Agnes Davies

Agnes Davies, born Agnes Morris, (30 September 1920 – 13 February 2011)[1] was a Welsh snooker and billiards player. She was known for having a competitive playing career spanning 64 years,[2] during which she won the Women's Professional Snooker Championship in 1949[3], and reached world championship snooker finals in 1940[4], 1948[5], 1950[6], and 1980.

Agnes Davies
Born(1920-09-30)30 September 1920
Saron, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Died13 February 2011(2011-02-13) (aged 90)
Sport country Wales
Highest break84[1]

Biography

Davies learned how to play billiards in her father's billiard hall in Saron, which he had set up using his compensation payment for pneumoconiosis caused by working as a coal miner. She first won the Welsh women's amateur championship in 1939, and won the following two years as well.[1]

Davies, then still known as Agnes Morris, was runner up in the 1940 Women's Professional Snooker championship[7] and the winner in 1949. She was married to Dick Davies (who died in 1996) in 1940, and took a break of some 30 years from competitive snooker. Returning to competition in the late 1970s, she won three tournaments before reaching another world championship final in 1980. In 1985 Davies was Voted Life President of the World Ladies' Billiards and Snooker Association (WLBSA).[1][2]

In 1998 she qualified for the Ladies Welsh Open at Newport, Wales at the age of 77 – sixty years after winning as a 17-year-old.[8]

Until 1999, Davies played in the home international series for Wales. She also played in the Amman Valley league until 2001.[2]

Davies died in 2011.[1] In 2012, Women's World Snooker held the Agnes Davies Memorial tournament, which was won by Jaique Ip. [9]

Titles and achievements
  • 2003 Regal Ladies' Welsh Over 40s Final
  • 1982 Pontins Ladies' Bowl Champion
  • 1980 Guinness World Ladies' Snooker Championship – Runner-up – lost 2–4 to Lesley McIlrath[10]
  • 1979 Pontins Ladies' Bowl Champion
  • 1978 Women's Amateur Champion (UK Championship)
  • 1977 Pontins Ladies' Bowl Champion
  • 1950 Women's Professional Snooker Championship runner-up – lost 10–20 to Thelma Carpenter
  • 1949 Women's Professional Snooker Champion (beat Thelma Carpenter 16–15)[3]
  • 1948 Women's Professional Snooker Championship runner-up – lost the Ruth Harrison
  • 1940 Women's Professional Snooker Championship runner-up – Lost 2–11 to Ruth Harrison[7][11]
  • 1939 Women's Amateur Champion
  • 1939 Welsh Ladies' Billiards Champion
  • 1937, 1938, 1939 Welsh Ladies' Snooker Champion

References
  1. Everton, Clive (1 March 2011). "Agnes Davies obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  2. "Snooker Queen Agnes Dies". South Wales Guardian. 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  3. "Bath City Signings". Snooker Title Won on Last Frame. p.5. 20 June 1949 – via The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 19 August 2019.CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. "Snooker Championship". The Times. No. 48578. p.3. 1 April 1940 – via The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 17 August 2019.CS1 maint: location (link)
  5. "Miss Adcock Takes Snooker Title". Daily Mirror. p.5. 22 May 1948 – via The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 19 August 2019.CS1 maint: location (link)
  6. "Bath City Signings". Western Daily Mail. p.5. 25 June 1950 – via The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 19 August 2019.CS1 maint: location (link)
  7. "Snooker Championship". The Times (48578). 3. 1 April 1940 – via The Times Digital Archive.CS1 maint: location (link)
  8. Malone, Emmet (3 January 1998). "On The Sidelines". Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland) – via NewsBank.
  9. "Jaique Ip Wan In". Women's World Snooker. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  10. "World Champions". Women's World Snooker. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  11. "Women's Title". The Manchester Guardian. 2. 28 March 1940 – via ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Guardian and The Observer.CS1 maint: location (link)
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