1951 World Snooker Championship

World Snooker Championship

Tournament information
Venue	Tower Circus
City	Blackpool
Country	England
Organisation(s)	Billiards Association and Control Council
Highest break	106
Final
Champion	Fred Davis
Runner-up	Walter Donaldson
Score	58–39
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The 1951 World Snooker Championship was a snooker tournament held at the Tower Circus in Blackpool, England.^[1] Donaldson made the highest break of the tournament with 106.^[2]

For the fifth consecutive year, the final was contested by Fred Davis and Walter Donaldson. Davis won his third World title by defeating Donaldson 58–39 in the final.^[1] In the direct comparison between them Davis led 3-2 after his wins in 1948 and 1949.

After defeating the then 45-year-old Sidney Smith — runner-up of 1938 and 1939 — in the quarter-finals, the 15 year younger John Pulman reached the semi-finals, where he played against the eventual winner Fred Davis, before he retired and gave Davis an early bye into the final.

Main draw

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Quarter-finals Best of 71 frames					Semi-finals Best of 71 frames					Final Best of 97 frames
	Walter Donaldson	41
	Kingsley Kennerley	30				Walter Donaldson	41
	Horace Lindrum	43				Horace Lindrum	30
	Albert Brown	28									Walter Donaldson	39
	Fred Davis	42									Fred Davis	58
	John Barrie	29				Fred Davis	22
	John Pulman	38				John Pulman[n 1]	14
	Sidney Smith	33

Qualifying

^[3][4][5]

	Round 1 Best of 35 frames					Round 2 Best of 35 frames
							Dickie Laws	7
		John Barrie	23				John Barrie	28
		Sydney Lee	12

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