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State Express World Team Classic
Tournament information
Dates24 October – 1 November 1981 (1981-10-24 – 1981-11-01)
VenueHexagon Theatre
CityReading
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£40,000
Winner's share£12,000
Highest break Terry Griffiths (WAL), 127
Final
ChampionEngland England
Runner-upWales Wales
Score4–3 (matches)
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The 1981 World Team Classic sponsored by State Express was the third team snooker tournament, comprising of seven competing nations with three players per team. The event was held between 24 October and 1 November at the Hexagon Theatre in Reading, England. Two teams (Scotland and Republic of Ireland), played a qualifying match on 4 October 1981 at the Redwood Lodge Hotel & Country Club in Bristol, England to determine the final team in the main competition.

The defending champion, Wales reached their third consecutive final, but were beaten by England who recorded their first title.

Terry Griffiths made the highest break of the tournament, 127.[1]

Prize fund

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A total of £40,000 was awarded at the event, with the winning team receiving £12,000. The breakdown of prize money is shown below:[2]

  • Winner: £12,000
  • Runner-Up: £7,500
  • Semi final: £5,250
  • Third in group: £4,500
  • Losing qualifier: £1,000
  • Total: £40,000
  • Highest break: £555

Format

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In a change from the previous tournaments, all matches consisted of six individual matches played over two sessions of 3 individual matches in each session. Each individual match was the best-of-3 frames, with each team gaining a point for each individual match won.

If, after 6 matches, the teams were tied at 3 points apiece, a single frame match was played between the respective captains to determine the overall match winner.

Round robin stage

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Each team would play one match as the home team and one match as the away team to determine the playing order of individual matches.[2]

Group positions were determined by the greater number of matches won. If two teams were tied on the same number of matches won then the team with the higher number of individual matches won was ranked higher in the group. If two teams were still tied, then a single-frame play-off would be played between the two respective captains.

All individual matches were played.

Semi finals

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The two group winners were classed as the home team with the group runners-up classed as the away team to determine the playing order of individual matches.[2]

Final

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A coin toss would determine which finalist would be classed as the home team to determine the playing order of individual matches.[2] England won the toss and became the home team.

Playing Order

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All matches were played in the following order:

First session (3 matches) Second session (3 matches)
Player 3 v Player 1 Player 3 v Player 2
Player 1 v Player 3 Player 2 v Player 3
Player 2 v Player 2 Player 1 v Player 1

Main draw

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Teams and results are listed below.[1][3]

Teams

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World ranking shown in brackets.

Country Player 1 (Captain) Player 2 Player 3
  Wales Ray Reardon (4) Terry Griffiths (3) Doug Mountjoy (6)
  England Steve Davis (2) David Taylor (7) John Spencer (14)
  Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (5) Alex Higgins (11) Tommy Murphy (-)
  Canada Cliff Thorburn (1) Bill Werbeniuk (9) Kirk Stevens (10)
  Australia Eddie Charlton (8) Paddy Morgan (-) Ian Anderson (-)
  Ireland Patsy Fagan (27) Dessie Sheehan (-) Eugene Hughes (-)
  Scotland Ian Black (-) Eddie Sinclair (30) Murdo MacLeod (-)

Qualifying round

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Played at the Redwood Lodge Hotel & Country Club, Bristol, England.

Date Team 1 Score Team 2
4 Oct   Ireland 4–2   Scotland
Eugene Hughes 2–1 Ian Black
Patsy Fagan 2–0 Murdo MacLeod
Dessie Sheehan 0–2 Eddie Sinclair
Eugene Hughes 0–2 Eddie Sinclair
Dessie Sheehan 2–0 Murdo MacLeod
Patsy Fagan 2–1 Ian Black

Group A

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Australia   3–4   England Northern Ireland   4–2   Australia England   4–3   Northern Ireland
Ian Anderson 0–2 Steve Davis Tommy Murphy 2–1 Eddie Charlton John Spencer 1–2 Dennis Taylor
Eddie Charlton 2–1 John Spencer Dennis Taylor 2–0 Ian Anderson Steve Davis 2–0 Tommy Murphy
Paddy Morgan 2–1 David Taylor Alex Higgins 2–1 Paddy Morgan David Taylor 1–2 Alex Higgins
Ian Anderson 2–0 David Taylor Tommy Murphy 1–2 Paddy Morgan John Spencer 2–1 Alex Higgins
Paddy Morgan 1–2 John Spencer Alex Higgins 2–1 Ian Anderson David Taylor 2–1 Tommy Murphy
Eddie Charlton 0–2 Steve Davis Dennis Taylor 0–2 Eddie Charlton Steve Davis 1–2 Dennis Taylor
Eddie Charlton 0–1 Steve Davis Steve Davis 1–0 Dennis Taylor

