1927 World Snooker Championship

Professional snooker tournament 1927 World Snooker Championship 1926 11 29 1927 05 12 y yes Camkin's Hall Birmingham England BACC Albert Cope ENG (60) Joe Davis ENG Tom Dennis ENG 20–11 1928 United Kingdom 200 Venues London left 5 51.510 -0.130 Nottingham left 5 52.953 -1.149 Liverpool left 5 53.400 -3.000 Birmingham left 5 52.477 -1.903 The 1927 World Snooker Championship was a snooker tournament held at several venues from 29 November 1926 to 12 May 1927. At the time, it was titled the Professional Championship of Snooker, but it is now recognised as the inaugural edition of the World Snooker Championship. The impetus for the championship came from professional English billiards player Joe Davis and billiard hall manager Bill Camkin, who had both observed the growing popularity of snooker and proposed the event to the Billiards Association and Control Council. Ten players entered the competition, including most of the leading English billiards players. The two matches in the preliminary round were held at Thurston's Hall in London, and the semi-finals and final took place at Camkin's Hall in Birmingham. The players involved determined the venues for the quarter-finals, resulting in matches in London, Birmingham, Nottingham and Liverpool. The final took place from 9 to 12 May 1927. Joe Davis won the title, defeating Tom Dennis by 20 frames to 11. Davis had led 7–1 following the first day's play, and he achieved a winning margin at 16–7 on the third day. The highest break of the tournament was 60, compiled by Albert Cope in the 21st frame of his match against Davis. This remained the highest break of the Professional Championship until Davis made a 61 in the 1929 final. The same trophy that was awarded to Davis in 1927 is presented every year to the winner of the World Championship. Background Professional English billiards player and billiard hall manager Joe Davis had noticed the growing popularity of snooker compared to billiards in the 1920s, as had Birmingham-based billiard hall manager Bill Camkin. They persuaded the Billiards Association and Control Council (BACC) to recognise an official professional snooker championship in the 1926–27 season.Everton Clive 23 September 2004 Davis, Joseph [Joe] https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-31013 10.1093/ref:odnb/31013 11 May 2020 subscription https://web.archive.org/web/20190903050418/https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-31013 3 September 2019 live The BACC's secretary, A. Stanley Thorn, had rejected a request in 1924 from professional Tom Dennis, doubting that snooker was popular enough to attract large enough audiences to make such a competition viable.Everton Clive 1993 The Embassy Book of World Snooker Bloomsbury London 978-0-7475-1610-1 11–13 Davis drafted the conditions under which a championship could take place, after a conversation with Camkin, and sent it to the BACC, who gave their consent. At its meeting on 1 September 1926, the Professional Championship Committee of the BACC agreed the terms for the tournament, and set a closing date for entries of 1 November 1926.Professional billiards and snooker championships The Billiard Player W. G. Clifford October 1926 2 All professional players of English billiards were eligible to enter. The preliminary round matches were to be held at Thurston's Hall in London, and the venue for the semi-finals and final was to be Camkin's Hall on John Bright Street in Birmingham, the players having to arrange dates and venues for the other matches.Everton Clive 1986 The History of Snooker and Billiards Partridge Press Haywards Heath 978-1-85225-013-3 50 The winner of the tournament would retain the title until either they resigned it, they were defeated in a BACC-sanctioned championship match, or they refused to defend it against a BACC-approved challenger; with a proviso that the champion would not be required to defend the title more than once a year. Match referees would require BACC approval, and the games were to be played with composition balls and under the official BACC rules of snooker. Stanley Thorn wrote that the decision to promote a professional championship was "in view of the increasing popularity of the game of snooker", and added that "the winner will be declared on the number of games won, but the conditions state that play shall be continued until the full number of games has been completed"; therefore dead frames were played after the result of each match was determined.Thorn A. Stanley Notes from headquarters: Professional billiards and snooker championships The Billiard Player W. G. Clifford October 1926 2 The final was played over 31 frames, the semi-finals were 23 frames, and the earlier matches were 15 frames. The entry fee was five guineas per player, with a five-guineas wager between the players for each match. Everton Clive Clive Everton Guinness Book of Snooker 1981 Guinness Superlatives London 978-0-85112-230-4 Gate