Australian Professional Championship
Tournament information
CountryAustralia
Established1963
FormatNon-ranking event
Final year1988
Final championAustralia John Campbell

The Australian Professional Championship was a professional snooker tournament which was open only for Australian or Australian-based players.

History

From 1963 to 1974 the Australian Professional Championship was held on a challenge basis and dominated by Eddie Charlton who won ten times in that period. It became a knockout tournament in 1975. It was then not held until 1984 when the WPBSA offered a subsidy of £1,000 per man to any country holding a national professional championship. This subsidy ended in 1988/1989 after which date most national championships were discontinued.

Eddie Charlton won the tournament on a record 20 occasions.

Winners

[1]

Year Winner Runner-up Final score Venue Season
1963 Australia Warren Simpson Australia Newton Gaham 5-3 [2] Bankstown 1963/64
1964 Australia Eddie Charlton Australia Warren Simpson Round-robin Newcastle 1964/65
1965 Australia Norman Squire Australia Eddie Charlton Round-robin Sutherland 1965/66
1966 Australia Eddie Charlton Australia Warren Simpson 7–4 Harbord 1966/67
1967 Australia Eddie Charlton Australia Warren Simpson 7–1 Sydney 1967/68
1968 Australia Warren Simpson Australia Eddie Charlton 11–10 Sydney 1968/69
1969 Australia Warren Simpson Australia Eddie Charlton 8–3 Sydney 1968/69
1969 Australia Eddie Charlton Australia Warren Simpson 11–6 Sydney 1969/70
1970 Australia Eddie Charlton Australia Warren Simpson Round-robin[note 1] [3] Sydney 1970/71
1971 Australia Eddie Charlton Australia Warren Simpson 11–7 Sydney 1971/72
1972 Australia Eddie Charlton Wales Gary Owen 19–10 Sydney 1972/73
1973 Australia Eddie Charlton Wales Gary Owen 31–10 Wagga Wagga 1973/74
1974 Australia Eddie Charlton Australia Warren Simpson 44–17 Wagga Wagga 1974/75
1975 Australia Eddie Charlton Australia Dennis Wheelwright 31–10 Wagga Wagga 1975/76
1976 Australia Eddie Charlton Australia Paddy Morgan Walkover Melbourne 1976/77
1977 Australia Eddie Charlton Australia Paddy Morgan 25–21 Melbourne 1977/78
1978 Australia Eddie Charlton Australia Ian Anderson 29–13 Grafton 1978/79
1984 Australia Eddie Charlton Australia Warren King 10–3 Dubbo 1984/85
1985 Australia John Campbell Australia Eddie Charlton 10–7 Sydney 1985/86
1986 Australia Warren King Australia John Campbell 10–3 Wollongong 1986/87
1987 Australia Warren King Australia Eddie Charlton 10–7 Sydney 1987/88
1988 Australia John Campbell Australia Robby Foldvari 9–7 Sydney 1988/89

Notes

  1. ↑ This was also a qualifying event for the 1971 World Snooker Championship

See also

  • Cue sports in Australia

References

  1. ↑ "Australian Professional Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Snooker won by Simpson". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 October 1963. p. 16.
  3. ↑ Kobylecky, John. The Complete International Directory of Snooker Players – 1927 to 2018. Kobyhadrian Books. ISBN 978-0-9931433-1-1.


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