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  • #31
    43-30 is amazing how long they played. I could not imagine anything like that in modern days, and I don't think it would be too popular with spectators.

    If you want an endurance match, isn't a best of 35 the same as best of 85, just shorter and easier?

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    • #32
      Sorry about the delay chaps. Here is the conclusion of the 1940 championship.

      There was some great play, particularly 27-year-old Fred Davis taking eleven frames on the bounce against his brother in the final. A pity the Times was apparently unable to report on the evening sessions - I guess the war would have affected things and maybe they had to finalise the paper earlier.

      Particularly unfortunate that what must have been a fascinating final night did not get any coverage.

      1940 continued

      Sidney Smith v. Tom Newman

      4 March [48556]
      Frame 1: 10-97. Newman made 53.
      Frame 2: 94-37. Smith made 63; Newman made 24 but could not get the snookers he needed.
      Frame 3: 70-39. Smith made 32 and led 50-39 on colours.
      Frame 4: 112-5. Smith made 21 and 86.
      Frame 5: 78-14. Smith made 28 and 20. 4-1
      Evening: not reported. 8-2
      5 March [48557]
      Frame 11: 93-25. 93-25. Smith made 25 and 26.
      Frame 12: 49-47. Newman led 47-19 on last red. Smith cleared with 30.
      Frame 13: 68-45. Newman was unlucky when the cue-ball kissed the black and ran in-off early on. Smith, with highest break of 24, led by 3 on colours and Newman did not pot another ball.
      Frame 14: 87-33. Smith made 70 (six blacks in succession, blue, two blacks), the break ending on a failed double on last red.
      Frame 15: 80-33. Smith made 39 and 33. 13-2
      Evening: not reported. 16-4. Smith thus achieved a winning lead at 16-2, 16-3 or 16-4.
      6 March [48558]
      Frame 21: 27-53. Newman made 20.
      Frame 22: 64-37. Smith led 48-28 on colours and fluked the blue to seal the frame.
      Frame 23: 85-23. Smith made 48.
      Frame 24: 111-23. Smith made early 36, Newman made 23, and Smith made 68 clearance (three blues, two blacks, pink, plus colours).
      Frame 25: 94-32. Smith made 35. 20-5
      Evening: not reported. 22-9

      Joe Davis v. Walter Donaldson (semi-final)

      7 March [48559]
      Frame 1: 95-22. Davis made 53, at his second visit, and 35.
      Frame 2: 68-53. Davis made 57 but Donaldson replied with 53. Donaldson took brown but played poor position on the blue. Davis took blue and pink for frame.
      Frame 3: 85-41. Donaldson made 39 and Davis replied with 60.
      Frame 4: 12-95. Donaldson made 17, 37 and 15.
      Frame 5: 29-83. 3-2
      Evening: not reported. 5-5
      8 March [48560]
      Frame 11: 72-37. “It was a game in which many of the clever points in snooker were illustrated.” Davis made 18, 14 and 30 but the defensive play was the interesting feature.
      Frame 12: 103-48.
      Frame 13: 83-28. Davis made 65.
      Frame 14: 42-81. Donaldson made 61.
      Frame 15: 118-14. 9-6
      Evening: not reported. 12-8
      9 March [48561]
      Frame 21: 67-77. Davis led 58-0, but Donaldson made steady progress. Donaldson trailed 47-67 and gained a free ball.
      Frame 22: 110-3. Davis made 50.
      Frame 23: 88-36. Davis made 73.
      Frame 24: 55-46. Davis took brown to black for the frame.
      Frame 25: 102-7. Davis made 72. Davis thus gained a winning lead at 16-9.
      Evening: 80-49, 99-17, 85-37, 88-31, 96-22, 83-35. Davis made 46, 45, 88 and 48 during the evening. 22-9

      Fred Davis v. Sidney Smith (semi-final)

