PHANTOM OF THE CRUCIBLE

This time he has a white shirt & a stripy tie...

He seems to be a permanent fixture of this venue. He appears to live in the aisle seat of the front row just behind the yellow ball corner.

Yesterday the BBC did a retrospective job on Jan de Haas, the referee for this year's final who's planning to retire. They ran a short clip of his début 23 years ago - & who should turn up behind the yellow pocket?

Mr. Mystery -  the Phantom of the Crucible!!