1983 Professional Players Tournament

Professional Players Tournament 1983 10 10 1983 10 21 y Redwood Lodge Bristol England WPBSA Ranking event £60,000 £12,500 Joe Johnson ENG (135) Tony Knowles ENG Joe Johnson ENG 9–8 1982 1984 The 1983 Professional Players Tournament was a professional ranking snooker tournament which took place between 3 September and 21 October 1983. In a change from the previous year, the event was hosted at one venue, the 600-seater Redwood Lodge in Bristol. The following year, it would be renamed as the Grand Prix.Turner 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 14 September 2012 The event started on 10 October, the day after the finish of the International Open at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Cliff Thorburn, a finalist in the International Open, had to travel overnight to Bristol for his first match the following morning, but won against Vic Harris 5–1.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ufU9AAAAIBAJ&pg=5670%2C2166873 Snooker The Glasgow Herald 22 11 October 1983 World number one Steve Davis was beaten 5–2 at the last-32 stage by Mike Hallett.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v_U9AAAAIBAJ&pg=4662%2C3567101 David beaten by unknown The Glasgow Herald 22 18 October 1983 Willie Thorne reached his first major semi-final after beating Eugene Hughes 5–2 in the quarter-finals.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wfU9AAAAIBAJ&pg=5024%2C4052473 Thorburn beaten The Glasgow Herald 17 20 October 1983 Hughes had reached the quarter-finals after beating Bill Werbeniuk 5–0 and then Terry Griffiths 5–2 at the last-16 stage.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vvU9AAAAIBAJ&pg=3877%2C3314920 Twitchy Werbeniuk goes out The Glasgow Herald 15 17 October 1983https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wPU9AAAAIBAJ&pg=6941%2C3839316 Griffiths crashes to Hughes The Glasgow Herald 22 19 October 1983 Joe Johnson reached the first ranking final of his four-year professional career, defeating Pascal Burke, Jimmy White, Eddie Charlton, Cliff Thorburn and Tony Meo. His opponent Tony Knowles reached his second ranking final, overcoming Paul Medati, Rex Williams, Silvino Francisco, John Campbell and Willie Thorne.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wvU9AAAAIBAJ&pg=1591%2C4411596 Knowles the lone survivor The Glasgow Herald 31 21 October 1983 In the final, Knowles dominated most of the match, building a 6–1 lead. Johnson then made the highest break of the tournament, a 135, in recovering to a score of 5–7 and eventually levelled the match at 8–8. Knowles won the deciding frame on the colours, to prevail 9–8, winning the first prize of £12,500. Johnson won £7,500 as runner-up and £1,000 for the high break prize.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w_U9AAAAIBAJ&pg=5863%2C4629652 Johnson's fightback just fails The Glasgow Herald 18 22 October 1983 Main draw Professional Players Championship http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=29 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071750/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=29 24 January 2013 Snooker Scene 24 November 20111983 Grand Prix Results http://snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=154 Snooker Database 29 November 2017 1 December 