The 1976 Masters (officially the 1976 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from Monday 26 to Friday 30 January 1976 at the New London Theatre in London, England. 10 players were invited for the competition. Mostly the same players from the 1975 tournament mostly competed but with Dennis Taylor replacing Bill Werbeniuk.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 26–30 January 1976 |
| Venue | New London Theatre |
| City | London |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-Ranking event |
| Winner's share | £2,000[1] |
| Highest break |  Eddie Charlton (AUS) (97) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Ray Reardon (WAL) |
| Runner-up |  Graham Miles (ENG) |
| Score | 7–3 |
← 1975 1977 → | |
1975 runner-up Ray Reardon beat Graham Miles 7–3 in the final. At the age of 43 years and 114 days he was the oldest winner of the event until Stuart Bingham broke the record winning the title in 2020 aged 43 years and 243 days.[2]
Main draw
edit| Round 1 Best of 7 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 13 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| John Spencer (ENG)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fred Davis (ENG)
| 4 | Fred Davis
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||
 Cliff Thorburn (CAN)
| 2 | John Spencer
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Graham Miles
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Alex Higgins (NIR)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Graham Miles (ENG)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Graham Miles
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rex Williams (ENG)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton (AUS)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon (WAL)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Pulman (ENG)
| 4 | John Pulman
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor (NIR)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Final
edit| Final: Best of 13 frames. Referee: New London Theatre, London, England, 30 January 1976. | ||
| Ray Reardon Wales
|
7–3 | Graham Miles England
|
| First session: 79–34, 88–11, 63–1 (57), 42–68, 73–18 (70), 61–22, 41–95, 104–17 (90), 11–85, 57–16 | ||
| 90 | Highest break | |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 3 | 50+ breaks | 0 |
Century breaks
edit- None. Highest break: 97 – Eddie Charlton
References
edit- ^ Turner, Chris. "The Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ Turner, Chris. "On this week: Jan 24–30 – Hunter's first ranking title". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ "1976 Masters Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ^ "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ^ "1976 Masters". CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database. Retrieved 19 January 2015.