 Meadowcroft is the author of "Higgins, Taylor and Me" and served as a director of pro snooker's governing body the WPBSA.Meadowcroft reached the last 16 of the World Championship in 1974, however he lost 10–16 to 6 times world champion Ray Reardon.He went one step further in 1976, reaching the quarter-final by beating Rex Williams 15–7, before he was beaten 8–15 by Perrie Mans.