First round: Gerald Merry (Cheshire) 21 Claude Reid (North Midlands) 17, Dave Murray (Staffordshire) 21 Reg Holt (Potteries & District) 11, John Robinson (Merseyside) 21 Geoff Mallinson (South Yorkshire) 16, David Scott (Yorkshire) 18 Branny White (Derbyshire) 21, John Gill (Cumbria) 9 Ken Taylor (North Lancs & Fylde) 21, Alan James (Warwick & Worcester) 10 Tony Rawlinson (Lancashire) 21, Derek Heath (Derbyshire) 11 Jim Lord (Shropshire) 21, Brian Starkey (Yorkshire) 14 Neville Bancroft (Wales) 21.

Alan Horne (South Yorkshire) 21 Alan Salisbury (Cumbria) 18, John Mountford (Potteries & District) 13 Frank Griffin (Yorkshire) 21, Alan Skidmore (North Midlands) 14 Jim Carney (Lancashire) 21, Keith Carter (Staffordshire) 21 Brian Blackey (Greater Manchester) 13, Margaret Richardson (South Yorkshire) 20 Danny Kirby (Cumbria) 21, Mick Brown (Staffordshire) 21 John Owen (Lancashire) 11, George Adams (Shropshire) 21 Geoff Coupe (North Lancs & Fylde) 13, Geraint Evans (Wales) 21 Roy Spragg (Derbyshire) 16.

Second round: Merry 21 Murray 14, Robinson 9 White 21, Taylor 16 Rawlinson 21, Lord 21 Bancroft 17, Horne 9 Griffin 21, Carney 21 Carter 21, Kirby 16 Brown 21, Adams 20 Evans 21.

Quarter-finals: Merry 21 White 20, Rawlinson 17 Lord 21, Griffin 21 Carney 16, Brown 16 Evans 21.

Semi-finals: Merry 21 Lord 20, Griffin 21 Evans 17.

Final: Merry 14 Griffin 21.