World Snooker Championship 1977
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Embassy World Snooker Championship 1977 took place at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield between the April 1977.
[edit] Prize Money
Winner £6,000
Total £17,000
[edit] The Results
First Round Best of 25 frames
Ray Reardon 13-7 Patsy Fagan 
John Spencer 13-9 John Virgo
Graham Miles 13-9 Willie Thorne
John Pulman 13-12 Fred Davis
Eddie Charlton 13-5 David Taylor
Cliff Thorburn 13-6 Rex Williams
Dennis Taylor 13-11 Perrie Mans 
Doug Mountjoy 13-12 Alex Higgins
Quarter-finals Best of 25 frames
John Spencer 13-6 Ray Reardon
John Pulman 13-10 Graham Miles
Cliff Thorburn 13-12 Eddie Charlton
Dennis Taylor 13-11 Doug Mountjoy
Semi-finals Best of 35 frames
John Spencer 18-16 John Pulman
Cliff Thorburn 18-16 Dennis Taylor
Final Best of 49 frames (Referee: John Smyth)
John Spencer 25-12 Cliff Thorburn
[edit] Highest Break
135 John Spencer
There were 6 centuries at the 1977 World Snooker Championship.
This was the first time that the Embassy World Championship was held at the Crucible. It has remained there ever since.
| World Snooker Championship |
|---|
| Full results by year |
| 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 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 |
| Winners and statistics |
| List of winners from 1927 to present |