      11 March [48562]
      The first three frames were decided on the black.
      Frame 1: 47-51.
      Frame 2: 58-64.
      Frame 3: 44-58. Davis led 44-26 on last red. Davis snookered Smith, the last red being near the centre of the top cushion, but Smith fluked it. He cleared to black with a 32.
      Frame 4: 63-47.
      Frame 5: 50-61. Davis made 26 and 20 and Smith 29. 1-4
      Evening: not reported. 3-7
      12 March [48563]
      Frame 11: 79-35.
      Frame 12: 43-70. Smith made 27. A long frame prolonged by safety: “There was so much safety play that the first two games took 50 minutes to complete.”
      Frame 13: 72-15.
      Frame 14: 44-69. Davis trailed by 25 on yellow, took green to blue but in taking pink went in-off.
      Frame 15: score not reported. Davis made 59 when trailing 13-22. 6-9
      Evening: not reported. 10-10
      13 March [48564]
      Frame 21: 73-38. Davis made 29 to final blue for frame.
      Frame 22: 42-92. Smith made 22 and 37, then Davis made 37. Smith made 17 to final green.
      Frame 23: 81-24. Davis made 52.
      Frame 24: 94-27. Davis made 23 and gained 19 points in fouls.
      Frame 25: 55-70. Smith made 23. 13-12
      Evening: not reported. Davis gained a winning lead at 16-13 when he won frame 29 on the black. 17-14

      Joe Davis v. Fred Davis (final)

      14 March [48565]
      Frame 1: 78-36. J. Davis made 20 and 35 and led 68-21 on colours.
      Frame 2: 74-32. J. Davis made 24. J. Davis left a red over the bottom pocket, with the cue-ball on the top cushion and the pack intervening: F. Davis made a steeplechase stroke but the cue-ball followed the red in.
      Frame 3: not reported.
      Frame 4: 33-58. F. Davis made 26 to final blue.
      Frame 5: not reported.
      Frame 6: 34-75. 4-2
      Evening: not reported. 8-4
      15 March
      not reported. J. Davis won frame 23 and F. Davis frame 24 (see frame 35 below). 14-10
      16 March [48567]
      Frame 25: 63-67.
      Frame 26: 45-80.
      Frame 27: 35-104. F. Davis made 56.
      Frame 28: 39-75. F. Davis made 55.
      Frame 29: 31-90.
      Frame 30: 25-90. 14-16
      Evening: Frame 31: 35-85. F. Davis made 84.
      Frame 32: 23-114. F. Davis made 76 on his first visit, and therefore scored 160 points in two consecutive visits across these two frames.
      Frame 33: 41-62.
      Frame 34: 9-100.
      Frame 35. 79-21. J. Davis therefore broke F. Davis’s eleven-frame winning streak.
      Frame 36: 41-90. 15-21
      18 March [48568]
      Frame 37: 106-15. J. Davis made 88 clearance.
      Frames 38 and 39: not reported.
      Frame 40: 40-79. J. Davis made 32 and led 40-1 when F. Davis made 78.
      Frames 41 and 42: not reported. 19-23
      Evening: not reported. 24-24
      19 March [48569]
      Frame 49: 102-24. J. Davis made 61.
      Frame 50: 41-101. F. Davis made 101 (eleven blacks, pink, blue).
      Frame 51: 85-25. J. Davis made 49.
      Frame 52: 27-84. F. Davis made 40.
      Frame 53: 8-117. F. Davis made 68 and 41.
      Frame 54: 76-49. J. Davis made 45. 27-27
      Evening: not reported. 31-29
      20 March [48570]
      Frame 61: 62-59. F. Davis potted the blue to lead by 10, but overhit position, missed the pink and J. Davis cleared last two balls.
      Frame 62: 68-66. F. Davis made 55 but J. Davis gained the snooker he needed and brilliantly cut the final black for frame.
      Frame 63: 89-26. F. Davis made early 25; J. Davis made 37 and 27 (colours clearance).
      Frame 64: 31-98. F. Davis made 72.
      Frame 65: 55-73. J. Davis conceded a foul at 55-55 and F. Davis cleared to pink.
      Frame 66: 38-76. 34-32
      Evening: not reported. 37-36 (although it is known that J. Davis achieved a winning lead at 37-35 and that J. Davis made 101 in that 72nd frame, which he won 101-12).

