1967–68 snooker season

The 1967–68 snooker season, the last season before the modern era of snooker,[lower-alpha 1] was a series of snooker tournaments played between July 1967 and June 1968. The following table outlines the results for the season's events.

1967–68 snooker season
Details
DurationJuly 1967 – June 1968
Tournaments4 (non-ranking)
Triple Crown winners
World Championship John Pulman (ENG)

Calendar
Date[lower-alpha 2] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
07–?? 07–??  AUS NR Australian Professional Championship Junior Rugby League Club Sydney  Eddie Charlton (AUS)  Warren Simpson (AUS) 7–1 [2]
01–09 01–13  ENG NR Willie Smith Trophy Queen's Hall Leeds  Gary Owen (WAL)  John Dunning (ENG) Round robin [3][4]
03–04 03–09  ENG NR World Snooker Championship[lower-alpha 3] Co-operative Hall Bolton  John Pulman (ENG)  Eddie Charlton (AUS) 39–34 [5][6]

New professionals

The following players turned professional during the season: Gary Owen[3] and Ray Reardon.[7] Billiards and Snooker magazine reported in June 1968 that Alex Higgins had turned professional, but in October 1968 he was competing as an amateur.[8][9]

Notes
  1. The "modern era" of snooker is understood to have started in 1969, when the World Championship reverted to a knockout format.[1]
  2. Dates use the month day format
  3. Challenge match

References
  1. "John Higgins eyes more crucible titles". The Daily Telegraph. London. 5 May 2009. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2020. the modern era, which began in 1969 when the World Championship became a knockout event.
  2. Fryer, Robert (August 1967). "Australia: a 272 snooker break". Billiards and Snooker. Billiards Association and Control Council. p. 16.
  3. "New pro Owen plays in new pro tournament". Billiards and Snooker. Billiards Association and Control Council. October 1967. p. 5.
  4. "Owen wins Willie Smith trophy". Billiards and Snooker. Billiards Association and Control Council. February 1968. p. 3.
  5. "World Championship 1968". global-snooker.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  6. "Eddie lost game, but revived snooker". The Sun-Herald. 28 March 1976. p. 64. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  7. "Ray Reardon turns professional". Billiards and Snooker. Billiards Association and Control Council. December 1967. p. 5.
  8. Harper, Ronnie (June 1968). "Alex Higgins turns professional". Billiards and Snooker. Billiards Association and Control Council. p. 10.
  9. Harper, Ronnie (19 November 1968). "Higgind v Donnelly looks a thriler". Belfast Telegraph. p. 20.
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