1976–77 snooker season

1976–77 snooker season
Details
DurationSeptember 1976 – 7 May 1977
Tournaments8 (1 ranking event)
Triple Crown winners
MastersWales Doug Mountjoy
World ChampionshipEngland John Spencer

The 1976–77 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between September 1976 and May 1977. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and the invitational events.

New professionals

John Virgo was accepted by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association as a professional player at the Association's July 1976 meeting.[1] Doug Mountjoy, Roy Andrewartha and Chris Ross all became professionals after competing in the 1976 World Amateur Snooker Championship in October, which Mountjoy won.[2][3] Patsy Fagan joined the professional ranks in October.[4]

Calendar

Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Reference
09-?? 09-??  AUS NR Australian Professional Championship Dandenong Football Club Melbourne Australia Eddie Charlton Australia Paddy Morgan w/o–w/d [5]
09-?? 09-??  CAN NR Canadian Open Canadian National Exhibition Stadium Toronto England John Spencer Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 17–9 [6]
11-28 12-11  AUS NR World Professional Match-play Championship Nunawading Basketball Centre Melbourne Australia Eddie Charlton Wales Ray Reardon 31–24 [7]
01-?? 01-??  ENG NR Pot Black BBC Studios Birmingham South Africa Perrie Mans Wales Doug Mountjoy 1–0 [8][9]
02-07 02-11  ENG NR The Masters New London Theatre London Wales Doug Mountjoy Wales Ray Reardon 7–6 [10][11][12]
02-17 02-18  IRL NR Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament Leopardstown Racecourse Dublin Northern Ireland Alex Higgins Wales Ray Reardon 5–3 [13]
04-18 04-30  ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield England John Spencer Canada Cliff Thorburn 25–21 [14]
04-30 05-07  WAL NR Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn England John Spencer England John Pulman 7–5 [15][16][17]
WR = World ranking event
NR = Non-ranking event

Official rankings

Main article: Snooker world rankings 1976/1977

The top 16 of the world rankings.[18][19][20]

No. Ch.[n 2] Name Points[21]
1 Steady Wales Ray Reardon 15
2 Rise Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 9
3 Fall Australia Eddie Charlton 8
4 Rise England Fred Davis 6
5 Steady England Graham Miles 6
6 Fall England Rex Williams 6
7 Rise South Africa Perrie Mans 5
8 Fall England John Spencer 5
9 Steady Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 5
10 Fall Wales Gary Owen 4
11 Rise England John Dunning 4
12 Rise England Jim Meadowcroft 3
13 Fall Canada Cliff Thorburn 3
14 Steady Canada Bill Werbeniuk 3
15 Fall England John Pulman 3
16 Steady England David Taylor 2

Notes

  1. ^ Dates use the mm-dd date format.
  2. ^ Indicates a relation to the Order of Merit used during the 1975/1976 season.

References

  1. ^ "New pro". Snooker Scene. August 1976. p. 7.
  2. ^ Everton, Clive (26 November 1976). "Hat trick hopes". The Guardian. London. p. 24.
  3. ^ Everton, Clive (1981). The Guinness Book of Snooker. Enfield: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 150–153. ISBN 0851122302.
  4. ^ "How they line up – snooker special 3". Sports Argus. 20 October 1979. p. 45.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Turner, Chris. "World Matchplay". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
  8. ^ "Pot Black History". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: White becomes Brown". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  12. ^ Snooker Scene, February 1977, page 9
  13. ^ Turner, Chris. "Irish Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  14. ^ Turner, Chris. "World Professional Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  15. ^ "Pontin's Roll of Honour". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 6 April 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  16. ^ Turner, Chris. "Pontins Open, Pontins Professional, Pontins World Pro-Am Series". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  17. ^ Snooker Scene, May 1977, page 27
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  20. ^ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
  21. ^ "World Rankings – History and Development". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 24 June 2013.