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1985 World Doubles Championship

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Hofmeister World Doubles
Tournament information
Dates4–15 December 1985 (1985-12-04 – 1985-12-15)
VenueDerngate
CityNorthampton
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£40,000
Highest break174 Davis/Meo (combined)
Final
ChampionDavis/Meo
Runner-upReardon/Jones
Score12–5
1984
1986

The 1985 Hofmeister World Doubles was the fourth staging of the doubles snooker tournament. It was played at the Derngate in Northampton and held between 4 and 15 December 1985 with the tournament televised on ITV.[1]

Defending champions Alex Higgins and Jimmy White's hopes ended at the qualifying stages. Steve Davis and Tony Meo went on to regain the title beating Ray Reardon and Tony Jones who beat Dennis Taylor and Terry Griffiths in the semi-final in by now a three session final as it was with the other ITV snooker tournaments but all sessions of the final were never televised due to a strike by electricians. Davis and Meo also got the highest combined break of 174 in their semi-final match against Cliff Thorburn and Willie Thorne.

Results

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Results from the last 16 onwards are shown below. Winning players are denoted in bold.[2]

Last 16
Best of 9 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 17 frames
Final
Best of 23 frames
            
England England Fowler/West 4
Australia South Africa Campbell/Mans 5
Australia South Africa Campbell/Mans 4
Wales England Reardon/Jones 5
Wales England Reardon/Jones 5
England England Taylor/Hallett 0
Wales England Reardon/Jones 9
Northern Ireland Wales Taylor/Griffiths 6
Northern Ireland Wales Taylor/Griffiths 5
England Wales Spencer/Newbury 0
Northern Ireland Wales Taylor/Griffiths 5
Wales Wales Mountjoy/Jones 2
England England Knowles/Johnson 4
Wales Wales Mountjoy/Jones 5
Wales England Reardon/Jones 5
England England Davis/Meo 12
England England Davis/Meo 5
Republic of Ireland England E. Hughes/M. Smith 4
England England Davis/Meo 5
England England Parrott/Foulds 3
Canada Australia Werbeniuk/Charlton 4
England England Parrott/Foulds 5
England England Davis/Meo 9
Canada England Thorburn/Thorne 6
Canada England Thorburn/Thorne 5
Wales Australia Wilson/King 2
Canada England Thorburn/Thorne 5
South Africa South Africa S Francisco/P Francisco 2
Canada England Stevens/Virgo 3
South Africa South Africa S Francisco/P Francisco 5

Selected earlier results

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Played in Birmingham 6–7 November 1985

Qualifying Round

Scotland Scotland Rea/McLaughlin 5–0 England England G. Foulds/Scott
England England Fowler/West 5– 4 Canada Canada Chaperon/Gauvreau
England England Williamson/Duggan 5– 1 England England Gilbert/Harris

Last 32

England England Fowler/West 5– 4 Northern Ireland England Higgins/White
Australia South Africa Campbell/Mans 5– 3 England Scotland Martin/MacLeod
Wales England Reardon/Jones 5–3 England Australia Cripsey/Wilkinson
England England Hallett/David Taylor 5– 4 England Republic of Ireland Medati/Browne
Wales Northern Ireland Griffiths/Dennis Taylor 5– 4 England England Wildman/Edmonds
England Wales Spencer/Newbury 5– 4 England Northern Ireland Bales/McLaughlin
England England Knowles/Johnson 5–2 Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Murphy/Fagan
Wales Wales Mountjoy/W.Jones 5– 2 England England Bradley/Chalmers
England England S. Davis/Meo 5– 2 England England Williams/Miles
Republic of Ireland England Hughes/Smith 5–4 Scotland Scotland Rea/McLaughlin
Canada Australia Werbeniuk/Charlton 5– 4 England Canada Dodd/Bear
England England N. Foulds/Parrott 5–1 Scotland Wales Donnelly/Roscoe
Canada England Thorburn/Thorne 5– 1 Wales Canada Chappel/Jonik
Wales Australia Wilson/King 5– 3 England England Williamson/Duggan
South Africa South Africa S. Francisco/P. Francisco 5–0 England England F. Davis/Watterson
Canada England Stevens/Virgo 5– 0 England England Reynolds/Longworth

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Chris. "World Doubles Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  2. ^ Hale, Janice (1987). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88. Aylesbury: Queen Anne Press. pp. 226–227. ISBN 0356146901.