Terry Griffiths - 1979 World Championship Highlights

Terry Griffiths. Alex Higgins. Eddie Charlton. Dennis Taylor.
Terry was pretty decent at clearances. Wish i had more of the Higgins-Griffiths match.

[@GwladYrHaf]

To go through players such as Mans, Higgins, Charlton & Taylor as a qualifier is amazing

[@Billdick360]

Terry played great that year! Congratulations... 🏆

[@deant9606]

A fantastic 97 clearance to win the last against Charlton in the semi’s, tremendous scenes afterwards and then the ‘I’m in the final now you know’ speech. Wonderful download.

[@johntate5722]

I rember the comment by ted lowe re alex in this match "hes a young man in a hurry"

[@drnagajima]

Thank you so much for this upload! Its people like you who make a huge difference to KZbin. Thanks once again.

[@stephenmartin2737]

Terry has always reminded me here of a young Christopher lee lol loved terrys style of play one of the legends of the sport !!!!

[@jonnywyattgreengreen3301]

This is really wonderful. 79 world championships l remember as a kid .my mother just got 6 foot table .remember the semi final against Eddie charton saying after winning " l am in the final now " l run back from school to watch the final . The quarter final against Alex was the best match of the tournament. Its really special to see one of best matches ever .thank you for sharing 🙂 it's made my day ..

[@piedro132]

Great match, love these seventies matches, fantastic atmosphere

[@ysgol3]

Marvellous - thank you. The Higgins match was stunning - first time I've seen ANY of it since 1979 !

[@damienspurs147]

Amazing upload what a great player perrie mans was Terry worthy champion It's just amazing to watch this over and over again 🤝

[@andrewharman787]

Showcases Perrie Mans' greatest strength (potting) and his greatest weakness (cue ball control) at the start there. Great upload! I recall staying up late secretly on a school night to watch the end of the Charlton match. Great championship.

[@andrewharman787]

@montgomery15 It is quite striking how quickly Mans faded after reaching that 1978 final, despite winning the Masters in 1979 (without making a 50 break!) Agree on Terry's technique. Was he unlucky that Steve Davis came along when he did? I often wonder who would have won WCs if there had been no Davis and I think Griffiths would have won a few more, as would Thorburn. Yet I do think that Griffiths in the early 80s had the capability to beat Davis more than he did and there was something of a psychological barrier for him.

[@chrisbland6942]

Yes, except from a surprise victory over Steve Davis at the ‘81 Masters, Perrie never again reached the same heights. I think by the time of the 80’s boom came along, the other top players had sussed him out and his devastating potting was no longer enough to compensate for his lack of break building polish.

[@jjddww12345]

Love how the ref claps Higgins century. Same ref who clapped Fred Davis’ century in the first Rd.

[@rogermorrow4746]

9:40 higgins century break in 4 and half minutes. genius.,

[@adamoliver5589]

I agree it was great. Alex could and should have won more than 1 world title in the 70's. He should have finished his career with at least 4 world titles

[@jjddww12345]

Superb. Thanks for uploading

[@samuelj8592]

what a great share, thank you.

[@garybuller5656]

Gotta love the uber flares, on Terry's suit...smashing..

[@chrisbland6942]

The match against Charlton was an epic. With Reardon, Spencer and Higgins all beaten, Eddie must surely have thought it was his time at last.

[@RB747domme]

Chris Bland I agree, with Terry being an outside bet.. and Charlton being 49 years old. It was certainly Charlton's last chance. He was never able to repeat that epic snooker in future tournaments, and faded away in the 80s. Once Steve Davis was on scene, many of these old timers never stood a chance.

[@chrisbland6942]

Clint Tapper Eddie did reach the last 4 again in 1982 (aged 52!) but by that time he was certainly the outsider - the other 3 left being Reardon, Higgins and White.

[@Suparef]

Couldn't remember an image previously of an un-bespectacled Dennis Taylor. You could see, even at that middle age, he had that steely grit which helped him in 85.

[@Suparef]

Great nostalgia.

[@ianwilliamson2980]

A true gentleman

[@CasperLD]

Rip David Vine. What a pro.

[@snookeringu2tonightu231]

22.35 seconds. Unbelievablel OMG, and this from the man who once accused a referee of being in his line of thought.

[@parksyist]

Very cheeky

[@ahassen1236]

He's not in Terry's line but it was a culture back then of players standing anywhere and not always went back to their chair

[@tylerhay6560]

It’s so nice to see Martin Griffiths’s reaction when Terry made the big clearance to go 12-11 up on Alex. Terry’s Dad must have buzzed through this tournament!

[@dlamiss]

Remember Charltons miss with the half butt like it was yesterday. Had forgotten he was 17/16 up with a great chance to go two up with three to play. This was his last real chance to win the tournament as although he got to the semi finals three years later it was unlikely he would have beaten either White or Higgins in the final

[@TheKimgower]

Anybody else notice that the speed of the tables are faster nowadays and the players have more control of the que ball . Thoroughly enjoyed a trip back to 1979, when I was 21. David Vine also did a good job as an interviewer.

