Northern Ireland champion Mark King loses frame after forgetting cue before losing match

Northern Ireland Open winner Mark King was docked a frame at the Betway UK Championship in York after forgetting his cue following the interval and arriving back late as he suffered a 6-2 first-round defeat by Sam Craigie.

King had claimed his first ranking title in 25 years as professional by edging out Barry Hawkins in Belfast last week, and afterwards paid an emotional tribute to his family.

However, the Romford potter found himself 3-1 down against 22-year-old Craigie, despite producing a century break of 126.

Following the interval, King was not able to start at the allotted time, having gone back out of the arena to collect his cue, so was penalised a frame as a result.

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King swiftly composed himself to reduce the deficit to 4-2 in the best-of-11 contest with the tournament's highest break so far of 141.

It was, though, Craigie who edged a tense seventh frame 77-65 to move to the brink of victory which the Walkerville player wrapped up at the first opportunity with runs of 62 and 72 in the next frame.

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