Canadian Club Masters
Canadian Club Masters 1976
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| Tournament type: | Non-ranking tournament |
| Attendees: | 8th |
| Venue: | Northern Snooker Center , Leeds , England |
| Opening: | May 8, 1976 |
| Endgame: | May 11, 1976
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| Winner: |
 Alex Higgins
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| Finalist: |
 Ray Reardon
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| Highest Break: | verm. 87 ( John Spencer )
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The Canadian Club Masters 1976 was a professional snooker tournament without any influence on the world rankings for the 1975/76 season . The only staging of the tournament took place from 8 to 11 May 1976 at the Northern Snooker Center in the English city of Leeds . The winner was the Northern Irishman Alex Higgins , who won the tournament with a 6: 4 victory over the Welshman Ray Reardon . Probably the highest break of the tournament was played by the Englishman John Spencer with an 87 break.
Prize money
The tournament's name-giving sponsor was the Canadian Club . The total prize money awarded was only £ 2,200 , of which approximately half went to the winner.
| Prize money | |
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| winner | £ 1,000 |
| finalist | £ 500 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 200 |
| Quarter finalist | 75 pounds |
| All in all | £ 2,200 |
Tournament course
A total of eight players took part in the tournament, all of whom came from the British parts of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In the knockout system , all players played for the title from the quarterfinals onwards, with the first two rounds being played in the best of 5 frames mode and the final in the best of 11 frames mode .
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Quarterfinals Best of 5 Frames |
Semi-final best of 5 frames |
Final Best of 11 frames |
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| Alex Higgins
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3 | ||||||||||||
| Graham Miles
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1 | ||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
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3 | ||||||||||||
| John Pulman
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0 | ||||||||||||
| John Pulman
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3 | ||||||||||||
| John Dunning
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2 | ||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
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6th | ||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
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4th | ||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
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3 | ||||||||||||
| Roy Andrewartha
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2 | ||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
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3 | ||||||||||||
| John Spencer
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1 | ||||||||||||
| John Spencer
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3 | ||||||||||||
| John Virgo
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0 | ||||||||||||
final
With the Northern Irishman Alex Higgins and the Welshman Ray Reardon , two of the best players in the world met in the final: Both of them were in the top three places in the Order of Merit and had already won world championships. The last time the two players faced each other was in the 1976 World Snooker Championship final , when Reardon won the World Cup for the fifth time.
The first frames of the game were competitive when Reardon took the lead with high breaks and Higgins always equalized. Only when the score was 3: 3 did Higgins take the lead for the first time and win the two following frames. Reardon was able to shorten it to 5: 4, but did not make it into the decider with a 55:65 defeat in the tenth frame , so that Higgins won the final and thus the tournament with 6: 4.
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Final: Best of 11 Frames Northern Snooker Center , Leeds , England , May 11, 1976 |
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Alex Higgins
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6 : 4 |
Ray Reardon
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| 26: 96 (78); 71:50 ; 18: 100 (76); 83 : 32 (54); 37: 90 (65); 88 : 31 (51); 62 : 61; 80:40 ; 16: 64 ; 65 : 55 | ||
| 54 | Highest break | 78 |
| - | Century breaks | - |
| 2 | 50+ breaks | 3 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ron Florax: 1976 Canadian Club Masters. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 28, 2019 .
- ^ Ron Florax: 1976 Canadian Club Masters - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 28, 2019 .
