World Snooker Championship 1972

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World Snooker Championship 1972
World Snooker Championship 1972
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Tournament type: Knockout system
Venue: Selly Park British Legion , Birmingham , England
Opening: March 1971
Endgame: February 26, 1972

Winner: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins
Finalist: EnglandEngland John Spencer
Highest Break: 133 ( Alex Higgins ) Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland
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The World Snooker Championship 1972 (also 1972 Park Drive World Snooker Championship ) was a professional snooker tournament which 1971 and 26 February 1972 was played from March. In the qualification, in which eight players took part, two players could qualify for the finals. Eight players and the two qualifiers were admitted to the main round. The qualifiers also included the future world champion Alex Higgins , who became the first snooker world champion to play qualifying games. The defending champion John Spencer lost in the final with 32:37. The highest break of the tournament was also played by Higgins. Higgins received a bonus of ₤ 400 for his world title.

For the first time, a World Championship was sponsored by Park Drive .

competition

A total of 10 players took part in the main tournament. The games in the same rounds were played several times in different best-of modes.

First round

game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 Alex Higgins Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 1119 : 1119th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Jackie Rea
2 John Pulman EnglandEngland 7th19 : 719th EnglandEngland John Dunning

Quarter-finals to finals

  Quarter finals Semifinals final
                           
   EnglandEngland John Spencer 31        
 EnglandEngland Fred Davis 21st  
 EnglandEngland John Spencer 37
   AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 32  
 AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 31
   EnglandEngland David Taylor 25th  
   EnglandEngland John Spencer 32
   Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 37
   Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 31
 EnglandEngland John Pulman 23  
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 31
   EnglandEngland Rex Williams 30th  
 EnglandEngland Rex Williams 25th
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 23  

final

The final was held at Selly Park British Legion from February 21-26 . Higgins was in the lead early on, so Spencer was continually lagging behind that he couldn't catch up. At 22 years and 345 days, Higgins was the youngest world champion ahead of Stephen Hendry .

Final: Best of 73 Frames
Selly Park British Legion ,  Birmingham , England , February 21-26
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 37 : 32 EnglandEngland John Spencer
1. final day: : 28- 84 ; 44- 78 ; 71 -48; 65 (60) -10; 54- 84 ; 66 -42; 80 -5; 35- 101 (101); 86 -0; 77 (53) -28; 23- 92 ; 37- 68 ;

2. final day : 25- 68 ; 56- 58 ; 66 -29; 22- 109 (109); 56 -51; 77 -50; 37- 57 ; 25- 68 ; 61 -34; 33- 61 ; 95 -14; 40- 73 ;
3. final day : 86 -31; 46- 69 ; 30- 80 ; 61 -50; 81 (52) -40; 45- 65 ; 44- 65 ; 58 -18; 108 (75) -23; 29 -7; 72 -38; 71 -27;
4th final day : 60 -52; 46- 88 ; 75 -29; 75 -11; 27- 60 ; 49- 60 ; 83 -37; 70 -47; 70 -35; 77 (65) -23; 81 -35; 122 -5;
5th final day : 90 (50) -15; 51- 64 ; 25- 73 ; 55 -48; 42- 72 ; 58- 60 ; 104 (57) -9; ??: ?? ; 1- 76 (56); 81 -41; 12- 69 ; 31- 75 ;
6. final day : 60 -45; 0- 123 (123); 21- 76 (54); 42- 85 (52); ??: ?? ; 88 (82) -14; 62 -38; ??: ?? ; 140 (94) -0

94 Highest break 123
- Century breaks 3
- 50+ breaks -

qualification

Eight players took part in the qualification.

Round 1

game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 John Dunning EnglandEngland 1011 : 1011 EnglandEngland Pat Houlihan
2 Graham Miles EnglandEngland 6th15 : 615th EnglandEngland Bernard Bennett
3 Alex Higgins Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 6th15 : 615th EnglandEngland Ron Gross
4th Maurice Parkin EnglandEngland 1011 : 1011 EnglandEngland Geoffrey Thompson

round 2

game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 John Dunning EnglandEngland 511 : 511 EnglandEngland Graham Miles
2 Alex Higgins Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 311 : 311 EnglandEngland Maurice Parkin

Centurys

During the tournament, 9 Centurys were played by four players. Seven Centurys were played in the main tournament, two in qualifying.

Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 133, 115, 104, 103
AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 124
EnglandEngland John Spencer 123, 109, 101
EnglandEngland Graham Miles 115

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ron Florax: 1972 World Championship - Centuries. Cuetracker.net, archived from the original on June 18, 2018 ; accessed on June 18, 2018 (English).
  2. ^ A b Ron Florax: 1972 World Championship. Cuetracker.net, archived from the original on June 18, 2018 ; accessed on June 18, 2018 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c Chris Turner: World Professional Championship. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on April 16, 2013 ; accessed on June 18, 2018 (English).
  4. ↑ 1972 World Championships Results. Snooker Database, archived from the original on June 10, 2018 ; accessed on June 10, 2018 .
  5. ↑ a b Embassy World Championship. Snooker Scene, archived from the original on May 8, 2018 ; accessed on June 18, 2018 (English).