1976–77 snooker season

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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[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 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[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 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[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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