Men of the Midlands: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added
Citation bot (talk | contribs)
Alter: url. URLs might have been anonymized. Add: archive-date, archive-url. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by BrownHairedGirl | Linked from User:BrownHairedGirl/url=web.archive.org | #UCB_webform_linked 592/2182
m case and hyphen fix (via WP:JWB)
 
Line 16:
The '''Men of the Midlands''' was a professional invitational [[snooker]] tournament held for two editions in various locations around [[England]] in 1972 and 1973. Both tournaments were won by [[Alex Higgins]].<ref name="BDP">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Spencer plays Higgins again |work=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=15 March 1972 |page=18 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Higgins takes Men of Midlands title |work=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=6 February 1973 |page=25 }}</ref>
 
The [[1972 Men of the Midlands|1972 edition]] featured eight players in two groups each playing the other once with the top two in each group progressing to the semi -finals. In the [[1973 Men of the Midlands|1973 edition]] there were four players who played each other twice. The top two then met in the final.<ref name=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk>{{cite web|title=Men of the Midlands|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc1.html#MoM|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160510/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc1.html#MoM|accessdate=31 October 2020|archive-date=2012-02-16}}</ref>
 
==Winners==