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1933 World Snooker Championship

Professional snooker tournament

Professional snooker tournament

FieldValue
tournament_nameWorld Snooker Championship
dates
final_locationyes
venueJoe Davis Saloon
locationChesterfield
countryEngland
organisationBACC
highest_breakJoe Davis (72)
winnerJoe Davis
runner_upWillie Smith
score25–18
previous[1932](1932-world-snooker-championship)
next[1934](1934-world-snooker-championship)

The 1933 World Snooker Championship, known at the time as the Professional Championship of Snooker, was a snooker tournament held between 23 March and 16 June at various venues in England, with the final beginning on 12 June 1933 at Joe Davis's Saloon in Chesterfield, England. It was the seventh edition of the championship, and Joe Davis won his seventh title by defeating Willie Smith by 25 to 18 in the final. The highest of the tournament was 72, compiled by Davis in the fortieth frame of the final.

Background

The World Snooker Championship is a professional tournament and the official world championship of the game of snooker. The sport was developed in the late 19th century by British Army soldiers stationed in India. Professional English billiards player and billiard hall manager Joe Davis noticed the increasing popularity of snooker compared to billiards in the 1920s, and with Birmingham-based billiards equipment manager Bill Camkin, persuaded the Billiards Association and Control Council (BACC) to recognise an official professional snooker championship in the 1926–27 season. In 1927, the final of the first professional snooker championship was held at Camkin's Hall; Davis won the tournament by beating Tom Dennis in the final. The annual competition was not titled the World Championship until 1935, but the 1927 tournament is now referred to as the first World Snooker Championship. Davis also won the title each year from 1928 to 1932, with Dennis runner-up in four of the first six years of the championship, the exceptions being 1928, when Fred Lawrence lost to Davis in the final, and 1932 when Clark McConachy was the defeated finalist.

For the 1933 championship, the preliminary heats and semi-finals were to be best of 25 , played over three days, with the final contested over 49 frames across six days. The entry fee was set at five guineas per player (), with a five guineas sidestake required for each match. Entry fees would be used to provide prize money for the finalists, with 60 per cent going to the champion, and gate receipts for each match would be divided equally, after expenses (including 5 per cent of the gross receipts for the BACC), between the two players concerned.

Summary

There were five entries: defending champion Joe Davis, Tom Dennis, and first-time championship participants Walter Donaldson, Willie Leigh, and Willie Smith. Donaldson and Leigh were drawn to play each other in the first round, with the winner meeting Davis in the semi-finals; Smith and Dennis would contest the other semi-final.

Donaldson and Leigh played their first round match at the Lounge Hall, Shakespeare Street, Nottingham from 23 to 25 March. Leigh won the first after Donaldson went when the final . He added the second after clearing from the to the , then moving into a 4–0 lead. In the evening session, Donaldson took the first frame. He missed the pack of when in the next frame, but still won it. The first day finished with the scores at 4–4, and each player won two frames in the morning session of the second day to make it 6–6. The score was eight frames all after the first two days. It was still level, at 10–10 following the morning session on the third day. In the concluding session, Donaldson opened a two frame lead at 12–10, and, after Leigh had taken the following frame, compiled the highest break of the match, 71, in winning the 24th frame to secure victory at 13–11.

Smith and Dennis played their semi-final at the Burroughes and Watts Hall in Newcastle upon Tyne from 10 to 12 April. Smith moved into a 6–2 lead on the first day, winning both sessions 3–1. On the second day Smith again won both sessions 3–1 to lead 12–4. Smith won the first frame of the third day to achieve a winning margin at 13–4. The remaining were played and Smith finished 16–9 ahead.

The other semi-final and the final were played at Joe Davis's Saloon in Vicar Lane, Chesterfield. In 1939, Donaldson recounted to an interviewer in The Billiard Player that "[Davis] annihilated me. He wiped me right off the table" and that "I saw at once that there was far more in the game than I had ever dreamt of."

The final between Davis and Smith was originally planned for 6 days with 8 frames per day (9 on the final day). On the final afternoon, Davis made a break of 72 to win frame 40, the highest of the match. He then added the next frame to lead 24–17 and, although Smith took the third frame of the session, Davis won the last frame in the afternoon to take the match 25–18 and win the title for the seventh time. Five dead frames were played in the evening, after which the Mayor of Chesterfield, Arthur Swale, made the presentations. The referee was Mr A Marshall, "the one-arm champion".

Schedule

MatchDatesVenue, city
Walter Donaldson v Willie Leigh23–25 March 1933Lounge Hall, Nottingham
Willie Smith v Tom Dennis10–12 April 1933Burroughes and Watts Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne
Joe Davis v Walter Donaldson29–31 May 1933Joe Davis Saloon, Chesterfield
Joe Davis v Willie Smith12–17 June 1933Joe Davis Saloon, Chesterfield

Main draw

Match results are shown below. Winning players and scores are denoted in bold text. Best of 25 frames Best of 25 frames Best of 49 frames

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| RD1-team1= | RD1-score1= | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2=

| RD1-team3=Walter Donaldson | RD1-score3=13 | RD1-team4=Willie Leigh | RD1-score4=11

| RD1-team5= | RD1-score5= | RD1-team6= | RD1-score6=

| RD1-team7= | RD1-score7= | RD1-team8= | RD1-score8=

| RD2-team1=ENG Joe Davis | RD2-score1=13 | RD2-team2= SCO Walter Donaldson | RD2-score2=1

| RD2-team3=ENG Willie Smith | RD2-score3=13 | RD2-team4=ENG Tom Dennis | RD2-score4=4

| RD3-team1=ENG Joe Davis | RD3-score1=25 | RD3-team2=ENG Willie Smith | RD3-score2=18

Final

**Day 1:** **52**–34, **46**–44, **103**–23, **81**–31, 25–**72**, 43–**69**, **68**–22, 61–**71**
**Day 2:** 13–**45**, 38–**53**, 33–**49**, 21–**63**, **78**–19, **70**–15, **116**–15 (**53**), **68**–31, 29–**66**, **66**–22
**Day 3:** 32–**82**, **81**–10, 30–**62**, **69**–33, 35–**76**, 45–**57**, **90**–25, **86**–33, 25–**56**, 49–**57**, **86**–25
**Day 4:** **87**–14, 56–**66**, **66**–46, 21–**72**, **74**–61, **79**–31, 54–**75**, **89**–14 (**55**), **72**–18, **79**–11
**Day 5:** **105**–5 (**72**), **66**–54, 27–**58**, **90**–16

References

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