Tournament information | |
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Dates | 9 October 1950 β 20 January 1951 (1950-10-09 β 1951-01-20) |
Venue | Leicester Square Hall |
City | London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Format | Non-Ranking event |
Total prize fund | Β£1500 |
Winner's share | Β£500 |
Highest break | Joe Davis (143) |
Final | |
Champion | Alec Brown |
Runner-up | John Pulman |
← 1949/50 1951/52 → |
The 1950/1951 News of the World Snooker Tournament was a professional snooker tournament sponsored by, the News of the World. The tournament was won by Alec Brown who won all his 7 matches, finishing ahead of John Pulman who won 5 matches. The News of the World Snooker Tournament ran from 1949/50ββto 1959.
Formatβ»
The 1950/51 event was a round-robin snooker tournament. And was played from 9 October 1950ββto 20 January 1951. All matches were played at Leicester Square Hall in London. There were 8 competitors and "a total of 28 matches." There were 8 competitors: Joe Davis, Fred Davis, Walter Donaldson, Albert Brown, Horace Lindrum, John Pulman and Sidney Smith together with Alec Brown who had won the "qualifying event." Each match lasted three days and was the best of 37 frames.
Unlike the previous year's tournament, "each match was separately handicapped." Joe Davis played level with Walter Donaldson and gave Fred Davis 10, "Albert Brown," Horace Lindrum and Sidney Smith, John Pulman 25 and Alec Brown 30. Fred Davis played level with Walter Donaldson and Horace Lindrum and gave Albert Brown 10, Sidney Smith 14, John Pulman 16 and Alec Brown 21. Walter Donaldson gave Albert Brown, Horace Lindrum and Sidney Smith 10, John Pulman 16 and Alec Brown 21. Albert Brown played level with John Pulman and gave Sidney Smith 3, Horace Lindrum 7 and Alec Brown 10. Horace Lindrum played level with Sidney Smith and gave John Pulman 7 and Alec Brown 11. Sidney Smith gave John Pulman 7 and Alec Brown 11. John Pulman gave Alec Brown 11.
Resultsβ»
In his last match John Pulman, receiving 25 points each frame, beat Joe Davis to move into second place in the table. Joe Davis still had one match to play and could retake second place by winning 22 frames against his brother Fred in his last match. Even though he had a break of 140 on the second day, Joe trailed 14β10 and could no longer get second place. Fred eventually won 22β15.
Joe Davis made a break of 143 in the third frame of his match against Walter Donaldson. He potted all the red, 12 blacks, 2 pinks and a blue and then all the colours. He made a break of 101 the following day.
Winner | Score | Loser | Date |
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Fred Davis | 21β16 | Walter Donaldson | 9β11 October |
Alec Brown | 20β17 | Fred Davis | 12β14 October |
Alec Brown | 23β14 | Joe Davis | 16β18 October |
Joe Davis | 20β17 | Albert Brown | 19β21 October |
Albert Brown | 22β15 | Sidney Smith | 23β25 October |
Sidney Smith | 23β14 | Horace Lindrum | 26β28 October |
Joe Davis | 20β17 | Walter Donaldson | 30 Octoberβ1 November |
John Pulman | 26β11 | Walter Donaldson | 2β4 November |
John Pulman | 20β17 | Fred Davis | 6β8 November |
Alec Brown | 23β14 | Albert Brown | 9β11 November |
Alec Brown | 20β17 | Walter Donaldson | 13β15 November |
Joe Davis | 22β15 | Sidney Smith | 16β18 November |
Albert Brown | 20β17 | John Pulman | 20β22 November |
Alec Brown | 21β16 | John Pulman | 23β25 November |
Horace Lindrum | 21β16 | Fred Davis | 27β29 November |
Joe Davis | 24β13 | Horace Lindrum | 30 Novemberβ2 December |
Alec Brown | 23β14 | Sidney Smith | 4β6 December |
Albert Brown | 21β16 | Walter Donaldson | 7β9 December |
Walter Donaldson | 19β18 | Horace Lindrum | 11β13 December |
Fred Davis | 21β16 | Albert Brown | 14β16 December |
Sidney Smith | 21β16 | Fred Davis | 18β20 December |
John Pulman | 20β17 | Sidney Smith | 21β23 December |
Albert Brown | 21β16 | Horace Lindrum | 1β3 January |
John Pulman | 19β18 | Horace Lindrum | 4β6 January |
John Pulman | 20β17 | Joe Davis | 8β10 January |
Alec Brown | 24β13 | Horace Lindrum | 11β13 January |
Sidney Smith | 20β17 | Walter Donaldson | 15β17 January |
Fred Davis | 22β15 | Joe Davis | 18β20 January |
Table
Pos | Player | Pld | MW | FW | Prize |
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1 | Alec Brown | 7 | 7 | 154 | Β£500 |
2 | John Pulman | 7 | 5 | 138 | ? |
3 | Joe Davis | 7 | 4 | 132 | ? |
4 | Albert Brown | 7 | 4 | 131 | ? |
5 | Fred Davis | 7 | 3 | 130 | ? |
6 | Sidney Smith | 7 | 3 | 125 | ? |
7= | Horace Lindrum | 7 | 1 | 113 | ? |
7= | Walter Donaldson | 7 | 1 | 113 | ? |
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).
Qualifyingβ»
The qualifying tournament was played from 18 September to 7 October 1950. 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. There were 4 competitors: John Barrie, Alec Brown, Kingsley Kennerley and Sydney Lee. John Barrie and Alec Brown each won their first two matches which meant that the final match, between the two, would decide the winner. Alec Brown won a close match 19β18. Kingsley Kennerley had beaten Sydney Lee 21β16 in their final match.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Snooker". The Glasgow Herald. 2 November 1950. p. 6.
- ^ "Snooker and billiards". The Glasgow Herald. 11 January 1951. p. 2.
- ^ "Joe Davis". Dundee Courier. 19 January 1951. Retrieved 7 January 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Joe;s 402nd". Dundee Courier. 20 January 1951. Retrieved 7 January 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Β£1,500 snooker placings". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 22 January 1951. Retrieved 5 January 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Davis's snooker break". The Glasgow Herald. 31 October 1950. p. 2.
- ^ "Snooker". The Glasgow Herald. 1 November 1950. p. 7.
- ^ "Alec Brown wins by odd frame". Aberdeen Journal. 9 October 1950. Retrieved 5 January 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Kennerley beats Lee by five frames". Aberdeen Journal. 5 October 1950. Retrieved 5 January 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.