1979 Holsten Lager International

Holsten Lager International 1979 01 14 1979 01 17 y Fulcrum Centre Slough England WPBSA Non-ranking event £3,500 ENG John Spencer (147) ENG John Spencer ENG Graham Miles 11–7 The 1979 Holsten Lager International was a non-ranking snooker tournament held on one occasion in January 1979 in Slough, England. The tournament had an unusual format. There were sixteen players in a straight knockout but the first round was decided by aggregate scores over four frames and the second by aggregate over six frames. The semi finals and final were ‘Best of 11’ and ‘Best of 21’ respectively. The quarter final between John Spencer and Cliff Thorburn is how the event is best remembered. In the afternoon session, Spencer made the first ever 147 in a professional tournament. As it was the afternoon, the TV cameras were not running and the pockets were not measured to check conformity, so the break was never officially ratified for record purposes. Spencer went on to beat Graham Miles 11–7 in the final.Other Non-Ranking and Invitation Events http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc1.html#Holsten https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160510/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc1.html#Holsten dead 16 February 2012 Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 21 October 2018 Main draw Spencer first in Holsten lager international Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham February 1979 12–15Hayton Eric Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker 147 Last 16 Aggregate score (4 frames) Quarter-finals Aggregate score (6 frames) Semi-finals Best of 11 frames Final Best of 21 frames ENG John Spencer 206 IRL Patsy Fagan 185 CAN Cliff Thorburn 206 WAL Doug Mountjoy 110 ENG Rex Williams 180 CAN Bill Werbeniuk 166 WAL Ray Reardon 221 ENG Ray Edmonds 112 ENG Graham Miles 235 ENG John Pulman 118 NIR Dennis Taylor 217 ENG Fred Davis 151 NIR Alex Higgins 233 AUS Eddie Charlton 138 ENG David Taylor 241 RSA 1928 Perrie Mans 182 ENG John Spencer 467 CAN Cliff Thorburn 296 ENG Rex Williams 364 WAL Ray Reardon 362 ENG Graham Miles 395 NIR Dennis Taylor 340 NIR Alex Higgins 391 ENG David Taylor 300 ENG John Spencer 6 ENG Rex Williams 2 ENG Graham Miles 6 NIR Alex Higgins 3 ENG John Spencer 11 ENG Graham Miles 7 References Category:1979 in snooker Category:1979 in English sport