1978 UK Championship

1978 Coral UK Championship 1978 11 22 1978 12 1 y Preston Guild Hall Preston England WPBSA Non-ranking event £12,500 £3,500 ENG Graham Miles (139) WAL Doug Mountjoy ENG David Taylor 15–9 1977 1979 The 1978 UK Championship (officially the 1978 Coral UK Championship) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 22 November and 1 December 1978 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.1978 UK Championship http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/78UK.htm 21 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20060427002719/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/78UK.htm 27 April 2006 The 1978 tournament was the first of twenty UK Championship competitions to be played in Preston's Guildhall. For the first time, the event was sponsored by Coral who continued to sponsor the UK Championship until 1985. The most dramatic match came in the qualifying rounds when Terry Griffiths, a newly turned professional, was beaten 8–9 by Rex Williams after leading 8–2. The main stage of the championship also provided plenty of surprises. Patsy Fagan, the defending UK champion, went out 7–9 in the first round to David Taylor who, after a decade in the professional ranks, reached his first major final by beating Alex Higgins 9–5 in the semi-finals. In the other half of the draw, Roy Andrewartha beat John Spencer 9–8 and Willie Thorne beat Ray Reardon 9–6 only to collapse 1–9 against Graham Miles, whose 139 break set a tournament record. In the semi-finals it was Miles' turn to collapse 1–9 to Doug Mountjoy who, keeping his best until last, clinched his final victory over Taylor with a break of 120. The BBC televised the semi-finals in two late night highlights programmes and then the final on their Grandstand programme with Ted Lowe commentating the match. Main draw 1978 UK Championship Results http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=128 Snooker Database 13 October 2010 29 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150929083918/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=128 dead1978 UK Championship Results Grid http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=128 Snooker Database 30 November 2010 7 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111007102651/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=128 dead Ireland Patsy Fagan 7 England David Taylor 9 England John Pulman 3 England John Virgo 9 England Fred Davis 9 England John Dunning 2 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 9 England Jim Meadowcroft 6 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 4 Wales Doug Mountjoy 9 England John Spencer 8 Wales Roy Andrewartha 9 England Graham Miles 9 England Rex Williams 8 Wales Ray Reardon 6 England Willie Thorne 9 England David Taylor 9 England John Virgo 2 England Fred Davis 4 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 9 Wales Doug Mountjoy 9 Wales Roy Andrewartha 4 England Graham Miles 9 England Willie Thorne 1 England David Taylor 9 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 5 Wales Doug Mountjoy 9 England Graham Miles 1 England David Taylor 9 Wales Doug Mountjoy 15 no Final Final: Best of 29 frames. Referee: John Williams The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 30 November and 1 December 1978. Doug Mountjoy 15–9 David Taylor First session: 32–61, 76–16, 115–18, 29–75, 47–65 (60), 55–44,Second session: 65–33, 62–32, 19–84, 7–74 (55), 46–74, 35–81, 80–34 (68), 74–29 (58),Third session: 64–22, 88–33 (50), 57–66 (52), 65–35, 84–51, 58–39, Fourth session:26–83, 112–33, 90–26 (63), 120–1 (120) 120 Highest break 60 1 Century breaks 0 6 50+ breaks 2 Qualifying Last 24 Best of 17 frames England David Taylor 9–2 Maurice Parkin England England John Virgo 9–4 Ray Edmonds England England John Dunning 9–3 David Greaves England England Jim Meadowcroft 9–5 Jackie Rea Northern Ireland Wales Doug Mountjoy 9–5 John Barrie England Wales Roy Andrewartha 9–3 Pat Houlihan England England Rex Williams 9–8 Terry Griffiths Wales England Willie Thorne 9–4 Bernard Bennett England Century breaks 139 Graham Miles 120, 118 Doug Mountjoy 101 John Dunning References Category:UK Championship (snooker) UK Championship UK Championship UK Championship UK Championship