1986 UK Championship

1986 Tennent's UK Championship 1986 11 22 1986 11 30 y Preston Guild Hall Preston England WPBSA Ranking event £300,000Morrison Ian 1986 The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker Twickenham Hamlyn Publishing Group 0600501922 101 £60,000 Jimmy White ENG (144)Friskin Sydney Davis relaxed and ready to defend 2 December 1986 The Times London 37 Steve Davis ENG Neal Foulds ENG 16–7 1985 1987 The 1986 UK Championship (officially the 1986 Tennent's UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 22 and 30 November 1986 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. Scottish brewing company Tennent's took over as sponsors of the UK Championship when Coral withdrew their sponsorship after eight years.Turner Chris UK Championship http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/uk.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160153/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/uk.html 16 February 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 1 March 2011 Steve Davis won his fifth UK title by defeating Neal Foulds 16–7 in the final; Foulds had won the International Open two months earlier. Winning the top prize of £60,000, Davis achieved a personal landmark with his victory as it took his career winnings above £1 million.Hayton Eric N. Dee John The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History 2004 Rose Villa Publications Lowestoft 978-0-9548549-0-4 34 The highest break of the tournament was a 144 made by Jimmy White. The event is more remembered for Alex Higgins headbutting the Tournament Director Paul Hatherell following his last 16 victory against Mike Hallett. The incident threatening him to be removed from the tournament but he stayed and after defeating Wayne Jones in the quarter finals, he lost 3–9 to Steve Davis in the semi-final. Higgins was later fined £12,000 and banned from five subsequent tournaments.https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/hurricane-swept-all-before-him-26666325.html Hurricane swept all before him 25 July 2010 Independent.ie 13 March 2020 Main draw UK Championship http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=34 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071813/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=34 24 January 2013 Snooker Scene 25 May 20121986 UK Championship Results http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=119 Snooker Database 13 October 2010 18 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160318202829/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=119 dead Last 64Best of 17 frames Last 32Best of 17 frames Last 16Best of 17 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 17 frames Semi-finalsBest of 17 frames FinalBest of 31 frames ENG Steve Davis 9 WAL Tony Chappel 7 AUS Eddie Charlton 9 ENG Vic Harris 2 RSA 1982 Silvino Francisco 9 ENG Ken Owers 3 ENG Dean Reynolds 9 CAN Bernie Mikkelsen 6 MLT Tony Drago 9 ENG Rex Williams 7 ENG John Virgo 9 ENG Graham Miles 7 ENG Willie Thorne 9 NIR Tommy Murphy 4 RSA 1982 Robbie Grace 9 SCO Murdo MacLeod 6 NIR Alex Higgins 9 SCO Stephen Hendry 