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BBC SPORT | Other Sport | World Snooker | Crucible diary - day four:

Barry Pinches, the man who ended Jimmy White’s Crucible dreams for another year, made an early bid for fashion statement of the tournament with his fetching green and yellow-backed waistcoat.

Pinches had good reason for his departure from conventional snooker apparel of waistcoat, maybe with a hint of tartan, emblazoned as obviously as possibly with a sponsor’s logo.

Firstly, he has no sponsor. And secondly he is a proud Norwich City supporter.

And that’s just about the only acceptable excuse for wearing a green and yellow waistcoat in public.