World Snooker Championship 1984

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Contents 1 The event 2 Prize Money 3 The Results 4 Highest Break

[edit] The event

The Embassy World Snooker Championship took place at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield between the 21st April to the 7th May 1984. Future World Champions Joe Johnson and John Parrott made their debuts. Parrott beat the 1983 semi-finalist Tony Knowles 10-7 in the first round.

[edit] Prize Money

Winner £44,000

Total £200,000

[edit] The Results

	First Round				Second Round				Quarter-Finals				Semi-Finals
	Best of 19 frames				Best of 25 frames				Best of 25 frames				Best of 31 frames
	Steve Davis	10
	Warren King	3
					Steve Davis	13
					John Spencer	5
	John Spencer	10
	Graham Miles	3
									Steve Davis	13
									Terry Griffiths	10
	Terry Griffiths	10
	Paul Mifsud	2
					Terry Griffiths	13
					Bill Werbeniuk	8
	Bill Werbeniuk	10
	Fred Davis	4
													Steve Davis	16
													Dennis Taylor	9
	Neal Foulds	10
	Alex Higgins	9
					Doug Mountjoy	13
					Neal Foulds	6
	Doug Mountjoy	10
	Mike Hallett	4
									Dennis Taylor	13
									Doug Mountjoy	8
	Dennis Taylor	10
	Joe Johnson	1
					Dennis Taylor	13
					John Parrott	11
	John Parrott	10
	Tony Knowles	7
	Ray Reardon	10
	Jim Wych	5
					Ray Reardon	13
					Silvino Francisco	8
	Silvino Francisco	10
	Tony Meo	5
									Kirk Stevens	13
									Ray Reardon	2
	David Taylor	10
	Marcel Gauvreau	5
					Kirk Stevens	13
					David Taylor	10
	Kirk Stevens	10
	Eddie Sinclair	1
													Jimmy White	16
													Kirk Stevens	14
	Cliff Thorburn	10
	Mario Morra	3
					Cliff Thorburn	13
					Willie Thorne	11
	Willie Thorne	10
	John Virgo	9
									Jimmy White	13
									Cliff Thorburn	8
	Jimmy White	10
	Rex Williams	6
					Jimmy White	13
					Eddie Charlton	7
	Eddie Charlton	10
	Roy Andrewartha	4

Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 6 May & 7 May 1984. Referee: Jim Thorpe
Steve Davis	18-16	Jimmy White
Scores to fill		Scores to fill
Steve Davis wins the 1984 Embassy World Snooker Championship

[edit] Highest Break

138 Rex Williams

There were 8 centuries in the 1984 World Championship, The lowest since 1978.

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