1932 World Snooker Championship

World Snooker Championship

Tournament information
Dates	14–30 April 1932
Final venue	Thurston's Hall
Final city	London
Country	England
Organisation(s)	BACC
Highest break	Joe Davis (99)
Final
Champion	Joe Davis
Runner-up	Clark McConachy
Score	25–18
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The 1932 World Snooker Championship was a snooker tournament, the final being held at the Thurston's Hall in London, England.^[1] Joe Davis won his sixth World title by defeating New Zealander Clark McConachy 30–19 in the final. "Dead" frames were played, the score when Davis won the match was 25–18. Davis set a new Championship record break of 99 in the final.

Schedule

Detail

Only three players entered, Joe Davis, Tom Dennis and Clark McConachy. Dennis and McConachy played a semi-final, the winner meeting Davis in the final.

McConachy and Dennis played their match from Thursday 14 to Saturday 16 April in Skegness over 25 frames. There were eight frames played each day with four frames in the afternoon and four in the evening (five on the final day). Both sessions on the first day ended level, leaving the score 4–4 overnight.^[2] The players were again level after the second day, Dennis winning three frames in the afternoon and McConachy three in the evening.^[3] McConachy won three frames on the final afternoon to lead 11–9. In frame 19, with all the reds of the table, McConachy made a break of 72 with 9 reds and 9 blacks, winning the frame 92–32. In the evening session Dennis won two of the first three frames to trail 12–11. In frame 24 McConachy made an early break of 47 and won the frame 93–36 to win the match 13–11.^[4]

The final played from Monday 25 April to Saturday 30 April and was over 49 frames. There were eight frames played each day with four frames in the afternoon and four in the evening (five on the final afternoon). The match was held at Thurston's Hall, Leicester Square in London. The first day ended 4–4 with both sessions level. McConachy had the best break of the day with a 67 in the 8th frame, Davis making a 51 break in the 5th frame.^[5] Davis won both sessions 3–1 to lead 10–6 after the second day. Davis made a 57 break in frame 14.^[6] On the third day, Davis again won both sessions 3–1 to extend his lead to 16–8. Davis made an 80 break in frame 19.^[7] McConachy won the first three frames on the fourth day but Davis won the next four and the day ended with Davis 20–12 ahead.^[8] On the fifth day Davis won three frames in the afternoon to lead 23–13, needing just 2 more frames for victory. In frame 36, Davis set another Championship record break. McConachy took the first red but Davis then had a break of 99 including 12 reds. On 99 he snookered himself and fouled the blue. McConachy won all four frames in the evening to reduce Davis's lead to 23–17. McConachy made a 51 break in frame 39.^[9] Davis won two of the first three frames in the final afternoon session to lead 25–18 and retain the Championship. The remaining 6 dead frames were played, the two in the afternoon were shared while Davis won all four in the evening.^[10]

Main draw

Sources:^[4][10]

	Round 1 Best of 25 frames					Final Best of 49 frames
							Joe Davis	25
		Clark McConachy	13				Clark McConachy	18
		Tom Dennis	11

Final

Final: Best of 49 frames. Thurston's Hall, Leicester Square in London, England, 25–30 April 1932.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
Joe Davis  England	25–18	Clark McConachy  New Zealand
Day 1: 93–19, 21–82, 80–19, 44–79, 54–66 (Davis 51), 70–43, 103–15, 26–87 (67) Day 2: 69–31, 60–36, 46–58, 101–36, 99–16, 98–36 (57), 21–62, 53–46 Day 3: 85–30, 70–58, 111–8 (80), 33–73, 71–46, 80–49, 23–71, 92–30 Day 4: 46–65, 21–83, 31–78, 88–18, 56–44, 82–25, 58–42, 32–60 Day 5: 75–24, 79–38, 23–85, 119–8 (99), 51–71, 19–63, 40–88 (51), 62–74 Day 6: 46–56, 60–59, 78–39, 61–29, 2–104, 62–38, 78–32, 86–28, 65–52
"Dead" frames were played, the final score being 30–19

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