Talk:1982 World Snooker Championship

Davis/Griffiths in 1982
Is there any citation/reference for the notion that Davis was "worn out after a year on the road" leading to his defeat by Knowles and that Griffiths was demotivated after Davis' defeat?

I certainly don't know for sure that either of these statements is incorrect, and the former seems reasonably plausible, but the latter less so - surely Davis' defeat would have been the greatest possible motivation for Griffiths - if he had played like he'd done all season, he would only have had to turn up to win his second title. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.111.223.190 (talk) 15:50, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Contested edits
Only because I saw the back and forth between two editors on this article all morning, I reviewed the edits from both. It appears to me that both agree on the facts. What strikes me most is that there are absolutely no references cited at all to support any claims about 'expectations', whether or not there were 'upsets', someone's physical or mental state ('worn out'), and whether someone was a 'favorite'... Without anything to substantiate that language, there's nothing left but the scores and who won and lost.  Wikipelli   Talk   16:08, 6 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Honestly, the more I look at this article, the more I want to completely rewrite most of it. I have no idea what snooker is, barely ever heard of it before today, but I know that there are no citations, tons of peacock words, and really sounds like a fan's report rather than an encyclopedia article. I'll leave it go for a bit - hopefully those who are more knowledgable and passionate about the sport will take to editing out the puffery. Then I might have a go. :) I mean, 3 years ago the validity of one of the statements was questioned! If it's not going to be deleted, it ought to be cleaned up.   Wikipelli   Talk   22:24, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

I became an avid snooker around this time and watched this most enthralling of World Snooker Championships - it still remains my all-time favourite - unfold on TV (the previous year was my first one I saw). It was widely agreed in hindsight that Steve Davis did go into the 1982 World Championship utterly worn out through overdoing it on the road,though they didn't see the pitfall that was waiting for them at the time. He and Barry Hearn were blazing a trail of endorsements,appearances,etc. that was probably unprecedented in the game at a time when the game's popularity was soaring.

I have never heard of that about Terry Griffiths and was most surprised to see it. Griffiths,for who the unexpected removal of Davis would have shone out as an inviting opportunity,was immediately installed as favourite upon Davis's surprise exit.

When Cliff Thorburn was blitzed out by Jimmy White as well three of the top four seeds were out,and Dennis Taylor was fifth seed when he also came unstuck,against debutant Silvino Francisco,with Fred Davis also bowing out,against Junior Pot Black winner Dean Reynolds who was also a Crucible first-timer.

I have read many sources re: Davis. One of them is the Guinness Book of Snooker by Clive Everton,which came out in 1982 (this might be quite rare by now but I still have a copy). This also has all the qualifiers up to that year in it,and full up-to-date records can also be found in the Rothmans Snooker Yearbook,which was edited by Janice Hale and ran from the mid-80s up to 1991.

Qualifying for the 1982 Embassy World Championship
John Bear beat F Jonik 9-4; John Bear beat J Wych 9-4

Dennis Hughes beat C Everton 9-4; T Meo beat Dennis Hughes 9-4

D Reynolds beat D Sheehan 9-5; D Reynolds beat R Edmonds 9-6

E Hughes wo D Mienie scr; T Knowles beat E Hughes 9-7

M Wildman beat G Foulds 9-8; J White beat M Wildman 9-4

C Roscoe beat B Mikkelsen 9-6; W Thorne beat C Roscoe 9-1

P Medati beat J Phillips 9-3; C Wilson beat P Medati 9-5

P Houlihan beat I Anderson 9-5; D Martin beat P Houlihan 9-3

M Macleod beat E McLaughlin 9-8; J Dunning beat M Macleod 9-4

M Watterson beat B Demarco 9-6; J Meadowcroft beat M Watterson 9-7

D French beat B Bennett 9-3; P Fagan beat D French 9-6

I Black beat M Parkin 9-6; R Williams beat I Black 9-2

J Johnson beat V Harris 9-4; M Hallett beat J Johnson 9-8

J Donnelly beat M Gibson 9-8; E Sinclair beat B Kelly 9-8; J Donnelly beat E Sinclair 9-8

P Morgan beat D Greaves 9-2; S Francisco beat C Ross 9-0; S Francisco beat P Morgan 9-1

M Morra beat Tommy Murphy 9-5; J Fitzmaurice wo J Pulman scr; J Fitzmaurice beat M Morra 9-7

188.29.8.15 (talk) 00:36, 2 May 2013 (UTC) Ralph

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Wrong best of frames in semis
The amount of frames was best of 31 not 33 But don't know how to change it 86.174.150.52 (talk) 06:55, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Cheers. I've added a "SF frames" parameter, default is 33. Nigej (talk) 07:33, 20 April 2022 (UTC)