The Park Drive 600 was an invitational professional snooker tournament, which took place on 28 and 29 April 1971 at the St Phillips Social Club in Sheffield with six professional players participating.[1] Reardon claimed the title with a 4–0 victory against Spencer in the final, making a break of 129 during the match.[2]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 28–29 April 1971 |
| Venue | St Phillips Social Club |
| City | Sheffield |
| Country | England |
| Format | Invitational event |
| Total prize fund | £600 |
| Winner's share | £600 |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Ray Reardon (WAL) |
| Runner-up |  John Spencer (ENG) |
| Score | 4–0 |
There was £600 prize money for the winner, on a "winner takes all" basis. Additionally, there was a prize of £1 per point for the highest break achieved. The tournament was broadcast on Yorkshire Television in weekly programmes.[1]
The first round matches and semi-finals were each decided on the aggregate score across three frames.[1] Pulman defeated Rea by 10 points after taking the last three colours in their second frame, and Williams eliminated Davis by winning 184–165 on the final pink ball. In the first semi-final, Spencer won 228–134 against Pulman.[3]
Main draw edit
Players in bold denote match winners.[1][2][3]
| First round Aggregate score over three frames | Semi-finals Aggregate score over three frames | Final Best of 7 frames | |||||||||
| John Spencer (ENG)
| 228 | ||||||||||
| John Pulman (ENG)
| 180 | John Pulman (ENG)
| 134 | ||||||||
 Jackie Rea (NIR)
| 170 | John Spencer (ENG)
| 0 | ||||||||
| Ray Reardon (WAL)
| 4 | ||||||||||
| Ray Reardon (WAL)
| unknown | ||||||||||
| Fred Davis (ENG)
| 165 | Rex Williams (ENG)
| unknown | ||||||||
| Rex Williams (ENG)
| 184 | ||||||||||
References edit
- ^ a b c d Everton, Clive, ed. (April 1971). "Park Drive 600". World Snooker. Birmingham. p. 3.
- ^ a b Everton, Clive; Silverton, John (1972). Park Drive Official Snooker And Billiards Year book. Gallagher Ltd. p. 20.
- ^ a b Everton, Clive, ed. (June 1971). "Park Drive 600 makes exciting viewing". World Snooker. Birmingham. p. 11.