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1972 World Snooker Championship

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produced his third century break of the match, 123, in the 62nd frame, and added the next two frames to his tally with breaks over 50 in each. Higgins made a break of 82 in the 66th frame, which left him leading at 35–31. He took the opening frame of the concluding session by 62 points to 38, then compiled breaks of 94 and 46 to win the last frame he needed by 140 points to 0 to secure a 37–31 victory. Spencer made three century breaks during the final, while the highest break by Higgins was the 94 in the decisive frame. The trophy was presented to Higgins by Pulman.
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the draw was given to Charlton by the WPBSA. Charlton, who arrived from Australia on the first morning of his match against Taylor, won 31–25. Pulman took a 2–0 lead against Higgins, but was 2–3 behind before finishing their first day the odd frame ahead at 4–3. Higgins led 12–8 after the second day, and 19–14 at the close of day three. The penultimate day ended with Higgins 28–19 up, and although Pulman won the first two frames on the concluding day, Higgins secured victory at 31–23.
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break of the match, 109, in the 16th frame, and the third session concluded with the players again level, at 9–9, while the fourth session saw Spencer go 13–11 ahead. Day three closed with the score 18–18 at the half-way point of the match, and the players were still tied, now at 21–21, following the next session. Higgins then won six consecutive frames to make it 27–21. On day five, Spencer was stuck in a
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due to a power cut, and the match started ten minutes late. Higgins took the first frame of the ninth session, but lost four of the next five, leaving him 29–25 ahead. Both players won three frames in the tenth session. On the last day, Higgins clinched the 61st frame with a break of 40. Spencer then
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Williams took nine consecutive frames to establish a 12–6 lead against Higgins. Higgins next took the lead at 26–25. The match went to a deciding frame, and Williams was 28 points to 14 ahead when he missed an attempt to pot a blue ball from its spot into a middle pocket. Higgins compiled a break of
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Before the match started, Spencer was generally expected to win. The first session finished with the players tied at 3–3. In the eighth frame, Higgins made a break of 35, but Spencer then compiled a 101 break to take the frame. The first day ended with the score 6–6. Spencer made his second century
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Reardon 25–23 in a match held across five different venues in Scotland. Reardon trailed 20–22 before winning the following three frames, after which Williams won three frames in succession to secure victory. Owen was expected to face Taylor, but withdrew after emigrating to Australia. His place in
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wrote in 2019 that the tournament had been "organized in conditions of laughable amateurishness" and that the final was played under "risibly ramshackle conditions". Spectators at the final were seated on wooden boards placed atop beer barrels. There was a
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19–11 at the Ecclesfield Ex-Servicemen's Club. He compiled a 103 break in the third session and a 133 during the fourth session. Rea complimented Higgins on the performance, saying that "He does everything wrong. And yet he knocks such a lot in".
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described Higgins's play on the Thursday evening of the final, during which Higgins won all six frames, as "snooker which, in its insolence, its exuberance, its confidence and its danger, few of those present have ever seen before". Journalist
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Higgins, who was required to win two qualifying matches to reach the tournament proper, became the first qualifier to win the world snooker championship. The win made him the youngest champion, at the age of 22 years, 345 days, until
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In 1952, following a dispute between the Professional Billiards Players' Association (PBPA) and the BACC about the distribution of income from the world championship, the PBPA members established an alternative competition known as the
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providing Β£8,000 in prize money. The 1973 Championship was staged as fortnight-long event rather than a much longer tournament like the 1972 Championship had been, and for the first time, part of the final was televised by the
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told Trelford that after Higgins's victory, "snooker was never the same again". Promotions company West and Nally, believing that the emergence of Higgins represented a commercial opportunity, organised a further
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gained agreement from the BACC that the world championship would be staged on a challenge basis, with defending champion Pulman featuring in the first match. Pulman retained the title in several challenges from
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The tournament ran from March 1971 to February 1972, with matches at various venues. Spectators at the final were seated on wooden boards placed atop beer barrels. On the first evening of the final, the
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led Houlihan 9-5 but won only by a single frame, 11-10. Higgins compiled a 103 break in the seventh frame against Gross, and reached a winning score at 11–4. It ended 16–5 after
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32, and then, following some safety play, potted the green ball to clinch victory. Williams later commented "That blue could have changed the direction of both our careers."
