1975–76 snooker season explained

Duration:	August 1975 – 8 May 1976
Tournaments:	8 (1 ranking event)
Masters:	Ray Reardon
Worldchamps:	Ray Reardon
Previous:	1974–75
Next:	1976–77

The 1975–76 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between August 1975 and May 1976. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and the invitational events.__TOC__

New professional

Willie Thorne was accepted as a professional player by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association at its meeting on 15 November 1975.^[1]

Calendar

Date^[2]			Rank	width=235	Tournament name	width=180	Venue	width=90	City	width=160	Winner	width=160	Runner-up	width=40	Score	width=20	Reference
			NR		Wagga RSL Club	Wagga Wagga				^[3]
09-09	09-11		NR	Ford/Riley Burwat Tournament	Greyhound Garage	Accrington	Dennis Taylor	Alex Higgins	4–2	^[4] ^[5]
08-13	09-01	Canada	NR	Canadian Open		Toronto	Alex Higgins	John Pulman	15–7	^[6]
12-27	12-30		NR	Pot Black	BBC Studios	Birmingham	John Spencer	Dennis Taylor	1–0	^[7] ^[8] ^[9]
01-10	01-11		NR	Champion of Champions	Middlesbrough Town Hall	Middlesbrough	John Spencer	Graham Miles	5–4	^[10] ^[11]
01-??	01-??		NR	Tony's Club Tournament	Tony's Club	Weybridge	Alex Higgins		John Spencer	4–1	^[12]
01-??	01-??		NR	Suffolk Invitation	Corn Exchange	Ipswich	Dennis Taylor	Cliff Thorburn	7–4	^[13]
01-??	01-??		NR	Southsea Invitational	New Pier	Southsea	Dennis Taylor	Willie Thorne	4–1	^[14]
01-26	01-30		NR	The Masters	New London Theatre	London	Ray Reardon	Graham Miles	7–3	^[15] ^[16]
02-21			NR	Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament	National Boxing Stadium	Dublin	John Spencer	Alex Higgins	5–0	^[17]
??-??	04-05		NR	Ashton Club Jubilee Snooker Tournament	Ashton Court Country Club	Bristol	Dennis Taylor	Alex Higgins	5–2	^[18]
04-11	04-23		WR	World Snooker Championship	Middlesbrough Town Hall	Middlesbrough	Ray Reardon	Alex Higgins	27–16	^[19] ^[20]
					Wythenshawe Forum	Manchester
05-01	05-08		NR	Pontins Professional	Pontins	Prestatyn	Ray Reardon	Fred Davis	10–9	^[21]
05-08	05-11		NR	Canadian Club Masters	Northern Snooker Centre	Leeds	Alex Higgins	Ray Reardon	6–4	^[22]

WR = World ranking event

NR = Non-ranking event

Order of Merit

This Order of Merit was published after the 1975 World Snooker Championship, and was used for seeding purposes. It used the same criteria as the first official rankings list for the next season.^[23]

No.	width=165	Name
1	Ray Reardon
2	Eddie Charlton
3	Alex Higgins
4	Rex Williams
5	Graham Miles
6	John Spencer
7	Fred Davis
8	Gary Owen
9	Dennis Taylor
10	Cliff Thorburn
11	John Pulman
12	John Dunning
13	Perrie Mans
14	Bill Werbeniuk
15	Warren Simpson
16	David Taylor
17	Jim Meadowcroft
18	Marcus Owen
19	Ian Anderson
20	Paddy Morgan
21	Bernard Bennett
22	David Greaves
23	Pat Houlihan

Notes and References

1. Thorne in the side . Snooker Scene . December 1975 .
2. Dates use the mm-dd date format.
3. Web site: Turner. Chris. Other National Professional Championships. https://web.archive.org/web/20120107161810/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/natpro.html. 7 January 2012. cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. 4 February 2013.
4. Pro tournament . Snooker Scene . September 1975 . 23.
5. Taylor wins tournament . Snooker Scene . November 1975 . 24.
6. Web site: Turner. Chris. Canadian Open, Canadian Masters. https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155138/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/canmast.html. 16 February 2012. cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. 3 June 2013.
7. Web site: Pot Black History. Global Snooker Centre. https://web.archive.org/web/20081224154719/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/History/tourn_hist_potblack.htm. 24 December 2008.
8. Web site: Pot Black, Junior Pot Black. https://web.archive.org/web/20120216154927/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/PotBlack.html. 16 February 2012. cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. 17 May 2010.
9. Thorne in the side. Snooker Scene . December 1975 . 24.
10. Advertisement for Champion of Champions tournament . Snooker Scene . November 1975 . 2.
11. Corbett . Ted . Spencer back to form in Middlesbrough . Snooker Scene . February 1976 . 14.
12. Higgins again . Snooker Scene . February 1976 . 23.
13. Taylor wins at Ipswich.. . Snooker Scene . March 1976 . 23.
14. ...And at Southsea . Snooker Scene . March 1976 . 23.
15. Web site: Turner. Chris. The Masters. https://web.archive.org/web/20120107160419/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masters.html. 7 January 2012. cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. 10 July 2012.
16. Web site: Turner. Chris. On this Week: Hunter's first ranking title. Eurosport UK. 3 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140116141449/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/27012010/58/week-jan-24-30-hunter-first-ranking-title.html. 16 January 2014. live.
17. Web site: Turner. Chris. Irish Masters. https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155735/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/irishmast.html. 16 February 2012. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. 18 November 2010.
18. News: Taylor is the tops . Western Daily Press . 6 April 1976 . 5.
19. Web site: Turner . Chris . World Professional Championship . Chris Turner's Snooker Archive . https://web.archive.org/web/20130416080933/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/world.html. 16 April 2013 . 2 May 2011.
20. Book: Eric, Hayton. The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. 2004. Rose Villa Publications. London. 0-9548549-0-X. 11.
21. Web site: Pontin's Roll of Honour. Global Snooker Centre. 19 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20080406235708/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Pontins/pontins-roll-of-honour.htm. 6 April 2008.
22. Book: Higgins, Alex. From the Eye of the Hurricane. 2007. Headline Publishing Group. London. 978-1-4722-2191-9.
23. Web site: Turner. Chris. Historical World Rankings 1975/76 to 1989/90. https://web.archive.org/web/20120608214119/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/HistoricRank1.html. 8 June 2012. cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. 24 October 2011.