User:Steveflan/1984 Professional Snooker League

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Professional Snooker League
Tournament information
Dates11 November 1983 – 14 April 1984 (1983-11-11 – 1984-04-14)
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£120,000
Winner's share£18,000
Highest break Dennis Taylor (NIR), 139
Final
ChampionEngland John Virgo
Runner-upNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor
ScoreRound-Robin
1987 →

The 1984 Senator Windows Professional Snooker League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from November 1983 to April 1984.

John Virgo topped the table and won the tournament. Kirk Stevens withdrew during the tournament, leaving some matches unplayed. Due to financial issues, the tournament was not played again until the format was revived in 1987 by Matchroom Sport.[1]

Prize Money[edit]

[2][3][4]

Winner: £18,000
Runner-up: £13,000
Highest Break = £1,500[5]

League table[edit]

[6]

Ranking England
VIR		 Northern Ireland
TAY		 Australia
CHA		 Wales
MOU		 Northern Ireland
HIG		 England
SPE		 England
WHI		 England
KNO		 Canada
WER		 Wales
REA		 England
TAY		 Frame
W-L		 Match
W-D-L		 Pts
Winner John Virgo x 6 3 5 6 5 6 6 8 6 6 57–43 7–2–1 16
Runner-up Dennis Taylor 4 x 8 6 4 7 7 5 6 7 7 62–38 7–1–2 15
3 Eddie Charlton 7 2 x 6 3 7 6 8 5 6 6 56–44 7–1–2 15
4 Alex Higgins 4 6 7 6 x 4 4 5 7 5 5 53–47 4–3–3 11
5 Doug Mountjoy 5 4 4 x 4 2 7 7 7 5 9 54–46 4–2–4 10
6 Tony Knowles 4 5 2 3 5 6 5 x 7 5 6 48–52 3–4–3 10
7 John Spencer 5 3 3 8 6 x 5 4 7 5 4 49–51 3–3–4 9
8 Jimmy White 4 3 4 3 6 5 x 5 4 6 6 46–54 3–2–5 8
9 Ray Reardon 4 3 4 5 5 5 4 5 6 x 5 46–54 1–5–4 7
10 Bill Werbeniuk 2 4 5 3 3 3 6 3 x 4 6 39–61 2–1–7 5
11 David Taylor 4 3 4 1 5 6 4 4 4 5 x 40–60 1–2–7 4

If points were level then most draws, then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 4–4 then the player who got to four first was higher. Stevens did not complete his matches and matches involving him were removed from consideration for the league table.[6]

Match results[edit]