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Pitt, Nick (20 April 2014). "Snooker: Pocket man O'Sullivan eager to chalk up another title: The champion is in irresistible form as he starts his defence at the Crucible".
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wrote of Higgins that "This thin, pale, hollow-cheeked ex-jockey was something new to the game, cutting through its genteel pretensions like a swordsman." Snooker historian
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ran to only 90 words. Shortly afterwards, however, there was increasing interest, particularly in Higgins, from news media. In March he was the subject of a profile in
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The qualifying competition contained eight players of which two qualifiers joined other entrants in the competition proper. Those in the qualifying section included
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Spencer had embarked on a tour of Canada between the quarter-finals and semi-finals. He won 37–32 against Charlton, in the semi-final played at the Co-op Hall,
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in progress at the same time as the final, and on the first evening of play, without normal power, the session was conducted with reduced light provided by a
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tournament, using their "Players No. 6" brand. The 1969 championship is regarded as the first of the modern snooker era, and was won by
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There were no known century breaks by Bennett, Davis, Dunning, Gross, Houlihan, Parkin, Pulman, Rea, Reardon, Thompson, or Williams.
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The final was played at the Selly Park British Legion, Birmingham, from 21 to 26 February, refereed by Jim Thorpe. Historian
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On the day before the start of the Championship final, Spencer and Higgins contested the final of the
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Everton, Clive (17 February 1972). "Spencer-Higgins world snooker final is a hit with the fans".
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There were two matches played in the first round of the main competition. Higgins eliminated
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noticed the increasing popularity of snooker compared to billiards in the 1920s, and with
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of the tournament, 133. In all, he won six matches to secure the title, including a 31–30
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tournament that took place between March 1971 and 26 February 1972, as an edition of the
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the modern era, which began in 1969 when the World Championship became a knockout event.
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The known century breaks made at the qualifying and main tournament were as follows.
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Everton, Clive (28 February 1972). "Spencer-Higgins lands title at first attempt".
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in the final. The annual competition was not titled the World Championship until
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the world championship ... took on the modern day look during the 1968–69 season
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The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History
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Everton, Clive (23 February 1972). "Spencer 13–11 ahead in snooker final".
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Everton, Clive (April 1972). "How Alexander the great toppled king John".
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The Complete International Directory of Snooker Players – 1927 to 2018
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Haseldine, Norman (April 1971). "John Dunning 11 – Pat Houlihan 10".
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Haseldine, Norman (April 1971). "Alex Higgins 16 – Ronald Gross 5".
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was held at Camkin's Hall; Davis won the tournament by beating
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Results are shown below. Winning players are denoted in bold.
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Results are shown below. Winning players are denoted in bold.
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took a 6–2 lead against Dunning, and went on to win 19–7.
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in the semi-final after Williams had missed an attempt to
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37–31 in the final. Higgins also made the highest known
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won his first world title, defeating defending champion