8 ENG Dave Martin 9 ENG Ian Williamson 5 ENG Tony Meo 9 NIR Joe O'Boye 8 ENG Mike Hallett 9 AUS Warren King 5 WAL Ray Reardon 9 SCO Matt Gibson 6 IRL Eugene Hughes 9 WAL Colin Roscoe 8 NIR Dennis Taylor 9 ENG David Roe 5 WAL Wayne Jones 9 AUS John Campbell 3 CAN Cliff Thorburn 9 ENG Danny Fowler 7 ENG David Taylor 9 CAN Bob Chaperon 8 CAN Kirk Stevens 9 ENG George Scott 2 ENG John Spencer 9 WAL Cliff Wilson 5 ENG Neal Foulds 9 ENG Graham Cripsey 7 CAN Jim Wych 9 ENG Bob Harris 6 ENG Jimmy White 9 ENG Ray Edmonds 4 RSA 1982 Peter Francisco 9 ENG Mike Watterson 4 ENG Tony Knowles 9 SCO John Rea 4 ENG Tony Jones 9 ENG Barry West 4 WAL Terry Griffiths 9 ENG Paul Gibson 3 NZL Dene O'Kane 9 CAN Bill Werbeniuk 5 WAL Doug Mountjoy 9 NIR Jack McLaughlin 6 ENG Steve Longworth 9 ENG Brian Rowswell 3 ENG Joe Johnson 9 ENG Jon Wright 1 ENG John Parrott 9 ENG Malcolm Bradley 4 ENG Steve Davis 9 AUS Eddie Charlton 6 RSA 1982 Silvino Francisco 8 ENG Dean Reynolds 9 MLT Tony Drago 9 ENG John Virgo 6 ENG Willie Thorne 9 RSA 1982 Robbie Grace 1 NIR Alex Higgins 9 ENG Dave Martin 6 ENG Tony Meo 4 ENG Mike Hallett 9 WAL Ray Reardon 5 IRL Eugene Hughes 9 NIR Dennis Taylor 2 WAL Wayne Jones 9 CAN Cliff Thorburn 9 ENG David Taylor 4 CAN Kirk Stevens 4 ENG John Spencer 9 ENG Neal Foulds 9 CAN Jim Wych 3 ENG Jimmy White 9 RSA 1982 Peter Francisco 5 ENG Tony Knowles 9 ENG Tony Jones 5 WAL Terry Griffiths 9 NZL Dene O'Kane 0 WAL Doug Mountjoy 1 ENG Steve Longworth 9 ENG Joe Johnson 1 ENG John Parrott 9 ENG Steve Davis 9 ENG Dean Reynolds 5 MLT Tony Drago 9 ENG Willie Thorne 5 NIR Alex Higgins 9 ENG Mike Hallett 7 IRL Eugene Hughes 5 WAL Wayne Jones 9 CAN Cliff Thorburn 9 ENG John Spencer 2 ENG Neal Foulds 9 ENG Jimmy White 7 ENG Tony Knowles 9 WAL Terry Griffiths 6 ENG Steve Longworth 6 ENG John Parrott 9 ENG Steve Davis 9 MLT Tony Drago 8 NIR Alex Higgins 9 WAL Wayne Jones 5 CAN Cliff Thorburn 2 ENG Neal Foulds 9 ENG Tony Knowles 4 ENG John Parrott 9 ENG Steve Davis 9 NIR Alex Higgins 3 ENG Neal Foulds 9 ENG John Parrott 3 ENG Steve Davis 16 ENG Neal Foulds 7 Final Final: Best of 31 frames. Referee: John StreetThe Guild Hall, Preston, England, 29 and 30 November 1986. Steve Davis 16–7 Neal Foulds First session: 20–64 (63), 39–90 (53), 62–19, 79–39, 79–15, 71–59, 53–57Second session: 104–0 (104), 9–63, 53–43, 82–20 (61), 80–1 (80), 96–38 (65), 123–0 (56, 67)Third session: 18–80 (67), 78–70 (Foulds 56), 110–0 (110), 24–81, 65–28, 76–45 (59), 56–75 Fourth session: 124–0 (124), 75–0 (66) 124 Highest break 67 3 Century breaks 0 10 50+ breaks 4 Century breaks 144, 125 Jimmy White 141, 125 Willie Thorne 141, 103 Tony Drago 140, 136, 124, 123, 123, 114 Neal Foulds 137, 136, 128 John Parrott 132 Terry Griffiths 131 Graham Cripsey 129, 125, 119, 109 Cliff Thorburn 124, 118, 110, 110, 104 Steve Davis 124 David Taylor 123 Gino Rigitano 123 Jon Wright 120 Mike Hallett 117 Dennis Taylor 112 Jim Donnelly 112 Tony Jones 110, 106 Joe Johnson 110, 103 Bob Harris 110 Kirk Stevens 107 Dean Reynolds 106 Wayne Jones 104 Steve Newbury 103 Paul Watchorn 102 Dene O'Kane 101 John Virgo References 1986 Uk Championship UK Championship UK Championship