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...

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...

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...

championship Bill Werbeniuk (1947–2003), Canadian snooker player Little Bill (disambiguation) This page lists people with the nickname Big Bill. If an internal...

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...

championship, the highest of which was a championship record-equalling 142 by Bill Werbeniuk. The World Snooker Championship is the preeminent tournament in professional...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

break of 134 in the concluding frame was the highest of the tournament. Bill Werbeniuk was the top seed among the 43 entrants, followed by Eugene Hughes, Dean...

the final. He lost his opening match at the 1979 UK Championship to Bill Werbeniuk, 3–9. At the 1980 World Championship, he eliminated Roy Andrewartha...

McCardie as Tony Knowles Caolan Byrne as Dennis Taylor Gary Davis as Bill Werbeniuk Jimmy Watkins as Terry Griffiths Konstantine Osipenkov as Willie Thorne...

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...

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...

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...

two ranking events of the 1988–89 season as part of his punishment. Bill Werbeniuk was expelled from the WPBSA in March 1989 after not paying a fine that...

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...

tour such as Alain Robidoux, Kirk Stevens, Bob Chaperon, Jim Wych, Bill Werbeniuk and most notably Cliff Thorburn who won the competition in 1972, 1974...

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...

semi-finalist John Virgo, quarter-finalists Joe Johnson, Dean Reynolds and Bill Werbeniuk, and Mark Wildman and Tony Meo who lost in the last 16. 135, 109 – Willie...

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...

Jim Meadowcroft  England 1 0 2 3 13 Cliff Thorburn  Canada 0 2 1 3 14 Bill Werbeniuk  Canada 1 1 1 3 15 John Pulman  England 1 1 1 3 16 David Taylor  England...

partner Rachel Riddell, water polo player Michael Schmidt, ten-pin bowler Bill Werbeniuk, snooker player Teri York, diver Ida Albo, owner of the Fort Garry Hotel...

to win the first of his three titles. The first round match between Bill Werbeniuk and Alex Higgins saw the biggest crowd ever recorded at a snooker match...