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Bournemouth Int. Conference Centre, Bournemouth, England (Oct 16-27, 1996) Ranking tournament (No.2 of 10)

Players are English unless stated

Final

Mark J Williams (Wales) 9-5 Euan Henderson (Scotland)

66-8, 9-77, 46-60, 70-15, 101-4, 78-9, 64-53, 72-9, 1-72, 64-31, 22-109, 25-65, 138-0, 71-4

This is Williams' second ranking title following his victory in last year's Regal Welsh Open.

He pockets �60,000 for the win plus another �5,000 for the highest break, a 138 total clearance in the 13th frame.

Henderson can't be too discouraged even though he lost in his first major final. His prize of �32,000 is three times greater than anything he has won in his career.

This is only the second time that a Welshman wins the event. Ray Reardon was the first, in the very first edition in 1982. A list ofall the finals is available.

Semi-finals

Mark J Williams (Wales) 6-1 John Parrott

75-26, 105-32, 103-19, 124-1, 34-78, 77-54, 78-16

Euan Henderson (Scotland) 6-3 Mark Bennett (Wales)

19-71, 0-83, 92-1, 71-41, 101-2, 40-57, 75-8, 83-0, 95-8.

Quarter-finals

Mark J Williams (Wales) 5-3 Alain Robidoux (Canada) John Parrott 5-3 James Wattana (Thailand) Mark Bennett (Wales) 5-1 Tony Drago (Malta) Euan Henderson (Scotland) 5-4 Tony Jones

Third round

Mark J Williams (Wales) 5-3 Mark King Alain Robidoux (Canada) 5-0 Nick Pearce James Wattana (Thailand) 5-2 Billy Snaddon (Scotland) John Parrott 5-0 Darren Morgan (Wales) Mark Bennett (Wales) 5-3 Steve Davis Tony Drago (Malta) 5-3 Ken Doherty (Ireland) Euan Henderson (Scotland) 5-3 Anthony Hamilton Tony Jones 5-3 John Higgins (Scotland)

This will be Drago's ninth ranking quarter-final. Will he finally reach the semis this time?

Second round

Mark King 5-0 Matthew Stevens (Wales) Mark J Williams (Wales) 5-2 Steve James Alain Robidoux (Canada) 5-3 Gary Wilkinson Nick Pearce 5-1 Ronnie O'Sullivan Billy Snaddon (Scotland) 5-3 Oliver King James Wattana (Thailand) 5-2 Paul McPhillips (Scotland) Darren Morgan (Wales) 5-3 Mick Price John Parrott 5-2 Neal Foulds Mark Bennett (Wales) 5-0 Chris Small (Scotland) Steve Davis 5-0 Gerard Greene (N.Ireland) Tony Drago (Malta) 5-1 Wayne Rendle Ken Doherty (Ireland) 5-2 Martin Clark Euan Henderson (Scotland) 5-3 Jonathan Birch Anthony Hamilton 5-4 Fergal O'Brien (Ireland) Tony Jones 5-1 Sean Storey John Higgins (Scotland) 5-3 Stephen Lee

First round

Matthew Stevens (Wales) 5-1 Stephen Hendry (Scotland) Mark King 5-0 Jason Ferguson Mark J Williams (Wales) 5-3 Mark Gray
Steve James 5-4 Wayne Jones (Wales) Alain Robidoux (Canada) 5-1 Paul Davies (Wales) Gary Wilkinson 5-1 Noppadon Noppachorn (Thailand) Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-1 Gary Ponting
Nick Pearce 5-3 Dave Finbow Oliver King 5-1 Nigel Bond Billy Snaddon (Scotland) 5-4 Dene O'Kane (New Zealand) James Wattana (Thailand) 5-4 Graeme Dott (Scotland) Paul McPhillips (Scotland) 5-3 Andy Hicks Darren Morgan (Wales) 5-1 Karl Broughton
Mick Price 5-4 Jason Price (N.Ireland) John Parrott 5-4 Joe Johnson
Neal Foulds 5-2 Mark Davis
Mark Bennett (Wales) 5-3 Peter Ebdon Chris Small (Scotland) 5-4 Paul Hunter
Steve Davis 5-2 John Giles
Gerard Greene (N.Ireland) 5-2 Willie Thorne Tony Drago (Malta) 5-1 Andrew Cairns
Wayne Rendle 5-2 Rod Lawler Ken Doherty (Ireland) 5-1 Wayne Brown
Martin Clark 5-0 Robin Hull (Finland) Jonathan Birch 5-2 Alan McManus (Scotland) Euan Henderson (Scotland) 5-0 Joe Swail (N.Ireland) Fergal O'Brien (Ireland) 5-4 Dave Harold Anthony Hamilton 5-4 Nick Walker
Tony Jones 5-1 Jimmy White Sean Storey 5-3 Dennis Taylor (N.Ireland) John Higgins (Scotland) 5-3 Jamie Burnett (Scotland) Stephen Lee 5-3 Steve Judd