1950 Sporting Record Masters' Snooker Tournament
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 3 April – 10 June 1950 |
Venue | Leicester Square Hall |
City | London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Format | Non-Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £500 |
Winner's share | £270 |
Final | |
Champion | Joe Davis |
Runner-up | Sidney Smith |
The 1950 Sporting Record Masters' Snooker Tournament was a professional snooker tournament sponsored by the Sporting Record newspaper. Entry was restricted to past finalists in the World Snooker Championship. The tournament was won by Joe Davis with Sidney Smith finishing in second place. It was the only time the tournament was held.
Format
The event was a
Each player was given a handicap at the start of the tournament. The handicaps were: Joe Davis, Fred Davis and Donaldson: 0, Smith: 21 and Lindrum: 23. The player with the higher handicap received a start in each frame, being the difference between the two handicaps.
Horace Lindrum withdrew from the event complaining about his overly generous handicap of 23 points which would give the public the wrong impression about his ability.[1] It was also announced that Lindrum had retired from snooker but Lindrum later issued a statement stating that he had not retired "in any sense whatever."[2] His elder daughter Jan was born in London during the period when Lindrum should have been playing his first match.[3]
Results
Winner | Score | Loser | Dates |
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Joe Davis | 43–27 (19–16 & 24–11) | Walter Donaldson | 3–8 April |
Fred Davis | 41–29 (23–12 & 18–17) | Walter Donaldson | 17–22 April |
Sidney Smith | 46–24 (22–13 & 24–11) | Fred Davis | 1–6 May |
Joe Davis | 43–27 (21–14 & 22–13) | Fred Davis | 15–20 May |
Sidney Smith | 37–33 (20–15 & 17–18) | Walter Donaldson | 22–27 May |
Joe Davis | 37–33 (17–18 & 20–15) | Sidney Smith | 5–10 June |
The original 10-week schedule was retained, despite Lindrum's withdrawal. This meant that there were 4 weeks when no match was played. The first match was played over 5 days rather than 6 because Good Friday fell on 7 April. The first 35 frames finished after the afternoon session on the Wednesday. After 5 days of the Sidney Smith/Fred Davis match Smith was leading 41–18 with a 19–5 lead in the second half of the match.[4] The final score for Sidney Smith versus Fred Davis was 46–24.[5]
Table [6]
Pos | Player | Pld | Pts | Prize |
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1 | Joe Davis | 3 | 8 | £270 |
2 | Sidney Smith | 3 | 6 | £110 |
3 | Fred Davis | 3 | 3 | £65 |
4 | Walter Donaldson | 3 | 1 | £55 |
References
- ^ "Lindrum withdraws". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 4 April 1950. Retrieved 26 December 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Mr Horace Lindrum". Gloucestershire Echo. 17 April 1950. Retrieved 26 December 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Mrs Horace Lindrum". Aberdeen Journal. 15 April 1950. Retrieved 26 December 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Smith beats Fred Davis". Aberdeen Journal. 6 May 1950. Retrieved 26 December 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ The Billiard Player magazine June 1950.
- ^ "Davis and Smith seek big prize". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 5 June 1950. Retrieved 26 December 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.