The continuation of the Semi Final between current World Champion Alex Higgins and world no 1 Ray Reardon presented by David Vine. Part 1 of the match is in a separate video.
Reardon the best all-round player of all-time. Consistency, temperament, potting, safety, creativity, longevity, tactical, mental strength, popularity etc.....Reardon had no weak links in his game
@@glencampbell1969 yes initially, but to be fair having watched the replay he could see that he had fouled the red and apologised. can't be fairer than that.
A collection of greats, vine, Everton, karnehm, reardon and Higgins. How reardon timed the ball. Accelerated through after a perfect pause. Never ever decelerated or threw in a quick one. A true master.
This was the golden era of snooker ,.. the 1980s provided us with some great players, and wonderful characters,... Reardon and Higgins were so different in their styles and personality,.but we're both masters on the green baize,... Reardon played the game with a calm serenity with precision and calm,.....and Higgins was the exact opposite,...a swashbuckling ball of energy ,..and played the game in a blur,....but ironically in this match he got the balance just right,...a more calm and measured approach,...which I think if he'd adopted more, he would have won many more titles.....the a winning juggernaut called Steve Davis came on the scene..... magical memories
The players of this era - Higgins in particular - are responsible for snooker becoming a mainstream sport, played before millions on TV. Higgins was inconsistent, for sure, but Steve Davis is right to hail him as the one true genius that the game has produced.
Great upload again Stephen. Thank you. Alex also made a 112 (missing the green) in this match. The coverage of the afternoon session finished just before he made it so the 112 was shown during coverage of the final. David Vine introduced the break as "shop window snooker" and it was compiled in under 6 minutes. Great memories.
Yes in the days long before the red button or Eurosport a lot of the snooker wasn't shown live. On Wednesday evenings when Sportsnight was on one was lucky sometimes to see 30 minutes of an evening sessions snooker!
Willie Thorne said he challenged Higgins to a match for £100 in the late 70’s at a YMCA that had a table. Higgins made a 146 and took 16 reds and colours in that break as he got a free ball with 15 reds on the table. He could of surpassed 147 and set a World record but said didn’t realise and got on the blue when he could easily have got on the black! He had 2-3 centuries and breaks over 70 every frame. Thorne said he was “unplayable” and virtually never missed a ball the entire night from anywhere on the table.
Ray is a totally different type of player compared to Higgins. But the way Higgins slammed the final balls home was marvelous to watch...R.I.P Higgins & Reardon. Great upload👍
Hello Trevor Tremendous Snooker by Alex But one must have feelings for Ray The Godfather of Snooker he Never did Win The UK Championship Therefore no Triple Crown. I am 57 years old and Attended the 1981 Quarter Final Match between White and Reardon With my Dad. White Won 9-8 a Memorable Match. Outstanding Work Trev. Have a Grand Weekend WAYNE.
Alex should have played with this approach every match. He certainly gave reardon and Spencer more respect than anyone else. Shame he blew it in the final
Nice to see my old hero Ray playing quite well, different era and styles and at a far lower quality but still very entertaining. Ray here is as old as Ronnie is now but they still look decades apart age wise.
Higgins threw that one away, should never have lost that match to Griffiths. He never beat Griffiths over a long match, but he had his chance here, he drank too heavily in the final and played a ridiculous shot on the black in the last frame, simply went for too much, a dramatic win, but missed and handed the crown to Griffiths.
I Thought the last sentence from Alex was pretty humble(in the end)......The refs have eagle eyes....thats what they are paid for.....a great game to watch and always found Ray was easy to watch....some of those long pots were outstanding.
The ball moved plain as day. via his cue....alex might not think he touched it but thats why we have referees !...In fact i dont think Alex knew he had touched it because it was so far up his cue....Probably wouldnt have felt it but you can see the ball move in the replay.
He was capable Alex Higgins.. if he played hitting the balls slower... I am sure all the sporting greats of yestayear would have adapted to the now modern training and life styles and would also be the best at what they were..
Yes, you can see that John Smythe was clearly shaken and upset. Reardon didn't think much of Higgins attitude either. Always accept the referees decision.
