1967–68 snooker season explained

Duration:	July 1967 – June 1968
Tournaments:	4 (non-ranking)
Previous:	1966–67
Next:	1968–69

The 1967–68 snooker season, the last season before the modern era of snooker, was a series of snooker tournaments played between July 1967 and June 1968. The following table outlines the results for the season's events.__TOC__

New professional players

The following players turned professional during the season: Gary Owen and Ray Reardon.^[1] Billiards and Snooker magazine reported in June 1968 that Alex Higgins had turned professional, but in October 1968 he was competing as an amateur.^{[2] [3]}

Calendar

Date			Rank	width=235	Tournament name	Venue	City	width=160	Winner	width=160	Runner-up	Score
07-??	07-??	Australia	NR	Australian Professional Championship	Junior Rugby League Club	Sydney			7–1	^[4]
01-09	01-13		NR	Willie Smith Trophy	Queen's Hall	Leeds			Round robin	^[5] ^[6]
			NR	World Snooker Championship	Co-operative Hall	Bolton				^[7] ^[8]

Notes and References

1. Ray Reardon turns professional . Billiards and Snooker . Billiards Association and Control Council . December 1967 . 5.
2. Harper . Ronnie . Alex Higgins turns professional . Billiards and Snooker . Billiards Association and Control Council . June 1968 . 10.
3. News: Harper . Ronnie . Higgind v Donnelly looks a thriler . Belfast Telegraph . 19 November 1968 . 20.
4. Fryer . Robert . Australia: a 272 snooker break. Billiards and Snooker . Billiards Association and Control Council . August 1967 . 16.
5. New pro Owen plays in new pro tournament . Billiards and Snooker . Billiards Association and Control Council . October 1967 . 5.
6. Owen wins Willie Smith trophy . Billiards and Snooker . Billiards Association and Control Council . February 1968 . 3.
7. Web site: World Championship 1968 . global-snooker.com . 19 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110310201409/http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-snooker-tournaments-archive-world-championship-1968.asp . 10 March 2011 . dead .
8. News: . Eddie lost game, but revived snooker . 28 March 1976 . 64 . 23 January 2016 . 8 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160208133008/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uv1jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=g-YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1136%2C8541254 . live.