1975–76 snooker season
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | August 1975 – 8 May 1976 |
| Tournaments | 8 (1 ranking event) |
| Triple Crown winners | |
| Masters |  Ray Reardon |
| World Championship | 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.
New professional
[edit]Willie Thorne was accepted as a professional player by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association at its meeting on 15 November 1975.[1]
Calendar
[edit]
| WR = World ranking event |
| NR = Non-ranking event |
Order of Merit
[edit]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.[22]
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ray Reardon
|
| 2 |  Eddie Charlton
|
| 3 |  Alex Higgins
|
| 4 |  Rex Williams
|
| 5 | Graham Miles
|
| 6 | John Spencer
|
| 7 | Fred Davis
|
| 8 | Gary Owen
|
| 9 | Dennis Taylor
|
| 10 |  Cliff Thorburn
|
| 11 | John Pulman
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| 12 | John Dunning
|
| 13 |  Perrie Mans
|
| 14 | Bill Werbeniuk
|
| 15 | Warren Simpson
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| 16 | David Taylor
|
| 17 | Jim Meadowcroft
|
| 18 | Marcus Owen
|
| 19 | Ian Anderson
|
| 20 | Paddy Morgan
|
| 21 | Bernard Bennett
|
| 22 | David Greaves
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| 23 | Pat Houlihan
|
Notes
[edit]- ^ Dates use the mm-dd date format.
References
[edit]- ^ "Thorne in the side". Snooker Scene. December 1975.
- ^ Turner, Chris. "Other National Professional Championships". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Pro tournament". Snooker Scene. September 1975. p. 23.
- ^ "Taylor wins tournament". Snooker Scene. November 1975. p. 24.
- ^ Turner, Chris. "Canadian Open, Canadian Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ "Pot Black History". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.
- ^ "Pot Black, Junior Pot Black". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
- ^ "Thorne in the side". Snooker Scene. December 1975. p. 24.
- ^ "Advertisement for Champion of Champions tournament". Snooker Scene. November 1975. p. 2.
- ^ Corbett, Ted (February 1976). "Spencer back to form in Middlesbrough". Snooker Scene. p. 14.
- ^ "Higgins again". Snooker Scene. February 1976. p. 23.
- ^ "Taylor wins at Ipswich.". Snooker Scene. March 1976. p. 23.
- ^ "...And at Southsea". Snooker Scene. March 1976. p. 23.
- ^ Turner, Chris. "The Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Hunter's first ranking title". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ Turner, Chris. "Irish Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
- ^ "Taylor is the tops". Western Daily Press. 6 April 1976. p. 5.
- ^ Turner, Chris. "World Professional Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
- ^ Eric, Hayton (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. London: Rose Villa Publications. p. 11. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
- ^ "Pontin's Roll of Honour". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 6 April 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ Higgins, Alex (2007). From the Eye of the Hurricane. London: Headline Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-4722-2191-9.
- ^ Turner, Chris. "Historical World Rankings 1975/76 to 1989/90". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2011.