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    • 1979 World Championship - Finishes

    Finishes

    Finish Name Matches won Frames won Centuries Points Prize money
    Winner Wales Terry Griffiths 6 87 (58.78%) of 148 4 5 10,000
    Final Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 3 61 (52.59%) of 116 1 4 5,000
    Semi-final Australia Eddie Charlton 3 50 (60.98%) of 82 1 3 3,000
    Semi-final England John Virgo 4 59 (52.68%) of 112 2 3 2,000
    Quarter-final Canada Bill Werbeniuk 2 31 (54.39%) of 57 1 2 1,250
    Quarter-final Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 1 25 (58.14%) of 43 2 2 1,250
    Quarter-final Wales Ray Reardon 1 21 (50%) of 42 0 2 1,250
    Quarter-final England Fred Davis 1 17 (44.74%) of 38 2 2 1,250
    Last 16 England Steve Davis 2 29 (64.44%) of 45 0 1 1,000
    Last 16 Canada Kirk Stevens 2 26 (65%) of 40 0 1 1,000
    Last 16 Wales Doug Mountjoy 2 24 (52.17%) of 46 0 1 1,000
    Last 16 England Graham Miles 1 17 (48.57%) of 35 0 1 1,000
    Last 16 England David Taylor 1 14 (42.42%) of 33 0 1 1,000
    Last 16 England John Spencer 0 11 (45.83%) of 24 1 1 1,000
    Last 16 Canada Cliff Thorburn 0 10 (43.48%) of 23 1 1 1,000
    Last 16 South Africa Perrie Mans 0 8 (38.1%) of 21 0 1 1,000
    Last 24 England Willie Thorne 1 17 (58.62%) of 29 2 0 250
    Last 24 England Pat Houlihan 1 17 (54.84%) of 31 0 0 250
    Last 24 England John Dunning 1 15 (51.72%) of 29 0 0 250
    Last 24 England Jim Meadowcroft 1 15 (48.39%) of 31 0 0 250
    Last 24 England Rex Williams 1 14 (56%) of 25 0 0 250
    Last 24 Wales Roy Andrewartha 1 11 (39.29%) of 28 0 0 250
    Last 24 Ireland Patsy Fagan 0 2 (18.18%) of 11 0 0 250
    Last 24 England John Pulman 0 0 (0%) of 9 0 0 250
    Round 1 England Ray Edmonds 0 8 (47.06%) of 17 0 0 0
    Round 1 South Africa Jimmy van Rensberg 0 7 (43.75%) of 16 0 0 0
    Round 1 England John Barrie 0 5 (35.71%) of 14 0 0 0
    Round 1 Northern Ireland Jackie Rea 0 5 (35.71%) of 14 0 0 0
    Round 1 Australia Jim Charlton (a) 0 3 (25%) of 12 0 0 0
    Round 1 England Bernard Bennett 0 2 (18.18%) of 11 0 0 0
    Round 1 England David Greaves 0 2 (18.18%) of 11 0 0 0
    Round 1 South Africa Roy Amdor 0 1 (10%) of 10 0 0 0
    Round 1 Australia Ian Anderson 0 1 (10%) of 10 0 0 0
    Round 1 South Africa Derek Mienie 0 1 (10%) of 10 0 0 0
    Round 1 England Maurice Parkin 0 0 (0%) of 9 0 0 0

    Breaks

    High Break Prize (GBP)
    Name Prize
    Canada Bill Werbeniuk 500
    Centuries
    Name Break
    Canada Bill Werbeniuk 142
    England John Virgo 137 (Q)
    England Willie Thorne 131 (Q)
    Canada Cliff Thorburn 125
    Wales Terry Griffiths 121
    Wales Terry Griffiths 120
    England John Virgo 120 (Q)
    Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 112
    England John Spencer 112
    England Fred Davis 110
    England Fred Davis 109
    Wales Terry Griffiths 107
    Australia Eddie Charlton 106
    Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 106
    England Willie Thorne 105 (Q)
    Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 105
    Wales Terry Griffiths 101