Cliff Thorburn vs Alex Higgins

1977/1978
Masters (6-10 Feb 1978)
Final		Cliff Thorburn (a)	5	-	7	Alex Higgins (a)
Final	7-107, 41-71, 6-94, 69-17, 104-16, 101-13 (88), 62-14, 29-84 (80), 70-58, 48-68, 47-61, 15-72 Referee: John Street
1979/1980
World Championship (22-5 May 1980)
Final		Cliff Thorburn (a)	18	-	16	Alex Higgins (a)
Final	Session 1: 52-40, 46-55, 5-69, 47-61, 26-82, 13-98 (93), 74-31 (68), 0-81 (81), 62-9 (62) Session 2: 49-61, 62-58 (AH 54, CT 53), 86-27 (76), 36-75, 45-63, 75-17, 67-45, 78-38 (57), 95-38 (64) Session 3: 86-14, 60-21, 18-70, 27-93, 73-43, 51-74, 115-25 (58), 61-73 Session 4: 21-67, 58-47, 100-55 (CT 53), 53-55, 73-41, 57-63, 119-7 (119), 96-9 (51) Referee: John Street
1980/1981
Champion of Champions Group A (2-11 Oct 1980)
Grp		Cliff Thorburn (a)	4	-	5	Alex Higgins (a)
Masters (2-8 Feb 1981)
SF		Cliff Thorburn (a)	5	-	6	Alex Higgins (a)