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      • #33
        1946

        No information has been traced for matches not shown below.

        Kingsley Kennerley v. Fred Lawrence

        At Birmingham
        no results traced for 7 and 8 January
        9 January [50346]
        The report states that Kennerley achieved a winning lead after the afternoon session, after which he led 19-6.

        Stan Newman v. Willie Leigh

        At Newquay
        no results traced for 10 and 11 January
        12 January [50349]
        Afternoon: 36-61, 51-44, 29-89, 47-67, 98-9. 14-11
        Evening: 37-58, 40-75, 43-61, 38-49, 76-30, 60-29. 16-15

        Stan Newman v. Kingsley Kennerley

        At Tooting
        no results traced for 15 and 16 February
        17 February [50379]
        The report states that Newman beat Kennerley 16-10.

        Fred Davis v. Alec Brown

        no results traced for 21 and 22 February
        23 February [50385]
        The report states that Davis beat Brown 16-7.

        Joe Davis v. Stan Newman (semi-final)

        At Oldham
        no results traced for 4 March
        5 March [50393]
        The report states that Davis led Newman 13-7 at the end of the second day’s play.
        6 March [50394]
        The report states that Davis beat Newman 21-10.

        Fred Davis v. Horace Lindrum (semi-final)

        At Oldham
        7 March [50395]
        The report states that Lidrum led Davis 7-3 at the end of the first day’s play.
        8 March [50396]
        The report states that Lindrum led Davis 11-9 at the end of the second day’s play.
        9 March [50397]
        The report states that Lindrum beat Davis 16-12. Davis won the first two frames to level 11-11; Lindrum led at the end of the afternoon session 14-11 and won two of the first three evening frames for the match.

        Joe Davis v. Horace Lindrum (final)

