Announcement

**The Statman** · 21 September 2006, 10:02 PM

Also, on 15 January 1927 a small article appeared in The Times stating that a decision had been made by the BACC to the effect that a player, in a touching ball situation (cue-ball and a ball on), will not be deemed to have made an intentional miss if he plays away from it.

I presume, therefore, that the 'play away' requirement was in existence beforehand, but you still had to hit another ball on (or the same one off a cushion) or it would be a foul.

**Cyril** · 21 September 2006, 11:07 PM

This is great stuff, The Statman! I suppose, now you have exhausted Crucible records, a complete Championship history is the only way to proceed.

Good luck!

C

**Obligation** · 22 September 2006, 04:10 PM

Wow Statman!

This is excellent!

**hegeland** · 22 September 2006, 05:00 PM

I never cease to be amazed by your dedication to the sport and the stats, Chris!

**100-uper** · 22 September 2006, 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by The Statman

Also, on 15 January 1927 a small article appeared in The Times stating that a decision had been made by the BACC to the effect that a player, in a touching ball situation (cue-ball and a ball on), will not be deemed to have made an intentional miss if he plays away from it.

I presume, therefore, that the 'play away' requirement was in existence beforehand, but you still had to hit another ball on (or the same one off a cushion) or it would be a foul.

I think this was just a clarification of the rule concerning a deliberate miss which was introduced in February 1926 and stated that "An intentional miss shall not be made," adding that "The player shall, to the best of his ability, endeavour to strike a ball that is on."

I can imagine that this was seen to conflict with Rule 11, which dealt with the touching cue ball, and stated (from at least 1922), and I quote, "that if the cue ball is touching a ball that is "on," the striker must play away from the touching ball without moving the latter, or he must be held to have pushed. The striker thus playing away from a touching ball that he is "on" shall incur no penalty for a miss or for striking another ball, but he may lawfully pocket any other ball that is "on."

This is essentially the same rule as applied today. There was a time under the previous Billiard Association rules where you were required to move the object ball when touching. But that is going back a bit.

**The Statman** · 24 September 2006, 12:37 PM

1928

I have found only four references to the 1928 Championship in The Times:

17 November 1927 (44741) notifying that the draw had been made;
30 December 1927 (44778) saying that Newman yesterday beat Smith 12-6
29 February 1918 (44829) saying that Newman and Dennis would be playing their match on March 29, 30 and 31
17 May 1928 (44896) saying that Joe Davis last night only the first frame was necessary for Joe Davis to get the frame he needed to beat Fred Lawrence 16-13 and retain the title.

**The Statman** · 24 September 2006, 12:44 PM

1929

The following reports appear:

Fred Lawrence v. Alec Mann

January 21 (45107)
Lawrence leads 5-3
January 22 (45108)
Lawrence leads 10-6
January 23 (45109)
Lawrence wins 13-12 (this gives no indication of when the winning lead was achieved)

Joe Davis v. Fred Lawrence (semi-final)

January 27 (45112)
9-7 at start; 63-38, 101-17, 25-82, 28-69, 11-9; 91-34, 45-69, 60-16, Davis wins 13-10

Joe Davis v. Ton Dennis (final)

4 March (45143)
Best of 33 final begins, Davis leads 6-2 at end of day
5 March (45144)
2-2 in afternoon and in the evening, so Davis leads 10-6
6 March
nothing found; 14-10
7 March (45146)
2-2 in afternoon, Davis thus leads 16-12
Davis wins first evening frame to achieve winning lead at 17-12; match ends 19-14

**The Statman** · 24 September 2006, 01:20 PM

1930

The following pre-match articles appeared in the following editions of the Times:

8 October 1929 (45328)
The closing date for entries will be 30 November and not 15 October as previously advised
3 December 1929 (45376)
List of those who had entered
17 January 1930 (45413)
Result of the draw
13 March (45460)
Newman and Butler will play their match on 17, 18 and 19 March

Frame scores found:

Butler v. Newman

17 March (45464)
79-26, 80-49, 78-19, 32-72, 2-2 (highest breaks Butler 41, Newman 44)
no evening scores found, 3-5
18 March (45465)
62-38, 37-64, 13-85 (40 break), 61-27, 5-7
no evening scores, 5-11
19 March (45466)
54-36, 75-44, 60-52, 77-42, 9-11
it appears there was no evening session; match was completed on 20 March
20 March (45467)
70-55, 83-52, 68-8, 87-35, 13-11

This was one hell of a comeback by Butler, winning 8 in a row from 5-11 to win 13-11.

