World Snooker Championship 1983

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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 16th April to the 2nd May 1983.

[edit] Prize Money

Winner £30,000

Total £130,000

[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
	Alex Higgins	10
	Dean Reynolds	4
					Alex Higgins	13
					Willie Thorne	8
	Willie Thorne	10
	John Virgo	3
									Alex Higgins	13
									Bill Werbeniuk	11
	David Taylor	10
	Jim Meadowcroft	2
					Bill Werbeniuk	13
					David Taylor	10
	Bill Werbeniuk	10
	Dave Martin	4
													Steve Davis	16
													Alex Higgins	5
	Dennis Taylor	10
	Silvino Francisco	9
					Steve Davis	13
					Dennis Taylor	11
	Steve Davis	10
	Rex Williams	4
									Steve Davis	13
									Eddie Charlton	5
	John Spencer	10
	Mike Hallett	7
					Eddie Charlton	13
					John Spencer	11
	Eddie Charlton	10
	Les Dodd	7
	Tony Knowles	10
	Graham Miles	3
					Tony Knowles	13
					Ray Reardon	12
	Ray Reardon	10
	Eugene Hughes	7
									Tony Knowles	13
									Tony Meo	9
	Tony Meo	10
	Jimmy White	8
					Tony Meo	13
					Doug Mountjoy	11
	Doug Mountjoy	10
	Cliff Wilson	2
													Cliff Thorburn	16
													Tony Knowles	15
	Cliff Thorburn	10
	John Campbell	5
					Cliff Thorburn	13
					Terry Griffiths	12
	Terry Griffiths	10
	Mark Wildman	8
									Cliff Thorburn	13
									Kirk Stevens	12
	Kirk Stevens	10
	Mick Fisher	2
					Kirk Stevens	13
					Perrie Mans	3
	Perrie Mans	10
	Ian Black	3

Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 1 May & 2 May 1983. Referee: Len Ganley
Steve Davis	18-6	Cliff Thorburn
Scores to fill		Scores to fill
Steve Davis wins the 1983 Embassy World Snooker Championship

[edit] Highest Break

147 Cliff Thorburn, The first 147 at the Crucible.

There were 18 centuries during the 1983 World Snooker Championship, a new record which would last until 1986.

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