1956 World Professional Match-play Championship

The 1956 World Professional Match-play Championship was a snooker tournament with the final being held at the Tower Circus in Blackpool, England.[1] Fred Davis won his eighth and last World title by defeating John Pulman 38–35 in the 73-frame final.[1] Pulman led 31–29 but Davis won 8 of the first 10 frames on the final day to take a winning lead of 37–33.

World Professional Match-play Championship
Tournament information
Dates9 January – 10 March 1956
Final venueTower Circus
Final cityBlackpool
CountryEngland
Highest break Rex Williams (141)
Final
Champion Fred Davis
Runner-up John Pulman
Score38–35
← 1955
1957 →
Belfast
Birmingham
Blackpool
Venues

Rex Williams made the highest break of the tournament with 141 in frame 48 of his semi-final match against Fred Davis in Birmingham.[2][3]

Joe Davis and Walter Donaldson played in the 1955/1956 News of the World Snooker Tournament, that was played from October 1955 to February 1956, but did not enter the Championship.

Schedule
Match Dates Venue, city
John Pulman v Jackie Rea9–13 January 1956Belfast[4]
Fred Davis v Rex Williams23–27 January 1956Birmingham[5]
Fred Davis v John Pulman5–10 March 1956Tower Circus, Blackpool[6]

Main draw

Sources:[7][8][9]

Semi-finals
61 frames 		Final
73 frames
      
Fred Davis 35
Rex Williams 26
Fred Davis 38
John Pulman 35
John Pulman 36
Jackie Rea 25

Final

The final was over 73 frames. John Pulman led 7–5 after the opening day[10] and extended his lead to 14–10 after the second day.[11] Fred Davis had the best of the third day but Pulman still led 19–17.[12] Both players won 6 frames on days 4 and 5 and so Pulman led 25–23 after day 4[13] and 31–29 after day 5.[14] On the final day, Davis won 5 of the 6 frames in the afternoon session to lead 34–32. He then won 3 of the first 4 frames in the evening to take a winning lead of 37–33. The final score was 38–35.[6][15]

References
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  4. "Played last night". The Glasgow Herald. 13 January 1956. p. 4.
  5. "Snooker". The Glasgow Herald. 28 January 1956. p. 7.
  6. "Played on Saturday". The Glasgow Herald. 12 March 1956. p. 11.
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  8. "Embassy World Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
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  10. "Billiards & snooker". The Glasgow Herald. 6 March 1956. p. 4.
  11. "Professionals". The Times. 7 March 1956. p. 16.
  12. "Snooker and billiards". The Glasgow Herald. 8 March 1956. p. 4.
  13. "Snooker & billiards". The Glasgow Herald. 9 March 1956. p. 4.
  14. "Snooker & billiards". The Glasgow Herald. 10 March 1956. p. 7.
  15. "Snooker champion". The Times. 12 March 1956. p. 16.
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