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1982–83 snooker season

The 1982–83 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 7 July 1982 and 27 May 1983. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.

1982–83 snooker season
Details
Duration7 July 1982 – 27 May 1983
Tournaments18 (3 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK ChampionshipWales Terry Griffiths
MastersCanada Cliff Thorburn
World ChampionshipEngland Steve Davis

New professional players edit

In May 1982, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association accepted the applications of six players to become professional: Pascal Burke, Bob Harris, Graham Cripsey, Ian Williamson, Les Dodd and Mick Fisher. There were 13 rejected applications, including those of Barry West, Tony Kearney, Paul Watchorn, and Steve Longworth.[1]

In October, John Campbell, Mike Darrington, Warren King, Wayne Sanderson, and Watchorn were admitted as professionals.[2] Joe O'Boye, Dave Gilbert and Longworth were among several applicants who were refused.[3]

Calendar edit

Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Reference
07-07 07-09   AUS NR Australian Masters Channel 10 Television Studios Sydney   Steve Davis   Eddie Charlton [n 2] [4]
09-23 09-26   SCO NR Scottish Masters Holiday Inn Glasgow   Steve Davis   Alex Higgins 9–4 [5]
09-27 10-10   ENG WR International Open Assembly Rooms Derby   Tony Knowles   David Taylor 9–6 [6]
10-11 10-22   ENG WR Professional Players Tournament La Reserve Sutton Coldfield   Ray Reardon   Jimmy White 10–5 [7][8]
International Snooker Club Aston
10-23 10-31   ENG TE World Team Classic Hexagon Theatre Reading   Canada   England 4–2 [9][10]
11-20 12-04   ENG NR UK Championship Guild Hall Preston   Terry Griffiths   Alex Higgins 16–15 [11]
12-16 12-19   ENG TE World Doubles Championship Crystal Palace London   Steve Davis
  Tony Meo 		  Terry Griffiths
  Doug Mountjoy 		13–2 [12][13]
12-?? 12-??   ENG NR Pot Black BBC Studios Birmingham   Steve Davis   Ray Reardon 2–0 [14][15]
01-09 01-16   ENG NR The Classic Spectrum Arena Warrington   Steve Davis   Bill Werbeniuk 9–5 [16]
01-23 01-30   ENG NR The Masters Wembley Conference Centre London   Cliff Thorburn   Ray Reardon 9–7 [17][18]
02-16 02-20   WAL NR Welsh Professional Championship Ebbw Vale Leisure Centre Ebbw Vale   Ray Reardon   Doug Mountjoy 9–1 [19][20]
02-21 02-23   ENG NR Tolly Cobbold Classic Corn Exchange Ipswich   Steve Davis   Terry Griffiths 7–5 [21][22]
02-28 03-06   ENG NR International Masters Assembly Rooms Derby   Ray Reardon   Jimmy White 9–6 [23][24]
03-09 03-13   NIR NR Irish Professional Championship Mayfield Leisure Centre Belfast   Alex Higgins   Dennis Taylor 16–11 [25]
03-22 03-27   IRL NR Irish Masters Goff's Kill   Steve Davis   Ray Reardon 9–2 [26][27][28]
04-16 05-02   ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield   Steve Davis   Cliff Thorburn 18–6 [29]
05-07 05-14   WAL NR Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn   Doug Mountjoy   Ray Reardon 9–7 [30][31]
05-21 05-27   ENG NR Pontins Brean Sands Sands Holiday Village Burnham-on-Sea   Tony Meo   Silvino Francisco 9–7 [32]
WR = World ranking event
NR = Non-ranking event
TE = Team event

Official rankings edit

Main article: Snooker world rankings 1982/1983

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.[33][34][35]

No. Ch. Name
1     Ray Reardon
2     Alex Higgins
3     Cliff Thorburn
4     Steve Davis
5     Eddie Charlton
6     Kirk Stevens
7     Doug Mountjoy
8     David Taylor
9     Bill Werbeniuk
10     Jimmy White
11     Perrie Mans
12     John Spencer
13     Dennis Taylor
14     Terry Griffiths
15     Tony Knowles
16     Willie Thorne

Notes edit

  1. ^ Dates use the mm-dd date format.
  2. ^ The final was decided on aggregate score over three frames.

References edit

  1. ^ "Six new professionals". Snooker Scene. June 1982. p. 31.
  2. ^ "O'Boye stays amateur". The Daily Telegraph. 14 October 1982. p. 32.
  3. ^ "O'Boye rejected by WPBSA". Snooker Scene. November 1982. p. 35.
  4. ^ Turner, Chris. "Australian Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 30 September 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  5. ^ Turner, Chris. "Scottish Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  6. ^ Turner, Chris. "International Open, Goya Matchroom Trophy". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  7. ^ Turner, Chris. "Professional Players Tournament, Grand Prix, LG Cup". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  8. ^ "Professional Players Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  9. ^ Turner, Chris. "World Cup, World Team Classic, Nations Cup". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  10. ^ "Canada wins snooker classic". Evening Times. 1 November 1982. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  11. ^ Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  12. ^ Turner, Chris. "World Doubles Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  13. ^ "Meo makes his mark – and collects £13,000". The Herald. Glasgow. 20 December 1982. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  14. ^ "Pot Black History". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.
  15. ^ "Pot Black, Junior Pot Black". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  16. ^ Turner, Chris. "Wilson Classic, Lada Classic, Mercantile Credit Classic". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  17. ^ Turner, Chris. "The Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  18. ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Hunter's first ranking title". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  19. ^ Turner, Chris. "Welsh Professional Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  20. ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Hallett wins English Pro title". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  21. ^ Turner, Chris. "Tolly Cobbold Classic". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  22. ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Ranking first for Carter". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  23. ^ Turner, Chris. "British Open Including British Gold Cup, Yamaha Organs Trophy and Yamaha International Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  24. ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: British success for the Whirlwind". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  25. ^ Turner, Chris. "Irish Professional Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  26. ^ Turner, Chris. "Irish Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  27. ^ "On this Week: Irish hat-trick success". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  28. ^ "Steve Is The Master". Evening Times. 28 March 1983. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  29. ^ Turner, Chris. "World Professional Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  30. ^ "Pontin's Roll of Honour". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 6 April 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  31. ^ Turner, Chris. "Pontins Open, Pontins Professional, Pontins World Pro-Am Series". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  32. ^ Snooker Scene, July 1983, page 10-11.
  33. ^ Turner, Chris. "Historical World Rankings 1975/76 to 1989/90". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  34. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  35. ^ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
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