1973 World Snooker Championship

The 1973 World Snooker Championship (also known as 1973 Park Drive World Snooker Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 28 April 1973 at the City Exhibition Hall in Manchester, England.[1]

Park Drive World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates16–28 April 1973
VenueCity Exhibition Hall
CityManchester
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)WPBSA
Total prize fund£8,000
Winner's share£1,500[1]
Highest break John Spencer (139)
Final
Champion Ray Reardon
Runner-up Eddie Charlton
Score38–32
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Ray Reardon won in the final 38–32 against Eddie Charlton.

Tournament summary
  • The competition took place over 13 days, rather than the months it had taken to complete previous championships. Park Drive continued to sponsor the event.[1]
  • The first-round matches were played on 16 April, the second round matches on 17 and 18 April, the quarter-finals on 19 and 20 April, the semi-finals from 21 to 23 April with the final played over 5 days from 24 to 28 April.
  • Cliff Thorburn and Dennis Taylor made their debuts; both would later become world champions. They played each other in the first round and Thorburn won 9–8.[2][3]
  • Alex Higgins beat Fred Davis in the quarter-finals 16–14. The match is noted for a rain interruption.[4]
  • Reardon staged a recovery when, having trailed John Spencer 12–19, he won their semi-final 23–22. Reardon lost the first session of the final against Eddie Charlton 0–7, but went on to win 38–32. For the first time some frames of the final were televised by the BBC.[4]
  • Spencer made the highest break of the tournament with 139.[5]

Main draw

[6][7][8]

  Round 1
Best of 17 frames		 Round 2
Best of 31 frames		 Quarter-finals
Best of 31 frames		 Semi-finals
Best of 45 frames		 Final
Best of 75 frames
                                               
Pat Houlihan 9     Alex Higgins 16  
Jackie Rea 2     Pat Houlihan 3  
  Alex Higgins 16  
  Fred Davis 14  
David Greaves 9 Fred Davis 16
Bernard Bennett 8     David Greaves 1  
  Alex Higgins 9  
  Eddie Charlton 23  
Graham Miles 9     John Pulman 10  
Geoff Thompson 5     Graham Miles 16  
  Graham Miles 6
  Eddie Charlton 16  
Perrie Mans 9 Eddie Charlton 16
Ron Gross 2     Perrie Mans 8  
  Eddie Charlton 32
  Ray Reardon 38
Warren Simpson 9     Gary Owen 16  
Maurice Parkin 3     Warren Simpson 14  
  Gary Owen 6
  Ray Reardon 16  
Jim Meadowcroft w/o Ray Reardon 16
Kingsley Kennerley w/d     Jim Meadowcroft 10  
  Ray Reardon 23
  John Spencer 22  
Cliff Thorburn 9     Rex Williams 16  
Dennis Taylor 8     Cliff Thorburn 15  
  Rex Williams 7
  John Spencer 16  
David Taylor 9 John Spencer 16
John Dunning 4     David Taylor 5  

References
  1. Turner, Chris. "World Professional Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
  2. "Cliff Thorburn at the World Championship". Snooker Database. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  3. "Dennis Taylor at the World Championship". Snooker Database. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  4. Kastner, Hugo. "Snooker – Spieler, Regeln & Rekorde (May 2011 update)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  5. "2004 Embassy World Championship Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 8 December 2004. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  6. "World Championship 1973". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2010-12-28. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
  7. "1973 World Championships Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  8. "Embassy World Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
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