1953/1954 News of the World Snooker Tournament
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 7 September 1953 – 16 January 1954 |
Venue | Leicester Square Hall |
City | London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Format | Non-Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £1500 |
Winner's share | £500 |
Final | |
Champion | John Pulman |
Runner-up | Joe Davis |
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The 1953/1954 News of the World Snooker Tournament was a professional snooker tournament sponsored by the News of the World. The tournament was won by John Pulman who won 7 of his 8 matches and finished ahead of Joe Davis who won 5 matches. The News of the World Snooker Tournament ran from 1949/50 to 1959.
Format
The 1953/54 event was a
Each match was separately handicapped. Joe Davis played level with Fred Davis and gave Walter Donaldson 14, John Barrie, Albert Brown, Alec Brown and John Pulman 21 and Jackie Rea and Rex Williams 25. Fred Davis gave Walter Donaldson 7, Albert Brown 10, John Pulman 12, John Barrie 14, Alec Brown 16 and Jackie Rea and Rex Williams 18. Walter Donaldson gave Albert Brown 7, Alec Brown and John Pulman 12, John Barrie 14 and Jackie Rea and Rex Williams 18. Albert Brown gave Alec Brown and John Pulman 5, John Barrie 8 and Jackie Rea and Rex Williams 14. John Pulman played level with Alec Brown and gave John Barrie 7 and Jackie Rea and Rex Williams 14. John Barrie played level with Alec Brown and gave Jackie Rea 7. Alec Brown gave Jackie Rea 5 and Rex Williams 9. Jackie Rea played level with Rex Williams.
Nineteen century breaks were made during the tournament, ten of them by Joe Davis.[2]
Results
John Pulman made certain of winning the tournament by beating John Barrie on 30 December[3]
Fred Davis beat his brother Joe 21–16 in the final match of the tournament. Joe was already assured of second place but the win gave Fred third place.[4]
Fred Davis scored the first century of the tournament, a break of 102, on the second day of his match against Walter Donaldson.[5] Donaldson made a break of 120 the following day.[6] In the next match Joe Davis made a break of 131 against Donaldson.[7]
Table [2]
Pos | Player | Pld | MY | FW | FL | Prize |
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1 | John Pulman | 8 | 7 | 177 | 119 | £500 |
2 | Joe Davis | 8 | 5 | 156 | 140 | ? |
3 | Fred Davis | 8 | 4 | 152 | 144 | ? |
4 | Jackie Rea | 8 | 4 | 150 | 146 | ? |
5 | John Barrie | 8 | 4 | 143 | 153 | |
6 | Alec Brown | 8 | 4 | 140 | 156 | |
7 | Walter Donaldson | 8 | 3 | 151 | 145 | |
8 | Rex Williams | 8 | 3 | 140 | 156 | ? |
9 | Albert Brown | 8 | 2 | 123 | 173 |
The positions were determined firstly by the number of matches won (MW) and, in the event of a tie, the number of frames won (FW). Rex Williams was ill for his match against John Barrie from 22 to 24 October. Barrie played an exhibition match against Kingsley Kennerley instead,[20] and was awarded a 19–18 win against Williams.[2]
Qualifying
The qualifying tournament was played from 25 May to 13 June 1953 at
Qualifying results
Winner | Score | Loser | Date | Ref |
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Rex Williams | 50–21 | Jim Lees | 25 – 30 May | [1][42][43] |
Rex Williams | 40–19 | Sydney Lee | 1 – 6 June | [1][44][45] |
Sydney Lee | 41–30 | Jim Lees | 8 – 13 June | [1][46][47] |
Broadcasting
The BBC showed two short TV programmes during the matches between John Barrie and Albert Brown on 16 September,[48] and between Walter Donaldson and Alec Brown on 12 December.[49] The commentator on both occasions was Sidney Smith.
References
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- ^ a b c "Professional play". The Billiard Player. The Billiards Association and Control Club. February 1954. p. 9.
- ^ The Glasgow Herald. 31 December 1953. p. 2.
- ^ The Glasgow Herald. 18 January 1954. p. 9.
- ^ "Professional Snooker". The Times. 3 October 1953. p. 4.
- ^ a b "Professional Snooker". The Times. 5 October 1953. p. 3.
- The Glasgow Herald. 7 October 1953. p. 9.
- The Glasgow Herald. 10 September 1953. p. 9.
- ^ "Professional Snooker". The Times. 14 September 1953. p. 3.
- ^ "John Barrie". Dundee Courier. 17 September 1953. Retrieved 10 January 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Professional Snooker". The Times. 21 September 1953. p. 9.
- The Glasgow Herald. 24 September 1953. p. 9.
- The Glasgow Herald. 28 September 1953. p. 9.
- The Glasgow Herald. 1 October 1953. p. 9.
- The Glasgow Herald. 8 October 1953. p. 9.
- ^ "Professional Snooker". The Times. 12 October 1953. p. 3.
- The Glasgow Herald. 15 October 1953. p. 9.
- The Glasgow Herald. 19 October 1953. p. 9.
- The Glasgow Herald. 22 October 1953. p. 9.
- ^ a b "Professional Snooker". The Times. 23 October 1953. p. 3.
- The Glasgow Herald. 29 October 1953. p. 11.
- The Glasgow Herald. 2 November 1953. p. 9.
- The Glasgow Herald. 5 November 1953. p. 9.
- The Glasgow Herald. 9 November 1953. p. 9.
- The Glasgow Herald. 12 November 1953. p. 9.
- The Glasgow Herald. 16 November 1953. p. 5.
- The Glasgow Herald. 19 November 1953. p. 9.
- ^ "Professional Snooker". The Times. 23 November 1953. p. 11.
- The Glasgow Herald. 26 November 1953. p. 2.
- The Glasgow Herald. 30 November 1953. p. 9.
- The Glasgow Herald. 3 December 1953. p. 11.
- The Glasgow Herald. 7 December 1953. p. 9.
- The Glasgow Herald. 10 December 1953. p. 2.
- The Glasgow Herald. 14 December 1953. p. 7.
- The Glasgow Herald. 17 December 1953. p. 2.
- The Glasgow Herald. 21 December 1953. p. 9.
- ^ "Professional Snooker". The Times. 4 January 1954. p. 9.
- The Glasgow Herald. 7 January 1954. p. 2.
- The Glasgow Herald. 11 January 1954. p. 2.
- The Glasgow Herald. 14 January 1954. p. 9.
- The Glasgow Herald. 2 June 1953. p. 2.
- ^ "Rex Williams leads 10–2". Birmingham Gazette. 26 May 1953. p. 5.
- ^ "Rex Williams wins his qualifying heat". Birmingham Gazette. 1 June 1953. p. 6.
- ^ "Snooker". Daily Herald. 2 June 1953. p. 8.
- ^ "Rex Williams qualifies". Birmingham Gazette. 8 June 1953. p. 6.
- ^ "Snooker". Northern Whig. 9 June 1953. p. 6.
- ^ "Snooker". Northern Whig. 15 June 1953. p. 6.
- ^ "BBC Television – 16 September – Snooker: John Barrie v. Albert Brown". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "BBC Television – 12 December – Snooker: John Pulman v. John Barrie". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 10 January 2016.