1947 World Snooker Championship

The 1947 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament. The final was held at the Leicester Square Hall in London, England from 13 to 25 October.[1] The semi-finals had been completed on 15 March but the finalists agreed to delay the final until the autumn so that it could be played at the rebuilt Thurston's Hall which had been bombed in October 1940.

World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates20 January–25 October 1947
Final venueLeicester Square Hall
Final cityLondon
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)Billiards Association and Control Council
Highest break Fred Davis (135)
Final
Champion Walter Donaldson
Runner-up Fred Davis
Score82–63
← 1946
1948 →

The World Championship was the first to be played since the "retirement" of Joe Davis who had won all 15 of the previous Championships. He had announced in October 1946 that he would no longer play in the World Championship.[2] Davis did not, in any other sense, retire from snooker, continuing to play in other tournaments and exhibition matches for many years.

Walter Donaldson won the title by defeating Fred Davis 82–63 in the final,[1] although he already reached the winning margin at 73–49.[3] Davis made the highest break of the tournament with a 135 clearance in frame 86 of the final, just one short of the championship record.[4]

Schedule
Match Dates Venue, city
Fred Davis v Clark McConachy20–25 January 1947Clifton Hotel, Blackpool
Sidney Smith v Alec Brown27 January–1 February 1947Newcastle
Horace Lindrum v Albert Brown10–15 February 1947Burroughes Hall, London
Walter Donaldson v Stanley Newman10–15 February 1947Wellington, Shropshire
Fred Davis v Sidney Smith17–22 February 1947Manchester
Walter Donaldson v Horace Lindrum10–15 March 1947Liverpool
Walter Donaldson v Fred Davis13–18, 20–25 October 1947Leicester Square Hall, London

Main draw

Source:[5][6][7]

Quarter-finals
71/73 frames 		Semi-finals
71 frames 		Final
145 frames
Fred Davis 53
Clark McConachy 20 Fred Davis 39
Sidney Smith 43 Sidney Smith 32
Alec Brown 28 Fred Davis 63
Walter Donaldson 46 Walter Donaldson 82
Stanley Newman 25 Walter Donaldson 39
Horace Lindrum 39 Horace Lindrum 32
Albert Brown 34

Final
Final: 145 frames.
Leicester Square Hall, London, 13–18, 20–25 October 1947.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
Walter Donaldson
 Scotland		 82–63 Fred Davis
 England
Day 1: 42–88, 65–49, 77–29, 23–91, 65–51, 70–21, 26–72, 62–43, 13–113, 66–60, 40–86, 85–36
Day 2: 88–31, 84–22, 33–50, 71–32, 49–71, 65–35, 63–65, 80–36, 73–56, 32–86, 87–48, 34–96
Day 3: 73–44, 95–14, 64–50, 89–31, 79–23, 28–63, 70–38, 59–40, 30–55, 62–47, 28–82 (55), 38–86
Day 4: 80–20, 52–82, 83–43, 13–144 (73), 65–36, 69–24, 99–24 (97), 100–24, 112–5, 78–45, 47–77, 62–61
Day 5: 65–53, 12–112, 84–33, 77–24, 83–37, 25–94, 31–84, 50–71, 56–82, 37–64, 22–89, 32–80
Day 6: 85–18, 72–45, 21–88, 60–46, 94–38, 70–39, 72–31, 90–11, 87–28, 46–70, 29–79, 74–51
Day 7: 63–41, 116–8, 96–24, 8–111 (103), 65–59, 68–61, 16–106, 26–85, 19–119 (107), 56–69, 89–42, 97–12
Day 8: 53–44, 0–139 (135), 97–32, 51–63, 67–37, 39–96, 57–36, 90–28, 32–75, 103–6, 65–73, 22–103
Day 9: 40–67, 67–55, 30–94, 72–59, 82–21, 20–86, 95–51, 119–31, 51–93, 14–94, 55–64, 12–120
Day 10: 51–56, 111–20, 95–31, 88–23, 91–6, 86–36, 28–80, 57–55, 73–53, 24–86, 65–55, 101–26
Day 11: 68–66, 95–48, 77–38, 66–67, 68–23, 76–50, 72–53, 74–40, 44–82, 43–79, 4–114, 31–78
Day 12: 13 frame scores not known
"Dead" frames were played, Donaldson had won the match 73–49.

Qualifying

Qualifying matches were held at Burroughes Hall in London from 2 January to 8 February 1947. Herbert Holt had scratched from the qualifying in early December.[19] The first match, between John Pulman and Albert Brown was a repeat of the final of the 1946 English Amateur Championship which Pulman had won. Brown led 14–9 after two days and took a winning 18–9 lead on the final day.[20] Herbert Francis led Willie Leigh 14–10 after two days. Leigh levelled the score at 15–15 after the final afternoon session and eventually won 19–16.[21] Sydney Lee beat Jim Lees 19–16 in the third match.[22] In the last first-round match Kingsley Kennerley won easily against Conrad Stanbury, taking an 18–4 lead on the second evening.[23]

Round 1
35 frames		 Round 2
35 frames		 Round 3
35 frames		 Round 4
35 frames
Albert Brown 21  
John Pulman 14     Albert Brown 28  
Eric Newman w/o     Eric Newman 7  
Herbert Holt w/d       Albert Brown 24  
          John Barrie 11  
        John Barrie 25  
        Fred Lawrence 10  
          Albert Brown 21
Kingsley Kennerley 23       Kingsley Kennerley 14
Conrad Stanbury 12     Kingsley Kennerley 23  
        Alec Mann 12  
          Kingsley Kennerley 21  
Jim Lees 16       Willie Leigh 14  
Sydney Lee 19     Sydney Lee 10      
Willie Leigh 19     Willie Leigh 25      
Herbert Francis 16  

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