        6 May [50445]
        Frame 1: 55-54.
        Frame 2: 28-92. Lindrum made 44.
        Frame 3: 98-29. Davis made 51.
        Frame 4: 94-60. Davis made 46.
        Frame 5: 82-34.
        Frame 6: 54-62. On pink. 4-2
        Evening: 33-73, 82-34, 71-17, 50-59, 61-49, 55-72. 7-5
        7 May [50446]
        Afternoon: 60-71, 0-125, 42-78, 79-29, 62-36, 118-11. 10-8
        Evening: 83-27, 91-31, 70-71, 89-19, 62-47, 37-94. 14-10
        8 May [50447]
        Afternoon: 59-31, 56-61, 114-15, 41-77, 57-66, 52-55. Davis made 104 in frame 27. 16-14
        Evening: 48-80, 86-15, 65-39, 44-92, 61-62, 67-33. 19-17
        9 May [50448]
        Afternoon: 80-27, 69-40, 37-70, 87-49, 108-25, 58-69. 23-19
        Evening: 134-4, 108-25, 35-92, 53-72, 76-31, 38-71. Davis made championship record break of 133, the two hundredth century of his career, in frame 43. 26-22
        10 May [50449]
        Afternoon: 51-77, 72-35, 22-110, 105-25, 50-78, 23-89. 28-26
        Evening: 114-0, 104-36, 96-33, 103-26, 25-73, 52-74. 32-28
        11 May [50450]
        Afternoon: scores not recorded. Davis made championship record break of 136 (eight blacks, three pinks, four blues, plus colours clearance) in frame 66. 34-32
        Evening: scores not recorded. Davis made 107 in frame 69 and 94 in frame 71. 39-33
        13 May [50451]
        Afternoon: 103-8, 61-47, 47-72, 68-51, 53-63, 21-103. Highest breaks were 49 by Lindrum and 47 by Davis. 42-36
        Evening: not reported. 45-39
        14 May [50452]
        Afternoon: 96-23, 13-103, 108-26, 79-45, 26-65, 43-89. Davis made 75, 61 and 55 and Lindrum 34, 32 and 31. 48-42
        Evening: 63-44, 103-48, 36-83, 59-69, 103-24, 40-87. 51-45
        15 May [50453]
        Afternoon: 69-50, 48-55, 98-36, 22-121, 82-47, 80-44. Davis made 83 and 76 and Lindrum 41. 55-47
        Evening: 87-35, 64-38, 28-93, 54-72, 44-73, 51-64. 57-51
        16 May [50454]
        Afternoon: 77-33, 75-21, 47-56, 82-37, 82-58, 70-50. Davis made 76 and 52 and Lindrum 42. 62-52
        Evening: not reported. 65-55
        17 May [50455]
        Afternoon: 55-84, 80-24, 99-31, 35-73, 79-52, 20-93. 68-58
        Evening: 67-49, 80-53, 6-93, 123-0, 42-87, 28-97. Davis made 122 in frame 130. 71-61
        18 May [50456]
        Afternoon: 86-54, 25-105 (Lindrum made 69), 91-27 (Davis thus achieved a winning lead at 73-62), 20-77, 44-67, 72-59. 74-64
        Evening: 145-0, 99-15, 85-29, 47-55, 96-23, 26-109, 48-54. Davis made 116 (eleven blacks, two pinks, two blues, plus final yellow) in frame 139 and was thus on course to again beat the championship record; also Davis made 83 and Lindrum made 86. 78-67

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        • #34
          Wow, where you find so old scores
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          • #35
            1947

            No information has been traced for matches not shown below.

            For the following matches, The Times merely reports that the result and the score (the date given is that of the relevant edition):

            Qualifying rounds:

            Albert Brown v. John Pulman 6 January [50651] (winning lead 18-9 also confirmed)
            Willie Leigh v. H.W. Frances [sic] 9 January [50654] (report states that Leigh won four of the five evening frames to win 19-16)
            Sydney Lee v. Jim Lees 13 January [50657]
            Kingsley Kennerley v. Con Stanbury 16 January [50660] (result not stated – only that Kennerley “easily won”)
            John Barrie v. Fred Lawrence 20 January [50657] (report states also that Lee will meet W. Leigh in the next round)
            Albert Brown v. Eric Newman 23 January [50666] (result not stated; report states also that Brown will meet J. Barrie in the next round)
            Willie Leigh v. Sydney Lee 27 January [50669] (report states also that Leigh will meet the winner of Kennerley v. Mann, which starts today, in the next round)
            Kingsley Kennerley v. Alec Mann 27 January [50669] (report states that Kennerley achieved a winning lead at 18-10; session ended 20-10; Kennerley made 72)
            Albert Brown v. John Barrie 3 February [50675]
            Kingsley Kennerley v. Willie Leigh 6 February [50678] (report states only that Kennerley won)
            Albert Brown v. Kingsley Kennerley 10 February [50681]

            Competition proper:

            Fred Davis v. Clark McConachy 30 January [50672] (report states that Davis achieved a winning lead at 37-7); 27 January [50669] (final score 53-20 confirmed)
            Sidney Smith v. Alec Brown 3 February [50675]
            Horace Lindrum v. Albert Brown 17 February [50687]

            An article on 20 March [50714] states that Fred Davis and Walter Donaldson have agreed to postpone the final until September to allow repairs to be carried out to Thurston’s which was damaged in the war. In the event, the hall reopened as Leicester Square Hall on 6 October 1947, and the final was begun on October 13.

