Tournament information | |
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Dates | 10 October 1949 β 21 January 1950 (1949-10-10 β 1950-01-21) |
Venue | Leicester Square Hall |
City | London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Format | Non-Ranking event |
Total prize fund | Β£1500 |
Winner's share | Β£500 |
Final | |
Champion | Joe Davis |
Runner-up | Sidney Smith |
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The 1949/1950 News of the World Snooker Tournament was a professional snooker tournament sponsored by, the News of the World. The tournament was won by Joe Davis with Sidney Smith finishing in second place. It was the first News of the World Tournament, a tournament that ran until 1959.
Formatβ»
The 1949/1950 event was a round-robin snooker tournament. And was played from 10 October 1949ββto 21 January 1950. All matches were played at Leicester Square Hall in London. There were 8 competitors and "a total of 28 matches." The competitors were Joe Davis, Walter Donaldson, George Chenier, Horace Lindrum, Sidney Smith, Peter Mans and Albert Brown. Each match lasted three days and was the "best of 37 frames." There was a qualifying competition priorββto the main event. This involved 4 players in a round-robin tournament with the winner, "Albert Brown," advancing to the main event. 1949 World Snooker Champion Fred Davis did not enter as he objected to the matches being over only three days rather than the normal six.
Each player was given a handicap at the start of the tournament. The handicaps were: Davis: -7, Donaldson: 0, "Chenier," Lindrum and Smith: 13, Pulman: 14, Mans: 16 and Brown: 19. The player with the higher handicap received a start in each frame, being the difference between the two handicaps. Thus Brown received a 3-point start in his match against Mans.
Resultsβ»
The two top-seeded players met in the first match. Joe Davis beat Walter Donaldson, won a tough match; taking winning 19β16 lead in the final session. In the second match Albert Brown, receiving 26-point start each frame, led Joe Davis 18β6 after two days and won comfortably.
Going into his last match Albert Brown seemed the likely winner of the tournament. He and Joe Davis had won 5 matches out of 6. But Brown had an 8 frame lead. This meant that if Brown won his last match 19β18, Davis would need to win his last match 28β9 to win the event. However Brown lost his last match, against Horace Lindrum, which meant that Davis only needed to win his match against George Chenier to win the tournament. In the next match Sidney Smith won 26β11, overtaking Brown in the standings and meaning that Smith would win the tournament if Davis lost. Davis took a 19β4 lead against Chenier to guarantee the Β£500 first prize with Smith in second place and Brown third.
Joe Davis scored the first century of the tournament on 8 November in his match against John Pulman. Pulman potted a red before Davis cleared the table with a break of 130. Davis scored a break of exactly 100 against Sidney Smith on 3 January. George Chenier scored a break of 107 on 19 January in his match against Davis.
Winner | Score | Loser | Dates |
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Joe Davis | 19β18 | Walter Donaldson | 10β12 October |
Albert Brown | 25β12 | Joe Davis | 13β15 October |
Albert Brown | 22β15 | Peter Mans | 17β19 October |
Peter Mans | 23β14 | George Chenier | 20β22 October |
Sidney Smith | 27β10 | George Chenier | 24β26 October |
Sidney Smith | 21β16 | Horace Lindrum | 27β29 October |
Walter Donaldson | 19β18 | Peter Mans | 31 Octoberβ2 November |
Walter Donaldson | 20β17 | John Pulman | 3β5 November |
Joe Davis | 22β15 | John Pulman | 7β9 November |
Albert Brown | 22β15 | George Chenier | 10β12 November |
Albert Brown | 20β17 | Walter Donaldson | 14β16 November |
Sidney Smith | 19β18 | Peter Mans | 17β19 November |
George Chenier | 24β13 | John Pulman | 21β23 November |
John Pulman | 19β18 | Albert Brown | 24β26 November |
Joe Davis | 25β12 | Horace Lindrum | 28β30 November |
Horace Lindrum | 21β16 | John Pulman | 1β3 December |
Albert Brown | 20β17 | Sidney Smith | 5β7 December |
George Chenier | 25β12 | Walter Donaldson | 8β10 December |
Horace Lindrum | 19β18 | Walter Donaldson | 12β14 December |
Joe Davis | 21β16 | Peter Mans | 15β17 December |
Horace Lindrum | 24β13 | George Chenier | 26β28 December |
Peter Mans | 19β18 | Horace Lindrum | 29β31 December |
Joe Davis | 20β17 | Sidney Smith | 2β4 January |
Sidney Smith | 20β17 | John Pulman | 5β7 January |
John Pulman | 23β14 | Peter Mans | 9β11 January |
Horace Lindrum | 20β17 | Albert Brown | 12β14 January |
Sidney Smith | 26β11 | Walter Donaldson | 16β18 January |
Joe Davis | 25β12 | George Chenier | 19β21 January |
Table
Pos | Player | Pld | MW | FW | Prize |
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1 | Joe Davis | 7 | 6 | 144 | Β£500 |
2 | Sidney Smith | 7 | 5 | 147 | Β£300 |
3 | Albert Brown | 7 | 5 | 144 | Β£200 |
4 | Horace Lindrum | 7 | 4 | 130 | Β£150 |
5 | Peter Mans | 7 | 2 | 123 | Β£100 |
6 | John Pulman | 7 | 2 | 120 | Β£75 |
7 | Walter Donaldson | 7 | 2 | 115 | Β£75 |
8 | George Chenier | 7 | 2 | 113 | Β£50 |
The positions were determined firstly by the number of matches won (MW) and, in the event of a tie, the number of frames won (FW). Albert Brown won an additional Β£50 for winning the qualifying competition.
Qualifyingβ»
The qualifying tournament was played from 19 September to 8 October 1949. These matches were also played at Leicester Square Hall in London. As in the main event, each match lasted three days and was the best of 37 frames. Albert Brown and Alec Brown each won their first two matches which meant that the final match, between the two, would decide the winner. Albert Brown won a close match 20β17. Alec had led 13β11 at the start of the final day. Conrad Stanbury conceded his match against John Barrie because of illness. Barrie was leading 8β4 at the time. Barrie played a two-day exhibition match against Peter Mans instead.
Winner | Score | Loser | Dates |
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Albert Brown | 22β15 | John Barrie | 19β21 September |
Alec Brown | 20β17 | John Barrie | 22β24 September |
Alec Brown | 24β13 | Conrad Stanbury | 26β28 September |
Albert Brown | 25β12 | Conrad Stanbury | 29 Septemberβ1 October |
John Barrie | w/oβw/d | Conrad Stanbury | 3β5 October |
Albert Brown | 20β17 | Alec Brown | 6β8 October |
Referencesβ»
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- ^ "Brown should win snooker prize". Portsmouth Evening News. 7 January 1950. Retrieved 25 December 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Smith awaits Davis-Chenier result". Aberdeen Journal. 19 January 1950. Retrieved 25 December 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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- ^ "Davis gains lead". Aberdeen Journal. 9 November 1949. Retrieved 25 December 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Smith tried pot off the lampshade". Aberdeen Journal. 4 January 1950. Retrieved 25 December 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Joe Davis is: eight frame in front". Aberdeen Journal. 20 January 1950. Retrieved 25 December 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Davis surprises himself". Western Daily Press. 23 January 1950. Retrieved 25 December 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Brown to meet Brown". Aberdeen Journal. 3 October 1949. Retrieved 25 December 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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