1983 Masters (snooker)

Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Jan 1983 April 2022 http://www.cuetracker.net/Tournaments/Masters/1983/01 Triggered by \bcuetracker\.net\b on the local blacklist Cyberbot II false 1983 Benson & Hedges Masters 1983 01 23 1983 01 30 y Wembley Conference Centre London England WPBSA Non-ranking event £55,000 £16,000 Terry Griffiths WAL (128) Cliff Thorburn CAN Ray Reardon WAL 9–7 1982 1984 The 1983 Masters (officially the 1983 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from Sunday 23 January to Sunday 30 January 1983 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England. The event was increased to 16 players and extended from 6 to 8 days. Although there were 16 players, they were not the top 16 ranked players that would compete in the following years. BBC Television coverage did not start until 26 January and so only two of the eight first round matches were televised. Cliff Thorburn of Canada became the first overseas player to win the competition beating Ray Reardon in the final to win the first of his three titles. The first round match between Bill Werbeniuk and Alex Higgins saw the biggest crowd ever recorded at a snooker match in the UK 2,836 attended the match at the Conference Centre. The highest break of the tournament was 128 made by Terry Griffiths. Field For the first time there were 16 players in the event. Alex Higgins, the World Champion was the number 1 seed with Steve Davis, the defending champion seeded 2. Places were allocated to the leading 8 players in the world rankings and there were two sponsors wild-card entries, Jimmy White (ranked 10) and Terry Griffiths (ranked 14).The Times 22 January 1983 17 Davis start favourite The remaining six players qualified based on their performance in the Professional Players Tournament in October. They were semi-finalist John Virgo, quarter-finalists Joe Johnson, Dean Reynolds and Bill Werbeniuk, and Mark Wildman and Tony Meo who lost in the last 16.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89964649/the-guardian/ Higgins toils in natural break Clive Everton The Guardian 13 October 1982 24 Newspapers.com Joe Johnson, Dean Reynolds and Mark Wildman were making their debuts in the Masters. Main draw 1983 Masters Results http://snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=89 Snooker Database 20 February 2011 24 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160124061251/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=89 deadThe Masters http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071627/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60 24 January 2013 Snooker Scene 8 August 2012 180 Last 16 Best of 9 frames Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames Semi-finals Best of 11 frames Final Best of 17 frames 1 Alex Higgins NIR 4 Bill Werbeniuk CAN 5 5 Eddie Charlton AUS 5 Tony Meo ENG 3 6 Kirk Stevens CAN 3 Terry Griffiths WAL 5 4 Cliff Thorburn CAN 5 Joe Johnson ENG 2 3 Ray Reardon WAL 5 Dean Reynolds ENG 1 8 David Taylor ENG 2 Jimmy White ENG 5 7 Doug Mountjoy WAL 5 John Virgo ENG 1 2 Steve Davis ENG 5 Mark Wildman ENG 2 CAN Bill Werbeniuk 3 5 AUS Eddie Charlton 5 WAL Terry Griffiths 3 4 CAN Cliff Thorburn 5 3 WAL Ray Reardon 5 ENG Jimmy White 2 7 WAL Doug Mountjoy 5 2 ENG Steve Davis 4 5 AUS Eddie Charlton 5 4 CAN Cliff Thorburn 6 3 WAL Ray Reardon 6 7 WAL Doug Mountjoy 3 4 CAN Cliff Thorburn 9 3 WAL Ray Reardon 7 Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John SmythWembley Conference Centre, London, England, 30 January 1983. Cliff Thorburn 9–7 Ray Reardon First session: 85–21 (60), 88–30, 1–77, 74–24 (59), 29–63, 57–25, 50–61, 72–44, 97–31, 66–28, 58–69, 74–68 (Thorburn 69, Reardon 54), 34–88 (65), 4–113 (113), 39–76, 77–19 (56) 69 Highest break 113 0 Century breaks 1 4 50+ breaks 3 Century breaks Total: 41983 Masters http://www.cuetracker.net/Tournaments/Masters/1983/01 CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database 19 January 2015 128 Terry Griffiths 114 Tony Meo 113 Ray Reardon 108 Eddie Charlton References Category:Masters (snooker) Category:Wembley Category:Sport in the London Borough of Brent Masters Masters (snooker) Category:January 1983 sports events in the United Kingdom