1976–77 snooker season

none January 2024 July 2013 September 1976 – 7 May 1977 8 (1 ranking event) WAL Doug Mountjoy ENG John Spencer 1975–76 1977–78 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. __TOC__ New professionals John Virgo was accepted by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association as a professional player at the Association's July 1976 meeting.New pro Snooker Scene August 1976 7 Doug Mountjoy, Roy Andrewartha and Chris Ross all became professionals after competing in the 1976 World Amateur Snooker Championship in October, which Mountjoy won.Everton Clive Hat trick hopes https://www.newspapers.comarticle/the-guardian-hat-trick-hopes/137091034/ The Guardian London 26 November 1976 24Everton Clive 1981 The Guinness Book of Snooker Guinness Superlatives Ltd Enfield 0851122302 150–153 Patsy Fagan joined the professional ranks in October.How they line up – snooker special 3 Sports Argus 45 20 October 1979 Calendar DateDates use the mm-dd date format. Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Reference 09-?? 09-?? AUS NR Australian Professional Championship Dandenong Football Club Melbourne AUS Eddie Charlton AUS Paddy Morgan w/o–w/d Turner Chris Other National Professional Championships http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/natpro.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120107161810/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/natpro.html 7 January 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 4 February 2013 09-?? 09-?? CAN NR Canadian Open Canadian National Exhibition Stadium Toronto ENG John Spencer NIR Alex Higgins 17–9 Turner Chris Canadian Open, Canadian Masters http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/canmast.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155138/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/canmast.html 16 February 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 3 June 2013 11–28 12–11 AUS NR World Professional Match-play Championship Nunawading Basketball Centre Melbourne AUS Eddie Charlton WAL Ray Reardon 31–24 Turner Chris World Matchplay http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/matchplay.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120228200020/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/matchplay.html 28 February 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 14 March 2011 01-?? 01-?? ENG NR Pot Black BBC Studios Birmingham RSA 1928 Perrie Mans WAL Doug Mountjoy 1–0 Pot Black History http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/History/tourn_hist_potblack.htm Global Snooker Centre https://web.archive.org/web/20081224154719/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/History/tourn_hist_potblack.htm 24 December 2008http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/PotBlack.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216154927/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/PotBlack.html 16 February 2012 Pot Black, Junior Pot Black cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 17 May 2010 02–07 02–11 ENG NR The Masters New London Theatre London WAL Doug Mountjoy WAL Ray Reardon 7–6 Turner Chris The Masters http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masters.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120107160419/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masters.html 7 January 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 10 July 2012Turner Chris On this Week: White becomes Brown http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/08022010/58/week-white-becomes-brown.html Eurosport UK 24 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120918231307/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/08022010/58/week-white-becomes-brown.html 18 September 2012 liveSnooker Scene, February 1977, page 9 02–17 02–18 IRL NR Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament Leopardstown Racecourse Dublin NIR Alex Higgins WAL Ray Reardon 5–3 Turner Chris Irish Masters http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/irishmast.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155735/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/irishmast.html 16 February 2012 Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 18 November 2010 04–18 04–30 ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield ENG John Spencer CAN Cliff Thorburn 25–21 Turner Chris World Professional Championship Chris Turner's Snooker Archive http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/world.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130416080933/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/world.html 16 April 2013 2 May 2011 04–30 05–07 WAL NR Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn ENG John Spencer ENG John Pulman 7–5 Pontin's Roll of Honour http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Pontins/pontins-roll-of-honour.htm Global Snooker Centre 19 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20080406235708/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Pontins/pontins-roll-of-honour.htm 6 April 2008Turner Chris Pontins Open, Pontins Professional, Pontins World Pro-Am Series http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pontins.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120228200841/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pontins.html 28 February 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 6 February 2013Snooker Scene, May 1977, page 27 WR = World ranking event NR = Non-ranking event Official rankings Snooker world rankings 1976/1977 The top 16 of the world rankings.Turner Chris Historical World Rankings 1975/76 to 1989/90 http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/HistoricRank1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120608214119/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/HistoricRank1.html 8 June 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 24 October 2011Ranking History http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp?sort=1976/1977&order=asc Snooker.org 6 February 2011Hayton Eric The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker 2004 Rose Villa Publications Lowestoft 0-9548549-0-X 119–123 No. Ch.Indicates a relation to the Order of Merit used during the 1975/1976 season. Name PointsWorld Rankings – History and Development http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/History/history_rankings.htm Global Snooker Centre 24 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20040803184513/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/History/history_rankings.htm 3 August 2004 1 Wales Ray Reardon 15 2 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 9 3 Australia Eddie Charlton 8 4 England Fred Davis 6 5 England Graham Miles 6 6 England Rex Williams 6 7 South Africa 1928 Perrie Mans 5 8 England John Spencer 5 9 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 5 10 Wales Gary Owen 4 11 England John Dunning 4 12 England Jim Meadowcroft 3 13 Canada Cliff Thorburn 3 14 Canada Bill Werbeniuk 3 15 England John Pulman 3 16 England David Taylor 2 Notes n References 1976 Season 1977 Season 1976