Joe Brady (snooker player)

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Joe Brady was an Irish player of English billiards and snooker. He held the Irish billiards championship title from 1908 to 1920, and played in the 1927 World Snooker Championship.

Biography

Brady was born in Belfast and was the youngest of nine siblings. He started playing English billiards when he was about 13. He became a billiard marker, and started playing exhibition matches. In 1908 he won the Irish championship, and held it until 1920. During World War I he served in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and participated in the Gallipoli campaign, being wounded in 1915. From 1918 to 1924 he managed the billiard hall at The Piccadilly Hotel, then moved to manage Claude Falkiner's billard hall in Liverpool. [1] [2]

Brady entered the 1927 World Snooker Championship. [3] In the tournament, he faced Joe Davis on 29 and 30 December 1926 at Cable Street, Liverpool. Davis won all four frames in the afternoon and led 5–3 at the end of the first day. [4] The match ended 10–5 on the second day, [5] with Davis having achieved a winning margin at 8–5. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "The cueman's corner: Collens tackles a newcomer; all about Joe Brady; League Jottings". Liverpool Echo. 31 October 1925. p. 4.
  2. ↑ "Sport of all sorts". Edinburgh Evening News. 10 September 1915. p. 8.
  3. ↑ Special correspondent (14 November 1926). "Billiards: snooker championships". The Observer. London. p. 30.
  4. ↑ "Snooker de luxe". Liverpool Echo. 30 December 1926. p. 3.
  5. ↑ "Davis wins his snooker heat". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 1 January 1927. p. 13.
  6. ↑ Kobylecky, John (2019). The Complete International Directory of Snooker Players – 1927 to 2018. Kobyhadrian Books. p. 18. ISBN   9780993143311.
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