Group B

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Canada   2-4   Wales Wales   5–1   Ireland Ireland   2–4   Canada
Kirk Stevens 2–1 Ray Reardon Doug Mountjoy 2–1 Patsy Fagan Eugene Hughes 2–1 Cliff Thorburn
Cliff Thorburn 2–1 Doug Mountjoy Ray Reardon 2–1 Eugene Hughes Patsy Fagan 2–1 Kirk Stevens
Bill Werbeniuk 1–2 Terry Griffiths Terry Griffiths 2–1 Dessie Sheehan Dessie Sheehan 0–2 Bill Werbeniuk
Kirk Stevens 0–2 Terry Griffiths Doug Mountjoy 2–0 Dessie Sheehan Eugene Hughes 0–2 Bill Werbeniuk
Bill Werbeniuk 0–2 Doug Mountjoy Terry Griffiths 2–0 Eugene Hughes Dessie Sheehan 0–2 Kirk Stevens
Cliff Thorburn 1–2 Ray Reardon Ray Reardon 1–2 Patsy Fagan Patsy Fagan 0–2 Cliff Thorburn

Semi-finals

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Date Team 1 Score Team 2
30 Oct   England 4–2   Canada
31 Oct   Wales 4–3   Northern Ireland
England   4–2   Canada Wales   4–3   Northern Ireland
John Spencer 0–2 Cliff Thorburn Doug Mountjoy 0–2 Dennis Taylor
Steve Davis 2–0 Kirk Stevens Ray Reardon 2–0 Tommy Murphy
David Taylor 2–1 Bill Werbeniuk Terry Griffiths 2–1 Alex Higgins
John Spencer 2–0 Bill Werbeniuk Doug Mountjoy 0–2 Alex Higgins
David Taylor 1–2 Kirk Stevens Terry Griffiths 2–0 Tommy Murphy
Steve Davis 2–0 Cliff Thorburn Ray Reardon 0–2 Dennis Taylor
Ray Reardon 1–0 Dennis Taylor

Final

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Final: Best of 7 matches.
Hexagon Theatre, Reading, England. 1 November 1981.
  England
Steve Davis, John Spencer, David Taylor 		4–3   Wales
Ray Reardon, Terry Griffiths, Doug Mountjoy
John Spencer v Ray Reardon: 1-2 (37–63, 91–45, 54–66)
Steve Davis v Doug Mountjoy: 2-0 (87 [60]–45, 100–14)
David Taylor v Terry Griffiths: 1-2 (77–48, 33–72 [53], 64–71 [50])
John Spencer v Terry Griffiths: 2-1 (75–63, 7–114, 105 [103]–0)
David Taylor v Doug Mountjoy: 0-2 (30–77, 34–94 [63])
Steve Davis v Ray Reardon: 2-0 (80 [55]–32, 59–11)
Steve Davis v Ray Reardon: 1-0 (69–52)
103 (Spencer) Highest break 63 (Mountjoy)
1 Century breaks 0
3 50+ breaks 4

Century breaks

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There were 2 century breaks in the tournament.

  •   Terry Griffiths - 127
  •   John Spencer - 103


Player Records

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Players are ordered by the percentage of matches won followed by the percentage of frames won. Records also include the qualifying match between Republic of Ireland and Scotland.

Player MP MW ML MW% FP FW FL FW%
  Eddie Sinclair 2 2 0 100.0 4 4 0 100.0
  Steve Davis 11 10 1 90.9 20 18 2 90.0
  Terry Griffiths 8 7 1 97.5 21 15 6 71.4
  Alex Higgins 6 4 2 66.7 17 10 7 58.8
  Patsy Fagan 6 4 2 66.7 16 9 7 56.3
  Dennis Taylor 8 5 3 62.5 16 10 6 62.5
  Cliff Thorburn 6 3 3 50.0 15 8 7 53.3
  John Spencer 8 4 4 50.0 22 11 11 50.0
  Doug Mountjoy 8 4 4 50.0 18 9 9 50.0
  Paddy Morgan 4 2 2 50.0 12 6 6 50.0
  Ray Reardon 10 5 5 50.0 23 11 12 47.8
  Kirk Stevens 6 3 3 50.0 15 7 8 46.7
  Eddie Charlton 5 2 3 40.00 11 5 6 45.5
  Bill Werbeniuk 6 2 4 33.3 14 6 8 42.9
  Eugene Hughes 6 2 4 33.3 15 5 10 33.3
  David Taylor 8 2 6 25.0 22 8 14 36.4
  Ian Anderson 4 1 3 25.00 9 3 6 33.3
  Tommy Murphy 6 1 5 16.7 15 4 11 26.7
  Dessie Sheehan 6 1 5 16.7 13 3 10 23.1
  Ian Black 2 0 2 0.0 6 2 4 33.3
  Murdo MacLeod 2 0 2 0.0 4 0 4 0.0

References

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  1. ^ a b "World Team Classic". Snooker Scene. December 1981. pp. 5–11.
  2. ^ a b c d "Wales on treble trail in Classic". Sports Argus. 22 August 1981. p. 21.
  3. ^ "Bristol snooker scoop". Evening Post. 18 August 1981. p. 13.

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