1986 Grand Prix (snooker)

Rothmans Grand Prix 1986 10 18 1986 10 26 y Hexagon Theatre Reading England WPBSA Ranking event £275,000Morrison Ian 1986 The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker Twickenham Hamlyn Publishing Group 0600501922 101 £55,000 Jimmy White ENG (138)White sweeps away veteran https://www.newspapers.com/article/leicester-mercury-wsav/179563510/ Leicester Daily Mercury 27 October 1986 27 Newspapers.com Jimmy White ENG Rex Williams ENG 10–6 1985 1987 The 1986 Rothmans Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 18 to 26 October 1986 at the Hexagon Theatre in Reading.https://www.newspapers.com/article/reading-evening-post-scu/179563748/ Newspapers.com Stars cue up at the Hexagon Reading Evening Post 4 October 1986 4Turner Chris Professional Players Tournament, Grand Prix, LG Cup http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/GP.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155938/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/GP.html 16 February 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 4 June 2012 Rex Williams reached his first (and only) major final in a professional snooker tournament after being a professional since 1951. He was 53 years and 98 days old, making him the oldest player in a ranking final. He had defeated Jim Bear, Mark Wildman, Alex Higgins, Steve Davis and Neal Foulds before facing Jimmy White in the final.Turner Chris Various Snooker Records http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Records.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130210111343/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Records.html 10 February 2013 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 4 June 2012 During that match Williams took a 5–2 lead which he had made a break of 125 in the 7th frame and 6–4 before White took the last 6 frames to win 10–6. Rounds 1 to 3 were played at Redwood Lodge, Bristol, from 17 to 24 September 1986.Calendar of events 1986-7 Cue World September 1986 14–15 Terry Griffiths set a Grand Prix record with a break of 136 against Steve Davis in the fourth round.White is hero at Hexagon Cue World December 1986 5–9 This was superseded by a break of 137 by Willie Thorne against Neal Foulds in round five. White then made a break of 138 against Silvino Francisco in their semi-final.Everton Clive Williams humbles Davis 5–1 The Guardian 25 October 1986 16 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-whd/179564881/ Newspapers.com The quarter-final between White and 17-year-old Stephen Hendry went to the deciding frame. Hendry missed potting the blue ball in that frame and White went on to win. Williams nearly inflicted the first whitewash of Davis's professional career, taking a four-frame lead but then not potting a black ball that would have meant a 5–0 win. After Davis had won the fifth frame, Williams completed his victory with a break of 74 in frame 6. In the semi-finals, White defeated Francisco 9–6, and Williams eliminated Foulds 9–8. Williams led 5–3 at the end of the first session of the final. White took the first frame of the second session, then Williams won the next frame to lead 6–4. White then added six consecutive frames to take the title.Smith Terry William falls at final hurdle The Daily Telegraph 27 October 1986 34 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-wfafh/179564312/ Newspapers.comEverton Clive White's tornado The Guardian 27 October 1986 28 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-wt/179564729/ Newspapers.com Prize fund The breakdown of prize money is shown below:Where the £275,000 went Snooker Scene December 1986 17 Winner: £55,000 Runner-up: £33,000 Semi-finalists: £16,500 Quarter-finalists: £8,250 Last 16: £4,125 Last 32: £2,664 Last 64: £1,202 Highest break, round 4 onwards: £5,500 Highest break, rounds 1 to 3: £1,375 In addition to the prize fund, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association made contributions of £150 to 24 of the players who lost in rounds 1 and 2. Main draw Grand Prix http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=21 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071643/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=21 24 January 2013 Snooker Scene 11 May 2012 Round 3 (Last 64)Best of 9 frames Round 4 (Last 32)Best of 9 frames Round 5 (Last 16)Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 17 frames FinalBest of 19 frames ENG Steve Davis 5 SCO Matt Gibson 1 MLT Tony Drago 5 AUS Eddie Charlton 4 WAL Terry Griffiths 5 CAN Mario Morra 3 AUS John Campbell 5 ENG Geoff Foulds 0 ENG Rex Williams 5 CAN Jim Bear 2 ENG Mark Wildman 5 ENG Steve Longworth 2 NIR Alex Higgins 5 ENG Fred Davis 0 ENG Dave Martin w/o ENG Jim Meadowcroft w/d ENG Willie Thorne 5 ENG Steve Duggan 0 AUS Warren King 5 CAN Bill Werbeniuk 2 ENG Neal Foulds 5 ENG Graham Miles 1 WAL Cliff Wilson 5 AUS Ian Anderson 4 ENG Tony Meo 5 WAL Tony Chappel 1 ENG John Parrott 5 ENG Graham Cripsey 4 NIR Dennis Taylor 5 ENG Jon Wright 3 ENG John Virgo 5 IRL Patsy Fagan 2 NIR Joe O'Boye 5 CAN Cliff Thorburn 4 WAL Steve Newbury 5 ENG Dean Reynolds 0 ZAF 1982 Silvino Francisco 5 ENG John Spencer 4 WAL Wayne Jones 5 ENG David Taylor 1 WAL Doug Mountjoy 5 ENG Bob Harris 2 CAN Jim Wych 5 SCO John Rea 2 ENG Tony Knowles 5 ENG David Roe 3 ZAF 1982 Peter Francisco 5 ENG Paul Medati 1 ENG Jimmy White 5 ENG Tony Jones 0 NIR Jack McLaughlin 5 ENG Barry West 1 ENG Les Dodd 5 CAN Kirk Stevens 4 ENG Mike Hallett 5 ENG Vic Harris 2 CAN Bob Chaperon 5 WAL Ray Reardon 3 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 IRL Eugene Hughes 1 IRL Paddy Browne 5 ENG Joe Johnson 2 WAL Mark Bennett 5 SCO Murdo MacLeod 1 ENG Steve Davis 5 MLT Tony Drago 1 WAL Terry Griffiths 5 AUS John Campbell 1 ENG Rex Williams 5 ENG Mark Wildman 1 NIR Alex Higgins 5 ENG Dave Martin 2 ENG Willie Thorne 5 AUS Warren King 2 ENG Neal Foulds 5 WAL Cliff Wilson 0 ENG Tony Meo 5 ENG John Parrott 3 NIR Dennis Taylor 5 ENG John Virgo 1 NIR Joe O'Boye 2 WAL Steve Newbury 5 ZAF 1982 Silvino Francisco 5 WAL Wayne Jones 4 WAL Doug Mountjoy 5 CAN Jim Wych 1 ENG Tony Knowles 5 ZAF 1982 Peter Francisco 3 ENG Jimmy White 5 NIR Jack McLaughlin 2 ENG Les Dodd 2 ENG Mike Hallett 5 CAN Bob Chaperon 2 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 IRL Paddy Browne 5 WAL Mark Bennett 0 ENG Steve Davis 5 WAL Terry Griffiths 2 ENG Rex Williams 5 NIR Alex Higgins 1 ENG Willie Thorne 3 ENG Neal Foulds 5 ENG Tony Meo 5 NIR Dennis Taylor 2 WAL Steve Newbury 2 ZAF 1982 Silvino Francisco 5 WAL Doug Mountjoy 1 ENG Tony Knowles 5 ENG Jimmy White 5 ENG Mike Hallett 1 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 IRL Paddy Browne 3 ENG Steve Davis 1 ENG Rex Williams 5 ENG Neal Foulds 5 ENG Tony Meo 3 ZAF 1982 Silvino Francisco 5 ENG