World Snooker Championship 1974
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[edit] The event
The 1974 Park Drive World Snooker Championship took place at Belle Vue, Manchester in 16 and the 25 April 1974. The prelimnary round took place on the 11th April.
[edit] Notable Moments
- The 1974 World Championship turned out to be a disappointment after 1973's success. The building at Belle Vue was perhaps too reminiscent of a vast aircraft hangar and the pattern of results was a promoter's nightmare.
- Of the name players, John Spencer lost his first round match 13-15 to South Africa's Perrie Mans; Eddie Charlton went out to a lifetime best performance by John Dunning, a dour Yorkshireman also 13-15; and Alex Higgins lost the last three frames to Fred Davis to lose their quarter-final by the odd frame. Ray Reardon had his most difficult match in the quarter-final against Marcus Owen, The younger brother of Gary Owen who had turned professional after regaining the 1973 English Amateur title he won three time between 1958 and 1967. Reardon then went on to beat Birmingham's Graham Miles 22-12 to win his third world title.
- First timers include Canada's Bill Werbeniuk who beat Geoff Thompson 8-3 before losing to Fred Davis 5-15 in the second round.
- The final session was televised by the BBC.
[edit] Prize Money
Winner £2,000
Total £10,000
[edit] The Results
First Round Best of 15 frames
Jim Meadowcroft 8-5 Kingsley Kennerley
Marcus Owen 8-5 Maurice Parkin
Bernard Bennett 8-2 Warren Simpson 
Bill Werbeniuk 8-3 Geoff Thompson
Perrie Mans 8-1 Ian Anderson
John Pulman 8-0 Sydney Lee
Paddy Morgan 8-4 Cliff Thorburn
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Best of 29 frames | ||||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon |
15 | |||||||||||||
| Best of 29 frames | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Meadowcroft |
3 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon |
15 | |||||||||||||
| Marcus Owen |
11 | |||||||||||||
| Marcus Owen |
15 | |||||||||||||
| Best of 29 frames | ||||||||||||||
| Gary Owen |
8 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon |
15 | |||||||||||||
| Fred Davis |
3 | |||||||||||||
 Alex Higgins |
15 | |||||||||||||
| Bernard Bennett |
4 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins |
14 | |||||||||||||
| Fred Davis |
15 | |||||||||||||
| Fred Davis |
15 | |||||||||||||
| Best of 43 frames | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Werbeniuk |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon |
22 | |||||||||||||
| Graham Miles |
12 | |||||||||||||
| Perrie Mans |
15 | |||||||||||||
| John Spencer |
13 | |||||||||||||
| Rex Williams |
15 | |||||||||||||
| Perrie Mans |
4 | |||||||||||||
| Rex Williams |
15 | |||||||||||||
| John Pulman |
12 | |||||||||||||
| Graham Miles |
15 | |||||||||||||
| Rex Williams |
7 | |||||||||||||
| Graham Miles |
15 | |||||||||||||
| Paddy Morgan |
7 | |||||||||||||
| Graham Miles |
15
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| John Dunning |
13 | |||||||||||||
| John Dunning |
15 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton |
11 | |||||||||||||
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