1976 Masters (snooker)

1976 Benson & Hedges Masters

Tournament information
Dates	26–30 January 1976 (1976-01-26 – 1976-01-30)
Venue	New London Theatre
City	London
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-Ranking event
Winner's share	£2,000[1]
Highest break	Eddie Charlton (AUS) (97)
Final
Champion	Ray Reardon (WAL)
Runner-up	Graham Miles (ENG)
Score	7–3
← 1975 1977 →

The 1976 Masters (officially the 1976 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from Monday 26 to Friday 30 January 1976 at the New London Theatre in London, England. 10 players were invited for the competition. Mostly the same players from the 1975 tournament mostly competed but with Dennis Taylor replacing Bill Werbeniuk.

1975 runner-up Ray Reardon beat Graham Miles 7–3 in the final. At the age of 43 years and 114 days he was the oldest winner of the event until Stuart Bingham broke the record winning the title in 2020 aged 43 years and 243 days.^[2]

Main draw

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	Round 1 Best of 7 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames					Semi-finals Best of 9 frames					Final Best of 13 frames
						John Spencer (ENG)		4
	Fred Davis (ENG)		4			Fred Davis		0
	Cliff Thorburn (CAN)		2								John Spencer		4
											Graham Miles		5
						Alex Higgins (NIR)		1
						Graham Miles (ENG)		4
																Graham Miles		3
																Ray Reardon		7
						Rex Williams (ENG)		1
						Eddie Charlton (AUS)		4
											Eddie Charlton		4
											Ray Reardon		5
						Ray Reardon (WAL)		4
	John Pulman (ENG)		4			John Pulman		1
	Dennis Taylor (NIR)		2

Final

Final: Best of 13 frames. Referee: New London Theatre, London, England, 30 January 1976.
Ray Reardon  Wales	7–3	Graham Miles  England
First session: 79–34, 88–11, 63–1 (57), 42–68, 73–18 (70), 61–22, 41–95, 104–17 (90), 11–85, 57–16
90	Highest break
0	Century breaks	0
3	50+ breaks	0

Century breaks

^[5]

• None. Highest break: 97 – Eddie Charlton

References

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