1976 Masters (snooker)

The 1976 Masters (officially the 1976 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from Monday 26 to Friday 30 January 1976 at the New London Theatre in London, England. 10 players were invited for the competition. Mostly the same players from the 1975 tournament mostly competed but with Dennis Taylor replacing Bill Werbeniuk.

1976 Benson & Hedges Masters
Tournament information
Dates26–30 January 1976 (1976-01-26 – 1976-01-30)
VenueNew London Theatre
CityLondon
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-Ranking event
Winner's share£2,000[1]
Highest break Eddie Charlton (AUS) (97)
Final
Champion Ray Reardon (WAL)
Runner-up Graham Miles (ENG)
Score7–3
← 1975
1977 →

1975 runner-up Ray Reardon beat Graham Miles 7–3 in the final. At the age of 43 years and 114 days he was the oldest winner of the event until Stuart Bingham broke the record winning the title in 2020 aged 43 years and 243 days.[2]

Main draw

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Round 1
Best of 7 frames 		Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames 		Final
Best of 13 frames
 John Spencer (ENG) 4
 Fred Davis (ENG) 4 England Fred Davis 0
 Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 2 England John Spencer 4
England Graham Miles 5
 Alex Higgins (NIR) 1
 Graham Miles (ENG) 4
England Graham Miles 3
Wales Ray Reardon 7
 Rex Williams (ENG) 1
 Eddie Charlton (AUS) 4
Australia Eddie Charlton 4
Wales Ray Reardon 5
 Ray Reardon (WAL) 4
 John Pulman (ENG) 4 England John Pulman 1
 Dennis Taylor (NIR) 2

Final
Final: Best of 13 frames. Referee:
New London Theatre, London, England, 30 January 1976.
Ray Reardon
 Wales		 7–3 Graham Miles
 England
First session: 79–34, 88–11, 63–1 (57), 42–68, 73–18 (70), 61–22, 41–95, 104–17 (90), 11–85, 57–16
90 Highest break
0 Century breaks 0
3 50+ breaks 0

Century breaks

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References
  1. Turner, Chris. "The Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  2. Turner, Chris. "On this week: Jan 24–30 – Hunter's first ranking title". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  3. "1976 Masters Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  4. "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  5. "1976 Masters". CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
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