World Snooker Championship 1977
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The Embassy World Snooker Championship 1977 took place at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield between the 18 and 30th April 1977.
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[edit] Notable Moments
- This was the first time that the Embassy World Championship was held at the Crucible Theatre. It was staged there by promoter Mike Watterson who chose the venue after his wife saw a play there. It has remained there ever since.
- This was also the first world championship to be played since the world rankings were introduced.
- John Spencer won his third World title, beating Cliff Thorburn 25-21 in the final. He was the first player to win the title with a two-piece cue, because the cue that he won his last two titles with had been smashed in a car accident.
- First timers included Patsy Fagan, John Virgo, Doug Mountjoy (who beat Alex Higgins 13-12 in the first round), and Willie Thorne who had failed to qualify for the final stages in 1976.
- There were 6 centuries at the 1977 World Snooker Championship.
- The BBC televised the semi-finals and the final with the latter on the 30th April.
[edit] Prize Money
Winner £6,000
Total £17,000
[edit] Highest Break
135 John Spencer
[edit] The Results
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Best of 25 frames | ||||||||||||||
 Ray Reardon |
13 | |||||||||||||
| Best of 25 frames | ||||||||||||||
 Patsy Fagan |
7 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon |
6 | |||||||||||||
 John Spencer |
13 | |||||||||||||
| John Spencer |
13 | |||||||||||||
| Best of 35 frames | ||||||||||||||
| John Virgo |
9 | |||||||||||||
| John Spencer |
18 | |||||||||||||
| John Pulman |
16 | |||||||||||||
| Graham Miles |
13 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Graham Miles |
10 | |||||||||||||
| John Pulman |
13 | |||||||||||||
| John Pulman |
13 | |||||||||||||
| Best of 49 frames | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Davis |
12 | |||||||||||||
| John Spencer |
25 | |||||||||||||
 Cliff Thorburn |
21 | |||||||||||||
 Eddie Charlton |
13 | |||||||||||||
| David Taylor |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton |
12 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn |
13 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn |
13 | |||||||||||||
| Rex Williams |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn |
18 | |||||||||||||
 Dennis Taylor |
16 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor |
13 | |||||||||||||
 Perrie Mans |
11 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor |
13
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| Doug Mountjoy |
11 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy |
13 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins |
12 | |||||||||||||
| 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 |
