- World Snooker Championship 1984
= The event =
The Embassy
World Snooker Championship took place at theCrucible Theatre ,Sheffield between the21st April to the7th May 1984 .Notable Moments
* Future World Champions Joe Johnson and
John Parrott made their debuts. Parrott beat the 1983 semi-finalist Tony Knowles 10-7 in the first round before losing toDennis Taylor who beat Johnson 1-10 in the first round.* Other players who made their debuts that year were
Neal Foulds , Warren King,Roy Andrewartha ,Marcel Gauvreau ,Paul Mifsud (the first Maltese player),Mario Morra andEddie Sinclair . All the debutants except Foulds and King played at the Crucible for the first and only time and all except Foulds and John Parrott lost their first round matches.*
Jimmy White played in his first final where he lost toSteve Davis 16-18. It would be the first of six World Championship final defeats. In the match, he was 4-12 behind at the end of the first day. On the second day, White fought back and cut the score to 11-13 behind at the end of the afternoon session. By the evening session he had made breaks of 64,72 and 53 to trail by only one frame 16-17 but Davis won the 34th frame and sealed victory 18-16.* Steve Davis meanwhile became the first player at the Crucible to retain the title.
* Fred Davis made his last appearance in the World Championship at the Crucible stage. He becomes the oldest player ever at the age of 70 years and 8 months when he played
Bill Werbeniuk and lost 4-10.* There were 8 centuries in the 1984 World Championship which is the lowest number of centuries since 1978.
Highest Break
138
Rex Williams Prize Money
Winner £44,000
Total £200,000
The Results
World Snooker Championship Rounds
|flagicon|EnglandSteve Davis |10|flagicon|Australia Warren King|3
|flagicon|England John Spencer|10|flagicon|EnglandGraham Miles |3
|flagicon|WalesTerry Griffiths |10|flagicon|MaltaPaul Mifsud |2
|flagicon|CanadaBill Werbeniuk |10|flagicon|England Fred Davis|4
|flagicon|EnglandNeal Foulds |10|flagicon|Northern IrelandAlex Higgins |9
|flagicon|WalesDoug Mountjoy |10|flagicon|EnglandMike Hallett |4
|flagicon|Northern IrelandDennis Taylor |10|flagicon|England Joe Johnson|1
|flagicon|EnglandJohn Parrott |10|flagicon|England Tony Knowles|7
|flagicon|WalesRay Reardon |10|flagicon|CanadaJim Wych |5
|flagicon|South Africa|1928Silvino Francisco |10|flagicon|EnglandTony Meo |5
|flagicon|England David Taylor|10|flagicon|CanadaMarcel Gauvreau |5
|flagicon|CanadaKirk Stevens |10|flagicon|ScotlandEddie Sinclair |1
|flagicon|CanadaCliff Thorburn |10|flagicon|CanadaMario Morra |3
|flagicon|EnglandWillie Thorne |10|flagicon|EnglandJohn Virgo |9
|flagicon|EnglandJimmy White |10|flagicon|EnglandRex Williams |6
|flagicon|AustraliaEddie Charlton |10|flagicon|EnglandRoy Andrewartha |4
|flagicon|EnglandSteve Davis |13|flagicon|England John Spencer|5
|flagicon|WalesTerry Griffiths |13|flagicon|CanadaBill Werbeniuk |8
|flagicon|WalesDoug Mountjoy |13|flagicon|EnglandNeal Foulds |6
|flagicon|Northern IrelandDennis Taylor |13|flagicon|EnglandJohn Parrott |11
|flagicon|WalesRay Reardon |13|flagicon|South Africa|1928Silvino Francisco |8
|flagicon|CanadaKirk Stevens |13|flagicon|England David Taylor|10
|flagicon|CanadaCliff Thorburn |13|flagicon|EnglandWillie Thorne |11
|flagicon|EnglandJimmy White |13|flagicon|AustraliaEddie Charlton |7
|flagicon|EnglandSteve Davis |13|flagicon|WalesTerry Griffiths |10
|flagicon|Northern IrelandDennis Taylor |13|flagicon|WalesDoug Mountjoy |8
|flagicon|CanadaKirk Stevens |13|flagicon|WalesRay Reardon |2
|flagicon|EnglandJimmy White |13|flagicon|CanadaCliff Thorburn |8
|flagicon|EnglandSteve Davis |16|flagicon|Northern IrelandDennis Taylor |9
|flagicon|EnglandJimmy White |16|flagicon|CanadaKirk Stevens |14
("Best of 35 frames") Crucible Theatre, Sheffield,6 May &7 May 1984 . Referee: Jim Thorpe
flagicon|EnglandSteve Davis
18-16Jimmy White flagicon|England
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flagicon|EnglandSteve Davis wins the 1984 EmbassyWorld Snooker Championship
"Best of 19 frames"
"Best of 25 frames"
"Best of 25 frames"
"Best of 31 frames"
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