1975–76 snooker season

none January 2024 July 2013 August 1975 – 8 May 1976 8 (1 ranking event) WAL Ray Reardon WAL Ray Reardon 1974–75 1976–77 The 1975–76 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between August 1975 and May 1976. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and the invitational events. __TOC__ New professional Willie Thorne was accepted as a professional player by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association at its meeting on 15 November 1975.Thorne in the side Snooker Scene December 1975 Calendar DateDates use the mm-dd date format. Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Reference 08-?? 08-29 AUS NR Australian Professional Championship Wagga RSL Club Wagga Wagga AUS Eddie Charlton AUS Dennis Wheelwright 31–10 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 4 February 2013 08–13 09–01 CAN NR Canadian Open Canadian National Exhibition Stadium Toronto NIR Alex Higgins ENG John Pulman 15–7 Turner Chris Canadian Open, Canadian Masters http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/canmast.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155138/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/canmast.html 16 February 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 3 June 2013 09-09 09–11 ENG NR Ford/Riley Burwat Tournament Greyhound Garage Accrington NIR Dennis Taylor NIR Alex Higgins 4–2 Pro tournament Snooker Scene September 1975 23Taylor wins tournament Snooker Scene November 1975 24 12–27 12–30 ENG NR Pot Black BBC Studios Birmingham ENG John Spencer NIR Dennis Taylor 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 17 May 2010Thorne in the side Snooker Scene December 1975 24 01–10 01–11 ENG NR Champion of Champions Middlesbrough Town Hall Middlesbrough ENG John Spencer ENG Graham Miles 5–4 Advertisement for Champion of Champions tournament Snooker Scene November 1975 2Corbett Ted Spencer back to form in Middlesbrough Snooker Scene February 1976 14 01-?? 01-?? ENG NR Tony's Club Tournament Tony's Club Weybridge NIR Alex Higgins ENG John Spencer 4–1 Higgins again Snooker Scene February 1976 23 01-?? 01-?? ENG NR Suffolk Invitation Corn Exchange Ipswich NIR Dennis Taylor CAN Cliff Thorburn 7–4 Taylor wins at Ipswich.. Snooker Scene March 1976 23 01-?? 01-?? ENG NR Southsea Invitational New Pier Southsea NIR Dennis Taylor ENG Willie Thorne 4–1 ...And at Southsea Snooker Scene March 1976 23 01–26 01–30 ENG NR The Masters New London Theatre London WAL Ray Reardon ENG Graham Miles 7–3 Turner Chris The Masters http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masters.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120107160419/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masters.html 7 January 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 10 July 2012Turner Chris On this Week: Hunter's first ranking title http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/27012010/58/week-jan-24-30-hunter-first-ranking-title.html Eurosport UK 3 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20140116141449/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/27012010/58/week-jan-24-30-hunter-first-ranking-title.html 16 January 2014 live02-21 IRL NR Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament National Boxing Stadium Dublin ENG John Spencer NIR Alex Higgins 5–0 Turner Chris Irish Masters http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/irishmast.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155735/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/irishmast.html 16 February 2012 Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 18 November 2010 ??-?? 04–05 ENG NR Ashton Club Jubilee Snooker Tournament Ashton Court Country Club Bristol NIR Dennis Taylor NIR Alex Higgins 5–2 Taylor is the tops Western Daily Press 6 April 1976 504-1104-23ENGWRWorld Snooker Championship Middlesbrough Town Hall MiddlesbroughWAL Ray ReardonNIR Alex Higgins27–16Turner Chris World Professional Championship Chris Turner's Snooker Archive http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/world.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130416080933/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/world.html 16 April 2013 2 May 2011Eric Hayton The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History 2004 Rose Villa Publications London 0-9548549-0-X 11 Wythenshawe Forum Manchester 05–01 05–08 WAL NR Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn WAL Ray Reardon ENG Fred Davis 10–9 Pontin's Roll of Honour http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Pontins/pontins-roll-of-honour.htm Global Snooker Centre 19 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20080406235708/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Pontins/pontins-roll-of-honour.htm 6 April 2008 05–08 05–11 ENG NR Canadian Club Masters Northern Snooker Centre Leeds NIR Alex Higgins WAL Ray Reardon 6–4 Higgins Alex From the Eye of the Hurricane 2007 Headline Publishing Group London 978-1-4722-2191-9 WR = World ranking event NR = Non-ranking event Order of Merit This Order of Merit was published after the 1975 World Snooker Championship, and was used for seeding purposes. It used the same criteria as the first official rankings list for the next season.Turner Chris Historical World Rankings 1975/76 to 1989/90 http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/HistoricRank1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120608214119/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/HistoricRank1.html 8 June 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 24 October 2011 No. Name 1 Wales Ray Reardon 2 Australia Eddie Charlton 3 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 4 England Rex Williams 5 England Graham Miles 6 England John Spencer 7 England Fred Davis 8 Wales Gary Owen 9 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 10 Canada Cliff Thorburn 11 England John Pulman 12 England John Dunning 13 South Africa 1928 Perrie Mans 14 Canada Bill Werbeniuk 15 Australia Warren Simpson 16 England David Taylor 17 England Jim Meadowcroft 18 Wales Marcus Owen 19 Australia Ian Anderson 20 Australia Paddy Morgan 21 England Bernard Bennett 22 England David Greaves 23 England Pat Houlihan Notes n References 1975 Season 1976 Season 1975