1975–76 snooker season

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

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

Date^{[n 1]}			Rank	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Reference
08-??	08-29	AUS	NR	Australian Professional Championship	Wagga RSL Club	Wagga Wagga	Eddie Charlton	Dennis Wheelwright	31–10	^[2]
09-09	09-11	ENG	NR	Ford/Riley Burwat Tournament	Greyhound Garage	Accrington	Dennis Taylor	Alex Higgins	4–2	^[3]^[4]
08-13	09-01	CAN	NR	Canadian Open	Canadian National Exhibition Stadium	Toronto	Alex Higgins	John Pulman	15–7	^[5]
12-27	12-30	ENG	NR	Pot Black	BBC Studios	Birmingham	John Spencer	Dennis Taylor	1–0	^[6]^[7]^[8]
01-10	01-11	ENG	NR	Champion of Champions	Middlesbrough Town Hall	Middlesbrough	John Spencer	Graham Miles	5–4	^[9]^[10]
01-??	01-??	ENG	NR	Tony's Club Tournament	Tony's Club	Weybridge	Alex Higgins	John Spencer	4–1	^[11]
01-??	01-??	ENG	NR	Suffolk Invitation	Corn Exchange	Ipswich	Dennis Taylor	Cliff Thorburn	7–4	^[12]
01-??	01-??	ENG	NR	Southsea Invitational	New Pier	Southsea	Dennis Taylor	Willie Thorne	4–1	^[13]
01-26	01-30	ENG	NR	The Masters	New London Theatre	London	Ray Reardon	Graham Miles	7–3	^[14]^[15]
02-21		IRL	NR	Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament	National Boxing Stadium	Dublin	John Spencer	Alex Higgins	5–0	^[16]
??-??	04-05	ENG	NR	Ashton Club Jubilee Snooker Tournament	Ashton Court Country Club	Bristol	Dennis Taylor	Alex Higgins	5–2	^[17]
04-11	04-23	ENG	WR	World Snooker Championship	Middlesbrough Town Hall	Middlesbrough	Ray Reardon	Alex Higgins	27–16	^[18]^[19]
04-11	04-23	ENG	WR	World Snooker Championship	Wythenshawe Forum	Manchester	Ray Reardon	Alex Higgins	27–16	^[18]^[19]
05-01	05-08	WAL	NR	Pontins Professional	Pontins	Prestatyn	Ray Reardon	Fred Davis	10–9	^[20]
05-08	05-11	ENG	NR	Canadian Club Masters	Northern Snooker Centre	Leeds	Alex Higgins	Ray Reardon	6–4	^[21]

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.^[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
12	John Dunning
13	Perrie Mans
14	Bill Werbeniuk
15	Warren Simpson
16	David Taylor
17	Jim Meadowcroft
18	Marcus Owen
19	Ian Anderson
20	Paddy Morgan
21	Bernard Bennett
22	David Greaves
23	Pat Houlihan

Notes

^ Dates use the mm-dd date format.

References

^ "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.

[2] Dates use the mm-dd date format.

[1] "Thorne in the side". Snooker Scene. December 1975.

[3] 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.

[4] "Pro tournament". Snooker Scene. September 1975. p. 23.

[5] "Taylor wins tournament". Snooker Scene. November 1975. p. 24.

[6] 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.

[7] "Pot Black History". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.

[8] "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.

[9] "Thorne in the side". Snooker Scene. December 1975. p. 24.

[10] "Advertisement for Champion of Champions tournament". Snooker Scene. November 1975. p. 2.

[11] Corbett, Ted (February 1976). "Spencer back to form in Middlesbrough". Snooker Scene. p. 14.

[12] "Higgins again". Snooker Scene. February 1976. p. 23.

[13] "Taylor wins at Ipswich.". Snooker Scene. March 1976. p. 23.

[14] "...And at Southsea". Snooker Scene. March 1976. p. 23.

[15] 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.

[16] Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Hunter's first ranking title". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2013.

[17] Turner, Chris. "Irish Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2010.

[18] "Taylor is the tops". Western Daily Press. 6 April 1976. p. 5.

[19] Turner, Chris. "World Professional Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2011.

[20] Eric, Hayton (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. London: Rose Villa Publications. p. 11. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.

[21] "Pontin's Roll of Honour". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 6 April 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2013.

[22] Higgins, Alex (2007). From the Eye of the Hurricane. London: Headline Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-4722-2191-9.

[23] 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.

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