World Snooker Championship 1927
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The 1927 World Snooker Championship was the inaugural World Championship and was organised by the snooker player Joe Davis, who also won the title and went on to dominate this event until after the Second World War. It was hosted at Thurston's Hall, and ten people participated in it. The highest break of the tournament was 60, made by Albert Cope, which today would be considered very modest.
[edit] Prize Money
The entry fee was five guineas per player with a five guineas sidestake.[1] The entry fees were split between the prize fund and the Billiards Association and Control Council (BA & CC) who used their part of the fees towards purchasing the trophy which cost £19.
Joe Davis, the eventual champion, won the £6 10 shillings, roughly equivalent to £280 today.
[edit] Results
| Round 1 best of 15 frames |
Quarter finals best of 15 frames |
Semi finals best of 23 frames |
Final best of 31 frames |
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| Tom Dennis | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fred Lawrence | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tom Dennis | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tom Carpenter | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tom Carpenter | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nat Butler | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tom Carpenter | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Melbourne Inman | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Melbourne Inman | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tom Newman | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tom Dennis | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Davis | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Albert Cope | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alec Mann | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Albert Cope | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Davis | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Brady | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Davis | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
- All of the frames possible were played in Joe Davis' games. Usually in a best of 15 game, Davis would reach 8 and play would end. But in his best of 15 game, all 15 frames were played. The same applies to his Semi-Final and Final results.
[edit] References
- ^ Everton, Clive (1981). Guinness Book of Snooker. London: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-230-2.
| World Snooker Championship |
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| The early years |
| 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 |
| Post-War to decline |
| 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 |
| Challenge Matches |
| 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1968 |
| The modern era pre-Crucible |
| 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 |
| The Crucible Theatre |
| 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Winners and statistics |
| List of winners from 1927 to present |