Joe Davis v. Lawrence

25 April (45496)
Davis started the day leading 12-0; Lawrence won the first two and Davis the third to win 13-2

Davis v. Dennis (final)

May 19
no scores found, 6-2
May 20 (45518)
76-26, 68-37, 56-48, 104-19 (Davis made Chanpionship record break of 79),
10-2
evening 58-75, 83-29, 84-36, 32-73, 12-4
May 21
no scores found, 17-7
May 22 (45520)
12-84, 65-49, 85-24, 27-80, 19-9, 75-27, 56-43, 41-50, 96-37, 22-10
Davis thus achieved a winning lead at 19-8

**100-uper** · 24 September 2006, 01:24 PM

1928

Originally Posted by The Statman

1928

I have found only four references to the 1928 Championship in The Times:

17 November 1927 (44741) notifying that the draw had been made;
30 December 1927 (44778) saying that Newman yesterday beat Smith 12-6
29 February 1918 (44829) saying that Newman and Dennis would be playing their match on March 29, 30 and 31
17 May 1928 (44896) saying that Joe Davis last night only the first frame was necessary for Joe Davis to get the frame he needed to beat Fred Lawrence 16-13 and retain the title.

There is more information in The Billiard Player:

Professional Snooker Championship (1928)
The entrance fee is five guineas and the stake money for each round is five guineas. Preliminary heats and semi-finals are to consist of 23 games:-Eight games first day, eight games second day, seven games third day. The final is to consist of 31 games:-Eight games first day, eight games second day, eight games third day, seven games fourth day. In order to save time and expense the preliminary heats will be played as far as possible according to geographical area. The semi-finals and final will be played at Messrs. Camkin's Hall, Corporation Street, Birmingham. There will be afternoon and evening play, which will he continued until the full number of games allotted have been completed. The referee will have power to order extra sessions if necessary failing an arrangement with the players for this purpose. The winner will be declared on the number of games won. The Billiards Association and Control Council will present a silver trophy to the winner to he held for twelve months, together with prize-money amounting to the total entry money, divided in the proportion of 60% to the winner and 40% to the runner-up. The gate receipts in all games, after deduction of expenses, will be divided equally between the winner and the loser of each game. The holder, who will meet the winner of the qualifying rounds, will retain his title until he resigns; is beaten in a match under championship conditions approved by the Billiards Association and Control Council; or refuses to defend his title against an approved challenger. Competitors must in all cases abide their own accidents, and in all cases of absence from the venue it the time appointed for play to commence, the referee will award the game to the player present and ready to play. The champion will not be called upon to defend his title more than once in each year. The referee will be approved by the Billiards Association and Control Council. All games will be played with composition balls, under the rules of snooker at present in force. Preliminary heats must be played under neutral conditions as mutually arranged and confirmed by the Control Council, and must be terminated seven days prior to the commencement of the semi-finals and final. A new clause in the conditions was that the holder of the title would meet the winner of the qualifying competition [BP1127 p.2/31] [BP1027 p.2]

For this championship seven entries including that of the holder, J. Davis, have been accepted.

Preliminary Heats
Wednesday 28th-30th December 1927 :
T. Newman (London) defeated Fred Smith (Leamington) 12-6 at the British Legion Hall, Leamington. [BP0128 p.8/30] Newman's opponent is Fred Smith, who, until two or three years ago, was one of the most loyal supporters of the Five Ways Working Men's Club, Birmingham. Since taking over the management of the Tudor Billiard Hall, in the Spa town, Smith naturally lost his amateur status, and plucked up sufficient courage to enter this important event in the hope of giving an impetus to billiards and snooker in Leamington. The British Legion headquarters have kindly undertaken the staging of the match in their club room, and I shall not be surprised to hear that the financial results are satisfactory both to Newman and Smith. The local player, I can assure Newman, is no mere novice at the game, and unless the billiard champion enters into the match whole-heartedly, he might find he is up against a rather stiffer proposition than he bargained for. [BP0128 p.15]