At 44 mins Alex moved a red the red was right .Alex must have known that too.he did things like that often like with Thornton he must have heard him nomanane green but said he doesn't hear it.pity he was a cheat as great talent.Jimmy white was not like this in fact often called fouls on himself.
What a gentleman Ray was. There's not another player in the world who would applaud their opponent off after a 137 break. Also, have you noticed that Higgins is wearing a bow tie in both of these sessions. How did he get away with not wearing one the rest of the time?! 🤔 Answers on a Postcard... And finally, one last thing. Higgins will have known full well he touched that red he was bridging over in that last frame. The bullshit he came out with at the end there that John Smyth just heard his ferrule touch the white was just utter nonsense. Higgins a gentleman, not..
Not quite right there ,if you touch a ball with the tip of the cue you would feel it ,if the main shaft of the cue just grazes a ball you are cueing over it ,it would be hard to feel it .I doubt Alex felt anything from where he touched the red ,but looking at the replay he admitted he was wrong so fair play to him this time .Recently I have seen Jimmy White and Mark Allen feather the cue ball and not call a foul on themselves ,in that situation there is no way you wouldn’t feel it ,that is tantamount to cheating and poor sportsmanship .
I didnt see the ball move? But maybe alex just touched it, so its still a foul. But the ref said the ball moved? And alex said it didnt? It didnt move? A believe alex panicked and who wouldnt have when playing as great as that. So alex was right, but its only becouse the ref didnt say " you touched it? You just touched it. He was a poor referee him, he couldnt even do or see the basics of the game, a saw him getting it wrong a few times. The time when he said thorburn didnt name his colour when he did was bad as well, and it was against alex. The ref still may not be rite? Only he saw alex touched it? And alex just admitted it couse he won. He should have said you touched the red alex. Not you moved the red alex? Becouse its clear it didnt move, as in roll.
Whatever you think, Alex clearly didn't think he'd touched the ball(which he had). Certainly he was a capable of very unpleasant behavior at times but his demeanour here is obviously someone who genuinely although incorrectly thinks he's been wronged. Despite many comments on here Alex did call fouls on himself on several occassions when the referee hadn't seen a foul. Alex had many flaws but cheating in this manor was never one of them. You can generally tell the difference between someone trying to lie and someone who genuinely believes they are right. Alex was pretty easy to read and no question here he was mistaken and not cheating. It is totally possible to not feel a contact when as in this case Alex was concentrating on not catching the red with his cue tip and caught the red with the side of his hand.
Also he did accept that the ref was right, he did try and justify his behavior to a degree by saying he initially didn't see the red move on the replay but that was more an embarrassing attempt to justify his earlier behavior which is wrong but he clearly conceded that he was in the wrong. His whole demeanour throughout is of someone who was wrong rather than cheating.
@@markhiggins8315 I watched higgins all my life .this is nothing unusual.hr had that cheating nature.and rather nasty too at times to aponiants and refs .
@@ianwilliamson2980 I wish you no disrespect but I find your comment a little difficult to read and without logic. The point is for the reasons I pointed out previously Alex obviously didn't realise that he'd brushed the red ball and he genuinely thought that the referee had made a mistake. This is not cheating, it is being mistaken. He could fairly be criticised for his reaction but it was not an attempt to deceive. As I also mentioned previously Alex called a foul on himself on several occasions in tournaments when the referee had not noticed and although a far from perfect individual he was not trying to cheat here. After seeing the replay he still found it hard to see any movement in the red ball and if you watch it yourself honestly it is increadibly hard to see it move but Alex apologised and accepted that he was wrong. There is a huge difference between being wrong and cheating.
Higgins cheated "again " which nobody mentions. Like the time he pretended not to hear Thorburn call the green. He is a liar as a player you know if you touch a red with your hand or the cue. No class
Loved snooker back in the day and loved Alex . Reardon was a quality around player and what a gentleman too . Loved the fact that it was day attire in the afternoon and evening wear at night. That Welsh bloke couldn’t even be bothered to wear a bow tie in this years final . Snooker is as bland as you like now
