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1976–77 snooker season

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.

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

New professionals edit

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 edit

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

Official rankings edit

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     Ray Reardon 15
2     Alex Higgins 9
3     Eddie Charlton 8
4     Fred Davis 6
5     Graham Miles 6
6     Rex Williams 6
7     Perrie Mans 5
8     John Spencer 5
9     Dennis Taylor 5
10     Gary Owen 4
11     John Dunning 4
12     Jim Meadowcroft 3
13     Cliff Thorburn 3
14     Bill Werbeniuk 3
15     John Pulman 3
16     David Taylor 2

Notes edit

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

References edit

  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.
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