Date Players & Score Venue Century Breaks Notes Ref.
11 Nov John Spencer 5–5 Jimmy White Richard Dunn Sports Centre, Bradford [7]
12 Nov Tony Knowles 7–3 Bill Werbeniuk Richard Dunn Sports Centre, Bradford [7]
13 Nov Kirk Stevens 6–4 Alex Higgins Richard Dunn Sports Centre, Bradford [7]
4 Dec Eddie Charlton 5–5 Bill Werbeniuk Queensway Hall, Dunstable [8]
5 Dec Tony Knowles 6–4 David Taylor Queensway Hall, Dunstable Knowles: 114 & 106 [8]
9 Dec John Spencer 6–4 Kirk Stevens Rushcliffe Leisure Centre, Nottingham [9]
10 Dec Bill Werbeniuk 6–4 David Taylor Rushcliffe Leisure Centre, Nottingham Werbeniuk: 131; Taylor: 102 [9]
17 Jan Dennis Taylor 6–4 Doug Mountjoy Norwich [5]
18 Jan John Virgo 6–4 David Taylor Norwich [5]
19 Jan Jimmy White 6–4 Kirk Stevens Perdiswell Leisure Centre, Worcester [10]
20 Jan Ray Reardon 5–5 David Taylor Perdiswell Leisure Centre, Worcester [10]
21 Jan Ray Reardon 5–5 John Spencer Cwmbran, Wales [5]
22 Jan Eddie Charlton 6–4 Doug Mountjoy Cwmbran, Wales Mountjoy: 130 [5]
31 Jan Alex Higgins 6–4 Doug Mountjoy St. Davis's Hall, Cardiff, Wales [5]
1 Feb Tony Knowles 5–5 Ray Reardon St. Davis's Hall, Cardiff, Wales Reardon: 100 [5]
4 Feb John Spencer 6–4 Alex Higgins Horwich Leisure Centre, Bolton Higgins: 113 [5]
5 Feb Kirk Stevens 6–4 Tony Knowles Horwich Leisure Centre, Bolton Knowles: 116 [5]
6 Feb David Taylor 6–4 John Spencer Macclesfield Leisure Centre, Macclesfield [5]
7 Feb Dennis Taylor 8–2 Eddie Charlton Macclesfield Leisure Centre, Macclesfield Taylor: 125 & 104 [5]
9 Feb Alex Higgins 5–5 Tony Knowles Howebridge Leisure Centre, Wigan Higgins: 114 [5]
10 Feb Dennis Taylor 7–3 David Taylor Howebridge Leisure Centre, Wigan David Taylor: 125 & 108 [5]
11 Feb John Spencer 7–3 Bill Werbeniuk Mansfield Leisure Centre, Mansfield [7]
12 Feb Jimmy White 6–4 David Taylor Mansfield Leisure Centre, Mansfield White was docked 2 frames for arriving 40 minutes late. [7]
14 Feb Tony Knowles 5–5 Dennis Taylor Hexagon Theatre, Reading Taylor: 104 [5]
14 Feb Bill Werbeniuk 6–4 Jimmy White Hexagon Theatre, Reading [5]
15 Feb Eddie Charlton 7–3 John Spencer Hexagon Theatre, Reading [5]
15 Feb John Virgo 6–4 Alex Higgins Hexagon Theatre, Reading Higgins: 108 [5]
16 Feb John Virgo 6–4 Jimmy White Southwold Sports Centre, Yate White: 114 [5]
17 Feb Doug Mountjoy 7–3 Kirk Stevens Southwold Sports Centre, Yate Mountjoy: 132 Stevens was docked 2 frames for arriving late. [5]
18 Feb John Virgo 6–4 Ray Reardon Stoke Rochford Hall, South Kesteven [5]
19 Feb John Spencer 8–2 Doug Mountjoy Stoke Rochford Hall, South Kesteven [5]
20 Feb Eddie Charlton 6–4 Ray Reardon Chesterfield Charlton: 115 & 114; Reardon: 101 [5]
21 Feb John Virgo 6–4 Kirk Stevens Chesterfield Virgo: 107 [5]
24 Feb Dennis Taylor 6–4 Bill Werbeniuk Cornwall Coliseum, St. Austell Taylor: 101; Werbeniuk: 136 [5]
25 Feb Doug Mountjoy 5–5 Ray Reardon Cornwall Coliseum, St. Austell Reardon: 112 [5]
5 Mar Eddie Charlton 6–4 Jimmy White Woodford Leisure Centre, Kingston-upon-Hull [5]
6 Mar Dennis Taylor 8–2 Kirk Stevens Woodford Leisure Centre, Kingston-upon-Hull Taylor: 132 [5]
7 Mar Eddie Charlton 7–3 John Virgo University of Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry [5]
8 Mar Kirk Stevens *–* David Taylor University of Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry Match postponed following Stevens withdrawal from the tournament.[11] [5]
8 Mar Eddie Charlton 6–4 David Taylor University of Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry Originally due to be played on 4 Apr in Bath, but was re-arranged following Kirk Stevens' withdrawal. [12]
