1949 World Snooker Championship

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World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates21 February – 7 May 1949 (1949-02-21 – 1949-05-07)
Venue Leicester Square Hall
City London
CountryEngland
Organisation Billiards Association and Control Council
Highest breakFlag of Scotland.svg  Walter Donaldson  (SCO) (115)
Final
ChampionFlag of England.svg  Fred Davis  (ENG)
Runner-upFlag of Scotland.svg  Walter Donaldson  (SCO)
Score80–65
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The 1949 World Snooker Championship was a snooker tournament held at Leicester Square Hall in London, England from 21 February to 7 May 1949, organised by the Billiards and Snooker Control Council. There were 12 entrants, of which eight participated in the main draw. Seven players were placed directly into the main draw. They were joined by Conrad Stanbury, who won the qualifying competition which was held from 10 to 19 February at the same venue. Stanbury won all three of his qualifying matches on the deciding frame .

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For the third successive year, the final was contested by Fred Davis and Walter Donaldson. Davis became the second player to successfully defend his first world title, after his brother Joe Davis in 1928, by defeating Donaldson 80–65 in the final. He had taken a winning lead of 73–58 on the previous day. The match was still in the balance with the score at 63–58 before Davis won 10 frames in a row to secure victory. Donaldson made the highest break of the tournament, 115, on the last day of his semi-final match against John Pulman. It followed his break of 100 in the previous frame, and was the first time that century breaks had been made in consecutive frames in competition.

Background

The World Snooker Championship is a professional tournament and the official world championship of the game of snooker. [1] The sport was developed in the late 19th century by British Army soldiers stationed in India. [2] Professional English billiards player and billiard hall manager Joe Davis noticed the increasing popularity of snooker compared to billiards in the 1920s, and with Birmingham-based billiards equipment manager Bill Camkin, persuaded the Billiards Association and Control Council (BACC) to recognise an official professional snooker championship in the 1926–27 season. [3] In 1927, the final of the first professional snooker championship was held at Camkin's Hall; Davis won the tournament by beating Tom Dennis in the final. [4] The annual competition was not titled the World Championship until the 1935 tournament, [5] [6] but the 1927 tournament is now referred to as the first World Snooker Championship. [7] [8] Davis had also won the title every year from 1928 to 1940, after which the tournament was not held again until 1946 due to World War II. [9] Fred Davis was the defending champion, having defeated Walter Donaldson 84–61 in the 1948 final. [10]

There were 12 entrants for the 1949 championship. [11] Seven players were placed in the main draw, to be joined by the winner of the five-player qualifying competition. [11]

Schedule

The Leicester Square Hall match room (pictured in 1903) Thurston Billiards-Match room Thurston's Hall 1903.jpg
The Leicester Square Hall match room (pictured in 1903)
Schedule of matches for the 1949 World Snooker Championship
MatchDatesVenue, cityRef.
Walter Donaldson v Conrad Stanbury 21–26 February 1949 Leicester Square Hall, London [12] [13]
Sidney Smith v Alec Brown 28 February–5 March 1949Leicester Square Hall, London [14]
Fred Davis v Kingsley Kennerley 7–12 March 1949Leicester Square Hall, London [15] [16]
John Pulman v Albert Brown 14–19 March 1949Leicester Square Hall, London [17] [18]
Walter Donaldson v John Pulman28 March–2 April 1949Leicester Square Hall, London [19] [20]
Fred Davis v Sidney Smith4–9 April 1949Leicester Square Hall, London [21] [22]
Fred Davis v Walter Donaldson25–30 April, 2–7 May 1949Leicester Square Hall, London [23] [24] [25] [26]

Tournament summary

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals were played over 71 frames . [27] Walter Donaldson led Conrad Stanbury 4–2, 5–1 and 9–3, with four of his nine frames won on the final black ball . [28] He increased his lead to 18–6, [29] and to 29–7. [30] On the fourth day of the match, Donaldson made a 104 break in the first frame, and finished the day 38–10 ahead, having secured a winning margin at 36–10. [31] [32] On the penultimate day, Donaldson took eleven of the twelve frames played, [33] and the final score was 58–13. [34] The reporter for The Billiard Player magazine wrote that Donaldson played "brilliant pots and almost audacious shots, some of which might never have been seen even in an exhibition match". [31]

Having taken an early lead, Sidney Smith defeated Alec Brown 41–30, having made the highest break of the match, 98. [27] [35] Fred Davis led Kingsley Kennerley 18–6 and 23–6, and secured a winning margin at 36–13. [27] His 104 break during the afternoon session on 10 March was the highest of the match. [27] Kennerley won five of the six frames on the last afternoon and finished 21–50 behind. [27] [36] John Pulman established a winning lead of 36–24 on the penultimate day of his match against Albert Brown, to reach the semi-finals of the world championship for the first time. [37] [27] After dead frame s, the final score was 42–29. [38]

