1976 World Snooker Championship

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World Snooker Championship 1976
Embassy World Snooker Championship 1976

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Attendees: 16
Venue: Middlesbrough Town Hall, Middlesbrough
Wythenshawe Forum, Manchester
Opening: April 11, 1976
Endgame: April 20, 1976 - April 23, 1976

Winner: WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon
Finalist: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins
Highest Break: 138 ( John Spencer ) EnglandEngland
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The 1976 Embassy Snooker World Championship was a professional snooker tournament that was held in the 1975/76 season. It took place from April 11, 1976 to April 23, 1976 in Manchester and Middlesbrough . The qualification was played from March 29 to April 2, 1976. Welshman Ray Reardon won the World Championship for the fourth time in a row, beating Alex Higgins from Northern Ireland in the final 27:16 . The highest break of the tournament was a 138 break from John Spencer .

The tournament was the last before the " Crucible era" began. For the first time, the tournament was sponsored by the Embassy cigarette brand . This sponsorship agreement lasted until 2005 .

Prize money

Prize money
winner £ 6,000
finalist £ 2,000
Semi-finalist £ 1,100
Quarter finalist 600 pounds
Round of 16 300 pounds
Highest break 300 pounds
All in all £ 15,300

mode

The best 14 players were seeded directly; two more players could qualify through qualification.

The round of 16 matches were played in best-of-29 frames mode and played at Middlesbrough Town Hall in Middlesbrough. Then the tournament moved to Manchester to the Wythenshawe Forum in Manchester. The quarter-finals were also played in best-of-29 frames mode. The semi-finals were played in the best of 39 frames mode.

The finals began on April 20, 1976 and ended on April 23. It was played in the best of 53 frames mode.

Main tournament

  Round of 16
Best of 29 frames 		  Quarterfinals
Best of 29 frames 		  Semi-finals
Best of 39 frames 		  Final
Best of 53 frames
                                     
1 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 15th                  
EnglandEngland John Dunning 7th  
1 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 15th
  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 2  
8th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gary Owen 9
 
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 15th  
1 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 20th
  South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans 10  
5 EnglandEngland Graham Miles 10      
 
South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans 15th  
South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans 15th
  EnglandEngland Jim Meadowcroft 8th  
4th EnglandEngland Rex Williams 7th
 
EnglandEngland Jim Meadowcroft 15th  
1 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 27
  3 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 16
3 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 15th            
 
CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 14th  
3 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 15th
  6th EnglandEngland John Spencer 14th  
6th EnglandEngland John Spencer 15th
 
EnglandEngland David Taylor 5  
3 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 20th
  2 AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 18th  
7th EnglandEngland Fred Davis 15th      
 
CanadaCanada Bill Werbeniuk 12  
7th EnglandEngland Fred Davis 13
  2 AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 15th  
2 AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 15th
 
EnglandEngland John Pulman 9  

final

Alex Higgins got off to a better start and led 4-2 after the first session . Because the TV lights were too bright and Reardon couldn't see the balls properly, he complained during the break and the lighting was changed. Then Ray Reardon was able to win five frames in a row and finally led 8: 5 after the first day. The following frames were almost all won by Alex Higgins, so by the end of the third session he was again leading 10: 9. After Reardon won five frames in a row at the end of the second day, he was able to break away with 15:11. In the fifth session, Higgins won the first two frames, but Reardon ultimately increased to 19:13. In the break before the sixth session, Reardon complained again to the organizer because referee Bill Timms was overwhelmed in some situations. At Reardon's request, the referee was changed and Welshman John Williams led the game to the end. Officially, this exchange was justified with Timms' absence due to illness. By the end of the third day, Reardon was finally able to extend his lead to 24:15. On the last day only four frames were played, as it was already clear that Reardon had won the tournament. The final score was 27:16.

