World Professional Matchplay Championship 1976
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World Professional Match-Play Championship 1976 World Professional Match-Play Championship 1976 
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| Tournament type: | Non-ranking |
| Attendees: | 16 |
| Venue: | Melbourne , Australia |
| Opening: | 1st December 1976 |
| Endgame: | December 12, 1976
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| Winner: |
 Eddie Charlton
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| Finalist: |
 Ray Reardon
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| Highest Break: | 104 ( Paddy Morgan )
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The 1976 World Professional Match-Play Championship , or alternatively the 1976 World Professional Match-Play Championship, was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament in the context of the 1976/77 season . It was held from December 1 to 12, 1976 in Melbourne , Australia . The winner was the Australian Eddie Charlton , who defeated the Welshman Ray Reardon with 31:24 in the final. Charlton's compatriot Paddy Morgan played the highest break and the only century break of the tournament with a 104 break .
background
Between 1952 and 1957 the World Snooker Championship was held under the name Professional Match-Play championship . In 1976 Eddie Charlton , himself a longtime snooker and English billiards player, hosted a snooker tournament of the same name with the permission of the World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association . Sixteen players took part, including several world class players and several relatively unknown Australian players, but John Spencer , among others, did not take part in the tournament. Ironically, the promoter Charlton himself won the tournament by defeating reigning world champion Ray Reardon .
Prize money
With prize money of £ 15,000 , the tournament had the same amount of prize money as the last World Snooker Championship .
| Prize money | |
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| winner | £ 4,000 |
| finalist | £ 2,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 1,000 |
| Quarter finalist | 750 pounds |
| Round of 16 | 500 |
| All in all | £ 15,000 |
Tournament course
Up to and including the quarter-finals, all games were played in the best of 25 frames mode ; this maximum limit was not increased to 37 frames until the semi-finals. The final of the tournament was finally played in the best of 61 frames mode.
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Round of 16 best of 25 frames |
Quarterfinals Best of 25 Frames |
Semi-final Best of 37 frames |
Final Best of 61 frames |
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| Eddie Charlton
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13 | |||||||||||||
| Lou Condo
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton
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13 | |||||||||||||
.svg){kind=small} Perrie Mans
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Perrie Mans
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13 | |||||||||||||
 John Dunning
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton
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19th | |||||||||||||
| Paddy Morgan
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18th | |||||||||||||
| Paddy Morgan
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13 | |||||||||||||
 Dennis Taylor
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12 | |||||||||||||
| Paddy Morgan
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13 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
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13 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Wheelwright
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton
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31 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
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24 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
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13 | |||||||||||||
| Ron Mares
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
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13 | |||||||||||||
| Gary Owen
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Gary Owen
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13 | |||||||||||||
 Cliff Thorburn
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
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19th | |||||||||||||
| Graham Miles
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16 | |||||||||||||
| Graham Miles
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13 | |||||||||||||
| Jim Meadowcroft
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Graham Miles
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13 | |||||||||||||
| Bill Werbeniuk
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11 | |||||||||||||
| Bill Werbeniuk
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13 | |||||||||||||
| Rex Williams
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11 | |||||||||||||
Century Breaks
The only century break of the tournament was played with a 104 break by Australian player Paddy Morgan in his quarter-final against Alex Higgins .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ron Florax: 1976 World Professional Matchplay Championship. CueTracker.net, accessed March 27, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Chris Turner: World Matchplay - Invitation Event. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on February 28, 2012 ; accessed on March 27, 2019 (English).
- ↑ a b Ron Florax: 1976 World Professional Matchplay Championship - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed March 27, 2019 .