| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14–17 January 1979 (1979-01-14 – 1979-01-17) |
| Venue | Fulcrum Centre |
| City | Slough |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Winner's share | £3,500 |
| Highest break |  John Spencer (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion | John Spencer |
| Runner-up | Graham Miles |
| Score | 11–7 |
The 1979 Holsten Lager International was a non-ranking snooker tournament held on one occasion in January 1979 in Slough, England.
The tournament had an unusual format. There were sixteen players in a straight knockout but the first round was decided by aggregate scores over four frames and the second by aggregate over six frames. The semi finals and final were ‘Best of 11’ and ‘Best of 21’ respectively.
The quarter final between John Spencer and Cliff Thorburn is how the event is best remembered. In the afternoon session, Spencer made the first ever 147 in a professional tournament. As it was the afternoon, the TV cameras were not running and the pockets were not measured to check conformity, so the break was never officially ratified for record purposes. Spencer went on to beat Graham Miles 11–7 in the final.
Main draw
| Last 16 Aggregate score (4 frames) | Quarter-finals Aggregate score (6 frames) | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 21 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| John Spencer
| 206 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Patsy Fagan
| 185 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Spencer
| 467 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Cliff Thorburn
| 296 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn
| 206 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Doug Mountjoy
| 110 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Spencer
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rex Williams
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rex Williams
| 180 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Werbeniuk
| 166 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rex Williams
| 364 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
| 362 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
| 221 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Edmonds
| 112 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Spencer
| 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Graham Miles
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Graham Miles
| 235 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Pulman
| 118 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Graham Miles
| 395 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Dennis Taylor
| 340 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
| 217 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fred Davis
| 151 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Graham Miles
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
| 233 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Eddie Charlton
| 138 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
| 391 | ||||||||||||||||||
| David Taylor
| 300 | ||||||||||||||||||
| David Taylor
| 241 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Perrie Mans
| 182 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
- "Other Non-Ranking and Invitation Events". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- "Spencer first in Holsten lager international". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. February 1979. pp. 12–15.
- Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 147.
| 1978–79 snooker season | |
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| Ranking events | |
| Non-ranking events | |