1974 World Snooker Championship

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1974
World Snooker Championship 1974 World Snooker Championship
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Tournament type: Knockout system
Venue: Belle Vue, Manchester , England
Opening: April 16, 1974
Endgame: April 25, 1974

Winner: WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon
Finalist: EnglandEngland Graham Miles
Highest Break: 131 ( Graham Miles ) EnglandEngland
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The World Snooker Championship 1974 (also 1974 Park Drive World Snooker Championship ) was a professional snooker tournament . It was held from April 16-25 at the Belle Vue in Manchester . In the final, the reigning world champion Ray Reardon from Wales defeated the Englishman Graham Miles with 22:12. Miles played the highest break of the tournament in the semifinals with a 131 break. Reardon received a bonus of ₤ 2000 after his final victory. The last time a World Championship was sponsored by Park Drive . The following year there was no sponsor.

competition

The eight qualifiers and eight other players competed in the first round. The games went on for a maximum of 15 frames. The games were played on April 17th.

After the first round, the second round was held on the next two days. The quarter-finals were held from April 19-20, the semi-finals from April 21-22. The final was held from April 23rd to 25th.

  First round
best of 15 frames 		Round of 16
Best of 29 frames 		Quarterfinals
Best of 29 frames 		Semi-final
Best of 29 frames 		Final
Best of 43 frames
                                   
EnglandEngland Jim Meadowcroft 8th   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 15th  
EnglandEngland Kingsley Kennerley 5   EnglandEngland Jim Meadowcroft 3  
  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 15th  
  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Marcus Owen 11  
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Marcus Owen 8th   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gary Owen 8th
EnglandEngland Maurice Parkin 5   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Marcus Owen 15th  
  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 15th  
  EnglandEngland Fred Davis 3  
EnglandEngland Bernard Bennett 8th   Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 15th  
AustraliaAustralia Warren Simpson 2   EnglandEngland Bernard Bennett 4th  
  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 14th
  EnglandEngland Fred Davis 15th  
CanadaCanada Bill Werbeniuk 8th   EnglandEngland Fred Davis 15th
EnglandEngland Geoffrey Thompson 3   CanadaCanada Bill Werbeniuk 5  
  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 22nd
  EnglandEngland Graham Miles 12
South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans 8th   EnglandEngland John Spencer 13  
AustraliaAustralia Ian Anderson 1   South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans 15th  
  South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans 4th
  EnglandEngland Rex Williams 15th  
EnglandEngland John Pulman 8th   EnglandEngland Rex Williams 15th
EnglandEngland Sydney Lee 0   EnglandEngland John Pulman 12  
  EnglandEngland Rex Williams 7th
  EnglandEngland Graham Miles 15th  
AustraliaAustralia Paddy Morgan 8th   EnglandEngland Graham Miles 15th  
CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 4th   AustraliaAustralia Paddy Morgan 7th  
  EnglandEngland Graham Miles 15th
  EnglandEngland John Dunning 13  
EnglandEngland John Dunning 8th   AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 13
EnglandEngland David Taylor 6th   EnglandEngland John Dunning 15th  

qualification

Qualification for the tournament took place on April 11th.

game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 John Dunning EnglandEngland 28 : 28th EnglandEngland David Greaves
2 Warren Simpson AustraliaAustralia 38 : 38th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Jackie Rea
3 Jim Meadowcroft EnglandEngland 58 : 58th EnglandEngland Pat Houlihan
4th Cliff Thorburn CanadaCanada 38 : 38th EnglandEngland Alex McDonald
5 John Pulman EnglandEngland 08 : 08th EnglandEngland Jack Karnehm
6th David Taylor EnglandEngland 7th8 : 78th EnglandEngland Ron Gross
7th Marcus Owen WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 18 : 18th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor

Centurys

During the tournament five Centurys were played by three players.

EnglandEngland Graham Miles 131, 110, 101
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Marcus Owen 102
EnglandEngland John Dunning 100

Others

The Canadian Bill Werbeniuk made his debut at a World Cup at this World Cup. He defeated Geoffrey Thompson 8-3 in the first round and lost in the second round to former world champion Fred Davis .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Ron Florax: 1974 World Championship - Centuries. Cuetracker.net, archived from the original on June 12, 2018 ; accessed on June 13, 2018 .
  2. ^ Chris Turner: World Professional Championship. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on April 16, 2013 ; accessed on June 13, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c Ron Florax: 1974 World Championship. Cuetracker.net, archived from the original on June 13, 2018 ; accessed on June 13, 2018 .
  4. ↑ 1974 World Championships Results. Snooker Database, 2007, archived from the original on June 13, 2018 ; accessed on June 13, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Bill Werbeniuk. Snooker Database, 2007, archived from the original on June 13, 2018 ; accessed on June 13, 2018 .