1975–76 snooker season

1975–76 snooker season
Details
DurationAugust 1975 – 8 May 1976
Tournaments8 (1 ranking event)
Triple Crown winners
MastersWales Ray Reardon
World ChampionshipWales Ray Reardon

The 1975–76 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between August 1975 and May 1976. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and the invitational events.

New professional

Willie Thorne was accepted as a professional player by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association at its meeting on 15 November 1975.[1]

Calendar

Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Reference
08-?? 08-29  AUS NR Australian Professional Championship Wagga RSL Club Wagga Wagga Australia Eddie Charlton Australia Dennis Wheelwright 31–10 [2]
09-09 09-11  ENG NR Ford/Riley Burwat Tournament Greyhound Garage Accrington Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 4–2 [3][4]
08-13 09-01  CAN NR Canadian Open Canadian National Exhibition Stadium Toronto Northern Ireland Alex Higgins England John Pulman 15–7 [5]
12-27 12-30  ENG NR Pot Black BBC Studios Birmingham England John Spencer Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 1–0 [6][7][8]
01-10 01-11  ENG NR Champion of Champions Middlesbrough Town Hall Middlesbrough England John Spencer England Graham Miles 5–4 [9][10]
01-?? 01-??  ENG NR Tony's Club Tournament Tony's Club Weybridge Northern Ireland Alex Higgins England John Spencer 4–1 [11]
01-?? 01-??  ENG NR Suffolk Invitation Corn Exchange Ipswich Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor Canada Cliff Thorburn 7–4 [12]
01-?? 01-??  ENG NR Southsea Invitational New Pier Southsea Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor England Willie Thorne 4–1 [13]
01-26 01-30  ENG NR The Masters New London Theatre London Wales Ray Reardon England Graham Miles 7–3 [14][15]
02-21  IRL NR Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament National Boxing Stadium Dublin England John Spencer Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 5–0 [16]
??-?? 04-05  ENG NR Ashton Club Jubilee Snooker Tournament Ashton Court Country Club Bristol Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 5–2 [17]
04-11 04-23  ENG WR World Snooker Championship Middlesbrough Town Hall Middlesbrough Wales Ray Reardon Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 27–16 [18][19]
Wythenshawe Forum Manchester
05-01 05-08  WAL NR Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn Wales Ray Reardon England Fred Davis 10–9 [20]
05-08 05-11  ENG NR Canadian Club Masters Northern Snooker Centre Leeds Northern Ireland Alex Higgins Wales Ray Reardon 6–4 [21]
WR = World ranking event
NR = Non-ranking event

Order of Merit

This Order of Merit was published after the 1975 World Snooker Championship, and was used for seeding purposes. It used the same criteria as the first official rankings list for the next season.[22]

No. Name
1 Wales Ray Reardon
2 Australia Eddie Charlton
3 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins
4 England Rex Williams
5 England Graham Miles
6 England John Spencer
7 England Fred Davis
8 Wales Gary Owen
9 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor
10 Canada Cliff Thorburn
11 England John Pulman
12 England John Dunning
13 South Africa Perrie Mans
14 Canada Bill Werbeniuk
15 Australia Warren Simpson
16 England David Taylor
17 England Jim Meadowcroft
18 Wales Marcus Owen
19 Australia Ian Anderson
20 Australia Paddy Morgan
21 England Bernard Bennett
22 England David Greaves
23 England Pat Houlihan

Notes

  1. ^ Dates use the mm-dd date format.

References

  1. ^ "Thorne in the side". Snooker Scene. December 1975.
  2. ^ Turner, Chris. "Other National Professional Championships". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Pro tournament". Snooker Scene. September 1975. p. 23.
  4. ^ "Taylor wins tournament". Snooker Scene. November 1975. p. 24.
  5. ^ Turner, Chris. "Canadian Open, Canadian Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  6. ^ "Pot Black History". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.
  7. ^ "Pot Black, Junior Pot Black". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  8. ^ "Thorne in the side". Snooker Scene. December 1975. p. 24.
  9. ^ "Advertisement for Champion of Champions tournament". Snooker Scene. November 1975. p. 2.
  10. ^ Corbett, Ted (February 1976). "Spencer back to form in Middlesbrough". Snooker Scene. p. 14.
  11. ^ "Higgins again". Snooker Scene. February 1976. p. 23.
  12. ^ "Taylor wins at Ipswich.". Snooker Scene. March 1976. p. 23.
  13. ^ "...And at Southsea". Snooker Scene. March 1976. p. 23.
  14. ^ Turner, Chris. "The Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  15. ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Hunter's first ranking title". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  16. ^ Turner, Chris. "Irish Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  17. ^ "Taylor is the tops". Western Daily Press. 6 April 1976. p. 5.
  18. ^ Turner, Chris. "World Professional Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  19. ^ Eric, Hayton (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. London: Rose Villa Publications. p. 11. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
  20. ^ "Pontin's Roll of Honour". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 6 April 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  21. ^ Higgins, Alex (2007). From the Eye of the Hurricane. London: Headline Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-4722-2191-9.
  22. ^ Turner, Chris. "Historical World Rankings 1975/76 to 1989/90". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2011.