Tolly Cobbold Classic

Tournament information
Dates	21–24 February 1983 (1983-02-21 – 1983-02-24)
Venue	Corn Exchange
City	Ipswich
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non- Ranking event
Total prize fund	£15,000 plus highest break prize
Winner's share	£5,000
Highest break	Steve Davis (100)
Final
Champion	Steve Davis
Runner-up	Terry Griffiths
Score	7–5
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The 1983 Tolly Cobbold Classic was the fifth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which was scheduled from 21 to 23 February 1983. ^{[1] [2]} The tournament was played at the Corn Exchange in Ipswich, and featured eight professional players. ^[3]

Steve Davis won the title for the second time in succession, beating Terry Griffiths 7–5 in the final, which finished at 1:50am. ^{[3] [4]} Davis also made the highest break of the competition, 100, in the last frame of his match against Dennis Taylor. ^[3]

The prize fundwas allocated as follows: ^[3]

• Winner: £5,0000
• Runner-up: £3,000
• Semi-finals: £1,500
• First round: £1,000
• Highest break: £2 per point.

Results for the tournament are shown below. Winning players are denoted in bold. ^[3]

	First round Best of 7 frames					Semi-finals Best of 9 frames					Final Best of 13 frames
	Terry Griffiths		4
	Ray Reardon		2
						Terry Griffiths		5
						Bill Werbeniuk		3
	Bill Werbeniuk		4
	Doug Mountjoy		2
											Terry Griffiths		5
											Steve Davis		7
	Steve Davis		4
	Jimmy White		3
						Steve Davis		5
						Dennis Taylor		1
	Alex Higgins		2
	Dennis Taylor		4

Final: Best of 13 frames. Corn Exchange, Ipswich, England, 23 February 1983. [3]
Steve Davis   England	7–5	Terry Griffiths   Wales
1–106, 83(57)–39, 68–41, 20–61, 66(52)–16, 64–52, 90–26, 40–75, 43–52, 69–74(64), 69–45, 92(63)–52
63	Highest break	64
0	Century breaks	0
3	50+ breaks	1

100 Steve Davis