The player that won the first match in the first part of the vid was Dean Williams from Aussie, don't know who his opponent was though, and in the second game it was Qamar Zaman who beat Gawain Briars.
@@waltersavage4796 These guys would have footed it well with the players of today. You take the top players of the past and give them today's rackets and ball, they'd be fine to compete. One thing that's obvious in regards to today's matches is what we called back in the day 'the American scoring system'(where every point counts), this scoring system makes the matches of today shorter in duration compared to the English scoring system of the past where a player could only score a point on their serve.
I liked Dean Williams a lot. He was a hard hitting player, who was the runner up to Jahangir Khan at the 1982 World Open. I did see a fascinating match between Dean and Maqsood Ahmed from Pakistan in Karachi. It went to 5 games with Maqsood emerging as the winner. It was an upset win.
The player that won the first match in the first part of the vid was Dean Williams from Aussie, don't know who his opponent was though, and in the second game it was Qamar Zaman who beat Gawain Briars.
How good were these guys? Obviously they were pro's but Id be curous to see if they could keep up with modern day squash.
@@waltersavage4796 These guys would have footed it well with the players of today. You take the top players of the past and give them today's rackets and ball, they'd be fine to compete. One thing that's obvious in regards to today's matches is what we called back in the day 'the American scoring system'(where every point counts), this scoring system makes the matches of today shorter in duration compared to the English scoring system of the past where a player could only score a point on their serve.
I liked Dean Williams a lot. He was a hard hitting player, who was the runner up to Jahangir Khan at the 1982 World Open. I did see a fascinating match between Dean and Maqsood Ahmed from Pakistan in Karachi. It went to 5 games with Maqsood emerging as the winner. It was an upset win.
@@saleemkirmani5583 What year was that Saleem.
@stevehughes1510 I don't remember but I believe it was either 78 or 79 in Karachi at the PIA Squash complex. It was an explosive match till the end.
Hidayat Jahan, known as Hiddy in the West.
Such a good chap. He and Sajjad Muneer came to NZ in '72 and we played them prior to the Australian Championships in Brisbane that year, great blokes.