Clark McConachy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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New Zealand snooker and billiard player
Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1895
Place of Birth: Otago Region, New Zealand
Date of Death: 12-Apr-1980
Profession: snooker player
Nationality: New Zealand
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Clark McConachy
- Clark McConachy (15 April 1895 – 12 April 1980), often known simply as Mac, was a New Zealand professional player of English billiards and snooker. McConachy was born at Glenorchy in Otago in 1895.
- He was the New Zealand professional billiards champion from 1914 until 1980.
- He also held the title of World Professional Billiards Champion from 1951 until 1968, when he was defeated by Rex Williams. He was the runner-up in the World Snooker Championships of 1932 and 1952.
- McConachy scored one of the early snooker maximum breaks.
- He achieved it on Tuesday 19 February 1952 in a practice frame against Pat Kitchen at the Beaufort Club in London on a table reserved for professionals.
- An official of the Billiards Association and Control Council later examined the table and found it slightly over the standard size and so the break was not accepted as official.
- At the time Joe Davis held the record for the highest official break of 146.
- The match between McConachy and Horace Lindrum for the World Championship started the following Monday. Clark 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 started.
- He is a member of the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame.
- In the 1964 Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for community and charitable services.
- He died at his residence in the Auckland suburb of Greenlane on 12 April 1980.
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