1971–72 snooker season

none March 1971 – April 1972 8 (non-ranking) NIR Alex Higgins 1970–71 1972–73 The 1971–72 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between March 1971 and April 1972. The following table outlines the results for the season's events. __TOC__ Calendar DateDates use the mm-dd date format. Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Reference 04-28 04-29 ENG NR Park Drive 600 St Phillips Social Club Sheffield WAL Ray Reardon ENG John Spencer 4–0 Everton Clive Silverton John Park Drive Official Snooker And Billiards Year book Gallagher Ltd 1972 20 05-17 05-19 AUS NR Hunter Valley Championship Maitland Leagues Club Maitland AUS Eddie Charlton AUS Warren Simpson 5–4 $1250 prize for snooker The Sydney Morning Herald 4 May 1971 18Untitled article World Snooker July 1972 12 05-?? 06-?? ENG NR Willie Smith Trophy East Ward Liberal Club Leeds NIR Alex Higgins ENG John Dunning 25–13 Alex Higgins retains Willie Smith trophy World Snooker July 1972 109-17 ENG NR Stratford Professional Wilmcote Working Men's Club Wilmcote ENG John Spencer ENG David Taylor 5–2 Snooker champion in top form https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19710921/449/0032 Coventry Evening Telegraph 21 September 1971 32 10–04 10–31 ENG NR Park Drive 2000 (October 1971) Various WAL Ray Reardon ENG John Spencer 4–3 Turner Chris Other Non-Ranking and Invition Events http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc1.html Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 23 January 2018 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160510/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc1.html 16 February 2012Everton Clive 1981 The Guinness Book of Snooker Guinness Superlatives Ltd 90 0851122302 11–08 11–30 AUS NR Australian Professional Championship Junior Rugby League Club Sydney AUS Eddie Charlton AUS Warren Simpson 15–7 Turner Chris Other National Professional Championships http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/natpro.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120107161810/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/natpro.html 7 January 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 23 January 2018 12–29 01-01 ENG NR Pot Black BBC Studios Birmingham AUS Eddie Charlton WAL Ray Reardon 1–0 Pot Black History http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/History/tourn_hist_potblack.htm Global Snooker Centre https://web.archive.org/web/20081224154719/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/History/tourn_hist_potblack.htm 24 December 2008http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/PotBlack.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216154927/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/PotBlack.html 16 February 2012 Pot Black, Junior Pot Black cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 23 January 2018 01–03 01–08 NIR NR Irish Professional Championship Various NIR Alex Higgins NIR Jackie Rea 28–12 01–31 02–20 ENG NR Park Drive 2000 (Spring 1972) Various ENG John Spencer NIR Alex Higgins 4–3 03–01 02–26 ENG NR World Snooker Championship Selly Park British Legion Birmingham NIR Alex Higgins ENG John Spencer 37–31 Snooker: Higgins makes final flourish The Times 28 February 1972 7Some sources give the score as 37–32. The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History (2004) says "Higgins triumphed 37–31 (not 37–32 as so many publications have wrongly printed)."Hayton Eric Dee John 2004 The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History Rose Villa Publications 978-0954854904 8 01–03 03–20 ENG NR Men Of The Midlands Various NIR Alex Higgins ENG John Spencer 4–2 Notes References 2 1971 Category:1971 in snooker Category:1972 in snooker