World Snooker Championship 1976
- World Snooker Championship 1976
The 1976 Embassy World Snooker Championship took place at two venues - the Middlesbrough Town Hall staged the top half of the draw and the Wythenshawe Forum, Manchester staged the bottom half and the final.
Notable Moments
* This was the first world championship to be sponsored by Embassy; their sponsorship lasted for the next 30 years.
* There was some controversy over the size of the pockets on one of the tournament tables, which did not conform to the official standards. The television lighting gantry also worried some of the players.
Highest Break
138 John Spencer
Prize Money
Winner £6,000
Total £15,300
The Results
Round16
Best of 29 frames
flagicon|Wales Ray Reardon|15
flagicon|England John Dunning|7|
flagicon|Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor|15
flagicon|Wales Gary Owen|9|
flagicon|RSA|1928 Perrie Mans|15
flagicon|England Graham Miles|10|
flagicon|England Jim Meadowcroft|15
flagicon|England Rex Williams|7|
flagicon|Australia Eddie Charlton|15
flagicon|England John Pulman|9|
flagicon|England Fred Davis|15
flagicon|Canada Bill Werbeniuk|12|
flagicon|Northern Ireland Alex Higgins|15
flagicon|Canada Cliff Thorburn|14|
flagicon|England John Spencer|15
flagicon|England David Taylor|5
Best of 29 frames
flagicon|Wales Ray Reardon|15
flagicon|Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor|2|
flagicon|RSA|1928 Perrie Mans|15
flagicon|England Jim Meadowcroft|8|
flagicon|Australia Eddie Charlton|15
flagicon|England Fred Davis|13|
flagicon|Northern Ireland Alex Higgins|15
flagicon|England John Spencer|14
Best of 39 frames
flagicon|Wales Ray Reardon|20
flagicon|RSA|1928 Perrie Mans|10|
flagicon|Australia Eddie Charlton|18
flagicon|Northern Ireland Alex Higgins|20
Best of 53 frames
flagicon|Wales Ray Reardon|27
flagicon|Northern Ireland Alex Higgins|16
3rdplace=no
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