Professional Snooker League

Professional Snooker League 1984 Senator Windows Professional Snooker League 1984
Tournament type:	league
Attendees:	12
Venue:	different
Opening:	November 11, 1983
Endgame:	April 14, 1984
Winner:	John Virgo
Finalist:	Dennis Taylor
Highest Break:	139 ( Dennis Taylor )

The Senator Windows Professional Snooker League 1984 was a one-time professional snooker tournament in the context of the 1983/84 season , which was held as a league from November 11, 1983 to April 14, 1984 in different locations. The winner was John Virgo , who took first place on the final table just ahead of Dennis Taylor . In return, Taylor played the tournament's highest century break with a 139 break.

Prize money

The tournament was sponsored by the Senator Windows company . However, the participating players did not receive any prize money.

Tournament course

The tournament took place with a total of twelve participants as a simple round- robin tournament scattered at different venues. All games went over ten frames, which means that ties were also possible. In the end, a final table was drawn up, the first-placed winner of the tournament.

The tournament was played only once due to significant financial problems and as a result it was reinstated after just one edition. A few years later, the concept of the tournament was revived when the Matchroom League began to be held.

Attendees

The following table lists the participating players, their nationality and their world ranking position. All in all, all players came from the top 16 and thus from the top of the world, even if, in addition to third place in the world rankings, Cliff Thorburn , among others, world number one Steve Davis did not participate.

Surname	country	WRL item
Eddie Charlton	Australia	6th
Alex Higgins	Northern Ireland	5
Tony Knowles	England	4th
Doug Mountjoy	Wales	12
Ray Reardon	Wales	2
John Spencer	England	16
Kirk Stevens	Canada	7th
David Taylor	England	10
Dennis Taylor	Northern Ireland	13
John Virgo	England	14th
Bill Werbeniuk	Canada	8th
Jimmy White	England	11

Games

The following tables list all games in the tournament according to the alphabetical order of the respective winners used by CueTracker. The Canadian Kirk Stevens did not play all games; these unplayed games are not listed here and have no influence on the table.

