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1981–82 snooker season

The 1981–82 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 25 June 1981 and 29 May 1982. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.

1981–82 snooker season
Details
Duration25 June 1981 – 29 May 1982
Tournaments19 (1 ranking event)
Triple Crown winners
UK ChampionshipEngland Steve Davis
MastersEngland Steve Davis
World ChampionshipNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins

New professional players edit

In January 1981, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) accepted Eugene Hughes, Mike Watterson, Paul Medati, Jack Fitzmaurice and Dessie Sheehan were accepted. Billy Kelly and Mick Fisher applied but were rejected.[1]

In April 1981, a further thirteen players tunred professional: Ian Black, Bert Demarco, Jim Donnelly, Clive Everton, Geoff Foulds, Doug French, Matt Gibson, Vic Harris, Dennis Hughes, Billy Kelly, Eddie McLaughlin, Murdo MacLeod and Colin Roscoe, were accepted,[2] but Williamson and Tony Graham were not.[3]

Dean Reynolds, Gary Johnston, and John Phillips were accepted in the September intake, when four players, including Paul Watchorn and Tony Kearney, were unsuccessful with their applications.[4][5]

Calendar edit

Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Reference
06-25 06-27   AUS NR Australian Masters Channel 10 Television Studios Sydney   Tony Meo   John Spencer [n 2] [6]
09-14 09-20   ENG NR International Open Assembly Rooms Derby   Steve Davis   Dennis Taylor 9–0 [7]
09-22 09-25   SCO NR Scottish Masters Kelvin Hall Glasgow   Jimmy White   Cliff Thorburn 9–4 [8]
10-24 11-01   ENG TE World Team Classic Hexagon Theatre Reading   England   Wales 4–3 [9][10]
11-03 11-07   NIR NR Northern Ireland Classic Ulster Hall Belfast   Jimmy White   Steve Davis 11–9 [11][12]
11-22 12-05   ENG NR UK Championship Guild Hall Preston   Steve Davis   Terry Griffiths 16–3 [13]
12-28 12-31   ENG NR Pot Black BBC Studios Birmingham   Steve Davis   Eddie Charlton 2–0 [14][15]
01-10 01-13   ENG NR The Classic Civic Centre Oldham   Terry Griffiths   Steve Davis 9–8 [16]
01-26 01-31   ENG NR The Masters Wembley Conference Centre London   Steve Davis   Terry Griffiths 9–5 [17]
02-22 02-24   ENG NR Tolly Cobbold Classic Corn Exchange Ipswich   Steve Davis   Dennis Taylor 8–3 [18][19]
02-24 02-28   WAL NR Welsh Professional Championship Ebbw Vale Leisure Centre Ebbw Vale   Doug Mountjoy   Terry Griffiths 9–8 [20][21]
03-01 03-07   ENG NR International Masters Assembly Rooms Derby   Steve Davis   Terry Griffiths 9–7 [22]
03-05 03-07   SCO NR Scottish Professional Championship Glen Pavilion Dunfermline   Eddie Sinclair   Ian Black 11–7 [23]
03-09 03-13   NIR NR Irish Professional Championship Riverside Theatre Coleraine   Dennis Taylor   Alex Higgins 16–13 [24][25]
03-23 03-28   IRL NR Irish Masters Goff's Kill   Terry Griffiths   Steve Davis 9–5 [26][27]
04-16 04-18   SCO NR Highland Masters Eden Court Theatre Inverness   Ray Reardon   John Spencer 11–4 [11]
04-30 05-16   ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield   Alex Higgins   Ray Reardon 18–15 [28]
05-22 05-28   WAL NR Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn   Steve Davis   Ray Reardon 9–4 [29][30]
05-29   ENG NR Bass and Golden Leisure Classic Liverpool Centre Liverpool   Rex Williams   Ray Edmonds 4–1 [11]
WR = World ranking event
NR = Non-ranking event
TE = Team event

Official rankings edit

Main article: Snooker world rankings 1981/1982

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the World Snooker Championship and were invited for the Masters.[31][32][33]

No. Ch. Name
1     Cliff Thorburn
2     Steve Davis
3     Terry Griffiths
4     Ray Reardon
5     Dennis Taylor
6     Doug Mountjoy
7     David Taylor
8     Eddie Charlton
9     Bill Werbeniuk
10     Kirk Stevens
11     Alex Higgins
12     Fred Davis
13     John Virgo
14     John Spencer
15     Perrie Mans
16     Graham Miles

Notes edit

  1. ^ Dates use the mm-dd date format.
  2. ^ The final was decided on aggregate score over three frames.

References edit

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  4. ^ "Dean turns pro". Grimsby Evening Telegraph. 7 September 1981. p. 10.
  5. ^ "Professional status for Reynolds...". Snooker Scene. November 1982. p. 35.
  6. ^ Turner, Chris. "Australian Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 30 September 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
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  8. ^ Turner, Chris. "Scottish Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
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  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ Turner, Chris. "Tolly Cobbold Classic". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
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  24. ^ Turner, Chris. "Irish Professional Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
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