1985 Scottish Masters

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=1985 Scottish Masters

|logo=

|dates={{Start and end dates|1985|09|19|1985|09|22|df=y}}

|venue=Hospitality Inn

|location=Glasgow

|country=Scotland

|organisation=WPBSA

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=£31,000

|winners_share=£10,500

|highest_break={{flagathlete|Cliff Thorburn|CAN}} (142)

|winner={{flagathlete|Cliff Thorburn|CAN}}

|runner_up={{flagathlete|Willie Thorne|ENG}}

|score=9–7

|previous=1984

|next=1986

}}

The 1985 Langs Supreme Scottish Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19 and 22 September 1985 at the Hospitality Inn in Glasgow, Scotland.{{cite web|title=Scottish Masters|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/scotmast.html|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155901/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/scotmast.html|accessdate=8 January 2018|archive-date=2012-02-16}} Total prize money was £31,000 with a first prize of £10,500.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4sBAAAAAIBAJ&pg=6406%2C4532660 |title=Masters will be stiff test for Macleod |first=Cameron |last=Simpson |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=20 |date=19 September 1985}}

Cliff Thorburn won the tournament by defeating Willie Thorne 9–7 in the final. Thorburn also won the high break prize of £500 for his break of 142 in the semi-finals against Silvino Francisco.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5cBAAAAAIBAJ&pg=6316%2C5443295 |title='Old Grinder' puts Thorne through mill |first=Cameron |last=Simpson |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=22 |date=23 September 1985}}{{cite book|last=Layton|first=Eric|title=Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker|page=152}}

Tournament draw

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3

|bold_winner = high

|team-width = 200

|short_brackets=yes

|RD1 = Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames

|RD2 =Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames

|RD3 = Final
Best of 17 Frames

||{{flagathlete|Cliff Thorburn|CAN}}| 5| {{flagathlete|Murdo MacLeod|SCO}}| 1

||{{flagathlete|Silvino Francisco|RSA|1982}}| 5| {{flagathlete|Tony Knowles|ENG}}| 4

||{{flagathlete|Willie Thorne|ENG}}| 5| {{flagathlete|Dennis Taylor|NIR}}| 2

||{{flagathlete|Jimmy White|ENG}}| 5| {{flagathlete|Alex Higgins|NIR}}| 0

||{{flagicon|CAN}} Cliff Thorburn| 6| {{flagicon|RSA|1982}} Silvino Francisco| 0

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Willie Thorne| 6| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White| 2

||{{flagicon|CAN}} Cliff Thorburn| 9| {{flagicon|ENG}} Willie Thorne| 7

}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Scottish Masters}}

{{Snooker season 1985/1986}}

1985

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