Background
Morgan was born in Newport, South Wales.
Morgan was born in Newport, South Wales.
He compiled 111 century breaks in his career, one of only 42 players to have completed a century of centuries in professional play.
He earned just over £1 million in prize money, reached a high ranking of eight, and was ranked within the top 16 for many years despite never winning a ranking event. He was also a semi-finalist in the 1994 World Championship, beating Mark King 10–5, Willie Thorne 13–12 and John Parrott 13–11 before losing to Jimmy White 9–16. He was also a quarter-finalist on three occasions, beating Ken Doherty and Ronnie O"Sullivan in the 1996 and 1997 respectively at the Crucible.
When he beat O"Sullivan in 1997 it was in the round after O"Sullivan had scored his memorable 5:20 147 break against Mick Price.
Morgan entered the World Open 2010 as an amateur along with fellow senior Tony Knowles and caused an upset by reaching the last 64 of the competition, before narrowly losing to former world number four Matthew Stevens 3-2 in round three. In November 2011, he entered the World Seniors Championships in Peterborough and came away with victory over Steve Davis in the final.
He beat Davis 2-1 in the final and came home to his Club in Cross Keys with the trophy. Non ranking wins: (7) Team Pro-Am Amateur.
Pontins Professional – 1989, 2000 Snooker Shoot-Out – 1990 Welsh Professional Championship – 1990, 1991 Irish Masters – 1996 World Seniors Championship - 2011 Nations Cup with team Wales – 1999 TCC Pro-American 2009 IBSF World Amateur Championship – 1987 European Masters Championship – 2007, 2009 IBSF World Masters Championship – 2007, 2009 Welsh Amateur Championship – 1987, 2015 Bargoed Labour Club Invitational.
