Talk:1985 World Snooker Championship

The Final actually ended on the 29th April...

All the best,

Cris Freddi —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.45.193.152 (talk) 11:18, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Yes,stayed up with the rest of the TV audience into the middle of the night to see his overturning of a huge early deficit against the Nugget with that final black victory,accompanied by enthusiastic celebrations! After receiving the trophy and the adulation that goes with it he chose to treat the audience present (and briefly the lingering TV cameras) to his repetoire of jokes while back in his home town of Coalisland in County Tyrone there were reportedly several hundred people partying it up in his street with a brass band going full pelt at 3 o'clock in the morning.

Summarize Fact Check

G Rigitano beat D Sheehan 10-9; G Rigitano beat B Harris 10-4; G Rigitano beat B Kelly 10-6; G Rigitano beat M Fisher 10-2; N Foulds beat G Rigitano 10-8

D O’Kane wo J McLaughlin; D O’Kane beat V Harris 10-5; D O’Kane beat F Jonik 10-5; D O’Kane beat L Dodd 10-7; D O’Kane beat D Martin 10-8

S Longworth beat J Giannaros 10-1; S Longworth beat G Cripsey 10-8; J Van Rensburg beat S Longworth 10-7; M Gauvreau beat J Van Rensburg 10-9; D Reynolds beat M Gauvreau 10-1

R Chaperon beat R Bales 10-7; R Chaperon beat L Heywood 10-1; R Chaperon beat P Morgan 10-3; F Davis beat R Chaperon 10-9; R Williams beat F Davis 10-6

Dennis Hughes beat D French 10-5; S Newbury beat Dennis Hughes 10-9; S Newbury beat P Burke 10-3; S Newbury beat G Scott 10-2; E Hughes beat S Newbury 10-6

M Hines beat T Chappel 10-8; M Hines beat P Watchorn 10-4; M Gibson beat M Hines 10-7; P Fagan beat M Gibson 10-8; P Fagan beat C Wilson 10-9

D Fowler beat J Hargreaves 10-0; D Fowler wo G Watson; D Fowler wo J Caggianello; D Fowler beat J Donnelly 10-0; J Parrott beat D Fowler 10-2

R Foldvari wo P Thornley; R Foldvari beat B Oliver 10-3; R Edmonds beat R Foldvari 10-3; R Edmonds beat M Wildman 10-7

D Chalmers beat D Greaves 10-3; D Chalmers beat E McLaughlin 10-9; D Chalmers beat I Black 10-4; M Hallett beat D Chalmers 10-1

G Foulds beat M Parkin 10-6; G Foulds beat C Everton 10-2; G Foulds beat C Roscoe 10-7; J Johnson beat G Foulds 10-6

P Medati beat B Bennett 10-4; P Medati beat I Williamson 10-8; P Medati beat W King 10-9; S Francisco beat P Medati 10-7

I Anderson beat T Kearney 10-8; P Browne beat I Anderson 10-5; M Morra beat P Browne 10-6; J Campbell beat M Morra 10-9

W Jones beat John Rea 10-3; W Jones beat J Dunning 10-6; W Jones beat M Watterson 10-5; W Jones beat G Miles 10-8

M Bradley beat D Mienie 10-4; M Bradley beat B Mikkelsen 10-9; J Wych beat M Bradley 10-7; J Virgo beat J Wych 10-4

P Francisco beat B Demarco 10-4; P Francisco beat Tommy Murphy 10-4; P Francisco beat J Meadowcroft 10-5; M Macleod beat P Francisco 10-7

T Jones beat M Darrington 10-2; T Jones beat S Duggan 10-8; T Jones beat J Fitzmaurice 10-4; T Jones beat E Sinclair 10-2

188.29.8.15 (talk) 00:59, 2 May 2013 (UTC) Ralph

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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 14:32, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

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Comments

• I would put [a] in parentheses as part of the prose rather than as a footnote.
  •  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• "; the first event taking place" either "took" with the semi-colon or replace the semi-colon with a comma and keep "taking".
  •  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• "Preston Guildhall" Guild Hall appears to be two words. And in the prose.
  •  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• "for 87 players; 16 of these players reached the main stage" -> |for 87 players, 16 of whom reached the main stage"
  •  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• No need to link cigarette. Nor in the main prose.
  •  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• " he took an early 8–0 lead," -> "Davis took.."
  •  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• "and later drew level at 17–17" later is redundant.
  •  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• "a deciding frame. The 35th frame was " might be confusing to those who aren't aware that the "deciding" frame was also the 35th frame.
  • Reworded to "final frame". Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• "After both players missed the shot," they weren't playing the same shot, perhaps just remove "the shot".
  •  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• "often called the" -> "often referred to as the"
  •  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• "for the snooker boom" euphemistic. Do you mean "for the surge in popularity in snooker..."?
  •  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• "There were a total of 14 century breaks compiled" -> "Fourteen century breaks were compiled..."
  • Surely 14 is right per MOS:NUM Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
    • Either but "a total of" is just redundant fluff. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 12:44, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
      • Oh, I see. Changed Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:46, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• "with 10" -> "with ten".
  • Same as above, you can use either, but as I use 14 before, I should do here too. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• " BBC2 programme." BBC Two.
  • It was BBC2 in 1985. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• "The previous year's championship was won ..." last year you mentioned was 1977...
  • Put in year. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• "having previously won in 1981 and 1983" previously is redundant.
  •  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• "a total pool of " remove "pool" here to avoid repeat.
  •  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• " of the 1984/1985 season on" any reason this is a slash and not an en-dash per the article title?
  • It's because of an RM.  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• "(1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1978)," etc could link the relevant articles.
  •  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

• "in the winner's prize money" redundant.
  •  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• "The first round of the championships" why suddenly plural? Check others.
  •  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• "three-time defending champion" not sure about this. He won it three times but he was only defending it once.
  • Changed to just defending - we go into detail above it. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• " from either player" redundant.
  •  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• "John Parrot " two t's.
  •  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• "With just one red left on the table" -just.
  •  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• "Reardon laid a snooker," not sure in BritEng I normally see "laid" in this context. "snookered" the other player is more common.
  •  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• "and was hoping to increase his lead to 9–0" of course he was, but this is probably speculation.
  •  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• "The final between Davis and Taylor attracted 18.5 million viewers on BBC2, finishing at 12:23 a.m. after Taylor potted the last black to win the title.[26][51] " this feels odd and out of place after the summary of the final. Probably better to move the cited time back to when it is initially described and ditch this repeat.
  • Changed the paras around. Hopefully that works more. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• "late mother,[59] who had died the previous year. " remove comma, move ref to end of sentence.
  •  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• "defeating Cliff Thorburn in the final.[59] Returning to Northern Ireland, " this is odd chronologically, because the World Championship happened between these two sentences...
  • Moved this bit to legacy, which feels better all round. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
• You mention Taylor's press conference in the "Final" section but wait until the Legacy section before mentioning Davis'...
  • fixed as per previous. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

That's a quick run through from me, sorry about the delay in getting these comments to you, hope they help. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 17:58, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

not a problem, it's a long article after all! I have a few things going on right now, but I should be able to cover all this pretty quickly. Thanks for the review. :)

Thanks for taking a look at this one for me, The Rambling Man. I've addressed all of the above. I did have a couple questions though. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:08, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Looks great. I'll promote. Good work. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 18:00, 8 March 2020 (UTC)