receipts for each match, after expenses, were to be equally shared out between the players concerned. The terms specified that half of the total entry fees would go to the finalists, the winner receiving sixty percent of the part allocated to prize money. Davis, the eventual champion, received £6 and 10 shillings from gate receipts, but the BACC used £19 from the players' part of the entry fees, which were expected to be used as prize money, towards purchasing the trophy.Morrison Ian 1987 The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker Revised Twickenham Hamlyn Publishing Group 978-0-600-55604-6 161 Snooker historian Clive Everton wrote that when the official professional snooker tournament started, "Billiards was still very much the premier game, with snooker a sideshow which few were convinced would ever come to much as a public entertainment," and that the early championships received "minimal publicity". The same trophy awarded to Davis is still presented to the world champion each year.Trophies https://wpbsa.com/about-us/history/trophies/ World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 29 May 2021 7 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200807182630/https://wpbsa.com/about-us/history/trophies/ live Ten players entered the championship. There were two matches in a preliminary round; the two winners of these would join the other six players in the quarter-finals.Professional championship of snooker The Billiard Player W. G. Clifford December 1926 35 The Observers correspondent opined that "the policy of playing a serious [snooker] match in conjunction with the billiards has proved an additional public attraction", and that only three of the leading billiards players, Willie Smith, Tom Reece, and Arthur Peall, had declined to participate in the championship. Billiards: snooker championships The Observer London 14 November 1926 30 An article in the Athletic News said that the field of entrants was "on the whole representative and piquant".New snooker championship Athletic News 15 November 1926 6 Originally called the Professional Championship of Snooker, the annual competition was re-titled as the World Championship in 1935,Billiards – Professional title Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 3 November 1934 24 November 2015 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19341103/342/0007 British Newspaper Archive subscription 14 July 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230714223218/https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/account/register?countrykey=0&showgiftvoucherclaimingoptions=false&gift=false&nextpage=%2faccount%2flogin%3freturnurl%3d%252fviewer%252fbl%252f0000687%252f19341103%252f342%252f0007&rememberme=false&cookietracking=false&partnershipkey=0&newsletter=false&offers=false&registerreason=none&showsubscriptionoptions=false&showcouponmessaging=false&showfreetrialmessaging=false&showregisteroptions=false&showloginoptions=false&showcaptchaerrormessage=false&isonlyupgradeable=false live but the 1927 tournament is now referred to as the first World Snooker Championship.History of snooker – a timeline https://wpbsa.com/about-us/history/ World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 29 May 2021 7 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210107025119/https://wpbsa.com/about-us/history/ live Schedule +1927 World Snooker Championship scheduleThe Professional Championship of Snooker The Billiard Player W. G. Clifford April 1927 32Thorn A. Stanley Notes from headquarters The Billiard Player W. G. Clifford May 1927 2 Round Match Dates Venue, city Preliminary Melbourne Inman v Tom Newman 29 November–6 December 1926 Thurston's Hall, London Quarter-finals Tom Dennis v Fred Lawrence 9–10 December 1926 Lord Nelson Hotel, Nottingham Quarter-finals Joe Davis v Joe Brady 29–30 December 1926 Cable Street Billiards Hall, Liverpool Preliminary Tom Carpenter v Nat Butler 31 December 1926 – 1 January 1927 Thurston's Hall, London Quarter-finals Albert Cope v Alec Mann 5–6 January 1927 Camkin's Hall, Birmingham Semi-finals Joe Davis v Albert Cope 31 January–2 February 1927 Camkin's Hall, Birmingham Quarter-finals Tom Carpenter v Melbourne Inman 14–18 March 1927 Thurston's Hall, London Semi-finals Tom Dennis v Tom Carpenter 20–22 April 1927 Camkin's Hall, Birmingham Final Joe Davis v Tom Dennis 9–12 May 1927 Camkin's Hall, Birmingham Summary thumb|alt=Melbourne Inman, wearing a waistcoat and carrying a billiard cue.