1969 World Snooker Championship
World Snooker Championship 1969 World Snooker Championship 1969 |
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Venue: | Victoria Hall, London , England |
Opening: | 18th November 1968 |
Endgame: | 17.-22. March 1969
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Winner: | John Spencer |
Finalist: | Gary Owen |
Highest Break: | 107 ( Rex Williams ) |
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The World Snooker Championship 1969 (officially: 1969 Player's No.6 World Snooker Championship ) was a snooker tournament , that of 18 November 1968 to 22 March 1969 at the Victoria Hall in London took place.
The Englishman John Spencer became world champion with a 37:24 victory in the final against the Welshman Gary Owen . Defending champion was John Pulman from England, who was eliminated in the quarter-finals against Spencer in Bolton .
Main round
Quarterfinals Best of 49 Frames 18. – 29. November 1968 |
Semi-finals Best of 73 Frames 10. – 22. February 1969 |
Final Best of 73 Frames 17. – 22. March 1969 |
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John Pulman | 18th | ||||||||||||
John Spencer | 25th | ||||||||||||
John Spencer | 37 | ||||||||||||
Rex Williams | 12 | ||||||||||||
Rex Williams | 25th | ||||||||||||
Bernard Bennett | 4th | ||||||||||||
John Spencer | 37 | ||||||||||||
Gary Owen | 24 | ||||||||||||
Gary Owen | 25th | ||||||||||||
Jackie Rea | 17th | ||||||||||||
Gary Owen | 37 | ||||||||||||
Fred Davis | 24 | ||||||||||||
Fred Davis | 25th | ||||||||||||
Ray Reardon | 24 |
final
Final: Best of 73 Frames Victoria Hall, London , England , 17. – 22. March 1969 |
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John Spencer | 46 : 27 | Gary Owen |
March 17: 81 : 35 (60), 35: 72 , 17: 76 , 64 : 43, 94 : 20 (53), 75 : 73, 55 : 25, 76 : 25, 23: 96 (80), 40 : 82 (52), 27: 87 (70), 50: 62 March 18: 91 : 27 (58), 27: 69 , 64 : 33, 68 : 54, 71 : 43, 76 : 21, 85 : 8 , 33: 62 , 69 : 41, 95 : 40 (59), 112 : 15 (62), 21: 95 (61) March 19: 40: 69 , 37: 64 , 79 : 41, 11: 76 , 60 : 24, 18: 78 , 42: 54 , 122 : 11 (56), 87 : 22, 82 : 9 (55), 50: 72 , 62 : 47 March 20: 47: 57 , 76 : 26, 44: 56 , 62 : 24 (60), 7: 64 , 44: 55 , 75 : 34, 54 : 39, 57 : 46, 12: 82 (57), 54: 67 (47), 92 : 31 March 21: 98 : 1 (77), 67 : 48, 71 : 26, 43: 67 , 38: 84 , 80 : 8 (73), 77 : 1, 68 : 55, 62 : 52, 69 : 23, 9: 88 ( 50), 73 : 29 March 22: 78 : 35 1 , 101 : 21, 89 : 44, 70 : 41, 73 : 64, 19: 108 (100), 62 : 51, 51: 63 , 90 : 32, 104 : 17, 58: 85 , 64 : 53, 94 : 34 |
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77 | Highest break | 100 |
- | Century breaks | 1 |
10 | 50+ breaks | 7th |
1Since the game was played in best-of-73 mode , the final was decided here at 37:24, but the remaining frames were played anyway.
Century breaks
Rex Williams | 107 |
Gary Owen | 100 |
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- ↑ 1969 World Championship. Cuetracker.net, accessed February 25, 2016 .
- ↑ World Championship 1969. global-snooker.com, archived from the original on 16 January 2014 ; Retrieved February 25, 2016 .
- ^ Embassy World Championship. Snookerscene.co.uk, archived from the original on January 24, 2013 ; Retrieved February 25, 2016 .