World Snooker Championship 1975
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[edit] The event
The 1975 World Snooker Championship took place at Nunawading Basketball Centre, Nunawading, Melbourne, Australia in 1975.
[edit] Notable Moments
- With Park Drive having ended their sponsorship, the World Championship was awarded to Eddie Charlton Promotions to stage in Australia.
- The quarter-final between defending champion Ray Reardon and John Spencer was considered by many to be the real final which Reardon won 19-17.
- Dennis Taylor achieved his best championship showing at that point reaching the semi-final in the other half before a choppy Sydney to Brisbane plane journey on the morning of his semi-final match against local player Eddie Charlton contributed to him making a poor start from which he never recovered. Taylor lost 12-19.
- The final was the first in the modern game to go the full distance. Ray Reardon led 16-8; Eddie Charlton led 29-23; Reardon led 30-29; Charlton levelled and took the decider for his 31-30 victory.
- This was the last world championship to be held outside the UK. It took place in Middlesbrough and Manchester the following year and in the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield from 1977 onwards.
[edit] Prize Money
Winner £4,000
Total £18,900
[edit] The Results
First Round Best of 29 frames
Warren Simpson 15-5 Ron Mayers
John Pulman 15-5 Phil Tarrant
Dennis Taylor 15-12 Perrie Mans 
Gary Owen 15-3 David Greaves
Bill Werbeniuk 15-9 Jim Meadowcroft
Cliff Thorburn 15-6 Pat Morgan
David Taylor 15-8 Rex King
Ian Anderson 15-8 Lou Condo
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Best of 29 frames | ||||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon |
15 | |||||||||||||
| Best of 37 frames | ||||||||||||||
| Warren Simpson |
11 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon |
19 | |||||||||||||
| John Spencer |
17 | |||||||||||||
| John Spencer |
15 | |||||||||||||
| Best of 37 frames | ||||||||||||||
| John Pulman |
10 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon |
19 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor |
14 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor |
15 | |||||||||||||
| Fred Davis |
14 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor |
19 | |||||||||||||
| Gary Owen |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Gary Owen |
15 | |||||||||||||
| Best of 61 frames | ||||||||||||||
| John Dunning |
8 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon |
31 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton |
30 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton |
15 | |||||||||||||
| Bill Werbeniuk |
11 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton |
19 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn |
12 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn |
15 | |||||||||||||
| Graham Miles |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton |
19 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins |
12 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins |
15 | |||||||||||||
| David Taylor |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins |
19
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| Rex Williams |
12 | |||||||||||||
| Rex Williams |
15 | |||||||||||||
| Ian Anderson |
4 | |||||||||||||
| World Snooker Championship |
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| The early years |
| 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 |
| Post-War to decline |
| 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 |
| Challenge Matches |
| 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1968 |
| The modern era pre-Crucible |
| 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 |
| The Crucible Theatre |
| 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Winners and statistics |
| List of winners from 1927 to present |