|Melbourne Inman (pictured 1910–1915) won the opening match, against Tom Newman. thumb|Joe Davis, c. 1920, tournament champion. The first match was between Melbourne Inman and Tom Newman; it was held at Thurston's Hall, Leicester Square in London, as an extra attraction to the main event, a billiards match between them. The match took place on an experimental billiard table with 3 1 4 inch pocket pockets, 1 4 inch smaller than normal. The winner of the billiards match would be the first player to reach 16,000 points, with Inman receiving a 3,500 handicap head start. The match started on 29 November 1926 with two sessions per day until 11 December. One frame of snooker was played at the end of each session.The Times 30 November 1926 16 Billiards – Small pocket test Inman won the first two frames,The Times 1 December 1926 7 Billiards – Smaller pocket test but after eight frames Newman led 5–3.The Times 3 December 1926 16 Billiards – Newman v Inman Inman then won the next five frames to secure victory 8–5, the match finishing on the Monday afternoon, a week after it started.The Times 7 December 1926 18 Billiards – Newman v Inman Newman won the billiards match easily 16,000–13,039 despite giving a 3,500 handicap.The Times 13 December 1926 8 Billiards – Newman's easy victory Tom Dennis and Fred Lawrence played their match on 9 and 10 December at the Lord Nelson Hotel, Carlton Street, Nottingham.Lord Nelson Hotel (advert) Nottingham Evening Post 8 December 1926 23 November 2015 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/19261208/063/0007 British Newspaper Archive subscription 14 July 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230714223200/https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/account/register?countrykey=0&showgiftvoucherclaimingoptions=false&gift=false&nextpage=%2faccount%2flogin%3freturnurl%3d%252fviewer%252fbl%252f0000321%252f19261208%252f063%252f0007&rememberme=false&cookietracking=false&partnershipkey=0&newsletter=false&offers=false&registerreason=none&showsubscriptionoptions=false&showcouponmessaging=false&showfreetrialmessaging=false&showregisteroptions=false&showloginoptions=false&showcaptchaerrormessage=false&isonlyupgradeable=false live Dennis led 5–3 after the first day. Although Dennis won the first frame on the second afternoon, Lawrence won the other three to leave the match level at 6–6. In the evening session Dennis won the first two frames to eliminate Lawrence 8–6.Snooker Championship – Dennis wins his heat against Lawrence Nottingham Evening Post 11 December 1926 23 November 2015 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/19261211/047/0008 British Newspaper Archive subscription 14 July 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230714223219/https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/account/register?countrykey=0&showgiftvoucherclaimingoptions=false&gift=false&nextpage=%2faccount%2flogin%3freturnurl%3d%252fviewer%252fbl%252f0000321%252f19261211%252f047%252f0008&rememberme=false&cookietracking=false&partnershipkey=0&newsletter=false&offers=false&registerreason=none&showsubscriptionoptions=false&showcouponmessaging=false&showfreetrialmessaging=false&showregisteroptions=false&showloginoptions=false&showcaptchaerrormessage=false&isonlyupgradeable=false live Joe Davis and Joe Brady met on 29 and 30 December 1926 in Cable Street, Liverpool. Davis won all four frames in the afternoon and led 5–3 at the end of the first day.Snooker de luxe Liverpool Echo 30 December 1926 17 May 2020 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000271/19261230/110/0003 British Newspaper Archive subscription 14 July 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230714223235/https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/account/register?countrykey=0&showgiftvoucherclaimingoptions=false&gift=false&nextpage=%2faccount%2flogin%3freturnurl%3d%252fviewer%252fbl%252f0000271%252f19261230%252f110%252f0003&rememberme=false&cookietracking=false&partnershipkey=0&newsletter=false&offers=false&registerreason=none&showsubscriptionoptions=false&showcouponmessaging=false&showfreetrialmessaging=false&showregisteroptions=false&showloginoptions=false&showcaptchaerrormessage=false&isonlyupgradeable=false live The match ended 10–5 on the second day,Davis wins his snooker heat Sheffield Daily Telegraph 1 January 1927 17 May 2020 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000250/19270101/386/0013 British Newspaper Archive subscription with Davis having achieved a winning margin at 8–5.Kobylecky John 2019 The Complete International Directory of Snooker Players – 1927 to 2018 Kobyhadrian Books Cambridge 978-0-9931433-1-1 18 Tom Carpenter and Nat Butler played their match on 31 December 1926 and 1 January 1927 at Thurston's Hall. There were eight frames played on the first day, in two sessions. The score was 2–2 after the afternoon but Carpenter won all four in the evening to lead 6–2.The Times 1 January 1927 4 Snooker's Pool – Professional Championship Butler won the first frame on the second day but Carpenter won the next two to win 8–3.The Times 3 January 1927 5 Snooker's Pool The first semi-final saw Joe Davis meet Albert Cope over three days from 31 January to 2 February in Birmingham. On the first day Davis won the four afternoon frames and three of the four in the evening to lead 7–1.Snooker – Davis' strong advantage in professional tourney Sheffield Independent 1 February 1927 23 November 2015 