Qualification
| Best of 15 frames | ||
| John Dunning | 8–2 | David Greaves |
| Warren Simpson | 8–3 | Jackie Rea |
| Jim Meadowcroft | 8–5 | Pat Houlihan |
| Cliff Thorburn | 8–3 | A. McDonald |
| John Pulman | 8–0 | Jack Karnehm |
| David Taylor | 8–7 | Ron Gross |
| Marcus Owen | 8–1 | Dennis Taylor |
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