1976 World Professional Match-play Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 28 November–11 December 1976 |
| Venue | Nunawading Basketball Centre |
| City | Melbourne |
| Country | Australia |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | A$30,000 |
| Winner's share | A$6,500[1] |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Eddie Charlton |
| Runner-up |  Ray Reardon |
| Score | 31–24 |
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The 1976 World Professional Match-play Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held from 28 November to 11 December 1976 at the Nunawading Basketball Centre on Burwood Highway, in Burwood East, Melbourne, Australia. The event was promoted by Eddie Charlton.[2]
The first round matches were played from 28 November to 1 December with the quarter-finals on 2 and 3 December, the semi-finals from 4 to 6 December and the final from 7 to 11 December.
Charlton won in the final 31–24 against Ray Reardon.[3][1]
Main draw
Numbers in (parentheses) indicate seedings.
| Last 16 Best of 25 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 25 frames | Semi-finals Best of 37 frames | Final Best of 61 frames | ||||||||||||||||
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| Ray Reardon (1) | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Ron Mares | 1 |
| Ray Reardon (1) | 13 | ||||||||||||||
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| Gary Owen (8) | 13 |
| Gary Owen (8) | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn | 6 |
| Ray Reardon (1) | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Rex Williams (5) | 11 |
| Graham Miles (4) | 16 | ||||||||||||||
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| Bill Werbeniuk | 13 |
| Bill Werbeniuk | 11 | ||||||||||||||
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| Graham Miles (4) | 13 |
| Graham Miles (4) | 13 | ||||||||||||||
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| Jim Meadowcroft | 5 |
| Ray Reardon (1) | 24 | ||||||||||||||
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| Eddie Charlton (3) | 13 |
| Eddie Charlton (3) | 31 | ||||||||||||||
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| Lou Condo | 1 |
| Eddie Charlton (3) | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Perrie Mans (6) | 13 |
| Perrie Mans (6) | 8 | ||||||||||||||
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| John Dunning | 6 |
| Eddie Charlton (3) | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor (7) | 12 |
| Paddy Morgan | 18 | ||||||||||||||
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| Paddy Morgan | 13 |
| Paddy Morgan | 13 | ||||||||||||||
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| Alex Higgins (2) | 13 |
| Alex Higgins (2) | 6 | ||||||||||||||
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| Dennis Wheelwright | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b "Charlton 'frames' Spencer". The Age. 13 December 1976. p. 24.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Sports results". The Canberra Times. 14 December 1976. p. 15. Retrieved 20 January 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Snooker Scene, January 1977