Monday 23rd-25th January 1928 :
A. E. Mann (Birmingham) defeated Albert Cope (Birmingham) 14-9 at Camkin's Hall, Corporation Street, Birmingham. [BP0128 p.8][BP0328 p.6]

Semi-final
Thursday 26th-28th January 1928 :
Fred Lawrence (Birmingham) defeated Mann 12-11 at Camkin's Hall, Corporation Street, Birmingham. [BP0128 p.8] [BP0328 p.6]

The heat between T. A. Dennis, of Nottingham, and T. Newman has been fixed for March 29 to 31, at Dennis' saloon, The Lounge Billiards Hall, Shakespeare Street, Nottingham. It is a little unfortunate that this cannot be decided earlier, but the champion's billiard engagements render it impossible for him to devote the necessary three days to snooker until the above-mentioned date. [BP0228 p.6]

29th-31st March 1928 :
T. Newman defeated T. A. Dennis 12-5 at Nottingham.
Newman defeated Dennis, last year's runner-up to Davis, in their snooker pool championship heat, but was unable to arrange any date for meeting Lawrence until after the billiard championship. Newman has stated that he will not participate again in the event until it is reorganized and played through without intermission, owing to the present lack of interest on the part of the public. [BP0528 p.30/22]

Final Qualification Round
Monday 7th-9th May 1928 :
Lawrence defeated Newman 12-7 at Camkin's Hall, Birmingham.
Lawrence objected that the delay in making the match would make it too late in the season to attract public interest and asked the BA&CC to postpone the event until the start of the following season [BP0528 p.12/22/27]

Immediately following his defeat in the Professional Billiards Championship, Newman experienced another in the Professional Championship of Snooker, the final heat in the qualifying round of which was played at Messrs. Camkin's Hall, Birmingham, from May 7 to 9. This heat resulted in a victory for Lawrence by twelve games to seven. [BP0628 p.3]

Newman arrived in Birmingham with a split finger, owing to an accident in London on the previous day. In fact, on the Sunday evening prior to the match commencing, Newman informed me that it would be impossible for him to appear, and he even telephoned to Birmingham to cancel the arrangements. Fortunately for all concerned the one to whom Newman telephoned was out, and therefore Newman turned up, thus again showing those good sporting qualities with which his name has always been associated. [BP0628 p.6]

Challenge Round
Monday 14th-17th May 1928
J. Davis defeated Lawrence 16-13 at Camkin's Hall, Birmingham.
Davis led Lawrence by 15 games to 13 at the end of the last afternoon's session in the Professional Snooker Championship final at Birmingham. Lawrence won three of the four games, the first at 68-41, the second at 69-38, and the fourth at 74-40. Davis took the third at 54-43. By winning the first game in the evening Davis retained the championship, his margin of victory being 16 games to 13. [BP0628 p.30]

It is surprising to record that in spite of the lateness in the season, Camkin's Hall was packed to capacity at almost every session. The crowded houses were well rewarded for their attendance by a fascinating struggle throughout, when the Birmingham man acquitted himself well. Lawrence has always been an extreme tactician at the 22-ball game, and he certainly, succeeded in keeping Davis below his usual wonderful hazard-striking form. Not once, but dozens of times during this championship Davis visited the table without a possible ball to pot. The game was won at the last session by 16 to 13, and in the two remaining games played for exhibition purposes. Mr. T. Heyman presented the Challenge Trophy and medal. [BP0628 p.26]

**The Statman** · 24 September 2006, 01:30 PM

1931

An aside...

The Times on 4 December 1930 (45687) mentions that Joe Davis beat his own record of 101 in a match against Lindrum in Leicester yesterday, making a break of 105, a new record.

Back to the championship:

The Times of 3 March 1931 (45761) reported that two entries had been received for the championship: Davis and Dennis.

I cannot find any actual report of the match, though!