[@wilfy7744]

Were the balls slightly larger or heavier? I think the standard today is significantly better.. the potting was good back then but cue ball control wasn’t. Also players today are more attacking.

[@a.tanner8524]

I miss the 80’s. Such a wonderful era for sport.

[@pondermatic]

Great to have this. Do you have an equivalent for the 1977 world championship?

[@stuartwilliams-fw4vo]

Griffiths so very lucky in the 35th frame. It was Eddie’s last realistic chance to take the title, and he would surely have mopped up Taylor in the final. Along with Jimmy White, Charlton was the best professional champion the game never had.

[@ianwilliamson2980]

Great characters back then .

[@geoffjoffy]

Griffiths, smoking and drinking gin. Those were the days. Haha

[@bobsmith2481]

I’m sure Terry had a soft spot for Coca-Cola.

[@paulwilliams8389]

@@bobsmith2481 He did - I was at an exhibition in 1980 where Terry did 'the Machine Gun' trick shot afterwards as a request from a member of the audience "who has promised to buy me 10 pints of Coke if I do it!"

[@markcackett5276]

Anymore of the Higgins Griffiths match ? One of the best matches ever played at the crucible

[@purpleman3292]

Terry... was a real danger but Alex was careless and didn't cope well as the match went on he should have been more ruthless.

[@paulmckervill1820]

Don't know what your talking about mark 🤪🤣

[@johntate5722]

Alex did 2 ultra fast clearances in that match...i'd love to see more of it

[@archivedvideos3907]

John Williams a classic ref, one of the top guys

[@dlamiss]

Eddie had had a new hair weave from the previous year

[@SSMohdAdamBinAbdullah]

Mr Terry Griffiths who had shown his skills in Singapore in 1989 clearing twice the whole table of balls with one cue a greatest player with his pocketing and placing skills and no one of Singapore top gamblers and bookies dare not take the challenge of clearance with one cue. He was with Mr Dennis Taylor the current World Champion, Mr Steve Davies and he himself whereas Mr Steve Davies was showing of his three ball billards break. I was there watching him and Mr Steve Davies showing off their skills. I salute them for their kind contribution to show their skills to Singapore Snooker players in Singapore Recreation Club Billard and Snooker Room. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGnOeaF5oLNkm9ksi=au6OKs_ImL07WH-m

[@keneblana]

This championship actually took a couple of months with Terry, Thorburn, Charlton etc. It was secretly edited.

[@tonyparkes9541]

and rex williams

[@ianwilliamson2980]

Very brave performance there by Terry .

[@chrisbland6942]

Had Higgins won that decided against Terry he’d have had a great opportunity of winning his second world title. I have no doubt at all he’d have been far too powerful for Taylor at that time. As for Charlton, who knows - maybe he’d have had the tactical game and stamina to frustrate Alex over a best-of-37 frames? Alex never liked playing Charlton in those days - after Eddie had slaughtered him 23-9 in the 1973 semi-final.

[@markcackett5276]

No doubt in my mind as a Higgins fan he would of gone on to win the title this year he lost 6 black ball frames in this Griffiths match,in the late 70's early 80's he would of almost certainly beat Charlton in the semi's and then Taylor in the final !

[@a.tanner8524]

If my auntie had bollocks she’d be my uncle.

[@shahzadfaiyaz5420]

Griffiths farted at 5:25...while walking back to his seat to enjoy the gin....🤣🤣🤣

[@Billdick360]

Lol.. Heard it! 😂

[@phlipatjasper]

I found it more appropriate to watch it at 0.25

[@edmundpower1250]

Brilliant video when snooker was becoming mainstream

[@philipodowd227]

I think he wud have made a really good bus conductor.

[@parksyist]

First time I've ever heard Fred Davis voice

[@darrenmcgowan3932]

A hard game back then. Long matches with lots of time to think. Ronnie would not last with slower tables and players. Would love to see that alex - terry match.

[@RB747domme]

Commentary said that it was a cruel game 52:50. But I think Terry intentionally went for the reverse double - chanced his arm and got it.

[@chrisbland6942]

Terry said in his book "Championship Snooker" that it was a fluke. He'd intended to double the brown up behind the black but misjudged the angle. By the way, the commentator was the great John Pulman.

[@bobsmith2481]

2 bits of Griffiths trivia. 1) He never beat Hendry in a pro tournament 2) He never made a 147. Not even in practise.

[@mjt_snooker1704]

He also finished his match against Higgins here with a break of 107 in the deciding frame. I think the only other time a century has been made in a deciding frame at the Crucible was Ebdon vs White in 1996. (Unless this has happened in the last couple of years.)

