World Snooker Championship 1977
- World Snooker Championship 1977
The Embassy World Snooker Championship 1977 took place at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield between the 18 and 30th April 1977.
Notable Moments
* This was the first time that the Embassy World Championship was held at the Crucible Theatre. It was staged there by promoter Mike Watterson who chose the venue after his wife saw a play there. It has remained there ever since.
* This was also the first world championship to be played since the world rankings were introduced.
* John Spencer won his third World title, beating Cliff Thorburn 25-21 in the final. He was the first player to win the title with a two-piece cue, because the cue that he won his last two titles with had been smashed in a car accident.
* First timers included Patsy Fagan, John Virgo, Doug Mountjoy (who beat Alex Higgins 13-12 in the first round), and Willie Thorne who had failed to qualify for the final stages in 1976.
* There were 6 centuries at the 1977 World Snooker Championship.
* The BBC televised the semi-finals and the final with the latter on the 30th April.
Prize Money
Winner £6,000
Total £17,000
Highest Break
135 John Spencer
The Results
Round16
Best of 25 frames
flagicon|Wales Ray Reardon|13
flagicon|Ireland Patsy Fagan|7|
flagicon|England John Spencer|13
flagicon|England John Virgo|9|
flagicon|England Graham Miles|13
flagicon|England Willie Thorne|9|
flagicon|England John Pulman|13
flagicon|England Fred Davis|12|
flagicon|Australia Eddie Charlton|13
flagicon|England David Taylor|5|
flagicon|Canada Cliff Thorburn|13
flagicon|England Rex Williams|6|
flagicon|Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor|13
flagicon|RSA|1928 Perrie Mans|11|
flagicon|Wales Doug Mountjoy|13
flagicon|Northern Ireland Alex Higgins|12
Best of 25 frames
flagicon|Wales Ray Reardon|6
flagicon|England John Spencer|13|
flagicon|England Graham Miles|10
flagicon|England John Pulman|13|
flagicon|Australia Eddie Charlton|12
flagicon|Canada Cliff Thorburn|13|
flagicon|Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor|13
flagicon|Wales Doug Mountjoy|11
Best of 35 frames
flagicon|England John Spencer|18
flagicon|England John Pulman|16|
flagicon|Canada Cliff Thorburn|18
flagicon|Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor|16
Best of 49 frames
flagicon|England John Spencer|25
flagicon|Canada Cliff Thorburn|21
3rdplace=no
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