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031854/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=154 dead main 5 200 yes high Last 64Best of 9 frames Last 32Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 17 frames no Ray Reardon WAL (1) 5 George Ganim AUS 4 Steve Duggan ENG 5 John Dunning ENG 2 Willie Thorne ENG 5 Clive Everton WAL 1 John Spencer ENG (16) 5 Ian Black SCO 2 Eugene Hughes IRL 5 Eddie Sinclair SCO 4 Bill Werbeniuk CAN (8) 5 Tony Jones ENG 4 Terry Griffiths WAL (9) 5 Les Dodd ENG 1 John Parrott ENG 5 Patsy Fagan IRL 2 Tony Knowles ENG (4) 5 Paul Medati ENG 1 Rex Williams ENG 5 Dessie Sheehan IRL 1 Silvino Francisco RSA 1982 5 Mario Morra CAN 3 George Scott ENG 5 Dennis Taylor NIR (13) 4 John Campbell AUS 5 Doug Mountjoy WAL (12) 3 Graham Miles ENG 5 Marcel Gauvreau CAN 3 Dave Martin ENG 5 Jack Fitzmaurice ENG 0 Mike Watterson ENG 5 Alex Higgins NIR (5) 2 WAL Ray Reardon (1) 5 ENG Steve Duggan 2 ENG Willie Thorne 5 ENG John Spencer (16) 1 IRL Eugene Hughes 5 CAN Bill Werbeniuk (8) 0 WAL Terry Griffiths (9) 5 ENG John Parrott 1 ENG Tony Knowles (4) 5 ENG Rex Williams 4 RSA 1982 Silvino Francisco 5 ENG George Scott 1 AUS John Campbell 5 ENG Graham Miles 2 ENG Dave Martin 5 ENG Mike Watterson 4 WAL Ray Reardon (1) 3 ENG Willie Thorne 5 IRL Eugene Hughes 5 WAL Terry Griffiths (9) 2 ENG Tony Knowles (4) 5 RSA 1982 Silvino Francisco 0 AUS John Campbell 5 ENG Dave Martin 0 ENG Willie Thorne 5 IRL Eugene Hughes 1 ENG Tony Knowles (4) 5 AUS John Campbell 3 ENG Willie Thorne 7 ENG Tony Knowles (4) 9 main 5 200 yes high Last 64Best of 9 frames Last 32Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 17 frames no Joe Johnson ENG 5 Pascal Burke IRL 3 Jimmy White ENG (11) 5 Ian Williamson ENG 2 Eddie Charlton AUS (6) 5 Eddie McLaughlin SCO 0 Mick Fisher ENG 5 Fred Davis ENG 4 Cliff Thorburn CAN (3) 5 Vic Harris ENG 1 Jim Meadowcroft ENG 5 Colin Roscoe WAL 4 Cliff Wilson WAL 5 Bernard Bennett ENG 1 John Virgo ENG (14) 5 Doug French ENG 4 Tony Meo ENG (15) 5 Warren King AUS 2 Dean Reynolds ENG 5 David Greaves ENG 1 Mike Hallett ENG 5 Billy Kelly IRL 4 Steve Davis ENG (2) 5 Jim Donnelly SCO 1 Kirk Stevens CAN (7) 5 Ray Edmonds ENG 1 Tommy Murphy NIR 5 Murdo MacLeod SCO 0 Mark Wildman ENG 5 Frank Jonik CAN 4 David Taylor ENG (10) 5 Paddy Morgan AUS 3 ENG Joe Johnson 5 ENG Jimmy White (11) 3 AUS Eddie Charlton (6) 5 ENG Mick Fisher 4 CAN Cliff Thorburn (3) 5 ENG Jim Meadowcroft 1 WAL Cliff Wilson 5 ENG John Virgo (14) 1 ENG Tony Meo (15) 5 ENG Dean Reynolds 0 ENG Mike Hallett 5 ENG Steve Davis (2) 2 CAN Kirk Stevens (7) 5 NIR Tommy Murphy 1 ENG Mark Wildman 5 ENG David Taylor (10) 3 ENG Joe Johnson 5 AUS Eddie Charlton (6) 0 CAN Cliff Thorburn (3) 5 WAL Cliff Wilson 3 ENG Tony Meo (15) 5 ENG Mike Hallett 3 CAN Kirk Stevens (7) 5 ENG Mark Wildman 0 ENG Joe Johnson 5 CAN Cliff Thorburn (3) 1 ENG Tony Meo (15) 5 CAN Kirk Stevens (7) 3 ENG Joe Johnson 9 ENG Tony Meo (15) 6 Final Final: Best of 17 frames.Redwood Lodge, Bristol, England, 21 October 1983. Tony Knowles 9–8 Joe Johnson 92–22, 80–16, 67–41, 26–81, 84–17, 82–18, 62–17, 0–135 (135), 58–61, 28–63, 78–32, 17–100, 76–0, 39–90, 9–76, 14–93, 73–33 75 Highest break 135 0 Century breaks 1 Century breaks 135, 117, 111 Joe Johnson 122 John Campbell 112, 100 Eugene Hughes 102 Tony Knowles References 1983 Professional Players Tournament Professional Players Tournament Professional Players Tournament Professional Players Tournament