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001464/19270201/293/0011 British Newspaper Archive subscription 14 July 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230714223240/https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/account/register?countrykey=0&showgiftvoucherclaimingoptions=false&gift=false&nextpage=%2faccount%2flogin%3freturnurl%3d%252fviewer%252fbl%252f0001464%252f19270201%252f293%252f0011&rememberme=false&cookietracking=false&partnershipkey=0&newsletter=false&offers=false&registerreason=none&showsubscriptionoptions=false&showcouponmessaging=false&showfreetrialmessaging=false&showregisteroptions=false&showloginoptions=false&showcaptchaerrormessage=false&isonlyupgradeable=false live On the second day Davis extended his lead to 10–1 before Cope won three successive frames. Davis still led 11–4 overnight, just one frame from victory.Snooker – Cope's improved display against Davis Sheffield Independent 2 February 1927 23 November 2015 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001464/19270202/244/0009 British Newspaper Archive subscription 14 July 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230714223719/https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/account/register?countrykey=0&showgiftvoucherclaimingoptions=false&gift=false&nextpage=%2faccount%2flogin%3freturnurl%3d%252fviewer%252fbl%252f0001464%252f19270202%252f244%252f0009&rememberme=false&cookietracking=false&partnershipkey=0&newsletter=false&offers=false&registerreason=none&showsubscriptionoptions=false&showcouponmessaging=false&showfreetrialmessaging=false&showregisteroptions=false&showloginoptions=false&showcaptchaerrormessage=false&isonlyupgradeable=false live On the final day Davis won the first frame to take the match 12–4. He took two more frames in the afternoon to lead 14–5 and eventually won 16–7. Cope made a 60 break in frame 21, winning the frame 87–24.Davis in snooker final Sheffield Independent 3 February 1927 23 November 2015 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001464/19270203/234/0009 British Newspaper Archive subscription 14 July 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230714223717/https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/account/register?countrykey=0&showgiftvoucherclaimingoptions=false&gift=false&nextpage=%2faccount%2flogin%3freturnurl%3d%252fviewer%252fbl%252f0001464%252f19270203%252f234%252f0009&rememberme=false&cookietracking=false&partnershipkey=0&newsletter=false&offers=false&registerreason=none&showsubscriptionoptions=false&showcouponmessaging=false&showfreetrialmessaging=false&showregisteroptions=false&showloginoptions=false&showcaptchaerrormessage=false&isonlyupgradeable=false live Joe Davis in snooker final Sheffield Independent 3 February 1927 17 May 2020 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19270203/189/0008 British Newspaper Archive subscription 14 July 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230714223733/https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/account/register?countrykey=0&showgiftvoucherclaimingoptions=false&gift=false&nextpage=%2faccount%2flogin%3freturnurl%3d%252fviewer%252fbl%252f0000669%252f19270203%252f189%252f0008&rememberme=false&cookietracking=false&partnershipkey=0&newsletter=false&offers=false&registerreason=none&showsubscriptionoptions=false&showcouponmessaging=false&showfreetrialmessaging=false&showregisteroptions=false&showloginoptions=false&showcaptchaerrormessage=false&isonlyupgradeable=false live Cope's break of 60 was the highest made in the tournament,1931 World Professional Championship http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/31world.htm globalsnookercentre.co.uk Global Snooker Centre 29 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20060517050555/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/31world.htm 17 May 2006 and in recognition of this Cope would receive a commemorative certificate from the BACC.Billiards awards Dundee Evening Telegraph 28 July 1927 12 November 2015 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000563/19270728/116/0007 British Newspaper Archive subscription 14 July 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230714223721/https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/account/register?countrykey=0&showgiftvoucherclaimingoptions=false&gift=false&nextpage=%2faccount%2flogin%3freturnurl%3d%252fviewer%252fbl%252f0000563%252f19270728%252f116%252f0007&rememberme=false&cookietracking=false&partnershipkey=0&newsletter=false&offers=false&registerreason=none&showsubscriptionoptions=false&showcouponmessaging=false&showfreetrialmessaging=false&showregisteroptions=false&showloginoptions=false&showcaptchaerrormessage=false&isonlyupgradeable=false live The break remained the best in the Championship until Davis made a 61 in the 1929 final. The match between Inman and Carpenter was also played at Thurston's Hall, Leicester Square in London. As with the game between Inman and Newman, it was an extra to a billiards