**The Statman** · 24 September 2006, 02:25 PM

1932

Pre-match articles:

26 March (46091)
Result of the draw
8 April (46102)
McConachy v. Dennis will be played on April 14-16, with the weeklong final between the winner and Joe Davis will be week commencing April 25

McConachy v. Dennis

14 April (46108)
54-59, 51-54, 80-24, 57-50, 2-2
44-72, 77-41, 97-19, 50-102, 4-4
15 April (46109)
Dennis took the frames nine and ten 58-39, 55-38. McConachy led 36-1 in the third, but Dennis took the last five colours to win 61-57 and lead 4-7.McConachy led 60-46 with pink and black left and went in-off the pink; Dennis could not take advantage and McConachy won the frame 73-52. 5-7
McConachy drew level at 8-8 in the evening. Dennis had a black for a 9-7 overnight lead, but missed it and McConachy potted it.
29-79, 90-36, 78-46, 58-55, 8-8
no further scores found

Davis v. McConachy (final)

25 April (46117)
Best-of-49; 2× four frames a day (five on the final evening)
Frame 1: Davis won 93-19, scoring 18 off a McConachy safety, and furhter runs of 13, 8 and 29 to lead 73-15 on the colours. He then fouled and later cleared yellow/green and later brown-blue-pink.
Frame 2: McConachy led with runs of 12, 8 and 9; Davis's highest breaks were 8 and 12. McConachy's clever positional play and further runs of 21 and 8 left him 62-21 ahead on the colours.McC cleared yellow to pink in three visits to win 82-21.
Frame 3: Potting brilliantly, Davis took the third. McConachy acquired a small lead, then Davis made 35. McC got to 19 but did not pot another ball. Davis made a 14, McConachy fouled 4 from a snooker. Davis took last red, yellow and cleared to pink (break 23) to win 80-19.
Frame 4: Davis made an early 15, McConachy made several small visits (16 and 11 were the highest) to lead 63-22 after the reds. He gave away 4 miscuing when snookered, but took the yellow. Davis fluked green when he did not want it. Davis potted the pink, thereby losing the frame. 44-79.
2-2
Frame 5: Highest breaks were McC 35 and Davis 51; Davis went in-off the black to lose 54-66. Davis won frames 5 (breaks of 25 and 17) and 6 (break of 32), scores 70-43, 103-15. McConachy made a break of 67 in the last of the day to win 87-26 and level at 4-4 overnight.
26 April (46118)
Frame 9: Davis started with 34, McC responded with 24 and snookered Davis, who fouled the black. Davis took the last two reds with both pinks to lead 54-32 on the colours. McC took yellow and green but Davis took blue. McC attempted snookers but Davis later took pink for frame. 69-37
Frame 10 involved some clever snookering. McConachy led 32-15 (including a Davis foul 7), the black was on the edge of the top-right pocket and the green near the bottom pocket. Davis made 20; fouled to make the score 36-36. Davis then tooke last red-brown-yellow to pink (25) for the frame. 60-36
Frame 11: Davis started with 24, McConachy twice made nothing of a good chance. Later McC potted a brilliant red but missed the easy pink. McC then gave 7 away on a snooker. Davis led 46-22. McC cleverly snookered Davis, gained 4, and took the last red, brown, yellow to blue but missed the pink playing left-handed, but left a snooker. Davis failed to pot the pink in a steeplechase stroke. McC cleared pink and black to win. 46-58
Frame 12: Davis made 19 and then a 41 of six reds and five blacks. 101-36, 7-5
Evening:
Davis made 25, 19 and 26 in taking the 13th; 57 in thaking the 14th, McC won the 15th but Davis took the 16th on the black.
99-16, 98-36, 21-62, 53-46, 10-6
27 April (46119)
Frame 17: Davis made 40. McC's highest was 12. Dvis added a 20 to win the frame.
Frame 18: Davis made 34 and 14 and McC 27 and 22. Davis won on the black.
Frame 19: Davis made 20 and later 80.
McC took the 20th. 85-30, 70-58, 111-8, 33-73, 13-7
Evening: 71-46, 80-49, 23-71, 92-30, 16-8
28 April (46120)
Frame 25: McC made 39, and Davis fouled when well placed on the black. McC led by 27 on the colours; Davis took yellow to blue but McC took the pink for frame.
Frame 26: Davis opened with 21, but McC made 23 and later 39.
Frame 27: McC made good use of his chances, and led 53-31 on the colours. McC took yellow and green and luckily doubled the brown; later the last three colours.
Frame 28: Davis made 28 and 21 to win the frame.
46-65, 21-83, 31-78, 88-18, 17-11
Evening: Davis took the first three (breaks of 16, 33 and 14 in the 30th) and McConachy the last (breaks of 17 and 25, and by Davis 22). 56-44, 82-25, 58-42, 32-60, 20-12
29 April (46121)
Frame 33: Davis made 25, 15, and (with a very luicky blue) 13 to lead 59-20 on the colours.
Frame 34: Davis made a 33 of five reds and four blacks; McC made 15 twice but could not win the frame.
Frame 35: McC won with extremely clever play. "The fact that Davis missed two extremely difficult half massé shots in an endeavour to extricate himself from a difficult position added to the interest of the play." McC led 61-25 on the colours, cleared yellow to pink.
Frame 36: Davis took 12 reds in a new championship record break of 99, snookering himself on the 13th red and fouling the blue.
75-24, 79-38, 25-85, 119-8, 23-13
Evening: McC maintained interest in the match by winning all four.
Frame 37: McC made 20 and tow 15s, Davis made a 36.
Frame 38: McC made 16, 13 and 20
Frame 39: McC made 51, Davis 23.
Frame 40: McC made 46 and Davis 39; Davis went in-off the pink.
51-71, 19-63, 40-88, 62-74, 23-17
30 April (46122)
Frame 41: highest break Davis's 20; McConachy won 56-46, 23-18
Frame 42: Davis made 34 and won on the black. 60-59, 24-18
Frame 43: McC made two 17s but Davis made 31 and 23, won the frame 78-39 and achieved a winning lead at 25-18
Frame 44: 61-29, 26-18
Frame 45: McC made 25, 24 and 19 to win 2-104, 26-19
Davis won the last four: breaks 21 in the 46th, 15 and 25 in the 47th, 24 in the 48th and 17, 14 and 22 in the 49th while McC made a 40 in the 49th.
62-38, 78-32, 86-28, 65-52, 30-19

