1969 World Snooker Championship

World Snooker Championship 1969 World Snooker Championship 1969
Venue:	Victoria Hall, London , England
Opening:	18th November 1968
Endgame:	17.-22. March 1969
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

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
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
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

swell

1. ↑ 1969 World Championship. Cuetracker.net, accessed February 25, 2016 . 
2. ↑ World Championship 1969. global-snooker.com, archived from the original on 16 January 2014 ; Retrieved February 25, 2016 . 
3. ^ Embassy World Championship. Snookerscene.co.uk, archived from the original on January 24, 2013 ; Retrieved February 25, 2016 .