1984 Grand Prix (snooker)

Rothmans Grand Prix 1984 10 20 1984 10 28 y Hexagon Theatre Reading England WPBSA Ranking event £225,000 £45,000 Dennis Taylor NIR Cliff Thorburn CAN 10–2 1983 1985 The 1984 Rothmans Grand Prix was the first edition of the tournament under the Grand Prix name and had replaced the Professional Players Tournament name, which was used first in 1982.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 Total prize money was £225,000, then the largest in the history of snooker. Unlike the Professional Players Tournament, the BBC televised the event, which was held at the Hexagon Theatre in Reading, England. The venue had previously hosted the World Team Classic since 1981, an event formerly also televised by the BBC. The last-16 televised stages took place between 20 and 28 October 1984. The last-16 matches were played from 20 to 23 October. Dean Reynolds beat Silvino Francisco 5–1, although television replays twice showed him committing fouls that went unnoticed by the referee.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=d8FAAAAAIBAJ&pg=6053%2C5634777 Reynolds reaches the last eight - nudge, nudge The Glasgow Herald 21 24 October 1984 Tony Knowles was the defending champion, however he lost 2–5 to Neal Foulds in the quarter-finals.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eMFAAAAAIBAJ&pg=6182%2C5840779 Sport in brief The Glasgow Herald 18 25 October 1984 Foulds met Dennis Taylor in the semi-finals, losing 3–9, having lost all seven frames in the afternoon session.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i_E9AAAAIBAJ&pg=1566%2C6376594 Taylor is on song The Glasgow Herald 18 27 October 1984 In the other half of the draw, Cliff Thorburn beat Doug Mountjoy 5–3, while Steve Davis beat Dean Reynolds 5–0.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ecFAAAAAIBAJ&pg=4742%2C6147622 Snooker The Glasgow Herald 26 26 October 1984 Thorburn beat Davis 9–7 in the semi-finals. Dennis Taylor won his first major tournament after 13 years as a professional by defeating Cliff Thorburn 10–2 in the final, emotionally dedicating the victory to his mother, who had died shortly before the tournament was held. He won the first prize of £45,000.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e8FAAAAAIBAJ&pg=4189%2C6568673 Tearful Taylor wins first title in 13 years The Glasgow Herald 14 29 October 1984 Main draw Grand Prix http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=21 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071643/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=21 24 January 2013 Snooker Scene 11 May 2012 200 Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 17 frames FinalBest of 19 frames 1 Tony Knowles ENG 5 Ian Williamson ENG 2 12 Willie Thorne ENG 1 Neal Foulds ENG 5 5 Ray Reardon WAL 3 11 Dennis Taylor NIR 5 Mike Hallett ENG 3 4 Kirk Stevens CAN 5 3 Cliff Thorburn CAN 5 10 Tony Meo ENG 4 15 Doug Mountjoy WAL 5 6 Eddie Charlton AUS 4   Silvino Francisco RSA 1982 1 Dean Reynolds ENG 5 David Taylor ENG 1 2 Steve Davis ENG 5 1 ENG Tony Knowles 2 ENG Neal Foulds 5 11 NIR Dennis Taylor 5 4 CAN Kirk Stevens 2 3 CAN Cliff Thorburn 5 15 WAL Doug Mountjoy 3 ENG Dean Reynolds 0 2 ENG Steve Davis 5 ENG Neal Foulds 3 11 NIR Dennis Taylor 9 3 CAN Cliff Thorburn 9 2 ENG Steve Davis 7 11 NIR Dennis Taylor 10 3 CAN Cliff Thorburn 2 Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: John Williams Hexagon Theatre, Reading, England, 28 October 1984. Dennis Taylor 10–2 Cliff Thorburn 6–64, 74–50, 66–52, 33–70, 107–1, 81–38, 74–24, 112–22 (112), 96–27, 79–23, 80–20, 90–33 112 Highest break 1 Century breaks 0 Qualifying Qualifying took place in Bristol earlier in October 1984. The leading 32 players started at the last 64 stage and needed to win two matches to reach the televised stage.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=csFAAAAAIBAJ&pg=5224%2C4098961 Black day for White The Glasgow Herald 28 17 October 1984 main 2 high 220 yes yes Last 64Best of 9 frames Last 32Best of 9 frames 3 Tony Knowles ENG 5 Vic Harris ENG 1 John Dunning ENG 5 Perrie Mans RSA 1982 4 Ian Williamson ENG 5 Bill Werbeniuk CAN 2 Joe Johnson ENG 5 Paul Medati ENG 1 Willie Thorne ENG 5 Steve Newbury WAL 2 Murdo MacLeod SCO 5 Warren King AUS 4 Neal Foulds ENG 5 Bert Demarco SCO 2 Tony Jones ENG 5 Terry Griffiths WAL 3 Ray Reardon WAL 5 Colin Roscoe WAL 1 Cliff Wilson WAL 5 Jim Donnelly SCO 2 Dennis Taylor NIR 5 Paul Watchorn IRL 1 John Virgo ENG 5 Malcolm Bradley ENG 0 Alex Higgins NIR 5 Roger Bales ENG 1 Mike Hallett ENG 5 Dessie Sheehan IRL 1 Rex Williams ENG 5 Dave Chalmers ENG 0 Kirk Stevens CAN 5 Tony Chappel WAL 3 ENG Tony Knowles 5 ENG John Dunning 1 ENG Ian Williamson 5 ENG Joe Johnson 4 ENG Willie Thorne 5 SCO Murdo MacLeod 3 ENG Neal Foulds 5 ENG Tony Jones 0 WAL Ray Reardon 5 WAL Cliff Wilson 4 NIR Dennis Taylor 5 ENG John Virgo 3 NIR Alex Higgins 3 ENG Mike Hallett 5 ENG Rex Williams 3 CAN Kirk Stevens 5 main 2 high 220 yes yes Last 64Best of 9 frames Last 32Best of 9 frames 3 Cliff Thorburn CAN 5 Gino Rigitano CAN 4 John Campbell AUS 5 Wayne Jones WAL 4 Tony Meo ENG 5 Pascal Burke IRL 1 Dave Martin ENG 5 Bob Chaperon CAN 4 Doug Mountjoy WAL 5 Eddie McLaughlin SCO 4 Mark Wildman ENG 5 Jack McLaughlin NIR 3 John Parrott ENG 5 Marcel Gauvreau CAN 3 Eddie Charlton AUS 5 Clive Everton WAL 1 Jimmy White ENG 5 Bill Oliver ENG 1 Silvino Francisco RSA 1982 5 Steve Duggan ENG 3 Peter Francisco RSA 1982 5 John Spencer ENG 2 Dean Reynolds ENG 5 Danny Fowler ENG 2 David Taylor ENG 5 Dene O'Kane NZL 1 John Rea SCO 5 Eugene Hughes IRL 4 Graham Miles ENG 5 Tommy Murphy NIR 3 Steve Davis ENG 5 Mario Morra CAN 2 CAN Cliff Thorburn 5 AUS John Campbell 1 ENG Tony Meo 5 ENG Dave Martin 1 WAL Doug Mountjoy 5 ENG Mark Wildman 0 ENG John Parrott 1 AUS Eddie Charlton 5 ENG Jimmy White 1 RSA 1982 Silvino Francisco 5 RSA 1982 Peter Francisco 4 ENG Dean Reynolds 5 ENG David Taylor 5 SCO John Rea 1 ENG Graham Miles 0 ENG Steve Davis 5 References Category:World Open (snooker) Grand Prix Grand Prix Grand Prix