1972 Marrickville Professional

Professional snooker tournament in Australia

1972 Marrickville ProfessionalTournament information

Dates| August 1972
Venue| Marrickville RSL
City| Marrickville
Country| Australia
Highest break|  Eddie Charlton (AUS), 110
Final
Champion|  Eddie Charlton (AUS)
Runner-up|  Alex Higgins (NIR)
Score| 19–17

Snooker tournament

The 1972 Marrickville Professional was a non-ranking professional snooker tournament held in Marrickville, Australia in August 1972. It featured three professional players: Alex Higgins, John Pulman, and Eddie Charlton.[1] Charlton eliminated Pulman to meet Higgins in the final, which Charlton won 19–17.[2]

Charlton won the first six frames of the final. Higgins took the next session 5–1, and Charlton won five of six frames in the third session to lead 12–6.[3] The next two sessions were won 5–1 by Higgins to lead 16–14.[3][4] The players were level at 16–16 before Charlton won frame 33. Higgins levelled the match again, but Charlton won the next two frames to secure victory.[2] Charlton praised Higgins as a "bold player",[2] and Higgins remarked that Charlton's "steadiness proved my downfall".[2]

Higgins played two preparatory matches against Paddy Morgan.[1] He won 4–3 at Helensburg Workers' Club. but lost 4–5 at Lithgow Workers' Club.[5] Charlton took a 4–2 lead against Pulman after their first session, and led 9–5 after to sessions, but Pulman went on to level at 10–10 before Charlton won the deciding frame.[5]

Charlton compiled the highest break of the tournament, 110, during the final,[2] although Higgins made a 136 break against Morgan.[3]

## Results

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Results are shown below.[5][3]

Preparatory matches

Player  | Score  | Player
Alex Higgins (NIR) | 4–3 |  Paddy Morgan (AUS)
Alex Higgins (NIR) | 4–5 |  Paddy Morgan (AUS)
| Playoff | | | Final |

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| | | |  Alex Higgins (NIR) | 17 |
|  Eddie Charlton (AUS) | 11 | | |  Eddie Charlton (AUS) | 19 |
|  John Pulman (ENG) | 10 | | | |

## References

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1. ^ a b Wheeler, Les (14 August 1972). "Pot luck on only one cue". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 22 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ a b c d e "Charlton takes snooker match". The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 August 1972. p. 19 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ a b c d "Charlton downs Higgins". Snooker Scene. October 1972. pp. 6–7.
4. ^ "Higgins hits the front". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 August 1972. p. 17 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ a b c "Charlton edges out Pulman". Snooker Scene. September 1972. p. 5.

*[AUS]: Australia
*[NIR]: Northern Ireland
*[ENG]: England