**The Statman** · 24 September 2006, 02:56 PM

1933

These are the scores I have found:

Davis v. Donaldson

29 May (46457)
78-28, 75-33, 94-30, 39-64 (Don' 37 break), 3-1
79-42, 62-44, 74(54 break)-15, 120(67,25)-16, 7-1
30 May (46458)
Newspaper confirms that Davis won 13-1, and the final will start on June 12.

Davis v. Smith (final)

It started on 12 June.

14 June (46471)
afternoon, Smith won 2-3, 12-11
evening, 3-3, 15-14
15 June (46472)
afternoon, Davis won 3-2, 18-16
evening, Davis won 4-1, 22-17
16 June (46473)
unfortunately the only reference to snooker in this issue is the horse called Snooker who ran in the 2:30 at Ascot.

**The Statman** · 24 September 2006, 03:03 PM

1934

The only article of relevance I have found is in the edition of 6 April (46721) in which it states that at the close of play yesterday Davis led Newman 22-18.

**The Statman** · 24 September 2006, 03:43 PM

1935

Article on 28 November 1934 (45923) states that closing date is 31 December, entry fee is 5 guineas (£5:25) and the stake money for each round 5 guineas also. All matches will be best-of-25 except the final, which will be best-of-49.

Smith v. Stanbury

8 April (47034)
Frame 1: 25-64. Smith had a small lead; Stanbury made 22 and led 44-21 on the colours. Stanbury got 4 from a Smith miscue, then yellow-green, then brown to pink with a "really brilliant double" on the blue.
Frame 2: 64-41. Smith led 48-1 at one stage, his highest break 19. Particularly interesting safety; Stanbury fluked the last red. He snookered Smith several times and caught back to 48-29. Both snookered each other on the yellow, and later Smith cleared to pink.
Frame 3: 60-66. was close all the way. Smith took yellow to pink to lead 60-59 and Stanbury potted the black.
Frame 4: 82-19. Smith led 47-22 on the brown and cleared to pink for the frame 62-22. 2-2
Evening: Frame 5: Smith made 16, 12, 15.
Frame 6: 73-24. Stanbury made a colour but doubled the pink; Smith replied with 31 and led 57-6 with three reds left, and 62-15 on the colours.
Frame 7: 38-67. Stanbury started with 22, gave away 7 and Smith gave away 6. Smith took last-red-yellow to trail 53-34 on the colours. Stanbury won on the pink.
Frame 8: 32-82. Stanbury led 62-24 on the colours. 4-4
9 April (47035)
Frame 9: Smith made 25, and Stanbury a 23 to lead 56-42 on the colours. Stanbury gained from a Smith foul and Smith took yellow to pink separately before Stanbury took black for frame 62-67.
Frame 10: 46-78. Stanbury made 14, 17 and 14 and led 50-40 on the colours. Smith needed two snookers on the blue.
Frame 11: 40-65. Smith made 33 and later Stanbury a 29 up to the final brown, at which point he led 34-55.
Frame 12: 73-37. Early on Stanbury gave 22 away in fouls, but played some clever shots. Played a steeplechase shot ¾ the length of the table when snookered, and made 13 and 14 to make the score close. But Smith took up to the blue. 5-7
Evening: Frame 13: 80-27. Smith led 61-13 on the colours.
Frame 14: 81-52. Smith led 59-50 on the colours.
Frame 15: 48-73.
Frame 16: 37-76. Mostly safety, this was a long frame. Stanbury made a 43 break. 7-9
