1997 Benson And Hedges Championship

Tournament Info

Status: Professional Non-ranking
Season: 1997-1998
Dates: October 27th 1997 - November 8th 1997
Qualifying dates: No qualifier dates available
Location: England Willie Thorne Snooker Centre, Malvern, England
Sponsor: Benson and Hedges
Broadcaster: None
Breaks 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s Total
Amount 4 2 6 2 1 61 76
Frame rate 609.5 1219 406.33 1219 2438 39.97 32.08
Players:
Professional Amateur Total
78 259 337
Matches: 334
Frames: 2,438
Centuries:
Qualifiers Venue Total
0 61 61
Prize fund: GBP 32,750
Points scored: 4,753

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Final
Played on
1997-11-08
Frame scores
12-109(53); 77(77)-9; 105(87)-8; 68-17; 1-96(96); 67-55; 60-21; 78(78)-0; 0-66; 74(73)-39; 11-79(75); 35-53; 140(140)-0; 57(50)-64; 70-16
Match progress
0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3, 7-4, 7-5, 8-5, 8-6, 9-6
Hicks
Davies
Total
50+ Breaks
140, 87, 78, 77, 73, 50
96, 75, 53
Points Scored
855
632
1487
Avg. points/frame
57
42.13
99.13
Breaks
50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s Total
Hicks 1 - 3 1 - 1 6
Davies 1 - 1 - 1 - 3
Semi-final
Played on
1997-11-07
Frame scores
58-10; 65(54)-52; 85(85)-0; 69(61)-8; 94-0; 50-70; 79(75)-0
Match progress
1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 5-1, 6-1
Davies
Burnett
Total
50+ Breaks
85, 75, 61, 54
Points Scored
500
140
640
Avg. points/frame
71.43
20
91.43
Breaks
50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s Total
Davies 1 1 1 1 - - 4
Burnett - - - - - - 0
Semi-final
Played on
1997-11-07
Frame scores
21-75; 81(76)-29; 45-63; 57-39; 91-0; 65-13; 32-87; 86(62)-0; 8-120(110); 32-67(52); 68-61
Match progress
0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5
Hicks
Lawler
Total
50+ Breaks
76, 62
110, 52
Points Scored
586
554
1140
Avg. points/frame
53.27
50.36
103.64
Breaks
50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s Total
Hicks - 1 1 - - - 2
Lawler 1 - - - - 1 2
Quarter-final
Played on
1997-11-06
Quarter-final
Played on
1997-11-06
Frame scores
79-0; 73-49; 65-44; 53-62; 57-8; 71-15
Match progress
1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1
Davies
Birch
Total
50+ Breaks
Points Scored
398
178
576
Avg. points/frame
66.33
29.67
96
Breaks
50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s Total
Davies - - - - - - 0
Birch - - - - - - 0
Quarter-final
Played on
1997-11-06
Frame scores
23-65; 64-37; 76-27; 70-24; 50-70; 67-25; 41-65; 33-69; 96-8
Match progress
0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4
Hicks
White
Total
50+ Breaks
Points Scored
520
390
910
Avg. points/frame
57.78
43.33
101.11
Breaks
50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s Total
Hicks - - - - - - 0
White - - - - - - 0
Last 16
Birch
Knowles
Total
50+ Breaks
100
Last 16
Played on
1997-11-06
Last 32
Played on
1997-11-05
Birch
Dziewialtowski
Total
50+ Breaks
108
Last 32
Played on
1997-11-05
Burnett
Cavney
Total
50+ Breaks
101
Last 32
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1997-11-05
Last 32
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1997-11-05
Davies
Sweeny
Total
50+ Breaks
120, 104
Last 32
Played on
1997-11-05
Dott
Dale
Total
50+ Breaks
135
Last 32
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1997-11-05
Last 32
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1997-11-05
Last 32
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1997-11-05
Last 32
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1997-11-05
White
Brown
Total
50+ Breaks
100, 118
Last 32
Played on
1997-11-05
Last 64
Birch
Fleming
Total
50+ Breaks
118
Last 64
Davis
Wykes
Total
50+ Breaks
104
Last 64
Played on
1997-11-04
Last 64
Dziewialtowski
King
Total
50+ Breaks
100
Last 64
Knowles
Henderson
Total
50+ Breaks
103
103
Last 64
Played on
1997-11-04
Last 64
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1997-11-04
Last 64
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1997-11-04
Last 64
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1997-11-04
Last 64
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1997-11-04
Last 64
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1997-11-04
Last 64