[@slothfromthegoonies8201]

His style was typical of his era, very defensive, not looking to build big breaks. Davis and Hendry would change that.

[@andrewedwards686]

who gives a fuck if he didnt beat hendry,,his name is on the cup, & as for 147.s they only give a frame such a cock..

[@chrisfieldaselvis]

Griffiths would have probably won more World Titles if it wasnt for Steve Davis....

[@dvidclapperton]

Griffiths doesn't win 4+ frames per hour today if he entered the scene in 2009 at 29 years of age.

[@John-tz2tx]

105 in the first, 112 in the second

[@wormsnake1]

Terry Griffiths should have played Peter Sellars in a movie biopic.x

[@chrisrogers3457]

How on earth did A tortoise beat the Alex hurricane Higgins

[@mark-147]

52:07 "cheers"

[@cwshtygriff13]

Patience is what he actually said 👍

[@philljenner4045]

Another world title that Alex let slip away. Should have won in 1980 and probably in '76 too, if he hadn't try to beat Reardon while pissed.

[@andrewharman787]

I think you kind of got that from Gods of Snooker, which was great but was misleading on that 76 final. Reardon was well ahead before Higgins' bender.

[@paulwilliams8389]

He wouldn't have won in '76 - Reardon was at the peak of his game then and was too strong for Alex.

[@y2kazan868]

36:14, wait for it... Right as he was potting the brown , Higgins attempts to shark Griffiths!

[@britsfirstfitness5026]

How the fuck was perri a pro apart from the odd good pot he pulls of his all round game is shocking.

[@dvidclapperton]

If Mans coudn't make more than the very occasional 50 break way back then how on earth would he be capable of making a barrage of big breaks today playing at a pace of completing 4 frames per hour to compete well with today's pros.

[@mikewilliams4438]

The crucible sounds more like a chest clinic

[@parksyist]

Ridiculous red up the cushion from alex

[@wilfy7744]

I know. Incredible.

[@andystefansky4272]

I Like Play on snooker I no't have a monety. Andy.

[@smith077906]

38.52 secs, 'A bit more difficult to eat shit?'

[@parksyist]

Higgins showing off cost him that match

[@a.tanner8524]

Yeah but his showboating is what made snooker appeal to the masses.

[@mickmcdonagh1557]

He would have won a lot more tournaments with his talent but he loved to entertain the crowds and it often cost him

[@KS-kb4zt]

Cough..

[@swarthyjake4433]

what a lad the "Grif" was , hed go into a café and say " im terry Griffiths , im famous , youre not , so gimmy an egg an cress sarny on the house or youll get a visit from Ronnie an Reggie " . what a lad .

[@punkuilee2963]

他教授打士碌架

[@a.tanner8524]

Don’t think he ever did that did he? Where’s your evidence?

[@swarthyjake4433]

@@punkuilee2963 - step outside and say that !

[@swarthyjake4433]

@@a.tanner8524 - he was a "face" in the east end and often went on jaunts with the twins .

[@swarthyjake4433]

only joking , Tery definetly had nothing to do with the twins guv.

[@fl3162]

Slow, boring player 99% of the time. Occasionally a genius but rare.

[@parksyist]

That blue at 10 10 was awful

[@ysgol3]

The red near the middle pocket missed by Charlton. 'Simple' John Pulman commentating calls it. SIMPLE ???? Look again John. Oh you can't, you're dead.

[@John-tz2tx]

No he’s just slow

[@michaelgaskell2031]

Griffiths God he was dull

[@markopuljiz123]

How can anyone say Alex was great. Don't get me wrong, he was one of the best, but technically speaking, his cueing was shit, probably the worst I've seen, spastic, inconsistent, he lifts his head too early, no backswing, rarely any follow through, cue ball positioning careless to say the least, risky shot selection, etc. Reardon was miles away in technical aspects. Guess what snooker needed was some rock and roll idgaf attitude.

[@jahno7154]

Bellend!!

[@slothfromthegoonies8201]

He's right though, his ability never really matched his reputation.

[@stanleyharrison7031]

Alex was, in the words of Steve Davis, the only true genius snooker ever produced. He virtually made the modern game. Before higgins turned up you had ray Reardon, John Spencer, and Eddie Charlton and a few other professionals. Don't get me wrong, in a technical sense they were all more precise than higgins. But who gives a shit about that? Higgins made snooker interesting, something I think only he truly achieved. Although he didn't win that often, he was fun to watch, something that cannot be said of 99% of current and past players. If you cannot see this, then I pity you

[@piedro132]

Stanley Harrison you said it right, who gives a shit, it’s entertaining and fun to watch. I like them old players more than nowadays, more class and gentlemen

[@andrewedwards686]

alex isnt in the same league as steve davis or hendry.. and just watched the game against terry in the 79 embassy world championship..in the 2nd round total arrogance standing up against the wall when terry is in play....