1936 World Snooker Championship

World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Venue Thurston's Hall
City London
Country England
Organisation(s) Billiards Association and Control Council
Highest break 101
Final
Champion England Joe Davis
Runner-up Australia Horace Lindrum
Score 34–27
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The 1936 World Snooker Championship was a snooker tournament held at the Thurston's Hall in London, England.[1] Horace Lindrum became the first Australian to compete at the World Championship,[2] and made the highest break of the tournament with 101 in his semi-final match against Stanley Newman.[3]

The final was played between debutant Lindrum and defending champion Joe Davis. Lindrum led 6–4 and 11–9,[4][5] before Davis won four out of the next five frames with top breaks of 75 and 78 to lead 13–12.[2] However Lindrum leveled the match at 15-15,[6][7] before winning six out of ten frames to lead 21–19,[8][9] and led at the conclusion of the penultimate day 26–24. He then won the first frame of the final day, before Davis won the last ten frames in a row to win 34–27, although he won the match already at 31–27.[2] This was Davis' tenth World title in row.[1] The final signaled that snooker became a major game, with the Daily Mail Gold Cup switching from English billiards to snooker and The Billiard Player changing its name to Billiards and Snooker in October 1936.[2]

Main draw

[10][11][12]

Round 1
Best of 31 frames		 Quarter-finals
Best of 31 frames		 Semi-finals
Best of 31 frames		 Final
Best of 61 frames
England  Joe Davis 29  
England  Tom Newman 2     England  Joe Davis 22  
England  Willie Smith 16     England  Willie Smith 9  
England  Sidney Smith 15       England  Joe Davis 21  
Canada  Conrad Stanbury 22       England  Alec Brown 10  
England  Alec Mann 9     Canada  Conrad Stanbury 15  
         England  Alec Brown 16  
           England  Joe Davis 34
           Australia  Horace Lindrum 27
         England  Stanley Newman[13] w/o  
         England  Tom Dennis w/d  
           England  Stanley Newman 2  
Australia  Horace Lindrum 20       Australia  Horace Lindrum 29  
England  Harold Terry 11     Australia  Horace Lindrum 19       
Canada  Clare O'Donnell 16     Canada  Clare O'Donnell[a] 6       
England  Sydney Lee 15  

Notes

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turner, Chris. "World Professional Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Kumar, Ashok (1999). Snooker and Billiards. New Delhi: Discovery Publishing House. p. 10. ISBN 978-81-7141-475-8.
  3. ↑ "2004 Embassy World Championship Information". globalsnookercentre.co.uk. Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 8 December 2004. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "H. Lindrum leading in final". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 April 1936. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Lindrum Still Leading". The Mercury. 30 April 1936. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  6. ↑ "Davis catches Lindrum in snooker final". The Advertiser. 1 May 1936. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "Davis improves in Snooker Championship". The Courier-Mail. 1 May 1936. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  8. ↑ "Lindrum again leading". The Mercury. 2 May 1936. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  9. ↑ "Lindrum leads Davis". The Courier-Mail. 2 May 1936. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  10. ↑ "World Snooker Championship 1936". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  11. ↑ "Embassy World Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  12. ↑ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. p. 143. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
  13. ↑ The Times. 6 April 1936.