10 April (47036)
Frame 17: 64-45. Stanbury made 20 and 12, Smith made 10, received foul and then made 14 to lead 42-32 on the colours. Smith won the frame with the pink.
Frame 18: 45-69. Smith gained a useful lead but Stanbury made 33 and led 54-40 on the colours. Smith took yellow and green but missed a fairly easy brown when looking good for the frame. Stanbury cleared brown to pink to win.
Frame 19: 75-24. Smith made 19, Stanbury 22, Smith added 15 and 10 and led 66-24 on the colours. Smith fluked the yellow and followed to brown.
Frame 20: Smith made 20, Stanbury made 19. Smith, assisted by a fluke, led 39-37 on the colours. Smith laid a snooker on the yellow and gained a free ball, and eventually won the frame 77-37. 10-10
Evening: Frame 21: 77-25. Stanbury left Smith an opening, from which he made 33 and Smith led 53-17 with one red left. Stanbury missed it, Smith took it followed by yellow, and Stanbury conceded.
Frame 22: 48-59. Smith led 33-3 early on, and 48-39 on the colours. Stanbury produced a brilliant clearance of yellow to pink to win the frame.
Frame 23: 40-53. Stanbury made 10 and 25, and later fluked the last red. He led 41-28 on the colours. Smith took yellow, Stanbury received a foul and took green. Smith took brown, Stanbury the blue and Smith doubled the pink when trailing 53-34. 11-12
Frame 24: 60-45.
Frame 25: 73-33. Smith led 49-36 on the colours. 13-12

Smith v. Mann

11 April (47037)
Frame 1: 75-10 with breaks of 20 and 18. 55-10 on colours.
Frame 2: 55-51. Mann made 16, 17, Smith 30. 28-51 on colours. Smith potted a pink and, after a few attempts on each side, the black for the frame.
Frame 3: 94-12. Smith made 24, 35, 12. 81-12 on colours.
Frame 4: 62-44. Mann made 18 and 12, 39-35 on colours.
Evening: Frame 5: 97-11, Smith made a 74 (four blacks, three each of blue and pink)
Frame 6: 54-47 (re-spot). Smith 21, 34-33 on colours. Mann had big fluke on blue and led by 7 on the black. Smith forced the re-spot and later potted it.
Frame 7: 67-11.
Frame 8: 53-48. Mann led by 26 on the colours, but Smith gained a foul from a snooker and also took the first five colours. Mann went in off the black to lose. 8-0
12 April (47038)
Fame 9: 51-60. Mann had made 13, 36-34 on colours. Smith tried to double blue, which was left over the pocket; Mann took it and pink to win the frame.
Frame 10: 33-46. Smith made 18;33-24 on brown. Mann made a good brown anc cleared.
Frame 11: 32-64. Mann made 16 and 15. 32-50 on colours, cleared yellow to brown for frame.
Frame 12: 71-34. Mann made 16, Smith 16 and 10. 60-27 on colours.
Evening: Frame 13: 80-8. Smith made a 56 break.
Frame 14: 52-47. 30-42 on the colours; Mann took yellow and green and Smith the remaining colours.
Frame 15: 21-86. Mann made 26 and 16.
Frame 16: 116-18. Smith made 13, 35, 27. 96-12 on colours. 12-4
13 April (47039)
Frame 17: 50-44. 35-32 on colours. Smith took yellow, Mann green, brown, blue. Smith took pink and later the black for the match. 13-4
Dead frames: Mann won three of the dead frames and Smith two.

