1980 Classic (1980/1981)

Wilson's Classic
Tournament information
Dates 1–2 December 1980
Venue Blighty's
City Bolton
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Non-Ranking event
Total prize fund £13,000
Winner's share £???
Highest break Wales Ray Reardon 76
Final
Champion England Steve Davis
Runner-up Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor
Score 4–1
1980 (January)
1982

The 1980 Wilson's Classic (December) was the second edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place on 1 and 2 December 1980. The tournament was played at Blighty's in Farnworth, Bolton, Greater Manchester, and featured eight professional players.

Steve Davis won the tournament, beating Dennis Taylor 4–1 in the final.

Main draw

Quarter-finals
Best of 3 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 3 frames
Final
Best of 7 frames
England John Spencer 0
Wales Ray Reardon 2 Wales Ray Reardon 0
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 2 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 2
Wales Terry Griffiths 1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 1
England David Taylor 2 England Steve Davis 4
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 0 England David Taylor 1
Canada Cliff Thorburn 0 England Steve Davis 2
England Steve Davis 2

Final

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Jim Thorpe.
Blighty's, Farnworth, Bolton, England, 2 December 1980.
Dennis Taylor
 Northern Ireland
1–4 Steve Davis
 England
65 (53)–18, 5–74, 9–88, 40–62, 30–84
53 Highest break
0 Century breaks 0
1 50+ breaks 0

Century breaks

No centries in this tournament. Wales Ray Reardon got the highest break with 76.

References

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