1948 World Snooker Championship

The 1948 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament. The final was held at the Leicester Square Hall in London, England, from 19 April to 1 May.[1]

World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates9 February – 1 May 1948
Final venueLeicester Square Hall
Final cityLondon
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)Billiards Association and Control Council
Highest break Fred Davis (109)
Final
Champion Fred Davis
Runner-up Walter Donaldson
Score84–61
1947
1949

For the second year running the final was contested by Fred Davis and Walter Donaldson. Davis won his first World title by defeating Donaldson 84–61 in the final,[1] although he reached the winning margin already at 73–52.[2] Davis also made the highest break of the tournament with 109.[3]

Schedule

Match Dates Venue, city
Clark McConachy v John Pulman9–14 February 1948Rochdale
Albert Brown v Sidney Smith1–4 March 1948Blackpool
Fred Davis v Alec Brown15–20 March 1948Manchester
Walter Donaldson v Kingsley Kennerley22–25, 27 March 1948Newcastle
Walter Donaldson v Albert Brown29 March–3 April 1948Leicester Square Hall, London
Fred Davis v Clark McConachy5–10 April 1948Leicester Square Hall, London
Walter Donaldson v Fred Davis19–24, 26 April–1 May 1948Leicester Square Hall, London

Main draw

Sources:[4][5][6]

Quarter-finals
71 frames
Semi-finals
71 frames
Final
145 frames
Walter Donaldson 46
Kingsley Kennerley 25 Walter Donaldson 40
Sidney Smith 35 Albert Brown 31
Albert Brown 36 Walter Donaldson 61
Fred Davis 43 Fred Davis 84
Alec Brown 28 Fred Davis 43
Clark McConachy 42 Clark McConachy 28
John Pulman 29

Qualifying

All qualifying matches were held at Burroughes Hall in London. The first-round matches were held from 1 to 13 December 1947. In the first match Sydney Lee conceded his match to John Pulman before the second day's play because of an abscess on his neck. Pulman was leading 8–2 after the first day.[7] Only 10 frames had been played because of a power cut which curtailed the afternoon session to three frames.[8] Conrad Stanbury comfortably won the second match, against Eric Newman, taking a 19–5 winning lead after the second day.[9] The third match between Willie Leigh and Herbert Holt was very close. Leigh won the final frame 83–35 to win the match.[10] The final first-round matches between John Barrie and Herbert Francis was also close. The match was 12–12 after two days. Barrie won the match 19–16.[11]

The semi-finals were held from 5 to 10 January 1948. Pulman beat Stanbury in the first semi-final, taking a winning 18–15 lead on the final evening.[12] In the second semi-final Leigh led 10–6 and won 21–14. Barrie made a break of 101 during the final evening session.[13] In the final, played from 12 to 14 January, Leigh led 7–5 after the first day and 13–11 after two days. The match went to a final frame decider with Pulman winning 60–49, potting the last black.[14]

Round 1
35 frames
Round 2
35 frames
Round 3
35 frames
John Pulman w/o
Sydney Lee w/d John Pulman 19
Conrad Stanbury 26 Conrad Stanbury 16
Eric Newman 9 John Pulman 18
Herbert Francis 16 Willie Leigh 17
John Barrie 19 John Barrie 14
Willie Leigh 18 Willie Leigh 21
Herbert Holt 17

References

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  6. Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 143–144. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
  7. "Snooker – Sydney Lee withdraws". Western Morning News. 3 December 1947. Retrieved 12 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Snooker – Pulman leading – Power cuts hold up play in qualifying match". Western Morning News. 2 December 1947. Retrieved 12 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Another M'Conachy century". Dundee Courier. 6 December 1947. Retrieved 12 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. "Snooker – Marsh-Carter final". Western Daily Press. 11 December 1947. Retrieved 12 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. "Sport in brief". Western Daily Press. 15 December 1947. Retrieved 12 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. "Pulman successful". Western Morning News. 8 January 1948. Retrieved 12 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. "Items". Nottingham Evening Post. 12 January 1948. Retrieved 12 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. "John Pulman beats Willie Leigh – Wins on black in last frame". Western Daily Press. 15 January 1948. Retrieved 12 January 2016 via British Newspaper Archive.
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