1973 World Snooker Championship

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1973
World Snooker Championship Park Drive World Professional Snooker Championship 1973
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Tournament type: Non-ranking
Venue: City Exhibition Halls, Manchester , England
Opening: April 16, 1973
Endgame: April 24-28, 1973

Winner: WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon
Finalist: AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton
Highest Break: 139 ( John Spencer ) EnglandEngland
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The 1973 Park Drive World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament as part of the 1972/73 snooker season . As the last tournament of the season, it was held from April 16 to 28, 1973 in the City Exhibition Halls in Manchester , England . In a five-day final, Ray Reardon defeated the Australian Eddie Charlton 38:32. The highest break was played by John Spencer .

Prize money

Compared to the previous year, the prize money increased by ₤ 6,200 to  ₤ 6,600.

Prize money
winner 1,500 ₤
final 1,000 ₤
Semifinals 500 ₤
Quarter finals 250 pounds
Round of 16 175 ₤
Last 24 100 pounds
All in all £ 6,600

Tournament course

Round 1

Eight players played in round 1 for a place in the round of 16, where they met eight seeded players.

game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 Cliff Thorburn CanadaCanada 8th9 : 89 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor
2 David Taylor EnglandEngland 4th9 : 49 EnglandEngland John Dunning
3 Warren Simpson AustraliaAustralia 39 : 39 EnglandEngland Maurice Parkin
4th Graham Miles EnglandEngland 59 : 59 EnglandEngland Geoffrey Thompson
5 Jim Meadowcroft EnglandEngland kl. EnglandEngland Kingsley Kennerley
6th Perrie Mans South Africa 1961South Africa 29 : 29 EnglandEngland Ron Gross
7th Pat Houlihan EnglandEngland 29 : 29 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Jackie Rea
8th David Greaves EnglandEngland 8th9 : 89 EnglandEngland Bernard Bennett

Further course of the tournament

The eight winners of the first round and eight seeded players played for the world championship title from the round of 16.

  Round of 16
Best of 31 frames 		Quarterfinals
Best of 31 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 45 frames 		Final
Best of 75 frames
                             
 EnglandEngland Rex Williams 16                  
 CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 15th  
 EnglandEngland Rex Williams 7th
 
   EnglandEngland John Spencer 16  
 EnglandEngland John Spencer 16
 EnglandEngland David Taylor 5  
 EnglandEngland John Spencer 22nd
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 23  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 16    
 EnglandEngland Jim Meadowcroft 10  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 16
 
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gary Owen 6th  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gary Owen 16
 AustraliaAustralia Warren Simpson 14th  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 38
   AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 32
 EnglandEngland Graham Miles 16        
 
 EnglandEngland John Pulman 10  
 EnglandEngland Graham Miles 6th
 
   AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 16  
 AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 16
 South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans 8th  
 AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 23
   Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 9  
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 16    
 EnglandEngland Pat Houlihan 3  
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 16
 
   EnglandEngland Fred Davis 14th  
 EnglandEngland Fred Davis 16
 EnglandEngland David Greaves 1  

Century breaks

Four players scored six century breaks during the tournament .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Ron Florax: 1973 World Championship. Cuetracker.net, archived from the original on September 23, 2018 ; accessed on September 23, 2018 (English).
  2. ↑ a b Ron Florax: 1973 World Championship - Finishes. Cuetracker.net, archived from the original on September 23, 2018 ; accessed on September 23, 2018 (English).