World Snooker Championship 1973
- World Snooker Championship 1973
The 1973 Park Drive World Snooker Championship competition took place at the City Exhibition Hall, Deansgate, Manchester between 16th and 28th April 1973.
The competition was scheduled to take a fortnight, rather than the months it had taken to complete previous championships. There was also a new sponsor, Park Drive, makers of Gallaher cigarettes.
Well-known players Cliff Thorburn and Dennis Taylor made their debuts this year, both later champions. They played each other in the first round and Thorburn won 9-8.
Defending champion Alex Higgins beat Fred Davis in a memorable quarter-final 16-14 which is perhaps best remembered for a rain interruption. Granada television sent a camera along to cover this unusual occurrence, and this brought referee John Williams fame.
Ray Reardon staged a remarkable recovery when, having trailed John Spencer 12-19, he won their semi-final 23-22. Reardon lost the first session of the final against Eddie Charlton 0-7, but went on to win 38-32. For the first time some frames of the final were televised, by the BBC.
Prizes
Winner £1,500
Total £8,000
Results
First Round Best of 17 frames
flagicon|England Pat Houlihan 9-2
Jackie Rea flagicon|Northern Ireland
Round16
Best of 31 frames
flagicon|Northern Ireland Alex Higgins|16
flagicon|England Pat Houlihan|3|
flagicon|England Fred Davis|16
flagicon|England David Greaves|1|
flagicon|Australia Eddie Charlton|16
flagicon|South Africa|1928 Perrie Mans|8|
flagicon|England John Pulman|10
flagicon|England Graham Miles|16|
flagicon|England Rex Williams|16
flagicon|Canada Cliff Thorburn|15|
flagicon|England John Spencer|16
flagicon|England David Taylor|5|
flagicon|Wales Gary Owen|16
flagicon|Australia Warren Simpson|14|
flagicon|Wales Ray Reardon|16
flagicon|England Jim Meadowcroft|10
Best of 31 frames
flagicon|Northern Ireland Alex Higgins|16
flagicon|England Fred Davis|14|
flagicon|Australia Eddie Charlton|16
flagicon|England Graham Miles|6|
flagicon|England Rex Williams|7
flagicon|England John Spencer|16|
flagicon|Wales Gary Owen|6
flagicon|Wales Ray Reardon|16
Best of 45 frames
flagicon|Northern Ireland Alex Higgins|9
flagicon|Australia Eddie Charlton|23|
flagicon|England John Spencer|22
flagicon|Wales Ray Reardon|23
Best of 75 frames
flagicon|Australia Eddie Charlton|32
flagicon|Wales Ray Reardon|38
3rdplace=no
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