1975–76 snooker season

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.

1975–76 snooker season

Details
Duration	August 1975 – 8 May 1976
Tournaments	8 (1 ranking event)
Triple Crown winners
Masters	Ray Reardon
World Championship	Ray Reardon
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

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.^[1]

Calendar

Date[n 1]			Rank	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Reference
08-??	08-29	AUS	NR	Australian Professional Championship	Wagga RSL Club	Wagga Wagga	Eddie Charlton	Dennis Wheelwright	31–10	[2]
08-13	09-01	CAN	NR	Canadian Open	Canadian National Exhibition Stadium	Toronto	Alex Higgins	John Pulman	15–7	[3]
09-09	09-11	ENG	NR	Ford/Riley Burwat Tournament	Greyhound Garage	Accrington	Dennis Taylor	Alex Higgins	4–2	[4][5]
12-27	12-30	ENG	NR	Pot Black	BBC Studios	Birmingham	John Spencer	Dennis Taylor	1–0	[6][7][8]
01-10	01-11	ENG	NR	Champion of Champions	Middlesbrough Town Hall	Middlesbrough	John Spencer	Graham Miles	5–4	[9][10]
01-??	01-??	ENG	NR	Tony's Club Tournament	Tony's Club	Weybridge	Alex Higgins	John Spencer	4–1	[11]
01-??	01-??	ENG	NR	Suffolk Invitation	Corn Exchange	Ipswich	Dennis Taylor	Cliff Thorburn	7–4	[12]
01-??	01-??	ENG	NR	Southsea Invitational	New Pier	Southsea	Dennis Taylor	Willie Thorne	4–1	[13]
01-26	01-30	ENG	NR	The Masters	New London Theatre	London	Ray Reardon	Graham Miles	7–3	[14][15]
02-21		IRL	NR	Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament	National Boxing Stadium	Dublin	John Spencer	Alex Higgins	5–0	[16]
??-??	04-05	ENG	NR	Ashton Club Jubilee Snooker Tournament	Ashton Court Country Club	Bristol	Dennis Taylor	Alex Higgins	5–2	[17]
04-11	04-23	ENG	WR	World Snooker Championship	Middlesbrough Town Hall	Middlesbrough	Ray Reardon	Alex Higgins	27–16	[18][19]
					Wythenshawe Forum	Manchester
05-01	05-08	WAL	NR	Pontins Professional	Pontins	Prestatyn	Ray Reardon	Fred Davis	10–9	[20]
05-08	05-11	ENG	NR	Canadian Club Masters	Northern Snooker Centre	Leeds	Alex Higgins	Ray Reardon	6–4	[21]

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.^[22]

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

Notes

1. Dates use the mm-dd date format.