1976 Australian Professional Championship

Australian Professional Championship
Tournament information
DatesSeptember 1976
VenueDandanong Football Club
CityMelbourne
CountryAustralia
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Final
ChampionAustralia Eddie Charlton
Runner-upAustralia Paddy Morgan
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The 1976 Australian Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place in September 1976.[1]

Eddie Charlton won the tournament after the other finalist Paddy Morgan withdrew from the tournament in protest of Charlton being allowed to use his own personal set of snooker balls alongside his own choice of table.[2][3]

Main draw

[2][3][4]

Quarter-finals
Best of 29 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 41/37 frames 		Final
Australia Eddie Charlton
Australia Lou Condo Australia Eddie Charlton 21
Australia Gary Owen Australia Gary Owen 10
Australia Ian Anderson Australia Eddie Charlton w/o
Australia Paddy Morgan 15 Australia Paddy Morgan w/d
Australia Ron Mares 12 Australia Paddy Morgan 19
Australia Warren Simpson 15 Australia Warren Simpson 11
Australia Dennis Wheelwright 13

References

  1. ^ "Other National Professional Championships". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "1976 Australian Professional Championship Results Grid". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Not so good, Eddie". Snooker Scene. January 1977. p. 23.
  4. ^ "Professional snooker matches set". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 Sep 1976. p. 16.