1952/1953 News of the World Snooker Tournament

April 2022 News of the World Tournament 1952 09 8 1953 01 17 y Leicester Square Hall London United Kingdom Non-Ranking event £1500 £500 ENG Joe Davis NIR Jackie Rea 1951/52 1953/54 The 1952/1953 News of the World Snooker Tournament was a professional snooker tournament sponsored by the News of the World. The tournament was won by Joe Davis who won all of 8 matches. He finished ahead of Jackie Rea who won 5 matches. The News of the World Snooker Tournament ran from 1949/50 to 1959. Format The 1952/53 event was a round-robin snooker tournament and was played from 8 September 1952 to 17 January 1953. All matches were played at Leicester Square Hall in London. There were 9 competitors and a total of 36 matches. The competitors were Joe Davis, Fred Davis, Walter Donaldson, John Barrie, Albert Brown, Alec Brown, John Pulman, Jackie Rea and Sidney Smith. Jackie Read had won the qualifying event. Each match lasted three days and was the best of 37 frames.The Times 25 August 1952 7 Snooker Each match was separately handicapped. Joe Davis played level with Fred Davis and gave Walter Donaldson 10, Albert Brown and John Pulman 14, Sidney Smith 17, John Barrie and Alec Brown 18 and Jackie Rea 21. Fred Davis gave Walter Donaldson, Albert Brown and Sidney Smith 7, Alec Brown 12, John Pulman 14, John Barrie 18 and Jackie Rea 21. Walter Donaldson played level with Sidney Smith and gave Albert Brown 7, Alec Brown and John Pulman 10, John Barrie 12 and Jackie Rea 18. Sidney Smith played level with Albert Brown and John Pulman and gave Alec Brown 10, John Barrie 14 and Jackie Rea 18. Albert Brown gave John Pulman 5, Alec Brown 7, John Barrie 10 and Jackie Rea 16. John Pulman gave John Barrie and Alec Brown 7 and Jackie Rea 14. John Barrie played level with Alec Brown 7 and gave Jackie Rea 12. Alec Brown gave Jackie Rea 14. Results Despite giving between 10 and 21 points each frame, Joe Davis won his first seven matches comfortably. Playing level with brother Fred in the last match Joe won 26–11 to finished undefeated. Jackie Rea, who received between 12 and 21 points in all his matches, finished second. Joe Davis made a break of 122 on 5 December, in his match against John Pulman.The Glasgow Herald https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lEFAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hlkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4374%2C3422489 6 December 1952 2 Snooker Winner Score Loser DateAlec Brown 24–13 John Pulman 8–10 SeptemberAlbert Brown 19–18 John Pulman 11–13 SeptemberJohn Barrie 20–17 Albert Brown 15–17 SeptemberWalter Donaldson 21–16 John Barrie 18–20 SeptemberJoe Davis 22–15 Jackie Rea 22–24 SeptemberJackie Rea 32–5 Sidney Smith 25–27 SeptemberFred Davis 22–15 Alec Brown 29 September–1 OctoberFred Davis 20–17 Walter Donaldson 2–4 OctoberJoe Davis 24–13 Walter Donaldson 6–8 OctoberJoe Davis 21–16 Sidney Smith 9–11 OctoberJackie Rea w/o–w/d Albert Brown 13–15 OctoberFred Davis w/o–w/d Albert Brown 16–18 OctoberJackie Rea 25–12 Alec Brown 20–22 OctoberJohn Pulman 19–18 John Barrie 23–25 OctoberJohn Pulman 22–15 Sidney Smith 27–29 OctoberFred Davis 21–16 Sidney Smith 30 October–1 NovemberJoe Davis 22–15 Alec Brown 3–5 NovemberJohn Barrie 20–17 Alec Brown 6–8 NovemberWalter Donaldson 20–17 Jackie Rea 10–12 NovemberWalter Donaldson 21–16 John Pulman 13–15 NovemberAlbert Brown 22–15 Sidney Smith 17–19 NovemberJoe Davis 21–16 John Barrie 20–22 NovemberJohn Barrie 25–12 Fred Davis 24–26 NovemberJackie Rea 22–15 Fred Davis 27–29 NovemberAlec Brown 20–17 Sidney Smith 1–3 DecemberJoe Davis 23–14 John Pulman 4–6 DecemberJoe Davis 27–10 Albert Brown 8–10 DecemberAlec Brown 20–17 Walter Donaldson 11–13 DecemberJackie Rea 25–12 John Barrie 15–17 DecemberJohn Pulman 19–18 Jackie Rea 18–20 DecemberJohn Barrie 25–12 Sidney Smith 29–31 DecemberAlbert Brown 19–18 Walter Donaldson 1–3 JanuaryJohn Pulman 20–17 Fred Davis 5–7 JanuaryAlec Brown 21–16 Albert Brown 8–10 JanuaryWalter Donaldson 27–10 Sidney Smith 12–14 JanuaryJoe Davis 26–11 Fred Davis 15–17 January Table The Times 19 January 1953 9 Professional Snooker Pos Player Pld MW FW Prize 1 ENG Joe Davis 8 8 186 £500 2 NIR Jackie Rea 8 5 173 £300 3 SCO Walter Donaldson 8 4 154 £200 4 ENG John Barrie 8 4 152 ? 5 ENG Alec Brown 8 4 144 ? 6 ENG John Pulman 8 4 141 ? 7 ENG Fred Davis 8 4 137 ? 8 ENG Albert Brown 8 3 139 ? 9 ENG Sidney Smith 8 0 106 ? 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). Albert Brown conceded his two matches scheduled for the week of 13 to 18 October. He played the first day of his match against Jackie Rea, trailing 10–2 but was then ill.The Glasgow Herald https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mmdAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jZQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6769%2C4298685 15 October 1952 9 Snooker & Billiards Rea played a two-day exhibition match against John Pulman,The Glasgow Herald https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m2dAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jZQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5951%2C4331652 16 October 1952 2 Snooker while Fred Davis played a three-day exhibition match against Rex Williams,The Glasgow Herald https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nmdAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jZQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3660%2C4736097 20 October 1952 9 Snooker In the final table the matches were scored as 19–18 wins. Qualifying The qualifying tournament was played from 5 May to 7 June 1952. These matches were also played at Leicester Square Hall in London. As in the main event, each match lasted three days and was the best of 37 frames. There were 5 competitors: Kingsley Kennerley, Jim Lees, Jackie Rea, Willie Smith and Rex Williams. The qualifying was won by Jackie Rea who advanced to the main event.The Times 9 June 1952 3 Snooker Broadcasting On 6 December the BBC showed two short, 30 minute, TV programmes of the final day of the match between Joe Davis and John Pulman. The commentators were Raymond Glendenning and Sidney Smith.BBC Television – 6 December 1952 – Snooker : News of the World Professional Tournament http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctv/1952-12-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20141017204316/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctv/1952-12-06 dead 17 October 2014 BBC Genome Project BBC 4 January 2016 References 2 Category:News of the World Snooker Tournament News of the World Tournament News of the World Tournament News of the World Tournament News of the World Tournament