1984 UK Championship

1984 Coral UK Championship 1984 11 18 1984 12 2 y Preston Guild Hall Preston England WPBSA Ranking event £101,000 £20,000 Jack McLaughlin NIR (135) Steve Davis ENG Alex Higgins NIR 16–8 1983 1985 The 1984 UK Championship (officially the 1984 Coral UK Championship) was a ranking professional snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England, between 18 November and 2 December 1984. This was the eighth edition of the UK Championship but only the first to be granted ranking status, as it was now open to all professional overseas players as well as those from the UK.Turner Chris UK Championship http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/uk.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160153/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/uk.html 16 February 2012 Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 1 March 2011https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/1685203.stm UK Championship history 3 December 2001 BBC Sport 5 February 2020 The BBC aired the event from the second round onwards with two tables for the coverage up to and including the semi-finals which would remain until 1992. The championship was sponsored by sports betting company Coral. The defending champion was Alex Higgins who won the 1983 event after defeating Steve Davis 16–15 in the final. The pair met in the final again, with Davis winning 16–8, to win his third UK Championship title.Humboldt-Ratgeber Snooker 9783899940985 14 March 2020 https://books.google.com/books?id=dsCme4u84jcC&dq=1984+UK+Championship+centuries&pg=PA119 Kastner Hugo 2006 The highest break of the tournament was a 135 made by Jack McLaughlin during the non-televised stages; the highest break of the televised stages was a 134 made by Davis. There was a total prize fund of £101,000 with the winner receiving £20,000. The final attracted an average of 14.5million viewers on BBC1, peaking at 15.2million.Waumsley Rick Television's Top Ten Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham April 1992 14–15 Prize fund The winner of the event received a total of £20,000.1984 UK Championship Prize Money Breakdown snookerdatabase.co.uk 14 March 2020 http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventPrizeFund.aspx?EventKey=121 15 May 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200515234127/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventPrizeFund.aspx?EventKey=121 dead The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: £20,000 Highest break (TV): £2,000 Total: £101,800 Main draw The tournament featured 32 players. Players in bold denote match winners.1984 UK Championship Results http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=121 Snooker Database 13 October 2010 7 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111007102034/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=121 deadUK Championship http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=34 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071813/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=34 24 January 2013 Snooker Scene 25 May 2012 Round of 32 Best of 17 frames Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 9–7 Tony Jones England Canada Bill Werbeniuk 1–9 Rex Williams England England Willie Thorne 9–7 John Parrott England Australia Eddie Charlton 9–4 Silvino Francisco South Africa 1982 Canada Cliff Thorburn 9–4 Jack McLaughlin Northern Ireland Wales Terry Griffiths 6–9 Cliff Wilson Wales England David Taylor 9–6 Murdo MacLeod Scotland Wales Ray Reardon 9–2 Danny Fowler England Canada Kirk Stevens 9–7 Tony Chappel Wales England John Spencer 6–9 Joe Johnson England England Tony Knowles 9–5 Marcel Gauvreau Canada Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 9–6 Warren King Australia England Jimmy White 9–5 John Campbell Australia Wales Doug Mountjoy 9–2 Mike Hallett England England Steve Davis 9–1 Tommy Murphy Northern Ireland England Tony Meo 9–4 Eugene Hughes Ireland 200 yes Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 9 England Rex Williams 7 England Willie Thorne 9 Australia Eddie Charlton 7 Canada Cliff Thorburn 9 Wales Cliff Wilson 3 Wales Ray Reardon 9 England David Taylor 4 Canada Kirk Stevens 9 England Joe Johnson 2 England Tony Knowles 9 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 2 England Jimmy White 9 Wales Doug Mountjoy 2 England Steve Davis 9 England Tony Meo 7 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 9 England Willie Thorne 5 Canada Cliff Thorburn 9 Wales Ray Reardon 8 Canada Kirk Stevens 9 England Tony Knowles 7 England Jimmy White 4 England Steve Davis 9 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 9 Canada Cliff Thorburn 7 Canada Kirk Stevens 2 England Steve Davis 9 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 8 England Steve Davis 16 no Final Final: Best of 31 frames. Referee: Jim ThorpeThe Guild Hall, Preston, England, 1 and 2 December 1984. Steve Davis 16–8 Alex Higgins First session: 116–6, 89–30, 94–23, 95–0, 72–25, 70–75, 130–10 (106)Second session: 5–83, 124–1 (120), 110–0, 24–66, 0–124 (124), 65–60, 51–79Third session: 22–116, 28–80, 9–107, 104–8, 84–11, 123–1, 91–24Fourth session: 110–32, 105–27, 65–40 120 Highest break 124 2 Century breaks 1 Century breaks A total of 28 century breaks were made during the tournament.March 2020 135 Jack McLaughlin 134, 120, 108, 106 Steve Davis 132, 125 Cliff Thorburn 129, 124, 100 Alex Higgins 121 Eddie Sinclair 119, 114, 102 Tony Chappel 119 Willie Thorne 113, 100 Tony Jones 111 Peter Francisco 111 Tony Meo 110 Malcolm Bradley 108 Steve Newbury 107 Tony Knowles 105 Jimmy White 102 Eddie Charlton 101 John Parrott 100 Paddy Browne 100 Robby Foldvari 100 Cliff Wilson References 1984 UK Championship UK Championship UK Championship UK Championship