1973 Men of the Midlands

Professional invitational snooker tournament August 2020 August 2020 1973 Men of the Midlands January – February 1973 various England Non-ranking event £500 Alex Higgins NIR Ray Reardon WAL 5–3 1972 Last The 1973 Men of the Midlands was a professional invitational snooker tournament, that took place in January and February 1973 The tournament was won by Alex Higgins, who defeated Ray Reardon 5–3 in the final. The competition featured a round-robin group stage, with four world snooker champions, John Pulman, John Spencer, Reardon and Higgins each playing the other three once. Spencer puts on style Coventry Evening Telegraph Coventry 25 January 1973 50 Reardon finished on top of the group table. Higgins too hot for Ray Belfast Telegraph Belfast 6 February 1973 17 In the final, Higgins won the first frame, making a break of 47, and Reardon won the next making a break of 45. Higgins won the next to lead 3–1. Reardon won the fifth frame, but Higgins achieved victory by winning the sixth frame with a break of 70 and going on to take the match 5–3. The tournament was sponsored by Mitchells and Butlers. Higgins earned £500 prize money as champion. Final Higgins takes Men of Midlands title Birmingham Daily Post Birmingham 6 February 1973 25 Final: Best-of-9 frames.Whispering Wheels Club, Wolverhampton, 5 February 1973 Alex Higgins NIR 5–3 Ray Reardon WALFrame 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Alex Higgins 75 56 75 82 31 8249 86 Ray Reardon 5 58 48 38 77 39 7252 Frames won (Higgins first) 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–2 4–2 4–3 5–3Alex Higgins wins the 1973 Men of the Midlands title References Category:1973 in snooker Category:1973 in English sport Category:January 1973 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:February 1973 sports events in the United Kingdom