1973/74 snooker season
1973/74 snooker season |
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Season dates | |
Beginning of the season | 23rd July 1973 |
End of season | May 1st 1974 |
Ranked tournaments | 1 |
Non-ranking | 2 |
Invitation tournaments | 2 |
number of players | 40 |
Triple Crown Winner | |
World Champion | Ray Reardon |
World ranking | |
Placements | - |
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1974/75 →
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The 1973/74 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments that were part of the Snooker Main Tour . It began on July 23, 1973 with the Australian Professional Championship and ended on May 1, 1974 with the Pontins Professional 1974. There were 40 active players during the season.
Tournaments
Five tournaments were played during the season.
date | competition | venue | winner | Final opponent | Result | receipt |
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July 23 to August 22, 1973 | Australian Professional Championship 1973 | Wagga Wagga | Eddie Charlton | Gary Owen | 31:10 | |
November 24th to November 29th | Norwich Union Open 1973 | London | John Spencer | John Pulman | 8: 7 | |
1st January 1974 | Pot Black 1974 | Birmingham | Graham Miles | John Spencer | 1-0 | |
April 16 to April 25 | 1974 World Snooker Championship | Manchester | Ray Reardon | Graham Miles | 22:12 | |
1st of May | Pontins Professional 1974 | Prestatyn | Ray Reardon | John Spencer | 10: 9 |
Games
Eight new players came onto the tour for the season, including Bill Werbeniuk and Ian Anderson . After the season, four players left the tour, including Jackie Rea and Pat Houlihan .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ron Florax: Season 1973-1974 - Professional. Cuetracker.net, accessed on May 21, 2018 .
- ↑ Chris Turner: Other National Professional Championships. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, April 18, 2016, archived from the original on January 7, 2012 ; accessed on May 21, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Chris Turner: Other Non-Ranking and Invition Events. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, April 18, 2016, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on May 21, 2018 (English).
- ^ Pot Black History. Global Snooker Center, archived from the original on December 24, 2008 ; accessed on May 21, 2018 (English).
- ^ Chris Turner: World Professional Championship. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, June 6, 2016, archived from the original on April 16, 2013 ; accessed on May 21, 2018 (English).
- ^ Ron Florax: 1974 Pontins Professional. Cuetracker.net, accessed on May 21, 2018 .
- ^ Ron Florax: Rankings - 1973-1974. Cuetracker.net, accessed on May 21, 2018 .