game Player 1 Result Player 2 1 Eddie Charlton  4th6 : 46th  Doug Mountjoy 2 Eddie Charlton  4th6 : 46th  David Taylor 3 Eddie Charlton  4th6 : 46th  Jimmy White 4th Eddie Charlton  4th6 : 46th  Ray Reardon 5 Eddie Charlton  37 : 37th  John Spencer 6th Eddie Charlton  37 : 37th  John Virgo 7th Eddie Charlton  28 : 28th  Tony Knowles 8th Alex Higgins  5: 5  Ray Reardon 9 Alex Higgins  5: 5  David Taylor 10 Alex Higgins  4th6 : 46th  Doug Mountjoy 11 Alex Higgins  4th6 : 46th  Dennis Taylor 12 Alex Higgins  37 : 37th  Eddie Charlton 13 Alex Higgins  37 : 37th  Bill Werbeniuk 14th Tony Knowles  5: 5  Ray Reardon 15th Tony Knowles  5: 5  Alex Higgins 16 Tony Knowles  4th6 : 46th  John Spencer 17th Tony Knowles  4th6 : 46th  David Taylor 18th Tony Knowles  37 : 37th  Bill Werbeniuk 19th Doug Mountjoy  37 : 37th  Jimmy White 20th Doug Mountjoy  37 : 37th  Bill Werbeniuk 21st Doug Mountjoy  37 : 37th  Kirk Stevens game Player 1 Result Player 2 22nd Doug Mountjoy  37 : 37th  Tony Knowles 23 Doug Mountjoy  19 : 19  David Taylor 24 Ray Reardon  5: 5  Doug Mountjoy 25th Ray Reardon  5: 5  John Spencer 26th Ray Reardon  5: 5  David Taylor 27 Ray Reardon  4th6 : 46th  Bill Werbeniuk 28 John Spencer  5: 5  John Virgo 29 John Spencer  5: 5  Jimmy White 30th John Spencer  4th6 : 46th  Alex Higgins 31 John Spencer  4th6 : 46th  Kirk Stevens 32 John Spencer  37 : 37th  Bill Werbeniuk 33 John Spencer  28 : 28th  Doug Mountjoy 34 Kirk Stevens  4th6 : 46th  Tony Knowles 35 Kirk Stevens  4th6 : 46th  Alex Higgins 36 David Taylor  4th6 : 46th  John Spencer 37 Dennis Taylor  5: 5  Tony Knowles 38 Dennis Taylor  4th6 : 46th  Bill Werbeniuk 39 Dennis Taylor  4th6 : 46th  Doug Mountjoy 40 Dennis Taylor  37 : 37th  Ray Reardon 41 Dennis Taylor  37 : 37th  Jimmy White 42 Dennis Taylor  37 : 37th  John Spencer game Player 1 Result Player 2 43 Dennis Taylor  37 : 37th  David Taylor 44 Dennis Taylor  28 : 28th  Kirk Stevens 45 Dennis Taylor  28 : 28th  Eddie Charlton 46 John Virgo  5: 5  Doug Mountjoy 47 John Virgo  4th6 : 46th  Tony Knowles 48 John Virgo  4th6 : 46th  Kirk Stevens 49 John Virgo  4th6 : 46th  Alex Higgins 50 John Virgo  4th6 : 46th  Jimmy White 51 John Virgo  4th6 : 46th  David Taylor 52 John Virgo  4th6 : 46th  Ray Reardon 53 John Virgo  4th6 : 46th  Dennis Taylor 54 John Virgo  28 : 28th  Bill Werbeniuk 55 Bill Werbeniuk  5: 5  Eddie Charlton 56 Bill Werbeniuk  4th6 : 46th  David Taylor 57 Bill Werbeniuk  4th6 : 46th  Jimmy White 58 Jimmy White  5: 5  Tony Knowles 59 Jimmy White  4th6 : 46th  Ray Reardon 60 Jimmy White  4th6 : 46th  Alex Higgins 61 Jimmy White  4th6 : 46th  David Taylor 62 Jimmy White  4th6 : 46th  Kirk Stevens

table

No.	player	Games			Frames	Diff.
		S.	U	N
1	John Virgo	8th	2	1	63:47	+16
2	Dennis Taylor	8th	1	2	69:41	+28
3	Eddie Charlton	7th	1	2	56:44	+12
4th	Doug Mountjoy	5	2	4th	61:59	+2
5	Alex Higgins	4th	3	4th	57:53	+4
6th	John Spencer	4th	3	4th	56:54	+2
7th	Jimmy White	4th	2	5	52:58	–6
8th	Tony Knowles	3	4th	4th	52:58	–6
9	Bill Werbeniuk	2	1	7th	39:61	-22
10	Ray Reardon	1	5	4th	46:54	-8th
11	David Taylor	1	2	7th	40:60	-20
12	Kirk Stevens	2	0	6th	29:41	-12

Century Breaks

During the tournament ten of the twelve participants played at least one century break , only John Spencer and Kirk Stevens remained without a break of or with more than 100 points. A total of 46 Century Breaks were played.

Dennis Taylor 139 , 132, 125, 123, 108, 107, 104 (2 ×), 101 Bill Werbeniuk 136, 131 Alex Higgins 136, 117, 114, 113, 112, 108, 106 Doug Mountjoy 132, 130, 123, 116, 110, 109, 101 David Taylor 125, 108, 102

John Virgo 121, 107 (2 ×), 106, 102 Jimmy White 119, 114, 105, 104 Tony Knowles 116, 114, 106 Eddie Charlton 115, 114 Ray Reardon 112, 105, 101, 100

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Ron Florax: 1984 Professional Snooker League. CueTracker.net, accessed June 10, 2020 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Ron Florax: 1984 Professional Snooker League - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed June 10, 2020 .  
3. ↑ ^{a b} Chris Turner: Premier / Matchroom League / Matchroom Championship League - Invitation Events. (No longer available online.) Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2009, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on June 10, 2020 (English).