1975 Ladbroke International (snooker)

The 1975 Ladbroke International was a professional invitational team snooker tournament, that took place in early 1975 and was recorded by Thames Television for broadcast. The event featured two teams, "England" and "Rest of the World", with representatives from each team playing single frame matches. The winning team was determined by the aggregate score in points across all matches. The "Rest of the World" team won by 113 points.[1]

1975 Ladbroke International
Tournament information
Dates1975
FormatNon-ranking team event
Final
ChampionRest of the World
Runner-upEngland
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The "England" team was Rex Williams, Fred Davis, Graham Miles, John Spencer and John Pulman. The "Rest of the World" team was Ray Reardon (Wales), Eddie Charlton (Australia), Cliff Thorburn (Canada) and Alex Higgins and Jackie Rea (both Northern Ireland).[2]

Broadcasts were on ITV from 7 April 1975,[3] with commentary by Shaw Taylor.[4]

Results

[1]

Rest of the World player(s) Score England player(s) Cumulative score
difference
 Ray Reardon (WAL) 88–41  Rex Williams (ENG) 47
 Eddie Charlton (AUS) 19–100  Fred Davis (ENG) -34
 Jackie Rea (NIR) 70–52  Graham Miles (ENG) -16
 Ray Reardon (WAL) &  Alex Higgins (NIR) 41–81  John Spencer (ENG) &  Rex Williams (ENG) -56
 Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 64–58  John Pulman (ENG) -50
 Alex Higgins (NIR) 95–43  John Spencer (ENG) 2
 Cliff Thorburn (CAN) &  Eddie Charlton (AUS) 91–24  Graham Miles (ENG) &  Fred Davis (ENG) 69
 Jackie Rea (NIR) 39–63  John Pulman (ENG) 45
 Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 73–43  Rex Williams (ENG) 75
 Alex Higgins (NIR) &  Jackie Rea (NIR) 100–21  John Pulman (ENG) &  Fred Davis (ENG) 154
 Eddie Charlton (AUS) 45–66  Graham Miles (ENG) 133
 Alex Higgins (NIR) 57–55  Fred Davis (ENG) 135
 Ray Reardon (WAL) 47–69  John Spencer (ENG) 113

References
  1. Everton, Clive (1976). The Ladbroke Snooker International Handbook. Ladbrokes Leisure. pp. 6–7. ISBN 0905606000.
  2. "ITV London". Reading Evening Post. 5 April 1975. p. 2.
  3. "ITV London". Reading Evening Post. 7 April 1975. p. 2.
  4. "Snooker series". The Belfast Telegraph. 26 August 1976. p. 3.
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