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were contested over 71 frames. [39] Donaldson made breaks of 100 and 115 in successive frames against Pulman. [27] It was the first time that century breaks had been made in consecutive frames in competition, [40] and the 115 was the highest break of the tournament. [41] [42] He achieved a winning margin by winning the first frame on 1 April to make it 36–13. [43] The eventual score was 49–22. [39]

Smith and Davis each won six frames on the first day of their match, [21] and were level again at 9–9 before Davis gained a lead of 13–11 at the end of the second day. [44] Davis secured a winning margin at 36–18, [45] and won 42–29 after dead frames. [39]

Final

The final was contested over 145 frames. [39] For the third consecutive year, the final was contested by Donaldson and Davis. [45] The match started on 25 April, as the best-of-145 frames. [46] Donaldson took a 7–5 lead on the first day. [46] He was still two frames ahead, 13–11, after the second day, [47] but the third day finished with the players level at 18–18. [48] Donaldson regained a two-frame lead (25–23) the next day, [49] and increased his lead to 34–26 on 29 April. [50]

Davis had reduced his deficit, at 33–39, by the end of day 6, and made a break of 102 in the last of those frames; [51] It was the only century break of the match. [9] : 58  Donaldson maintained a six frame lead (45–39) after the next day of play. [52] Davis then took eight of twelve frames on 3 May, including all six frames in the earlier of the two sessions, to lead 49–47. [9] : 58  [53] He moved a further two frames ahead on both of the next two days, and led 63-57. [54] [55]

He then won 10 frames in a row on 6 May to secure the title [56] at 73–58. [57] A reporter for The Times commented that on the decisive day, Davis was in "his best form of the match". [57] After 13 dead frame s on 7 May, the final score was 80–65 to Davis. [58]

Davis became the second player to successfully defend his first world snooker title, after his brother Joe Davis in 1928. [10] The championship trophy was presented by Aubrey Ellwood, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Bomber Command. [59] Richard Holt of the Billiards Association and Control Council's magazine The Billiard Player felt that Davis was "the 'compleat' snooker player", who demonstrated skill in potting, safety play and tactics. [60] Snooker historian Clive Everton later noted that several of the sessions took more than three hours and wrote that "caution was the watchword". [9] : 58 

Main draw

Results of the main tournament were are follows. [61] [62] [39]

Quarter-finals
71 frames 		Semi-finals
71 frames 		Final
145 frames
         
Flag of England.svg  Fred Davis  (ENG)50
Flag of England.svg  Kingsley Kennerley  (ENG)21
Flag of England.svg  Fred Davis  (ENG)42
Flag of England.svg  Sidney Smith  (ENG)29
Flag of England.svg  Sidney Smith  (ENG)41
Flag of England.svg  Alec Brown  (ENG)30
Flag of England.svg  Fred Davis  (ENG)80
Flag of Scotland.svg  Walter Donaldson  (SCO)65
Flag of Scotland.svg  Walter Donaldson  (SCO)58
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Conrad Stanbury  (CAN)13
Flag of Scotland.svg  Walter Donaldson  (SCO)49
Flag of England.svg  John Pulman  (ENG)22
Flag of England.svg  Albert Brown  (ENG)29
Flag of England.svg  John Pulman  (ENG)42

Qualifying

John Barrie withdrew for business reasons, giving Herbert Holt a bye into the final of the qualifying event. [63] Conrad Stanbury beat Herbert Francis 18–17 in his first round match played from 10 to 12 February 1949 [64] and then beat Jackie Rea by the same score in a match played from 14 to 16 February. Stanbury then played Holt in the final of the qualifying from 17 to 19 February and recorded his third 18–17 victory. [65] The Billiard Player magazine commented that for Stanbury to win three successive matches on the deciding frame was "a quite unusual sequence". [31] All three qualifying matches were at Leicester Square Hall. [31]

Round 1
Best of 35 frames 		Round 2
Best of 35 frames 		Round 3
Best of 35 frames
Flag of England.svg  Herbert Holt  (ENG)w/o
Flag of England.svg  John Barrie  (ENG)w/d
Flag of England.svg  Herbert Holt  (ENG)17
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Conrad Stanbury  (CAN)18Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Conrad Stanbury  (CAN)18
Flag of England.svg  Herbert Francis  (ENG)17 Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Conrad Stanbury  (CAN)18
Ulster Banner.svg  Jackie Rea  (NIR)17

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