Wallace
James
Total
50+ Breaks
113
Last 64
Played on
1997-11-04
Last 64
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1997-11-04
Last 64
England Matt Wilson (Walkover)
0 (9) 0
Last 128
Bingham
Read
Total
50+ Breaks
103
Last 128
Played on
1997-11-03
Birch
Fenton
Total
50+ Breaks
144, 101, 115
Last 128
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1997-11-03
Last 128
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1997-11-03
Last 128
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1997-11-03
Last 128
Played on
1997-11-02
Last 128
Clark
Carney
Total
50+ Breaks
100
Last 128
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1997-11-02
Clarke
Couch
Total
50+ Breaks
130
Last 128
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1997-11-02
Last 128
Played on
1997-11-02
Last 128
Davis
de Griffa
Total
50+ Breaks
108
Last 128
Played on
1997-11-03
Last 128
Finbow
Lardner
Total
50+ Breaks
104
Last 128
Played on
1997-11-03
Last 128
Hann
Thorne
Total
50+ Breaks
116
Last 128
Played on
1997-11-03
Henderson
Russell
Total
50+ Breaks
103
Last 128
Hicks
Johnson
Total
50+ Breaks
126
Last 128
Played on
1997-11-02
Last 128
Played on
1997-11-02
Last 128
Knowles
McDonnell
Total
50+ Breaks
104
Last 128
Played on
1997-11-02
Last 128
Played on
1997-11-02
McDonald
Ferguson
Total
50+ Breaks
103
Last 128
Played on
1997-11-02
Last 128
Played on
1997-11-02
Last 128
O'Kane
Newbury
Total
50+ Breaks
101
Last 128
Rhodes
Bolsover
Total
50+ Breaks
118
Last 128
Played on
1997-11-03
Roper
Pinches
Total
50+ Breaks
143
Last 128
Played on
1997-11-03
Rosa
Burrows
Total
50+ Breaks
141
Last 128
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1997-11-03
Last 128
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1997-11-02
Last 128
Played on
1997-11-02
Last 128
Played on
1997-11-03
Last 128
England Paul Sweeny (Walkover)
0 (9) 0
Last 128
Played on
1997-11-02
Wallace
Jones
Total
50+ Breaks
128
Last 128
Played on
1997-11-02
Last 128
Played on
1997-11-03
Round 4
England James Carney (Walkover)
0 (9) 0
Round 4
Coles
Thomson
Total
50+ Breaks
103
Round 4
Couch
Townsend
Total
50+ Breaks
104
Round 4
Dziewialtowski
Carter
Total
50+ Breaks
100, 108
Round 4
Fernandez
Sohanpal
Total
50+ Breaks
115
Round 4
Griffin
Manning
Total
50+ Breaks
114
Round 4
Hann
Stringer
Total
50+ Breaks
120
Round 4
Hull
Kershaw
Total
50+ Breaks
128
Round 4
Lardner
Mills
Total
50+ Breaks
100
Round 4
Played on
1997-11-01
Round 4
Pegram
Moreland
Total
50+ Breaks
109
Round 4
England Michael Rhodes (Walkover)
0 (9) 0
Round 4
England Justin Smalley (Walkover)
0 (9) 0
Round 4
Tomkins
Smith
Total
50+ Breaks
113
Round 4
Wallace
Prest
Total
50+ Breaks
131
Round 4
Williams
Higginson
Total
50+ Breaks
106
Round 4
Played on
1997-11-01
Wilson
Mann
Total
50+ Breaks
109
Round 3
England Robert Donkin (Walkover)
0 (9) 0
Round 3
Played on
1997-10-30
Round 3
Played on
1997-10-30
Holt
Bodle
Total
50+ Breaks
138
Round 3
Played on
1997-10-30
Round 3
Played on
1997-10-30
Round 3
Played on
1997-10-31
Round 3
Rhodes
Grainger
Total
50+ Breaks
104, 107
Round 3
Roper
Mapstone
Total
50+ Breaks
127
Round 3
Thomson
Goodyear
Total
50+ Breaks
106
Round 2
England John Beesley (Walkover)
0 (9) 0
Round 2
England Craig Butler (Walkover)
0 (9) 0
Round 2
Northern Ireland Karen Corr (Walkover)
0 (9) 0
Round 2
Economou
Hardiman
Total
50+ Breaks
122
Round 2
Played on
1997-10-28
Round 2
Grainger
Wibberley
Total
50+ Breaks
109
Round 2
England Andrew Higginson (Walkover)
0 (9) 0
Round 2
England Peter Holland (Walkover)
0 (9) 0
Round 2
Ireland James Linehan (Walkover)
0 (9) 0
Round 2
Played on
1997-10-28
Round 2
Played on
1997-10-28
Round 2
England Robert Mills (Walkover)
0 (9) 0
Round 2
O'Sullivan
Hacker
Total
50+ Breaks
116
Round 2
Scotland Joe Patterson (Walkover)
0 (9) 0
Round 2
Played on
1997-10-28
Round 2
Sparks
Ellison
Total
50+ Breaks
135
Round 2
Played on
1997-10-28
Round 2
Played on
1997-10-28
Round 2
Tatton
Oldfield
Total
50+ Breaks
105
Round 1
Played on
1997-10-27
Round 1
England Wayne Cooper (Walkover)
0 (9) 0
Round 1
Day
Beal
Total
50+ Breaks
105
Round 1
Evans
Wignall
Total
50+ Breaks
135
Round 1
England Robert James (Walkover)
0 (9) 0
Round 1
Played on
1997-10-27
Maguire
Smith
Total
50+ Breaks
125