1974 World Amateur Snooker Championship

The first World Amateur Snooker Championship was held in 1963. Ray Edmonds, who won the title in 1972, was the defending champion for 1974.[1]

The tournament was held in Dubin from 1 to 16 December 1974.[2][3] There were two nine-player round-robin groups, with the top four players from each group progressing to the quarter-finals.[2] The quarter-finals onwards were played as a knockout tournament.[1]

Ray Edmonds played Geoff Thomas in the final, which was held on 15 and 16 December,[1][3] Edmonds led 5–2 after the first session. In the next session, Thomas took a 7–6 lead before Edmonds levelled the score. In the final session, Edmonds moved into a 9–7 lead before Thomas equalised at 9–9. Edmonds won the next two frames to achieve victory at 11–9.[4]

Alwyn Lloyd made the highest break of the tournament, 104, during the group stage.[5][1]

The final tables are shown below. Players in bold qualified for the next round.[1]

Group A

Player	MW	FW	FL	Break
Ray Edmonds (WAL)	7	31	11	66
Muhammad Lafir (LKA)	6	30	19	77
Eddie Sinclair (SCO)	6	28	21	67
Geoff Thomas (WAL)	4	24	22	43
Dessie Sheehan (IRE)	4	25	24	43
Patrick Donnelly (NIR)	3	21	28	42
Shyam Shroff (IND)	3	16	26	44
Norman Stockman (NZL)	2	18	29	51
John Sklazeski (CAN)	1	18	31	79

Group B

Player	MW	FW	FL	Break
Alwyn Lloyd (WAL)	8	32	14	104
Winston Hill (NZL)	5	26	21	58
Pascal Burke (IRE)	4	26	20	71
Lou Condo (AUS)	4	26	21	53
Alfred Borg (MLT)	4	27	23	37
David Sneddon (SCO)	4	23	21	54
Arvind Savur (IND)	4	24	23	50
Roy Cowley (IOM)	3	16	27	50
N J Rahim (LKA)	0	2	32	25

Players in bold denote match winners.[1]

	Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames					Semi-finals Best of 15 frames					Final Best of 21 frames
	Ray Edmonds (ENG)		4
	Lou Condo (AUS)		3
						Ray Edmonds (ENG)		8
						Eddie Sinclair (SCO)		4
	Eddie Sinclair (SCO)		4
	Winston Hill (NZL)		2
											Ray Edmonds (ENG)		11
											Geoff Thomas (WAL)		9
	Pascal Burke (IRE)		4
	Muhammad Lafir (LKA)		3
						Pascal Burke (IRE)		2
						Geoff Thomas (WAL)		8
	Geoff Thomas (WAL)		4
	Alwyn Lloyd (WAL)		2

Scores in bold indicate winning frame scores. *Denotes frame won on a respotted black[4]

Final: Best of 21 frames. Dublin, 15–16 December 1974
Ray Edmonds	11–9	Geoff Thomas
15 December (evening): 107–25; 42–68; 56–46; 76–69*; 57–67; 60–37; 64–13; 34–58 16 December (afternoon): 34–58; 76–24; 22–83; 13–88; 3–90; 28–64; 67–8; 15 December (evening): 84–10; 72–64; 36–76; 46–56; 66–43; 90–27