Tony Knowles 2 ENG Jimmy White 5 SCO Stephen Hendry 4 ENG Rex Williams 9 ENG Neal Foulds 8 ZAF 1982 Silvino Francisco 6 ENG Jimmy White 9 ENG Rex Williams 6 ENG Jimmy White 10 Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: John Williams Hexagon Theatre, Reading, England, 26 October 1986. Jimmy White 10–6 Rex Williams 11–72 (53), 57–47, 130–3 (101), 54–73, 44–84, 44–74, 0–126 (125), 90–4 (73), 83–24, 0–76, 72–16, 79–39 (68), 79–23, 63–61, 88–8 (51), 79–8 (72) 101 Highest break125 1 Century breaks 1 5 50+ breaks 2 Rounds 1 and 2 Results from the first two rounds are below.Road to Reading ends at Bristol for some top players Snooker Scene November 1986 22–25 2 y 32 200 Round 1Best of 19 frames Round 2Best of 19 frames Derek Mienie RSA 1982 5 Jack Fitzmaurice ENG 2 Paul Watchorn IRL 5 Mike Darrington ENG 2 Mario Morra CAN 5 Steve James ENG 3 Geoff Foulds ENG 5 Glen Wilkinson AUS 3 Jim Bear CAN 5 Bernard Bennett ENG 2 Francois Ellis RSA 1982 w.o. Eddie McLauglin SCO Jim Meadowcroft ENG 5 David Greaves ENG 2 Terry Whitthread ENG w.o. Sakchai Sim Ngam THA Jim Donnelly SCO 5 Nigel Gilbert ENG 1 Frank Jonik CAN w.o. Leon Heywood AUS Ian Anderson AUS 5 Bill Oliver ENG 4 Tony Kearney IRL 5 Greg Jenkins AUS 3 Paul Gibson ENG 5 John Dunning ENG 1 Jon Wright ENG 5 Mick Fisher ENG 1 Robbie Grace RSA 1982 5 Pat Houlihan ENG 1 Dave Gilbert ENG 5 Brian Rowswell ENG 1 Pascal Burke IRE 5 Colin Roscoe WAL 3 Jackie Rea NIR 5 Dennis Hughes ENG 2 5 David Roe ENG 5 John Hargreaves ENG 1 Gino Rigitano CAN 5 Clive Everton WAL 1 Martin Smith ENG 5 Mike Hines RSA 1982 2 Jack McLaughlin NIR 5 Ken Owers ENG 2 Billy Kelly IRL 5 Maurice Parkin ENG 2 Dave Chalmers ENG 5 Omprakesh Agrawal IND 1 Dessie Sheehan IRE 5 Bert Demarco SCO 1 Mark Bennett WAL 5 Mike Watterson ENG 1 Matt Gibson SCO 5 Derek Mienie SAF 4 Tony Drago MLT 5 Paul Watchorn IRL 3 Ian Black SCO 4 Mario Morra CAN 5 Bernie Mikkelsen CAN 1 Geoff Foulds ENG 5 Danny Fowler ENG 2 Jim Bear CAN 5 Mark Wildman ENG 5 Francois Ellis RSA 1982 1 Fred Davis ENG 5 Roger Bales ENG 4 Perrie Mans RSA 1982 Jim Meadowcroft ENG w.o. Steve Duggan ENG 5 Terry Whitthread ENG 1 Warren King AUS 5 Jim Donnelly SCO 2 Graham Miles ENG 5 Frank Jonik CAN 1 Tommy Murphy NIR 4 Ian Anderson AUS 5 Tony Chappel WAL 5 Tony Kearney IRL 1 Graham Cripsey ENG 5 Paul Gibson ENG 3 Malcolm Bradley CAN 0 Jon Wright ENG 5 Patsy Fagan IRE 5 Robbie Grace RSA 1982 3 Joe O'Boye IRE 5 Ray Edmonds ENG 2 Steve Newbury WAL 5 Dave Gilbert ENG 1 John Spencer ENG 5 Pascal Burke IRL 3 Wayne Jones WAL 5 Robby Foldvari AUS 2 Bob Harris ENG 5 Jackie Rea NIR 0 John Rea SCO 5 Eddie Sinclair SCO 4 Jimmy van Rensberg RSA 1982 3 David Roe ENG 5 Paul Medati ENG 5 Gino Rigitano CAN 1 Tony Jones ENG 5 Martin Smith ENG 0 Marcel Gauvreau CAN 3 Jack McLaughlin NIR 5 Les Dodd ENG 5 George Scott ENG 2 Vic Harris ENG 5 Billy Kelly IRL 3 Bob Chaperon CAN 5 Dave Chalmers ENG 2 Stephen Hendry SCO 5 Ian Williamson ENG 1 Paddy Browne IRE 5 Dessie Sheehan IRL 4 Dene O'Kane NZL 2 Mark Bennett WAL 5 Century breaks Round 4 onwardsBreak Chart Cue World December 1986 9 138, 114, 101 Jimmy White 137 Willie Thorne 136 Terry Griffiths 125 Rex Williams 106 Stephen Hendry 103 John Parrott Rounds 1 to 3Breaks Cue World November 1986 13 134 Tony Chappel 124 Tony Knowles 113 Willie Thorne 108 Eddie Charlton 107 Stephen Hendry 102 Wayne Jone 101 Jim Bear References 1986 Grand Prix Grand Prix (snooker)