1951 World Snooker Championship

World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates 30 October 1950–24 February 1951
Final venue Tower Circus
Final city Blackpool
Country England
Organisation(s) Billiards Association and Control Council
Highest break Scotland Walter Donaldson (106)
Final
Champion England Fred Davis
Runner-up Scotland Walter Donaldson
Score 58–39
← 1950
1952 →
Scunthorpe
Bolton
Accrington
London
Newcastle upon Tyne
Blackpool
Venues

The 1951 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament. The final was held at the Tower Circus in Blackpool, England.[1]

For the fifth consecutive year, the final was contested by Fred Davis and Walter Donaldson. Davis won his third World title by defeating Donaldson 58–39 in the final.[1] Donaldson made the highest break of the tournament with 106 in frame 32 of his semi-final match against Horace Lindrum.[2][3]

After defeating the then 45-year-old Sidney Smith — runner-up in the 1938 and 1939 championships — in the quarter-finals, the 15-year younger John Pulman reached the semi-finals, where he played against the eventual winner Fred Davis, before he retired and gave Davis an early bye into the final.

Schedule

Match Dates Venue, city
Horace Lindrum v Albert Brown30 October–4 November 1950Scunthorpe
Fred Davis v John Barrie13–18 November 1950Bolton
Walter Donaldson v Kingsley Kennerley27 November–2 December 1950Scunthorpe
John Pulman v Sidney Smith11–16 December 1950Accrington
Fred Davis v John Pulman22–27 January 1951Burroughes Hall, London
Walter Donaldson v Horace Lindrum22–27 January 1951Burroughes and Watts Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne
Fred Davis v Walter Donaldson16–17, 19–24 February 1951Tower Circus, Blackpool

Main draw

Sources:[4][5][6]

Quarter-finals
71 frames 		Semi-finals
71 frames 		Final
97 frames
Scotland Walter Donaldson 41
England Kingsley Kennerley 30 Scotland Walter Donaldson 41
Australia Horace Lindrum 43 Australia Horace Lindrum 30
England Albert Brown 28 Scotland Walter Donaldson 39
England Fred Davis 42 England Fred Davis 58
England John Barrie 29 England Fred Davis 22
England John Pulman 38 England John Pulman[n 1] 14
England Sidney Smith 33

Qualifying

John Barrie met Sydney Lee at Burroughes Hall in London from 6 to 8 November. Barrie led 7–5 after the first day [7] and 15–9 after two days. He made a break of 101 on the second evening.[8] He eventually won 23–12.[9] Barrie then met Dickie Laws on the following three days also at Burroughes Hall. Barrie took a 8–4 lead,[10] increased to a winning 18–6 lead after two days.[11] The final score was 27–8.[12]

  Round 1
35 frames		     Round 2
35 frames
                 
    England Dickie Laws 8
  England John Barrie 23     England John Barrie 27
  England Sydney Lee 12  

Notes

  1. ↑ John Pulman retired.

References

  1. 1 2 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. ↑ "2004 Embassy World Championship Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 8 December 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Donaldson leads in snooker semi-final". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 25 January 1951. Retrieved 19 March 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ "World Championship 1951". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2011-03-10. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "Embassy World Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  6. ↑ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. p. 144. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
  7. ↑ "Barrie's good start". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 7 November 1950. Retrieved 11 January 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  8. ↑ "Barrie increases lead". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 8 November 1950. Retrieved 11 January 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  9. ↑ "Barrie through". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 9 November 1950. Retrieved 11 January 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  10. ↑ "Barrie's good start". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 10 November 1950. Retrieved 11 January 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  11. ↑ "Barrie 12 ahead". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 11 November 1950. Retrieved 11 January 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  12. ↑ "Snooker". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 13 November 1950. Retrieved 11 January 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
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