1975/76 snooker season

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1975/76 snooker season
Billiard Picto 2-black.svg
Season dates
Beginning of the season August 1, 1975
End of season May 11, 1976
Ranked tournaments 1
Non-ranking 4th
Invitation tournaments 2
number of players 39
Triple Crown Winner
Masters WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon
World Champion WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon
World ranking
Ranking first WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon
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The 1975/76 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments that were part of the Snooker Main Tour . It began on August 1, 1975 and ended on May 11, 1976. There were 39 active players on the Snooker Main Tour during the season.

Tournaments

Seven tournaments were played during the season.

date competition venue winner Final opponent Result
August 1 to August 29, 1975 AustraliaAustralia Australian Professional Championship Australia AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton AustraliaAustralia Dennis Wheelwright 31:10
September 1975 CanadaCanada Canadian Open Toronto Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins EnglandEngland John Pulman 15: 7
January 1, 1976 EnglandEngland Pot Black Birmingham EnglandEngland John Spencer Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 1-0
January 26th to 30th EnglandEngland Masters London WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon EnglandEngland Graham Miles 7: 3
April 11th to 24th EnglandEngland World Snooker Championship Manchester WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 27:16
May 1st to 8th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Pontins Professional Prestatyn WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon EnglandEngland Fred Davis 10: 9
May 8-11 EnglandEngland Canadian Club Masters Leeds Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 6: 4

Order of Merit

For the first time, an Order of Merit was drawn up at the end of the season . It was calculated from the last three world championships ( 1974 , 1975 and 1976 ) and was regarded as the seeding list for the 1977 World Snooker Championship .

position Surname
1 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon
2 AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton
3 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins
4th EnglandEngland Rex Williams
5 EnglandEngland Graham Miles
6th EnglandEngland John Spencer
7th EnglandEngland Fred Davis
8th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gary Owen
9 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor
10 CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn
11 EnglandEngland John Pulman
12 EnglandEngland John Dunning
13 South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans
14th CanadaCanada Bill Werbeniuk
15th AustraliaAustralia Warren Simpson
16 EnglandEngland David Taylor
17th EnglandEngland Jim Meadowcroft
18th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Marcus Owen
19th AustraliaAustralia Ian Anderson
20th AustraliaAustralia Paddy Morgan
21st EnglandEngland Bernard Bennett
22nd EnglandEngland David Greaves
23 EnglandEngland Pat Houlihan

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ron Florax: Season 1975-1976 - Professional. Cutracker.net, accessed on May 21, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Chris Turner: Historical World Rankings. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, September 11, 2011, archived from the original on June 8, 2013 ; accessed on May 21, 2018 (English).