            Walter Donaldson v. Fred Davis (final)

            13 and 14 October
            no records found. 14-10
            15 October [50893]
            Donaldson won the first five frames in the afternoon, and Davis the last. 19-11
            “For the third evening session in succession, the six frames were shared.” 70-38, 59-40, 30-55, 62-47, 28-82, 38-86. 22-14
            16 October [50894]
            Afternoon: no scores found. Davis made 73 but Donaldson won four of the six frames. 26-16
            Evening: no scores found. 31-17
            17 October [50895]
            Afternoon: no scores found. Davis made 78 and 67 and Donaldson made 63. 35-19
            Evening: no scores found. 35-25
            18 October [50896]
            Afternoon: 85-18, 72-45, 21-88, 60-46, 94-38, 70-39. 40-26
            Evening: 72-31, 90-11, 87-26, 46-70, 29-79, 74-51. 44-28
            20 October [50897]
            Afternoon: 63-41, 116-8, 96-24, 8-111, 65-59, 68-61. Davis made 103 in frame 76. 49-29
            Evening: not reported. 51-33
            21 October [50898]
            Afternoon: 53-44, 0-139, 97-32, 51-63, 67-37, 39-96. Davis made 135 (nine blacks, two pinks, two blues, two browns, plus colours) in frame 92, and 48; Donaldson made 61. 54-36
            Evening: not reported. 57-39
            22 October [50899]
            Afternoon: no scores found. Both players made 62. 60-42
            Evening: not reported. 62-46
            23 October [50900]
            Afternoon: no scores found; Davis won the first frame and Donaldson the next five. Donaldson made 85. 67-47
            Evening: not reported. 71-49
            24 October [50901]
            Donaldson only required two frames for a winning lead. In the first, Davis made 61 but Donaldson trapped him in a snooker and then made 39 clearance. In the second, Donaldson went in-off the yellow and played straight into a pocket on his first two visits; nevertheless he made a 46 to lead 70-40. Davis eight times snookered Donaldson but, attempting a ninth, left Donaldson in a good position for the last two colours for victory. Donaldson thus achieved a winning lead at 73-49. No further details appear. 76-54
            25 October [50902]
            Davis won nine of the thirteen dead frames played today. Davis made 91, 83 and 73 while Donaldson made 72 and 63. 82-63

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            • #36
              1948

              No information has been traced for matches not shown below.

              Qualifying rounds:

              Willie Leigh v. John Barrie 12 January [50966] (report also mentions that Barrie made a 101 in the first frame of the final session)

              Competition proper:

              Clark McConachy v. John Pulman

              9 February [50991]
              No frame scores found. 6-6
              10 February [50992]
              No frame scores found. 17-7
              11 February [50993]
              No frame scores found. 23-13
              12 February [50994]
              No frame scores found. 30-12
              13 February [50995]
              No frame scores found, Report states merely that McConachy beat Pulman. Since the final score was 42-29, presumably the match was not completed until Saturday 14 February, but a winning lead was achieved on the 13th.
              14 February
              not reported.

              Walter Donaldson v. Albert Brown (semi-final)

              29 March [51032]
              No frame scores found. 8-4
              30 March [51033]
              No frame scores found. 16-8
              31 March-2 April
              not reported
              3 April [51037]
              No frame scores found. 41-30

              Fred Davis v. Clark McConachy (semi-final)

              5-9 April
              not reported
              10 April [51033]
              No frame scores found. 43-28

              Fred Davis v. Walter Donaldson (final)

              19 April [51050]
              No frame scores found. 7-5
              20 April [51051]
              No frame scores found. 14-10
              21 April [51052]
              No frame scores found. 21-15
              22 April [51053]
              No frame scores found. 29-19
              23 April [51054]
              No frame scores found. 37-23
              24 April [51055]
              No frame scores found. 45-27
              26 April [51056]
              No frame scores found. 49-35
              27 April [51057]
              No frame scores found. 55-41
              28 April [51058]
              No frame scores found. 61-47
              29 April [51059]
              No frame scores found. 70-50
              30 April [51060]
              Frame 121: 51-85.
              Frame 122: 55-48.
              Frame 123: 20-77.
              Frame 124: 52-44.
              Frame 125: 93-14. Davis thus achieved a winning lead at 73-52.
              Remainder: not reported.
              1 May [51061]
              No frame scores found. 84-61

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              • #37
                1949

                No information has been traced for matches not shown below.

