World Snooker Championship 1984
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[edit] The event
The Embassy World Snooker Championship took place at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield between the 21st April to the 7th May 1984.
[edit] Notable Moments
- Future World Champions Joe Johnson and John Parrott made their debuts. Parrott beat the 1983 semi-finalist Tony Knowles 10-7 in the first round before losing to Dennis Taylor who beat Johnson 1-10 in the first round.
- Other players who made their debuts that year were Neal Foulds, Warren King, Roy Andrewartha, Marcel Gauvreau, Paul Mifsud (the first Maltese player), Mario Morra and Eddie Sinclair. All the debutants except Foulds and King played at the Crucible for the first and only time and all except Foulds and John Parrott lost their first round matches.
- Jimmy White played in his first final where he lost to Steve Davis 16-18. It would be the first of six World Championship final defeats. In the match, he was 4-12 behind at the end of the first day. On the second day, White fought back and cut the score to 11-13 behind at the end of the afternoon session. By the evening session he had made breaks of 64,72 and 53 to trail by only one frame 16-17 but Davis won the 34th frame and sealed victory 18-16.
- Steve Davis meanwhile became the first player at the Crucible to retain the title.
- Fred Davis made his last appearance in the World Championship at the Crucible stage. He becomes the oldest player ever at the age of 70 years and 8 months when he played Bill Werbeniuk and lost 4-10.
- There were 8 centuries in the 1984 World Championship which is the lowest number of centuries since 1978.
[edit] Highest Break
138 Rex Williams
[edit] Prize Money
Winner £44,000
Total £200,000
[edit] The Results
| Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 6 May & 7 May 1984. Referee: Jim Thorpe | ||
 Steve Davis |
18-16 | Jimmy White |
| Scores to fill | Scores to fill | |
| Steve Davis wins the 1984 Embassy World Snooker Championship |
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| 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 |
