1966 Australian Professional Championship

{{Short description|Professional snooker tournament}}

{{Use Australian English|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=Australian Professional Championship

|logo=

|dates={{Start and end dates|1966|08|8|1966|08|16|df=y}}

|venue=The Harbord Diggers Memorial Club

|location=Harbord

|country=Australia

|organisation=

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=

|winners_share=

|highest_break=

|winner={{flagathlete|Eddie Charlton|AUS}}

|runner_up={{flagathlete|Warren Simpson|AUS}}

|score=7–4

|previous=1964

|next=1967

}}

The 1966 Australian Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place from 8 to 16 August 1966. There were three participants: defending champion Norman Squire, Eddie Charlton, and Warren Simpson.{{cite magazine |magazine=The Billiard Player |title=(Untitled article) |date=September 1966 |page=6 |publisher=Billiards Association and Control Council }}

Charlton won the tournament with a 7–4 victory over Simpson in the final, 7–4,{{cite news |title=Snooker title |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=17 August 1966 |page=25}} after both Charlton and Simpson had defeated Squire in the round matches.{{cite magazine |magazine=The Billiard Player |title=Australian news |date=November 1966 |pages=12–13 |publisher=Billiards Association and Control Council }}

The tournament was sponsored by The Harbord Diggers Memorial Club, and held at that venue. Horace Lindrum was master of ceremonies for the event, and provided the trophy, known as "The Horace Lindrum Permanent Trophy," which was presented to Charlton by A. J. Chown, president of the Amateur Billiard Association of New South Wales, the competition organisers.

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Stage !Date !width=220|Player !width=40|Score !width=200|Player !{{tooltip|2=Reference|Ref.}}
Round	8 August	{{flagathlete|Warren Simpson|AUS}}	3–2	{{flagathlete|Norman Squire|AUS}}	{{cite news |title=Titleholder beaten in pro snooker |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=9 August 1966 |page=25}}
Round	9 August	{{flagathlete|Eddie Charlton|AUS}}	3–2	{{flagathlete|Norman Squire|AUS}}	{{cite news |title=Snooker |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=17 August 1966 |page=19}}
Final	16 August	{{flagathlete|Eddie Charlton|AUS}}	7–4	{{flagathlete|Warren Simpson|AUS}}