10 Mar Eddie Charlton 8–2 Tony Knowles Gateshead Leisure Centre, Gateshead [5]
11 Mar John Spencer 5–5 John Virgo Gateshead Leisure Centre, Gateshead [5]
12 Mar Doug Mountjoy 7–3 Bill Werbeniuk York Mountjoy: 123 [5]
13 Mar John Virgo 6–4 Dennis Taylor York Virgo: 121 & 107; Taylor: 139 & 123 [5]
14 Mar Alex Higgins 5–5 David Taylor Huddersfield Leisure Centre, Huddersfield [13]
15 Mar John Virgo 8–2 Bill Werbeniuk Huddersfield Leisure Centre, Huddersfield Virgo: 102 [13]
17 Mar Kirk Stevens *–* Ray Reardon Derngate, Northampton Match postponed following Stevens withdrawal from the tournament.[11] [5]
18 Mar Doug Mountjoy 9–1 David Taylor Derngate, Northampton Mountjoy: 101 [5]
18 Mar Jimmy White 6–4 Alex Higgins Derngate, Northampton [5]
20 Mar Alex Higgins 6–4 Dennis Taylor Edinburgh, Scotland Higgins: 117 & 106 [5]
21 Mar Doug Mountjoy 7–3 Jimmy White Edinburgh, Scotland Mountjoy: 109 [5]
22 Mar Kirk Stevens *–* Bill Werbeniuk Inverness, Scotland Match postponed following Stevens withdrawal from the tournament.[11] [5]
24 Mar Dennis Taylor 7–3 John Spencer Warrington [5]
24 Mar Alex Higgins 7–3 Bill Werbeniuk Warrington Higgins: 136 & 112 [5]
25 Mar Doug Mountjoy 7–3 Tony Knowles Warrington Mountjoy: 116 & 110 Knowles was docked 1 frame for arriving late. [5]
25 Mar Jimmy White 6–4 Ray Reardon Warrington White: 119; Reardon: 105 [5]
2 Apr Dennis Taylor 7–3 Jimmy White Southampton [5]
3 Apr Tony Knowles 6–4 John Spencer Southampton [5]
5 Apr Ray Reardon 6–4 Bill Werbeniuk Bath Sports & Leisure Centre, Bath [5]
7 Apr Dennis Taylor 7–3 Ray Reardon Fairfield Halls, Croydon Taylor: 108 [5]
8 Apr Alex Higgins 7–3 Eddie Charlton Fairfield Halls, Croydon Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). [5]
10 Apr Doug Mountjoy 5–5 John Virgo Oasis Leisure Centre, Swindon [5]
12 Apr John Virgo 6–4 Tony Knowles Kelham Hall, Kelham Virgo: 106 [14]
13 Apr Tony Knowles 5–5 Jimmy White Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth White: 105 & 104 [15]
14 Apr Alex Higgins 5–5 Ray Reardon Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth White: 105 & 104 [15]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Premier/Matchroom League, Matchroom Championship League". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Davis baulks at new league". The Guardian. 2 November 1983. p. 25.
  3. ^ "Davis turns down league". Western Daily Press. 2 November 1983. p. 26.
  4. ^ "Seeing red over Davis". Daily Mirror. 2 November 1983. p. 29.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw "Fans back new snooker league". South Wales Echo. 27 December 1983. p. 16.
  6. ^ a b Clive Everton, ed. (1984). Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (First Edition). London: Virgin Books. pp. 91–92. ISBN 0863690513.
  7. ^ a b c d e "On cue for Notts!". Evening Post. 1 November 1983. p. 20.
  8. ^ a b "Steve finds it's a mad, mad, mad, mad world". Evening Standard. 5 December 1983. p. 35.
  9. ^ a b "Professional Snooker League". Evening Post. 11 November 1983. p. 42.
  10. ^ a b "Worcester top venue". Birmingham Evening Mail. 8 November 1983. p. 42.
  11. ^ a b c "Stevens blasts warning". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 24 April 1984. p. 13.
  12. ^ "Charlton in for Stevens". 9 March 1984. p. 36.
  13. ^ a b "Snooker 'circus' comes to town". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 12 November 1983. p. 14.
  14. ^ "Virgo's fans in the money". Football Post. 14 April 1984. p. 23.
  15. ^ a b "Davis, Griffiths & Meo spurn new league set-up". Daily Telegraph. 2 November 1983. p. 29.

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