1985 World Doubles Championship

Professional snooker tournament April 2022 Hofmeister World Doubles 1985 12 4 1985 12 15 y Derngate Northampton England Non-ranking event £40,000 174 Davis/Meo (combined) Davis/Meo Reardon/Jones 12–5 1984 1986 The 1985 Hofmeister World Doubles was the fourth staging of the doubles snooker tournament. It was played at the Derngate in Northampton and held between 4 and 15 December 1985 with the tournament televised on ITV.Turner Chris World Doubles Championship http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/doubles.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155837/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/doubles.html 16 February 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 12 March 2013 Defending champions Alex Higgins and Jimmy White's hopes ended at the qualifying stages. Steve Davis and Tony Meo went on to regain the title beating Ray Reardon and Tony Jones who beat Dennis Taylor and Terry Griffiths in the semi-final in by now a three session final as it was with the other ITV snooker tournaments but all sessions of the final were never televised due to a strike by electricians. Davis and Meo also got the highest combined break of 174 in their semi-final match against Cliff Thorburn and Willie Thorne. Results Results from the last 16 onwards are shown below. Winning players are denoted in bold.Hale Janice 1987 Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88 Aylesbury Queen Anne Press 0356146901 226–227 Last 16 Best of 9 frames Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames Semi-finals Best of 17 frames Final Best of 23 frames England England Fowler/West 4 Australia RSA 1982 Campbell/Mans 5 Wales England Reardon/Jones 5 England England Taylor/Hallett 0 Northern Ireland Wales Taylor/Griffiths 5 England Wales Spencer/Newbury 0 England England Knowles/Johnson 4 Wales Wales Mountjoy/Jones 5 England England Davis/Meo 5 Ireland England E. Hughes/M. Smith 4 Canada Australia Werbeniuk/Charlton 4 England England Parrott/Foulds 5 Canada England Thorburn/Thorne 5 Wales Australia Wilson/King 2 Canada England Stevens/Virgo 3 RSA 1982 RSA 1982 S Francisco/P Francisco 5 Australia RSA 1982 Campbell/Mans 4 Wales England Reardon/Jones 5 Northern Ireland Wales Taylor/Griffiths 5 Wales Wales Mountjoy/Jones 2 England England Davis/Meo 5 England England Parrott/Foulds 3 Canada England Thorburn/Thorne 5 RSA 1982 RSA 1982 S Francisco/P Francisco 2 Wales England Reardon/Jones 9 Northern Ireland Wales Taylor/Griffiths England England Davis/Meo 9 Canada England Thorburn/Thorne 6 Wales England Reardon/Jones 5 6 England England Davis/Meo 12 Selected earlier results Played in Birmingham 6–7 November 1985 First Round England Australia Cripsey/Wilkinson 5–2 England England Houlihan/Bennett Sccond Round Scotland Scotland Rea/McLaughlin 5–0 England England G. Foulds/Scott England England Fowler/West 5– 4 Canada Canada Chaperon/Gauvreau England England Williamson/Duggan 5– 1 England England Gilbert/Harris Last 32 England England Fowler/West 5– 4 Northern Ireland England Higgins/White Australia RSA 1982 Campbell/Mans 5– 3 England Scotland Martin/MacLeod Wales England Reardon/Jones 5–3 England Australia Cripsey/Wilkinson England England Hallett/David Taylor 5– 4 England Ireland Medati/Browne Wales Northern Ireland Griffiths/Dennis Taylor 5– 4 England England Wildman/Edmonds England Wales Spencer/Newbury 5– 4 England Northern Ireland Bales/McLaughlin England England Knowles/Johnson 5–2 Northern Ireland Ireland Murphy/Fagan Wales Wales Mountjoy/W.Jones 5– 2 England England Bradley/Chalmers England England S. Davis/Meo 5– 2 England England Williams/Miles Ireland England Hughes/Smith 5–4 Scotland Scotland Rea/McLaughlin Canada Australia Werbeniuk/Charlton 5– 4 England Canada Dodd/Bear England England N. Foulds/Parrott 5–1 Scotland Wales Donnelly/Roscoe Canada England Thorburn/Thorne 5– 1 Wales Canada Chappel/Jonik Wales Australia Wilson/King 5– 3 England England Williamson/Duggan RSA 1982 RSA 1982 S. Francisco/P. Francisco 5–0 England England F. Davis/Watterson Canada England Stevens/Virgo 5– 0 England England Reynolds/Longworth References Category:World Doubles Championship World Doubles Championship World Doubles Championship World Doubles Championship