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Andrew Gamble & Ellie Kendall

Judd Trump tricks referee in hilarious moment at World Snooker Championship

Snooker star Judd Trump certainly got a laugh from the crowd watching his World Championship quarter-final match with Stuart Bingham.

The 2019 world champion, who hails from Bristol, found that he had accidentally snookered himself as he chased a century break, The Mirror reports. He found himself stuck behind the pink with no obvious route to pot the brown, his next ball.

After assessing his options, it seemed that he'd only be able to play a shot off of multiple cushions, hoping for the best and no doubt keeping his fingers crossed as he did so. Eurosport commentator David Hendon even said: "Well it's going to be a trick shot if it's going to be a century."

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