1974 Norwich Union Open

1974 Norwich Union Open 1974 11 18 1974 11 22 y Piccadilly Hotel London England WPBSA Invitational event £4,750 £1,500 WAL Ray Reardon (130) ENG John Spencer WAL Ray Reardon 10–9 1973 Last The 1974 Norwich Union Open was the second edition of the invitational snooker tournament, which took place between 18 and 22 November 1974 at the Piccadilly Hotel in London. It was open to both professionals and amateurs and featured 16 players. Reigning champion John Spencer won 10–9 in the final against Ray Reardon.Norwich Union Open http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc1.html#NorUn https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160510/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc1.html#NorUn dead 16 February 2012 Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 4 December 2017 Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:1974 Norwich Union Open http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk:80/files/Results/NU74.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20030328214943/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/NU74.htm dead 28 March 2003 Global Snooker Centre 4 December 2017 Winner: £1,500 Runner-up: £750 Semi-final: £400 Quarter-final: £200 Last 16: £100 Highest break: £100 Total: £4,750 Main draw 1974 Norwich Union Open http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk:80/files/Results/NU74.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20030328214943/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/NU74.htm dead 28 March 2003 Global Snooker Centre 4 December 2017 Round 1Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 17 frames FinalBest of 19 frames ENG John Spencer 5 ENG Ray Edmonds 0 ENG Graham Miles 5 SCO Eddie Sinclair 0 CAN Cliff Thorburn 5 ENG Fred Davis 4 ENG John Pulman 5 WAL Geoff Thomas 0 NIR Alex Higgins 5 NIR Dennis Taylor 1 CAN Bill Werbeniuk 5 ENG John Dunning 1 ENG Rex Williams 5 WAL Marcus Owen 3 WAL Ray Reardon 5 IRL Pascal Burke 2 ENG John Spencer 5 ENG Graham Miles 2 CAN Cliff Thorburn 5 ENG John Pulman 3 NIR Alex Higgins 5 CAN Bill Werbeniuk 4 WAL Ray Reardon 5 ENG Rex Williams 2 ENG John Spencer 9 CAN Cliff Thorburn 7 WAL Ray Reardon 9 NIR Alex Higgins 8 ENG John Spencer 10 WAL Ray Reardon 9 References 30em Norwich Union Open Norwich Union Open Norwich Union Open