1996 World Snooker Championship 1996 World Snooker Championship The 1996 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1996 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 20 April–6 May 1996 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Stephen Hendry won his sixth World Championship by defeating Peter Ebdon 18-12 equalling the modern day record of Steve Davis and Ray Reardon. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy. Legendary BBC commentator Ted Lowe retired after the conclusion of the final. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Shown
1952 World Snooker Championship 1952 World Snooker Championship The 1952 World Snooker Championship was a snooker tournament held between Monday 25 February and Saturday 8 March 1952 at the Houldsworth Hall in Manchester, England. There were only two entrants, Australian Horace Lindrum and New Zealander Clark McConachy, following a dispute between the Professional Billiards Players' Association (PBPA) and the Billiards Association and Control Council (BACC). The BACC thought the championship was primarily about honour, and financial consideration should come second. The PBPA established an alternative 'world championship' called the PBPA Snooker Championship. Lindrum won the 145-frame match comfortably, taking a winning 73–37 lead early