match. The billiards match was to 7,000 with Carpenter receiving a 1,000 start. The match lasted from Monday 14 to Saturday 19 March 1927 with two sessions per day. One frame of snooker was generally played in each session, although with a possible 15 frames and only 12 sessions, two frames were required on occasions. Two frames were played on the Wednesday afternoon. Carpenter won the evening frame on the Friday to win the match 8–3, having led throughout.The Times 19 March 1927 12 Billiards – Inman v Carpenter Carpenter also won the billiards match, which finished the following day, 7,000–4,798.The Times 21 March 1927 16 Billiards – Carpenter wins The second semi-final, between Dennis and Carpenter, was held from 20 to 22 April in Birmingham. Carpenter led 5–3 after the first dayThe Times 21 April 1927 14 Billiards but Dennis won all four frames on the second afternoon to lead 7–5. The second day ended with Dennis 9–7 ahead.The Times 22 April 1927 6 Professional snooker championship Carpenter won three frames on the final afternoon to level the match at 10–10 but Dennis won the first two in the evening to complete a 12–10 victory.The Times 23 April 1927 5 Professional snooker Starting on 25 April, Newman and Davis contested the BACC Professional Billiards Championship, a title later recognised as the world championship for billiards.Billiards. Professional championship final Newcastle Journal 26 April 1927 13Everton Clive 2012 A History of billiards: (the English three-ball game) Malmesbury englishbilliard.org 978-0-9564054-5-6 212–213 During the match, Davis compiled a billiards championship record break of 2,501, using the pendulum cannon shot, where the object ball object balls are kept near a corner pocket for repeated cannon strokes.Sensational billiards. Davis finds secret of pendulum. 2,501 break. Birmingham Daily Gazette 28 April 1927 1 Newman won the match 16,000–14,763 on 7 May.Billiards championship. Davis sits out session and Newman retains title Sheffield Daily Telegraph 9 May 1927 9 Final The snooker final between Davis and Dennis was played from 9 to 12 May at Camkin's Hall in Birmingham and was refereed by Camkin. Davis won the first seven frames before Dennis took the last of the day to give Davis a 7–1 lead after the first day.Snooker championship Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 10 May 1927 23 November 2015 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19270510/591/0018 British Newspaper Archive subscription 14 July 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230714223719/https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/account/register?countrykey=0&showgiftvoucherclaimingoptions=false&gift=false&nextpage=%2faccount%2flogin%3freturnurl%3d%252fviewer%252fbl%252f0000687%252f19270510%252f591%252f0018&rememberme=false&cookietracking=false&partnershipkey=0&newsletter=false&offers=false&registerreason=none&showsubscriptionoptions=false&showcouponmessaging=false&showfreetrialmessaging=false&showregisteroptions=false&showloginoptions=false&showcaptchaerrormessage=false&isonlyupgradeable=false live Davis won three frames on the second afternoon and, although the evening session was shared, Davis led 12–4. Davis made a 57 break in frame 11, winning the frame 78–32.Snooker championship Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 11 May 1927 23 November 2015 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19270511/425/0020 British Newspaper Archive subscription 14 July 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230714223709/https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/account/register?countrykey=0&showgiftvoucherclaimingoptions=false&gift=false&nextpage=%2faccount%2flogin%3freturnurl%3d%252fviewer%252fbl%252f0000687%252f19270511%252f425%252f0020&rememberme=false&cookietracking=false&partnershipkey=0&newsletter=false&offers=false&registerreason=none&showsubscriptionoptions=false&showcouponmessaging=false&showfreetrialmessaging=false&showregisteroptions=false&showloginoptions=false&showcaptchaerrormessage=false&isonlyupgradeable=false live Davis secured a winning lead by taking the 23rd frame 80–34 to lead 16–7. Both sessions on the third day were shared, to leave Davis 16–8 ahead.Billiards – Davis' good lead in snooker championship Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 12 May 1927 23 November 2015 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19270512/389/0019 British Newspaper Archive subscription 15 July 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230715004204/https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/account/register?countrykey=0&showgiftvoucherclaimingoptions=false&gift=false&nextpage=%2faccount%2flogin%3freturnurl%3d%252fviewer%252fbl%252f0000687%252f19270512%252f389%252f0019&rememberme=false&cookietracking=false&partnershipkey=0&newsletter=false&offers=false&registerreason=none&showsubscriptionoptions=false&showcouponmessaging=false&showfreetrialmessaging=false&showregisteroptions=false&showloginoptions=false&showcaptchaerrormessage=false&isonlyupgradeable=false