Final: Best of 53 Frames Frames
Referee: Bill Timms , John Williams Wythenshawe Forum ,  Manchester , England , April 20, 1976 - April 23, 1976 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 27 : 16 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins
1st session: 42: 63 , 11: 62 , 66 : 59, 12: 85 (59), 58 : 17, 6: 118 (87)

2nd session: 97 : 19 (70), 93 : 32 (58), 101 : 34, 64 : 40, 94 : 16 (83), 32: 68 (60), 61 : 30
3rd session: 14: 95 (79), 17: 72 , 19: 58 , 61 : 19, 20: 95 (80), 26: 47
4th session: 68 : 41, 32: 99 , 79 : 44, 73 : 35, 102 : 5 ( 59), 70 : 33, 96 : 21
5th session: 32: 61 , 7: 77 (63), 72 : 68, 64 : 44, 64 : 62 (51 Higgins), 70 : 48 (66)
6th session : 71 : 10, 62 : 32 (61), 18: 90 (82), 53 : 44, 53 : 8, 16: 56 , 58 : 20
7th session: 77 : 59, 32: 75 , 82 : 36, 62 : 25

83 Highest break 87
- Century breaks -
6th 50+ breaks 8th

qualification

The players had to play 2 or 3 qualifying rounds. The game was played in best-of-15 frames mode.

Round 1

game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 David Greaves EnglandEngland 58 : 58th AustraliaAustralia Jim Charlton
2 Jackie Rea Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 58 : 58th AustraliaAustralia Ian Anderson
3 Jim Meadowcroft EnglandEngland 18 : 18th AustraliaAustralia Dennis Wheelwright
4th Ron Gross EnglandEngland 58 : 58th EnglandEngland Maurice Parkin
5 Lou Condo AustraliaAustralia 6th8 : 68th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Marcus Owen

round 2

game Player 1 Result Player 2
6th David Greaves EnglandEngland 8th1: 81 EnglandEngland David Taylor
7th Jackie Rea Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 58 : 58th EnglandEngland Bernard Bennett
8th Jim Meadowcroft EnglandEngland 4th8 : 48th EnglandEngland Ron Gross
9 Lou Condo AustraliaAustralia 8th5: 85 EnglandEngland Willie Thorne

Round 3

game Player 1 Result Player 2
9 David Taylor EnglandEngland 7th8 : 78th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Jackie Rea
10 Jim Meadowcroft EnglandEngland 58 : 58th EnglandEngland Willie Thorne

Centuries

During the tournament, 7 century breaks were played by four players.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Ron Florax: 1976 World Championship Centuries. Cuetracker.net, 2018, accessed on May 10, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c Ron Florax: 1976 World Championship. Cuetracker.net, 2018, accessed on May 10, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c Chris Turner: World Professional Championship. Chris Turner, 2008, archived from the original on April 16, 2013 ; accessed on May 10, 2018 (English).
  4. ^ Snooker Record . In: The Sydney Morning Herald . April 16, 1976, p.  10 ( google.com ).
  5. ^ Ron Florax: 1976 World Championship - Finishes. Cuetracker.net, 2018, accessed on May 10, 2018 .
  6. ^ Embassy World Championship. snookerscene, September 26, 2017, archived from the original on January 24, 2013 ; accessed on May 10, 2018 (English).
  7. ↑ 1976 World Championship Results. Snooker Database, 2007, accessed May 10, 2018 .
  8. ^ Ted Corbett: Ray shines under new TV lights . In: Daily Mirror . April 21, 1976, p. 31 ( britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk ).
  9. ^ Ronnie Harper: Walk-out threat - Now Reardon is happy . In: Belfast Telegraph . April 22, 1976, p. 28 ( britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk ).
  10. ↑ Higgins snookered . In: Birmingham Post . April 23, 1976, p.  1 ( britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk ).
  11. ^ Hugo Kastner : Snooker World Championship - Hall of Fame. (PDF; 113 kB) May 2012, accessed on December 27, 2018 .
  12. ^ Reardon on the way . In: Birmingham Post . April 23, 1976, p.  1 ( britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk ).