1968 World Open Match Play Snooker Championship

November 2020 1968 World Open Match Play Snooker Championship 1968 07 24 1968 07 29 y St George's Leagues Club Sydney Australia AUD1,000 Eddie Charlton AUS, 110 Eddie Charlton AUS Rex Williams ENG 43–30 1967 The 1968 World Open Match Play Snooker Championship was a snooker match between Rex Williams and Eddie Charlton for the title won first won by Fred Davis at the 1960 World Open Snooker Championship and then by Williams in the 1967 World Open Snooker Championship. Despite the name of the competition, Williams and Charlton were the only contestants in 1968. Charlton took the title by winning 43 frame frames to Williams' 30, a winning margin having been achieved at 37–20.Fryer Bob World Open Match Play Championship: Eddie Charlton 43, Rex Williams 30 Billiards and Snooker Billiards Association and Control Council October 1968 18 Summary Fred Davis had won the 1960 World Open Snooker Championship, which was held in Australia with eight players competing in a round-robin.World Open Snooker Championship The Billiard Player Billiards Association and Control Council May 1960 15Australian Open Snooker Tournament The Billiard Player Billiards Association and Control Council May 1960 3, 8 Davis and Rex Williams arranged to play a series of 51 five-frame matches from November 1966 to April 1967, with the winner taking the title, billed as the World Open Snooker Championship.Charlton takes title Billiards and Snooker Billiards Association and Control Council August 1968 3Everton Clive 2012 Black farce and cue ball wizards Mainstream Edinburgh 9781780575681 41World snooker champion plays at Swadlincote Burton Observer and Chronicle 19 January 1967 11 Williams reached a winning margin at 26–23, after which Davis won the last two matches to make the final score 26–25.(Untitled article) Billiards and Snooker Billiards and Snooker Control Council Birmingham May 1967 12Williams wins world snooker title The Times London 10 April 1967 18 In July 1968, in a match sanctioned by the Billiards Association and Control Council, Charlton challenged Williams for the title, now referred to as the World Open Match Play Snooker Championship, and AUD1,000.Spooner Peter Secrets of a snooker champ The Sydney Morning Herald 28 July 1968 25 The match took place at the St George's Leagues Club, Sydney, as the best of 73 frame frames, with twelve frames played on each day except the last, when thirteen were played.An odd way to make a living The Sydney Morning Herald 20 July 1968 11 The start of the match was delayed for two days as Williams was suffering from tonsillitis, and started on 24 July, with Charlton taking a 7–5 lead on the first day, overturning Williams' 4–2 lead from the afternoon session by winning five of the six frames in the evening.Snooker lead to Charlton The Sydney Morning Herald 25 July 1968 24 Charlton extended this to 14–10 by the end of the second day, and by the end of play on 28 July, had reached a winning margin, at 37–23.World snooker title to Charlton The Sydney Morning Herald 29 July 1968 20 The last day, 29 July, finished with Charlton 43–30 ahead. The highest break of the match was 110, compiled by Charlton in the 61st frame. Williams' highest break, and the second-highest of the match, was 89. References Category:1968 in snooker Category:1968 in Australian sport Category:July 1968 sports events in Australia