1977–78 snooker season

1977–78 snooker season
Details
Duration17 September 1977 – June 1978
Tournaments13 (1 ranking event)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship Patsy Fagan
Masters Alex Higgins
World Championship Ray Reardon

The 1977–78 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between September 1977 and June 1978. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and the invitational events.

Calendar

Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Reference
08-17 09-05 CAN NR Canadian Open Canadian National Exhibition Stadium Toronto Alex Higgins John Spencer 17–14 [1]
09-?? 09-?? AUS NR Australian Professional Championship Golden Bowl Melbourne Eddie Charlton Paddy Morgan 25–21 [2]
09-25 09-26 WAL NR Welsh Professional Championship Club Double Diamond Caerphilly Ray Reardon Doug Mountjoy 12–8 [3][4]
11-26 12-03 ENG NR UK Championship Tower Circus Blackpool Patsy Fagan Doug Mountjoy 12–9 [5][6]
12-?? 12-?? ENG NR Pot Black BBC Studios Birmingham Doug Mountjoy Graham Miles 2–1 [7][8]
12-21 ENG NR Dry Blackthorn Cup Wembley Conference Centre London Patsy Fagan Alex Higgins 4–2 [9][10]
02-02 02-04 NIR NR Irish Professional Championship Ulster Hall Belfast Alex Higgins Dennis Taylor 21–7 [11][12]
02-06 02-10 ENG NR The Masters New London Theatre London Alex Higgins Cliff Thorburn 7–5 [13][14]
03-08 03-10 IRL NR Irish Masters Goff's Kill John Spencer Doug Mountjoy 5–3 [15][16]
04-13 04-16 NIR NR Irish Professional Championship Ulster Hall Belfast Alex Higgins Patsy Fagan 21–13 [11][17]
04-17 04-29 ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Ray Reardon Perrie Mans 25–18 [18]
04-29 05-06 WAL NR Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn Ray Reardon John Spencer 7–2 [19][20][21]
06-10 NIR NR Golden Masters Queen's Hall Newtownards Doug Mountjoy Ray Reardon 4–2 [9]
WR = World ranking event
NR = Non-ranking event

Official rankings

Main article: Snooker world rankings 1977/1978

The top 16 of the world rankings.[22][23][24]

No. Ch. Name
1 Ray Reardon
2 John Spencer
3 Eddie Charlton
4 Dennis Taylor
5 Alex Higgins
6 Cliff Thorburn
7 John Pulman
8 Graham Miles
9 Fred Davis
10 Perrie Mans
11 Rex Williams
12 David Taylor
13 Gary Owen
14 Doug Mountjoy
15 Jim Meadowcroft
16 John Dunning

Notes

  1. ^ Dates use the mm-dd date format.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Turner, Chris. "Welsh Professional Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  4. ^ Snooker Scene, September 1977, page 19
  5. ^ Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  6. ^ Snooker Scene, November 1977, page 3
  7. ^ "Pot Black History". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ a b Turner, Chris. "Other Non-Ranking and Invition Events". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  10. ^ Snooker Scene, December 1977, page 20
  11. ^ a b 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.
  12. ^ Snooker Scene, March 1978, page 7
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ Snooker Scene, February 1978, page 25
  15. ^ Turner, Chris. "Irish Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  16. ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Hallett wins English Pro title". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  17. ^ Snooker Scene, June 1978, page 23
  18. ^ Turner, Chris. "World Professional Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  19. ^ "Pontin's Roll of Honour". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 6 April 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ Snooker Scene, March 1978, page 12
  22. ^ 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.
  23. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  24. ^ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
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