1975–76 snooker season

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.

1975–76 snooker season
Details
DurationAugust 1975 – 8 May 1976
Tournaments8 (1 ranking event)
Triple Crown winners
Masters Ray Reardon
World Championship Ray Reardon

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 [1]
09–?? 09–??  CAN NR Canadian Open Canadian National Exhibition Stadium Toronto Alex Higgins John Pulman 15–7 [2]
01–?? 01–??  ENG NR Pot Black BBC Studios Birmingham John Spencer Dennis Taylor 1–0 [3][4]
01–26 01–30  ENG NR The Masters New London Theatre London Ray Reardon Graham Miles 7–3 [5][6]
02–21  IRL NR Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament National Boxing Stadium Dublin John Spencer Alex Higgins 5–0 [7]
04–11 04–23  ENG WR World Snooker Championship Middlesbrough Town Hall Middlesbrough Ray Reardon Alex Higgins 27–16 [8][9]
Wythenshawe Forum Manchester
05–01 05–08  WAL NR Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn Ray Reardon Fred Davis 10–9 [10]
05–08 05–11  ENG NR Canadian Club Masters Northern Snooker Centre Leeds Alex Higgins Ray Reardon 6–4 [11]
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.[12]

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
  1. Dates use the month day format

References
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