English Professional Championship 1986
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English Professional Championship 1986 Tolly Cobbold English Professional Championship 1986 
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| Tournament type: | Non-ranking tournament |
| Attendees: | 50 |
| Venue: | Corn Exchange , Ipswich , England |
| Opening: | 4th February 1986 |
| Endgame: | February 9, 1986
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| Defending champion: |
 Steve Davis
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| Winner: |
Tony Meo
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| Finalist: |
Neal Foulds
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| Highest Break: | 137 ( John Virgo )
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The Tolly Cobbold English Professional Championship 1986 was a professional snooker tournament without influence on the world rankings during the 1985/86 season for the purpose of determining the English professional champion. The main round of the tournament was held from February 4th to 9th, 1986 in the Corn Exchange in the English city of Ipswich . Defending champion Steve Davis lost in the semifinals to Tony Meo , who later defeated Neal Foulds 9: 7 in the final and thus became the tournament winner. The highest break of the tournament was played by John Virgo with a 137 break.
Prize money
As in the previous year, the tournament was subsidized by the WPBSA and sponsored by Tolly Cobbold . Compared to last year, the prize money increased by £ 5,000 to £ 80,000, of which a good fifth went to the winner.
| Prize money | |
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| winner | £ 18,500 |
| finalist | £ 11,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 6,000 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 3,000 |
| Round of 16 | £ 1,500 |
| Last 32 | 750 |
| Last 48 | £ 0 |
| Highest break (qualification / main round) |
£ 500 £ 2,000 |
| All in all | £ 80,000 |
Tournament course
The tournament itself began in mid-October, from the 14th to the 18th day of the month, with the qualification and continued at the beginning of February of the next year with the main round. A total of 50 players took part in the tournament, four of whom played in the first round and the two winners of the game advanced to the round of the last 48, where they met 30 other players. The 15 game winners finally met one of the remaining sixteen players in the round of the last 32, so that the winner was determined in the following in the knockout system . All games in the tournament took place in the best of 17 frames mode .
First round
| game | Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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| 1 |
Dave Gilbert
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9 : 8 |
Barry West
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| 2 |
Pat Houlihan
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9 : 5 |
John Hargreaves
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Round of 48 to final
final
Tony Meo had already had a lot of success at the tournament last year, but had to admit defeat to eventual tournament winner Steve Davis 8: 9 in the semifinals . This year he met Davis again in the semifinals, but this time he was able to beat him 9: 7 and thus prevented his third finals at this tournament in a row. Before this game, Meo had largely no problems when he only had to give up eight frames before the semi-finals. In the final, he finally met Neal Foulds , who had started the tournament with a victory over his father Geoff , then had relatively clear defeated Ray Edmonds and Jimmy White and then with a narrow 9: 8 win over Mike Hallett for the final qualified.
Like the two semi-finals, the final was a close affair: At the beginning Meo was able to take a 3-1 lead, but Foulds was able to equalize immediately afterwards. During the next four frames, Meo took the lead twice and Foulds then equalized, before Foulds took the lead twice over the next four frames, but Meo was able to equalize again. With a score of 7: 7, Meo was able to take the lead again before he won 9: 7 with a 94 break in the 16th frame of the game.
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Final: Best of 17 Frames Corn Exchange , Ipswich , England , February 9, 1989 |
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Tony Meo
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9 : 7 |
Neal Foulds
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118 : 12 (63), 39: 71 , 71 : 24, 60 : 2 (55), 18: 70 , 42: 51 , 93 : 23, 31: 53 , 67 : 45, 42: 87 , 54: 66 , 73 : 46, 58: 69 , 78 : 46, 67 : 40, 95 : 0 (94) |
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| 94 | Highest break | - |
| - | Century breaks | - |
| 3 | 50+ breaks | - |
Century Breaks
During the tournament, six different players each played a century break :
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Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Ron Florax: 1986 English Professional Championship. CueTracker.net, accessed April 4, 2020 .
- ^ Cris Turner: English Professional Championship - Non Ranking Event. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on April 23, 2016 ; accessed on April 4, 2020 (English).
- ^ A b Ron Florax: 1986 English Professional Championship - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed April 4, 2020 .