1949 World Snooker Championship

The 1949 World Snooker Championship was a snooker tournament held at the Leicester Square Hall in London, England.[1]

World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates21 February – 7 May 1949
VenueLeicester Square Hall
CityLondon
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)Billiards Association and Control Council
Highest break Walter Donaldson (115)
Final
Champion Fred Davis
Runner-up Walter Donaldson
Score80–65
← 1948
1950 →

For the third year running the final was contested by Fred Davis and Walter Donaldson. Davis became the second player to defend his first world title after Joe Davis in 1928 by defeating Donaldson 80–65 in the final,[1] although 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 take the title.[2] Donaldson made the highest break of the tournament with 115 on the last day of his semi-final match against John Pulman.[3][4]

Schedule
Match Dates Venue, city
Walter Donaldson v Conrad Stanbury21–26 February 1949Leicester Square Hall, London
Sidney Smith v Alec Brown28 February–5 March 1949Leicester Square Hall, London
Fred Davis v Kingsley Kennerley7–12 March 1949Leicester Square Hall, London
John Pulman v Albert Brown14–19 March 1949Leicester Square Hall, London
Walter Donaldson v John Pulman28 March–2 April 1949Leicester Square Hall, London
Fred Davis v Sidney Smith4–9 April 1949Leicester Square Hall, London
Fred Davis v Walter Donaldson25–30 April, 2–7 May 1949Leicester Square Hall, London

Main draw

Sources:[5][6][7]

Quarter-finals
71 frames 		Semi-finals
71 frames 		Final
145 frames
Fred Davis 50
Kingsley Kennerley 21 Fred Davis 42
Sidney Smith 41 Sidney Smith 29
Alec Brown 30 Fred Davis 80
Walter Donaldson 58 Walter Donaldson 65
Conrad Stanbury 13 Walter Donaldson 49
Albert Brown 29 John Pulman 22
John Pulman 42

Qualifying

John Barrie withdrew for business reasons, giving Herbert Holt a bye into the final of the qualifying event.[8] Conrad Stanbury beat Herbert Francis 18–17 in his first round match played from 10 to 12 February 1949[9] 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, winning the exciting final frame.[10] All three matches were at Leicester Square Hall.

Round 1
Best of 35 frames		 Round 2
Best of 35 frames		 Round 3
Best of 35 frames
     
        Herbert Holt w/o  
        John Barrie w/d  
          Herbert Holt 17
Conrad Stanbury 18       Conrad Stanbury 18
Herbert Francis 17     Conrad Stanbury 18
        Jackie Rea 17    
     

References
  1. Turner, Chris. "World Professional Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  2. "Snooker title for Fred Davis". Nottingham Evening Post. 7 May 1949. Retrieved 21 March 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "2004 Embassy World Championship Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 8 December 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  4. "Snooker and billiards". The Glasgow Herald. 4 April 1949. p. 2.
  5. "World Championship 1949". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  6. "Embassy World Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  7. Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. p. 143. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
  8. "J Barrie". The Times. 15 October 1948. p. 6.
  9. "C Stanbury". The Times. 14 February 1949. p. 2.
  10. "Snooker". The Times. 21 February 1949. p. 6.
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