                For the following matches, The Times merely reports the result and the score (the date given is that of the relevant edition):

                Qualifying rounds:

                Conrad Stanbury v. H.F. Francis 14 February [51305]
                Conrad Stanbury v. Herbert Holt 21 February [51311] (report states that Stanbury won ‘an exciting last game’ 80-43 – thus it can be assumed the score was 17-17 with one to play.)

                Competition proper:

                Walter Donaldson v. Conrad Stanbury 28 February [51317]
                Sidney Smith v. Alec Brown 7 March [51323]
                Fred Davis v. Kingsley Kennerley 14 March [51329]
                John Pulman v. Albert Brown 21 March [51335]
                Walter Donaldson v. John Pulman (semi-final) 2 April [51346] (this, reporting on Friday 1 April’s play, confirms that by winning the first frame of the day, Pulman thus achieved a winning lead at 36-13.)
                Fred Davis v. Sidney Smith (semi-final) 9 April [51352] (this, reporting on Friday 8 April’s play, confirms that, during the day, Davis achieved a winning lead at 36-18.)


                Fred Davis v. Walter Donaldson (final)

                25 April [51365]
                No frame scores found. 5-7
                26 April [51366]
                No frame scores found. 11-13
                27 April [51367]
                No frame scores found. 18-18
                28 April [51368]
                No frame scores found. 23-25
                29 April [51369]
                No frame scores found. 26-34
                30 April [51370]
                No frame scores found. Davis made a 102 in frame 61. 33-39
                2 May [51371]
                No frame scores found. 39-45
                3 May [51372]
                No frame scores found. 49-47
                4 May [51373]
                No frame scores found. 56-52
                5 May [51374]
                No frame scores found. 63-57
                6 May [51375]
                No frame scores found. Davis ‘achieved a winning lead of 73-59’; as this was the result at the end of the day’s play, one cannot be certain that the winning lead did not come earlier; however this is the likely point at which he achieved it.
                7 May [51376]
                No frame scores found. 80-65

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                • #38
                  1950

                  An article on 15 September 1949 [51487] confirmed the result of the draw, and one on 5 November [51531] confirmed the dates: quarter-finals: Brown v. Pulman at Bradford, December 12-17; Chenier v. Mans at Scüñthorpe, January 2-7; Donaldson v. qualifier at Bolton, January 9-14; Davis v. Brown at Accrington, January 16-21; semi-finals at Oldham and Newcastle, February 6-11; final at Tower Circus, Blackpool, March 10-18. At this time, the qualifiers were underway at Battersea.

                  No information has been traced for matches not shown below.

                  For the following matches, The Times merely reports the result and the score (the date given is that of the relevant edition):

                  Albert Brown v. John Pulman 19 December 1949 [51568]
                  George Chenier v. Peter Mans 9 January [51584] (report states that Mans fought back by winning the all six on the final afternoon to trail by only two frames (presumably thus 26-34 to 32-34) but Chenier won the first two in the evening for a winning lead (thus 36-32) with the final score being 37-34.)
                  Walter Donaldson v. Kingsley Kennerley 16 January [51590]
                  Fred Davis v. Alec Brown 23 January [51596]

                  Fred Davis v. George Chenier (semi-final)

