Embassy World Championship
Tour: Main Tour;
Date: 16-28 Apr 1979;
Venue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England;
Type: Ranking;
Defending champion: Ray Reardon (a);
Notes: See also results (16)
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Terry Griffiths (a) | 24 | - | 16 |  |
Dennis Taylor (a) |
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  Griffiths miscued three times in four shots during the first frame, but won it on the final pink. The match were close until 17-16. | ||
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67-51, 63-54, 37-66, 75-49 (56), 120-9 (120), 106-24, 66-71 (71, 66), 1-91, 45-64, 84-38, 22-66 (57), 60-10, 3-97 (69), 57-66, 89-40, 42-66, 32-83 (70), 69-49, 22-86, 16-92 (92), 94-31, 85-35, 12-84, 76-41 (51), 4-90 (84), 36-66, 94-15, 59-22, 54-67, 73-27, 60-53, 127-2 (64), 51-62, 67-24, 115-5 (71), 104-1, 77-16, 84-43, 117-0 (50+), 92-16 (56) Referee: John Williams |
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| 3rd/4th Playoff | ||||||||||
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Eddie Charlton (a) | 7 | - | 3 |  |
John Virgo (a) |
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| Semifinals | ||||||||||
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Dennis Taylor (a) | 19 | - | 12 | |
John Virgo (a) |
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Terry Griffiths (a) | 19 | - | 17 | |
Eddie Charlton (a) | ||||
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Dennis Taylor (a) | 13 | - | 8 | |
Ray Reardon (a) |
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John Virgo (a) | 13 | - | 9 |  |
Bill Werbeniuk (a) | Virgo led 8�1 after the first session. | |||
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Eddie Charlton (a) | 13 | - | 4 | |
Fred Davis (a) |
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Terry Griffiths (a) | 13 | - | 12 | |
Alex Higgins (a) |
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3rd WC in a row where Higgins was defeated in a deciding frame. | ||
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Round 1 (Last 16) |
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Ray Reardon (a) | 13 | - | 8 | |
Graham Miles (a) |
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Reardon won eight of the nine frames in the second session. | |
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Dennis Taylor (a) | 13 | - | 11 | |
Steve Davis (a) |
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John Virgo (a) | 13 | - | 10 | |
Cliff Thorburn (a) |
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| 4 | |
Bill Werbeniuk (a) | 13 | - | 11 | |
John Spencer (a) | |||
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Eddie Charlton (a) | 13 | - | 6 | |
Doug Mountjoy (a) |
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| 6 | |
Fred Davis (a) | 13 | - | 8 | |
Kirk Stevens (a) |
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Aged 65 years and 247 days, Fred Davis became the oldest ever player so far to win a match at the Crucible He was also the oldest man to make a century at the Sheffield showpiece. | |
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Alex Higgins (a) | 13 | - | 5 | |
David Taylor (a) | |||
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Terry Griffiths (a) | 13 | - | 8 |  |
Perrie Mans (a) | |||
