1985 World Snooker Championship final the 1985 match to win the championship. BBC Two aired a one-hour documentary on the final, "Davis v Taylor: The '85 Black Ball Final", presented by Colin Murray, after the conclusion of the coverage of the 2010 final. 1985 World Snooker Championship final The 1985 World Snooker Championship final, commonly known as the black ball final, was a snooker match played on the weekend of 27/28 April 1985 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was contested between defending World Champion Steve Davis and Northern Irishman Dennis Taylor, appearing in his second final. Taylor produced a determined comeback to
1982 World Snooker Championship 1982 World Snooker Championship The 1982 World Snooker Championship (also known as the 1982 Embassy World Snooker Championship for sponsorship purposes) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 30 April and 16 May 1982 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Alex Higgins won in the final 18–15 against Ray Reardon. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and