Davis v. Newman

15 April (47040)
Frame 1: 50-55. Dvis made 22. 40-20 on colours. Davis gained a foul and took free ball and yellow to lead 50-24 on the green. Newman gained the foul from a snooker and cleared yellow to pink. Davis doubled the black but went in-off it.
Frame 2: 59-49. Newman made 36 (four pinks and a black) and led 18-49, but Davis cleared red-pink-red-black-red-blue-colours to pink, break 41, for the frame.
Frame 3: 60-21. Davis made 12 and 17 and led 45-16 on colours.
Frame 4: 52-34. Davis made 11 and 13 to lead 34-32 on colours. Newman took yellow for 34-34 and snookered Davis on green. Davis escaped, fluking the green in the process. 3-1
Evening: Frame 5: 50-74. Newman made 38 and Davis two 22s. Newman cleared last red, black and yellow to pink for 28 for the game.
Frame 6: 50-59. Davis made 24 and 12 to lead 41-4. Newman made 17; 41-36 on colours. Davis made yellow, pocketed the blue on the green to give away 5. Davis made two good pots on green and brown but Newman cleared blue to black.
Frame 7: 95-2. Davis made 17, 22 and 12 and finished with 27 (red-pink-yellow to pink).
Frame 8: 62-41. Davis made 22 and 24; Newman made 16. 47-36 on colours. Davis won on pink. 5-3
16 April (47041)
Frame 9: 98-17. Davis made 49 and 24 and led 74-0.
Frame 10: 80-27. Davis made 40 (four blacks and a pink) and 17, Newman made 17. 66-22 on colours. Newman fluked yellow when needing snookers.
Frame 11: 39-95. Newman made 46 (blue and 5 blacks) and 14, and led 35-68 on colours. Davis knocked black in off brown.
Frame 12: 22-68. Both players escaped snookers well. Newman made 21 and 15 and led 22-48 on colours. 7-5
Evening: Frame 13: 86-24. Newman made 15 and Davis two 15s and 27. 63-24 with one red left; Davis made 23, red-yellow-yellow to pink.
Frame 14: 58-50. Davis amde 11 and 14 and led 55-20 on the green. Newman twice laid successful snookers but Davis thinly cut the green. Newman, trailing by 28, snookered Davis on the brown and Davis made a length of the table swerve. Newman took the brown to trail by 24 and Davis hit the blue, knocking it off the table. Newman forgot he still needed a snooker and lost the frame by potting blue and pink.
Frame 15: 67-59. Davis made 18, Newman 40 (four blacks and a pink). 42-53 on colours. Newman potted yellow and gained a foul to lead by 17, but was unfortunate to leave Davis the green. Davis cleared to black.
Frame 16: 50-55. Newman led 30-38 on colours. Davis snookered Newman on yellow and green, each time successfully. Davis potted yellow and green; Newman the brown; Davis thinly cut the blue and Newman took the remaining two balls. 10-6
17 April (47042)
Frame 17: 84-37. A cluster of reds was near one top corner pocket, and going was slow. Newman made 14 and 8, and 6 from Davis pocketing the pink. At 9-28 Davis made 30 and later 22.
Frame 18: 54-41. Newman made 12 and 22, Davis 19. 29-39 on colours. Davis took green to pink but Newman left him the black.
Frame 19: 80-72. Davis made 48 (six blacks), Newman responded with 36 (2 blacks, pink, blue). Newman took yellow and gained a foul, Davis took green and brown. Davis went in-off in potting the blue; Davis later did pot it and Newman successfully snookered Davis on the pink to trail 73-66. Newman took pink but missed a difficult black, which Davis potted to achieve a winning lead of 13-6.
Frame 20: Newman made 69 and won the frame 36-83. 13-7
Frames 21-25: Newman won three of the five, but Davis made a break of 110, the first ever century in the World Championship, to win frame 24 (135-0)

