The 1975–76 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between August 1975 and May 1976. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and the invitational events. __TOC__
New professional Willie Thorne was accepted as a professional player by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association at its meeting on 15 November 1975.
Calendar DateDates use the mm-dd date format. Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Reference NR Wagga RSL Club Wagga Wagga 08–13 09–01 NR Canadian Open Toronto Alex Higgins John Pulman 15–7 09-09 09–11 NR Ford/Riley Burwat Tournament Greyhound Garage Accrington Dennis Taylor Alex Higgins 4–2 12–27 12–30 NR Pot Black BBC Studios Birmingham John Spencer Dennis Taylor 1–0 01–10 01–11 NR Champion of Champions Middlesbrough Town Hall Middlesbrough John Spencer Graham Miles 5–4 01-?? 01-?? NR Tony's Club Tournament Tony's Club Weybridge Alex Higgins John Spencer 4–1 01-?? 01-?? NR Suffolk Invitation Corn Exchange Ipswich Dennis Taylor Cliff Thorburn 7–4 01-?? 01-?? NR Southsea Invitational New Pier Southsea Dennis Taylor Willie Thorne 4–1 01–26 01–30 NR The Masters New London Theatre London Ray Reardon Graham Miles 7–3 02-21 NR Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament National Boxing Stadium Dublin John Spencer Alex Higgins 5–0 ??-?? 04–05 NR Ashton Club Jubilee Snooker Tournament Ashton Court Country Club Bristol Dennis Taylor Alex Higgins 5–2 04-1104-23WRWorld Snooker Championship Middlesbrough Town Hall Middlesbrough Ray Reardon Alex Higgins27–16 Wythenshawe Forum Manchester 05–01 05–08 NR Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn Ray Reardon Fred Davis 10–9 05–08 05–11 NR Canadian Club Masters Northern Snooker Centre Leeds Alex Higgins Ray Reardon 6–4
WR = World ranking event NR = Non-ranking event
Order of Merit
This Order of Merit was published after the 1975 World Snooker Championship, and was used for seeding purposes. It used the same criteria as the first official rankings list for the next season.
No. Name 1 Ray Reardon 2 Eddie Charlton 3 Alex Higgins 4 Rex Williams 5 Graham Miles 6 John Spencer 7 Fred Davis 8 Gary Owen 9 Dennis Taylor 10 Cliff Thorburn 11 John Pulman 12 John Dunning 13 Perrie Mans 14 Bill Werbeniuk 15 Warren Simpson 16 David Taylor 17 Jim Meadowcroft 18 Marcus Owen 19 Ian Anderson 20 Paddy Morgan 21 Bernard Bennett 22 David Greaves 23 Pat Houlihan
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