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[edit] The event
The Embassy World Snooker Championship took place at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield between 12 and 28 April 1985. It included one of the most famous finals ever, between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor, in which their match attracted 18.5 million viewers on BBC2 and the session finished at 12:25 a.m. after Taylor potted the black to win the title. Main article: 1985 World Snooker Championship final.
[edit] Other notable moments
- One quarter-final had the youngest and the oldest of the 1985 Championship players competing against each other, John Parrott who was close to his 21st birthday and 52-year-old Ray Reardon. Reardon won 13–12
- The semi-final matches both finshed with a session to spare, and to fill them, Ray Reardon who lost to Steve Davis 5-16 played John Virgo in an exhibition match which was the best of three frames. Virgo also had some time to do impressions of other snooker players, and even Tony Drago, then an amateur, played a frame of snooker at the Crucible. The other semi-final had Dennis Taylor beating Tony Knowles with the same score as the Davis/Reardon match.
[edit] The results
Dennis Taylor
