• and pool player. Recognisable for his girth, he was nicknamed "Big Bill". Werbeniuk was a four-time World Championship quarter-finalist and also a UK Championship...
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  • championship, the highest of which was a championship record-equalling 142 by Bill Werbeniuk. It was the first snooker world championship tournament to be broadcast...
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    the tournament's second table because his friend and fellow Canadian Bill Werbeniuk wanted to watch. The match against Griffiths ended at 3:51 am, Thorburn...
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  • Willie Thorne at 5–4, and extended his lead to 9–4 before winning 10–6. Bill Werbeniuk eliminated Martin 10–4. Ray Edmonds, twice World Amateur Champion, had...
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  • Dunning 9–5, Willie Thorne defeated Rex Williams 9–3, Parkin lost 2–9 to Bill Werbeniuk, and David Taylor won 9–7 against Paddy Morgan The first round took...
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  • but one of the dead frames, for 25–4. Jim Meadowcroft led Bill Werbeniuk 2–5, but Werbeniuk reached a winning score at 15–9. Cliff Thorburn took a 10–4...
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  • the surge in the sport's popularity in the 1980s and 1990s. Canadian Bill Werbeniuk scored the championship's highest break, a 143, in his first-round match...
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  • were introduced in 1976. The 1985 champion Taylor was 4–5 behind to Bill Werbeniuk as their first session ended. After their second session the following...
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  • built a 6–3 advantage over Dave Martin in their first session, Canadian Bill Werbeniuk won 10–4. Jim Meadowcroft made a highest break of just 36 as he was...
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  • having led 3–1, took a 5–4 lead over Bill Werbeniuk with a 97 break in the ninth frame. He led in the match until Werbeniuk, who compiled a break of 101 in...
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  • made his last appearance at the World Championships, losing 4–10 to Bill Werbeniuk in the first round. Davis had first played in the World Championship...
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  • from 2–7 down to beat Mountjoy 13–9 in the last-16 round, he defeated Bill Werbeniuk 13–6, Charlton 18–14, and Mans 25–18 in the final to lift the trophy...
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  • victory. Bill Werbeniuk led John Bear 7–2 after their first session; Bear won the next three frames to reduce the lead to 7–5, but Werbeniuk ultimately...
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  • expanded to 16 players and moved to the Spectrum Arena in Warrington. Bill Werbeniuk reached the only final of his career, but lost 9–5 against Steve Davis...
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  • Thornley (CAN) 1  Paul Thornley (CAN) 4  Robert Paquette (CAN) 1  Paul Thornley (CAN) 4  Bill Werbeniuk (CAN) 2  Bill Werbeniuk (CAN) 4  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 2...
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  • to win the national decathlon championship Bill Werbeniuk (1947–2003), Canadian snooker player Little Bill (disambiguation) This article includes a list...
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  • Thorburn led 3–1 against Paddy Morgan, but lost 4–8. Tournament debutant Bill Werbeniuk took five successive frames from 2–2 against Geoff Thompson, and won...
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  • Rod Lawler 5–0 Derek Mienie Bill Werbeniuk w/o–w/d Clive Everton Vladimir Potaznyk w/o–w/d Jim Meadowcroft Jonathan Birch 10–4 Pascal Burke Chris Cookson...
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    ranking points, ahead of Steve Davis with 57 and Jimmy White with 51. Bill Werbeniuk was in 146th place. Hale, Janice (1991). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1991-92...
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    24–16 in the final, winning the record first prize of £10,000. Canadian Bill Werbeniuk made a break of 142 in his quarter-final match against John Virgo, equalling...
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  • Second seed Steve Davis beat Ray Edmonds 10–4. Third seed Thorburn beat Bill Werbeniuk 10–5, whilst fourth seed Tony Knowles won a close match against Neal...
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  • compiled the tournament's highest break of 119 in his semi-final win over Bill Werbeniuk. The last session of the final was broadcast by the BBC on their Grandstand...
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  • McCardie as Tony Knowles Caolan Byrne as Dennis Taylor Gary Davis as Bill Werbeniuk Jimmy Watkins as Terry Griffiths Konstantine Osipenkov as Willie Thorne...
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  • been achieved in consecutive frames in the World Snooker Championship. Bill Werbeniuk had been due to return to competitive play after a six-month ban imposed...
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  • he beat Higgins 15–14 in the quarter-finals, having earlier beaten Bill Werbeniuk 15–5. This return match with Higgins also contained a notable incident...
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  • Williams "struggled all through" his match. Davis held a 15–7 lead against Bill Werbeniuk, but lost the first four frames of their concluding session before going...
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  • competition with a top break of just 48. In January 1980, Mans defeated Bill Werbeniuk 3–0 and John Spencer 3–2 before losing 2–4 to Alex Higgins in the final...
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  • Reardon Terry Griffiths Doug Mountjoy  Canada Cliff Thorburn Kirk Stevens Bill Werbeniuk 8–5 London 1980/81 World Team Classic (team event) 1981  England Steve...
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  • second day. Steve Davis appeared in his third consecutive final and he regained the title beating Canada's Bill Werbeniuk by 9–5. 101 Bill Werbeniuk...
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  • defeated 5–10 by Barry West. Bill Werbeniuk and Eddie Charlton also failed to qualify for the competition for the first time. Werbeniuk lost 8–10 to Mark Bennett...
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