Tour Championship events. He reached the first round proper in three - losing 4–0 to Ben Woollaston in the Riga Open, Andrew Higginson in the Ruhr Open and Stuart Carrington in the Gdynia Open - and recorded a last-64 finish in the Lisbon Open, where he beat Chris Wakelin 4–3 before being eliminated 4–2 by Alex Davies. Beckham concluded the season by entering the 2015 EBSA Amateur Play-offs, competing for a place on the game's main tour; however, Ashley Carty beat him 4–0 in his first match.
The following season brought better performances in the PTC events; in Latvia, he reached the last 128, losing 1–4 to the eventual champion Barry Hawkins, while defeats to Michael Holt in the Paul Hunter Classic and John Higgins in the Bulgarian Open followed. In the Gibraltar Open, he overcame Felix Frede and Mohammed Rangzib to qualify again, and compiled a break of 108 in beating Mark Williams 4–3, but lost in the next round to Lee Walker.
At the 2016 Gdynia Open, Beckham once more progressed to the last 64; victories over local twelve-year-old Antoni Kowalski and Rangzib in qualifying were followed by a 4–2 defeat of Wakelin, in which Beckham recorded his highest break, a 133. He was this time beaten in the second round 4–1 by Sam Baird.