Quote ="Shoe Shine Johnny"Thanks for [ufinally clearing up the events thing once and for all[/u. If we look at the breakdown between the two tournaments it provides a more realistic comparison.
Final
1995 66500 (1 event) = Ave 66,500
2013 74,000 (1 event) = Ave 74,000
SF
1995 46000 (2 events) = Ave 23,000
2013 67500 (1 event) = Ave 67,500
QF
1995 No Events
2013 46,900 (4 events) = Ave 11,725
Pool Games
1995 152500 (12 events) = Ave 12,708
2013 269100 (20 events) = Ave 13,455
England Games/Events (All games)
1995 177,500 (5 events) = Ave 35,500
2013 184,500 (5 events) = Ave 36,900
England Games/Events (Pool Games)
1995 83,000 (3 events) = Ave 27,700
2013 94,500 (3 events) = Ave 31,500
Non-England Games/Events
1995 88,500 (10 events) = Ave 8,850
2013 272,500 (21 events) = Ave 12,976
Difficult to compare 28 game (26 event) tournament against a 15 game tournament with no QFs etc. but this seems to. Both great tournaments and should be celebrated.'"
Excellent post putting this thread to bed.