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Spencer eliminated Davis 31–21. Williams defeated the
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World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
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World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
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London: Bloomsbury. pp. 11–13. 2089:Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 1961:– via British Newspaper Archive. 1951:Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 1910:Some sources give the score as 37–32. 3779: 3161: 2828: 2294: 2253:Snooker: records, facts and champions 2244: 2190:Williams, Luke; Gadsby, Paul (2005). 2132: 2046: 2026:from the original on 3 September 2019 1937: 1457: 1377: 1300: 1297: 1215: 1141: 1139: 1059: 981: 926: 919: 426: 3831:Australian Professional Championship 3120: 2990: 2981: 2961: 2902: 2896: 2737:The History of Snooker and Billiards 2626: 2602: 2539: 2382: 2275: 2162: 2002:Everton, Clive (23 September 2004). 1511: 3037: 2881: 2799:. London: Allen Lane. p. 394. 2721: 2698:"Alex Higgins 31, John Pulman 23". 2594:"Higgins wins – now for Jack Rea". 2511: 2422: 2150:from the original on 7 January 2021 1995: 328:-based billiards equipment manager 13: 3075:. Snooker Database. 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Snooker Scene. Archived from 3065: 2955: 2924: 2903:Bain, Mark (26 February 2022). 2866: 2813: 2706: 2691: 2676: 2661: 2646: 2587: 2572: 2557: 2503:"Spencer is snooker champion". 2496: 2394: 2376: 2341: 2322: 1917: 1904: 1845: 1817: 1793: 1732: 1704: 1680: 1652: 1628: 1600: 1576: 1438: 1404: 1324: 1199: 1166: 1040: 1006: 962: 845: 818: 794: 766: 664:1973 World Snooker Championship 421:1971 World Snooker Championship 381:1952 World Snooker Championship 206:1972 World Snooker Championship 167: 2962:Kane, Desmond (25 July 2020). 2862:. 28 February 1972. p. 7. 2598:. 9 September 1971. p. 9. 2507:. 7 November 1970. p. 14. 2075: 570:event, which Spencer won 4–3. 543:Quarter-finals and semi-finals 1: 3023:. London: Faber & Faber. 2931:Hendon, David (16 May 2022). 2005:"Davis, Joseph [Joe]" 1930: 1503: 1481: 295: 35:March 1971 – 26 February 1972 3102:"Embassy World Championship" 2523:The Guinness Book of Snooker 2389:in the modern era since 1969 2337:. 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Kobyhadrian Books. 2873:"(Picture caption)". 2840:Birmingham Daily Post 2331:Billiards and Snooker 2276:Hale, Janice (1991). 581: 354: 3049:Snooker: The Records 2192:Masters of the Baize 1864:Known century breaks 496:against Thompson at 489: 484:at the Castle Club, 469: 412:37–24 in the final. 277: 257: 249: 237: 229: 3846:Men of the Midlands 2890:The Birmingham Post 2822:The Birmingham Post 2355:The Daily Telegraph 1746: 1518: 684: 642:in September 1972. 535:, but proceeded by 500:Conservative Club. 208:was a professional 23: 3856:World Championship 3814:Non-ranking events 3108:on 24 January 2013 2061:. pp. 27–30. 1744: 1516: 1378:Best of 49 frames 1298:Best of 61 frames 1216:Best of 61 frames 1142:Best of 73 frames 1060:Best of 61 frames 982:Best of 73 frames 920:Best of 61 frames 840:Kingsley Kennerley 682: 590: 586:(pictured in 1968) 533:Kingsley Kennerley 440:, and four former 427:Tournament summary 364: 360:(pictured in 1971) 306:world championship 201:Snooker tournament 18: 3864: 3863: 3773: 3772: 3147:978-0-9931433-1-1 3058:978-0-85112-448-3 3030:978-0-571-13640-7 3002:978-0-571-23683-1 2911:Belfast Telegraph 2806:978-1-846-14737-1 2746:978-1-85225-013-3 2713:"Where it's at". 2596:Belfast Telegraph 2532:978-0-85112-230-4 2505:Belfast Telegraph 2455:978-0-7475-1610-1 2412:978-0-9548549-0-4 2315:978-1-78057-568-1 2287:978-0-356-19747-0 2262:978-0-85112-364-6 2201:978-1-84018-872-1 2125:978-0-7475-1610-1 2068:978-0-600-55604-6 2038:(Subscription or 1988:978-0-9548549-0-4 1860: 1859: 1853: 1852: 1740: 1739: 1501: 1500: 853: 852: 638:was broadcast on 636:Hurricane Higgins 632:The Sunday People 622:won the title in 594:Dominic Sandbrook 442:amateur champions 314:English billiards 199: 198: 3899: 3800: 3793: 3786: 3777: 3776: 3764: 3763: 3762: 3732:Crucible Theatre 3710:Related articles 3182: 3175: 3168: 3159: 3158: 3152: 3151: 3133: 3118: 3117: 3115: 3113: 3098: 3089: 3088: 3086: 3084: 3069: 3063: 3062: 3044: 3035: 3034: 3016: 3007: 3006: 2988: 2979: 2978: 2976: 2974: 2959: 2953: 2952: 2950: 2948: 2939:. 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Index

World Snooker Championship
Selly Park British Legion
Birmingham
WPBSA
Alex Higgins
Alex Higgins
John Spencer
1971
1973
snooker
World Snooker Championship
Selly Park British Legion
Alex Higgins
John Spencer
break
deciding frame
Rex Williams
pot
blue ball
Stephen Hendry
1990
session
mobile generator
miners' strike
World Snooker Championship
world championship
snooker
English billiards
billiard hall
Joe Davis

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