                  At Oldham
                  6 February [51609]
                  No frame scores found. 8-4
                  7 February [51610]
                  No frame scores found. 16-8
                  8 February [51611]
                  No frame scores found. 22-14
                  9 February [51612]
                  No frame scores found. 28-20
                  10 February [51613]
                  No frame scores found. 36-24. Davis thus achieved a winning lead between 36-20 and 36-24.
                  11 February [51614]
                  No frame scores found. 44-27

                  Walter Donaldson v. Albert Brown (semi-final)

                  At Newcastle
                  6 February [51609]
                  No frame scores found. 7-5
                  7 February [51610]
                  No frame scores found. 12-12
                  8 February [51611]
                  No frame scores found. 18-18
                  9 February [51612]
                  No frame scores found. 22-26
                  10 February [51613]
                  No frame scores found. 29-31
                  11 February [51614]
                  No frame scores found. 37-34

                  Walter Donalsdon v. Fred Davis (final)

                  10 March
                  not reported
                  11 March [51638]
                  No frame scores found. 10-14
                  13-17 March
                  not reported
                  18 March [51644]
                  No frame scores found. 51-46

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                  • #39
                    A question more

                    Really nice work I´ve looked for this time ago

                    But I wanna know about these period:

                    Last PreCrucible 1973-1976

                    And the three first years in Crucible 1977-1979


                    Since World Championship final is just best-of-35 I´ve had some information, maybe as not deep as you wrote in first years but enough

                    Thanks

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                    • #40
                      Click the black Stats button at the top of the page and navigate through to Crucible, and you'll find complete frame and session scores for every match.

                      I hope eventually to get to the pre-Crucible years but it will be a big job. I hope to have some time in the summer of 2010 to do this!

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                      • #41
                        Really nice!

                        Years between 1977-1979 (three first years in Crucible, pre best-of-35 final, I had no so much.)

                        This information must be in Wikipedia.

                        It´s curious these three years in the format:

                        -1977 and 1978 there are best-of-49 frames final, but first is in 8 sessions, and second in 6. And it´s strange to see best-of-35 in other match than the final :P

                        -There are third place playoff, that dissappears.

                        Until 1980 the world championship changes the format often


                        It´s so interesting your work. I´m interested in this time ago, but just I´ve found deep 1980 until now, not before.

                        And I asked for you another information, the 1973-1976 wc, or where I get information about it

                        Thanks again!

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                        • #42
                          Thanks Statman! Amazing information!
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                          • #43
                            The Championship saw various formats from when the first match began in 1926 until it got properly established at the Crucible. It is fair to say however, that the format has generally, remained unchanged since 1982 when 32 players went to Sheffield for the first time.

                            It wasn't until 1973 that the event was first held under one roof over a concentrated duration. This was at the City Hall Manchester, when the final stages were completed there in a fortnight. BBC television camera's were also present for the first time, albeit only for the middle and final Saturday's. The other memorable incident which occured at City Hall was when rain leaked in through the roof and 'plopped' onto Fred Davis' spectacles! His quarter final against Alex Higgins had to be abandoned while the leak was repaired.

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                            • #44
                              http://www.thesnookerforum.com/board...?t=7549&page=3

                              Whoever said the standard was poor back in the old days should collate the breaks made in the 1937 World Final (post 22 of this thread, above). When one considers that this all took place on the famous match table of Thurston's Hall, Leicester Square, the same table on which Walter Lindrum had made his world record billiard break of 4,137 (against Joe Davis) just a few years previously.

                              Messrs Davis and Lindrum certainly put on a show in the snooker final that year, as they had in 1936!

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                              • #45
                                1937 World Final

                                Joe Davis 32 Horace Lindrum 29
                                Davis breaks:
                                38,50,53,44,41,33,32,51,41,103,66,38,48,34,32,45,4 1,37,34,46,33,30,47,30,32,93,40,62.
                                Lindrum breaks:
                                81,75,30,70,56,73,55,80,32,56,31,46,47,93,58,36,47 ,56,32,30,33,37,33,43,58,53,38.

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