live Davis won four of the seven frames on the last day, resulting in a final score of 20–11.Billiards – Snooker pool tile won by Davis Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 13 May 1927 23 November 2015 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19270513/390/0018 British Newspaper Archive subscription 14 July 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230714224202/https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/account/register?countrykey=0&showgiftvoucherclaimingoptions=false&gift=false&nextpage=%2faccount%2flogin%3freturnurl%3d%252fviewer%252fbl%252f0000687%252f19270513%252f390%252f0018&rememberme=false&cookietracking=false&partnershipkey=0&newsletter=false&offers=false&registerreason=none&showsubscriptionoptions=false&showcouponmessaging=false&showfreetrialmessaging=false&showregisteroptions=false&showloginoptions=false&showcaptchaerrormessage=false&isonlyupgradeable=false live Davis was presented with the trophy by the BACC chairman John C. Bissett.Thorn A. Stanley Notes from headquarters: professional snooker championship The Billiard Player W. G. Clifford June 1927 2 After each of the sessions on 12 May, Davis was scheduled to perform an exhibition of the billiards pendulum cannon, which by that time was already on the way to being restricted in competitive play by the BACC.Joe Davis makes sure of snooker title Birmingham Daily Gazette 12 May 1927 8Restricting the 'pendulum' Birmingham Daily Gazette 10 May 1927 8'Pendulum' stroke restricted The Billiard Player W. G. Clifford September 1927 29 Writing about the snooker final in The Billiard Player, Arthur Goundrill commented that "without casting any doubts on Dennis's skill as a player, it may be said that Davis is in a class by himself at the 22-ball game. 'Extraordinary' is the only way to describe his potting, and his positional play is perfect in its conception."Snooker is played with 21 object balls and a cue ball.((The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica)) Snooker Encyclopedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/topic/snooker 20 September 2020 30 May 2021 6 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150906030843/http://www.britannica.com/topic/snooker live Goundrill Arthur Big billiards in the provinces The Billiard Player W. G. Clifford June 1927 10 Quoting Davis's brother Fred Davis, who said that "Joe was a great player before anyone else knew how to play the game," Everton added "he was certainly far too good for his rivals in the early championships". Davis went on to win the World Championship every year until 1940, after which the event was on hold, due to World War II, until 1946, when he won his fifteenth title and announced that he would no longer play in the tournament.Williams Luke Gadsby Paul 2005 Masters of the Baize Edinburgh Mainstream 978-1-84018-872-1 18–21 Main draw Match results are shown below. Winning players and scores are denoted in bold text. The numbers in parentheses are the scores at which the result of the match was determined; "*" indicates that the score after any dead frame dead frames is not known.Embassy World Championship http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=36 Snooker Scene 4 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120920115553/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=36 20 September 2012 dead 28,46,55Downer Chris Crucible Almanac Index to players 2019 240–268 BournemouthDowner (2019) lists Nat Butler as English, but other sources, preferred here, have Butler as Scottish, e.g. "Nat Butler v Peall", Birmingham Daily Gazette, 2 February 1928 p.10 describes him as Scottish; "Tom Carpenter opposes Nat Butler", Western Mail, 1 January 1927, p.4 has "Nat Butler (Aberdeen)". Round 1Best of 15 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 15 frames Semi-finalsBest of 23 frames FinalBest of 31 frames 50 Tom Carpenter WAL 1807 10 (8) Nat Butler SCO 5 (3) Melbourne Inman ENG * (8) Tom Newman ENG * (5) Tom Dennis ENG 8 (8) Fred Lawrence ENG 7 (6) Tom Carpenter WAL 1807 * (8) Melbourne Inman ENG * (3) Albert Cope ENG * (8) Alec Mann ENG * (6) Joe Brady IRE 5 (5) Joe Davis ENG 10 (8) ENG Tom Dennis * (12) WAL 1807 Tom Carpenter * (10) ENG Albert Cope 7 (4) ENG Joe Davis 16 (12) ENG Tom Dennis 11 (7) ENG Joe Davis 20 (16) Final Final: Best of 31 frames.Camkin's Hall, Birmingham, England, 9–12 May 1927. Referee: Bill Camkin. Joe Davis 20–11 Tom Dennis Day 1: 65–42, 81–48, 75–44, 74–36, 78–37, 76–43, 51–49, 30–80Day 2: 68–49, 43–56, 78–32 (57), 54–26, 28–76, 40–76, 83–26, 91–32Day 3: 91–27, 30–77, 42–36, 29–77, 82–35, 54–58, 80–34, 55–77Day 4: 89–14, 37–54, 32–108, 108–16, 65–48, 23–82, 74–54 Davis secured victory at 16–7. Dead frames were played, after which Davis won the match 20–11. Notes References 2 1927 World Snooker Championship World Snooker Championship World Snooker Championship