World Snooker Championships 1964–1968

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After after 1957 first six years no long World Snooker Championship was organized, it was in 1964, with the consent of the Billiards Association and Control Council (BACC), by the Englishman Rex Williams (in the form of Challenge duels English .: Challenge Matches) reintroduced.

From 1964 to 1968 seven such duels were played, all of which were won by the Englishman John Pulman .

From 1969 onwards , the World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association, founded in 1968, held the world championship in the knockout system .

Challenge matches

year Defending champion Result challenger place Highest break
1964 EnglandEngland John Pulman 19 : 16 EnglandEngland Fred Davis Burroughes Hall, London , England 112 (Pulman)
1964 EnglandEngland John Pulman 40 : 33 EnglandEngland Rex Williams Burroughes Hall, London, England 107 (Williams)
1965 EnglandEngland John Pulman 37 : 36 EnglandEngland Fred Davis Burroughes Hall, London, England
1965 EnglandEngland John Pulman 25 : 22 EnglandEngland Rex Williams South Africa 142 (Williams)
1965 EnglandEngland John Pulman 39 : 12 South Africa 1961South Africa Fred Van Rensburg South Africa
1966 EnglandEngland John Pulman 5 : 2 EnglandEngland Fred Davis St George's Hall, Liverpool , England
1968 EnglandEngland John Pulman 39 : 34 AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton Co-operative Hall, Bolton , England 122 (Charlton)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chris Turner: World Professional Championship . In: cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk . Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on April 16, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
  2. ^ A b Eric Hayton: The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker . Rose Villa Publications, Lowestoft 2004, ISBN 0-9548549-0-X , p. 144.
  3. ^ Hall of Fame . Snooker.org. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  4. ↑ 2004 Embassy World Championship Information . Global Snooker Center. Archived from the original on December 8, 2004. Retrieved May 9, 2012.
  5. ↑ a b World Championship 1964 . Global snooker. Archived from the original on March 10, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
  6. ↑ a b c World Championship 1965 . Global snooker. Archived from the original on March 10, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
  7. ^ Clive Everton: Guinness Book of Snooker . Guinness Superlatives, Enfield 1981, ISBN 0-85112-230-2 , p. 65.
  8. ↑ a b after matches; not after frames
  9. ↑ World Championship 1966 . Global snooker. Archived from the original on March 10, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
  10. ^ World Championship 1968 . Global snooker. Archived from the original on March 10, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011.