Australian Professional Championship Explained

Tournament Name:	Australian Professional Snooker Championship
Country:	Australia
Establishment:	1963
Format:	Non-ranking event
Final Year:	1988

The Australian Professional Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament which was open only for Australian or Australian-based players.

History

From 1963 to 1974 the Australian Professional Championship was held on a challenge basis and dominated by Eddie Charlton who won ten times in that period. It became a knockout tournament in 1975. It was then not held until 1984 when the WPBSA offered a subsidy of £1,000 per man to any country holding a national professional championship. This subsidy ended in 1988/1989 after which date most national championships were discontinued.

Eddie Charlton won the tournament on a record 20 occasions.

Winners

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Year	Winner	Runner-up	Final score	Venue	Season
1963	Warren Simpson	Newton Gaham	5-3 ^[2]	Bankstown	1963/64
1964	Eddie Charlton	Warren Simpson		Newcastle	1964/65
1965	Norman Squire	Eddie Charlton		Sutherland	1965/66
1966	Eddie Charlton	Warren Simpson	7–4	Harbord	1966/67
1967	Eddie Charlton	Warren Simpson	7–1	Sydney	1967/68
1968	Warren Simpson	Eddie Charlton	11–10	Sydney	1968/69
1969	Warren Simpson	Eddie Charlton	8–3	Sydney	1968/69
1969	Eddie Charlton	Warren Simpson	11–6	Sydney	1969/70
1970	Eddie Charlton	Warren Simpson	^[3]	Sydney	1970/71
1971	Eddie Charlton	Warren Simpson	11–7	Sydney	1971/72
1972	Eddie Charlton	Gary Owen	19–10	Sydney	1972/73
1973	Eddie Charlton	Gary Owen	31–10	Wagga Wagga	1973/74
1974	Eddie Charlton	Warren Simpson	44–17	Wagga Wagga	1974/75
1975	Eddie Charlton	Dennis Wheelwright	31–10	Wagga Wagga	1975/76
1976	Eddie Charlton	Paddy Morgan	Walkover	Melbourne	1976/77
1977	Eddie Charlton	Paddy Morgan	25–21	Melbourne	1977/78
1978	Eddie Charlton	Ian Anderson	29–13	Grafton	1978/79
1984	Eddie Charlton	Warren King	10–3	Dubbo	1984/85
1985	John Campbell	Eddie Charlton	10–7	Sydney	1985/86
1986	Warren King	John Campbell	10–3	Wollongong	1986/87
1987	Warren King	Eddie Charlton	10–7	Sydney	1987/88
1988	John Campbell	Robby Foldvari	9–7	Sydney	1988/89

See also

• Cue sports in Australia

Notes and References

1. Web site: Australian Professional Championship. https://web.archive.org/web/20120107161810/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/natpro.html. dead. 7 January 2012. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. 5 December 2017.
2. News: Snooker won by Simpson . The Sydney Morning Herald . 17 October 1963 . 16.
3. Book: Kobylecky, John . The Complete International Directory of Snooker Players – 1927 to 2018 . Kobyhadrian Books . 978-0-9931433-1-1 .