Davis v. Smith (final)

22 April (47045)
Frame 1: 56-52. Davis made 14. Smith then "made a remarkable swerve stroke nearly the length of the table, and potted a red when the cue-ball travelled up the table a second time" to start a 20. 29-48 on colours. Davis took yellow to blue, and later pink and black.
Frame 2: 65-41. Davis made 25 to trail by 1, 40-41 with one red left. Davis took red-brown-yellow-green; later brown and blue; later pink.
Frame 3: 95-9. Davis made 45 (three blacks, two pinks, blue). Smith gained an unlucky kiss to go in-off a red. 75-9 on colours.
Frame 4: 66-37. Davis made 28; Smith 21. 38-37 with one red left. Davis took red-black-yellow to brown; later blue and pink. 4-0
Evening: Frame 5: 44-68. Smith made 26 and led 41-51 on the yellow. Smith took yellow, Davis green, and Smith the brown before doubling the blue and taking pink for frame.
Frame 6: 62-48. Both players missed a chance, Smith letting Davis in for 38, then 16. 62-20 on colours. Smith laid a snooker, took yellow and green, gained a foul, took free ball. Davis left the brown over a pocket and Smith doubled a blue when playing for the snooker he needed.
Frame 7: 65-27. Davis made 22. 49-26 with one red left. Smith took last red but missed black. Davis won on pink.
Frame 8: Smith led 49-26 on colours. Davis took yellow to blue but Smith won frame on pink. 6-2
23 April (47046)
Frame 9: 26-88. Smith, with highest break of 18, led 22-68 on colours..
Frame 10: 109-9. Davis made 25, 22, 41 (five blacks) to lead 93-5 on colours.
Frame 11: 26-77. Smith made 16 and 29 in leading 26-68 on the colours.
Frame 12: 84-1. Davis made 16, 18 and 18. 8-4
Frame 13: 53-27. 37-25 on colours; Smith made yellow, Davis green to blue for frame.
Frame 14: 51-64. Smith made 16 twice, Davis 22 and 16.49-46 on colours. Davis made yellow but was unlucky that a kiss left the green over the middle pocket – Smith cleared to pink for frame.
Frame 15: 35-85. Smith made 45 early on and led 32-64 on colours.
Frame 16: 27-76. Smaith made 16, 13 and 23 to lead 27-64 on colours. 9-7
24 April (47047)
Frame 17: 88-15. Smith made 14, Davis gained a foul and made 27 and 20.Davis cleared last two reds to pink for 36 and frame.
Frame 18: 72-44. Davis made 30 and 24 and led 61-35 on colours. Davis took yellow, Smith played for snookers but eventually left Davis the brown.
Frame 19: 70-42. Davis made 22, Smith 14 and 12. 42-42 on last red. Davis cleared to pink in several visits for frame.
Frame 20: 60-46. Davis led 43-36 on colours. Smith trailed by 7 on the black, but went in-off. 13-7
Evening: Frame 21: 48-76. Davis made 15, Smith 32. 31-51 on colours.
Frame 22: 69-45. Davis made 42 to lead 42-21 with four reds left. Smith took the lead in making a 24, but Davis took the last red and sealed the frame on the pink.
Frame 23: 30-67. Smith led 25-43 on colours. Clever defensive play.
Frame 24: 43-56. Davis made 24. 41-38 on colours; Davis potted yellow but Smith won the frame. 14-10
25 April (47048)
Frame 25: 35-69. Smith made many good snookers, and gained 16 in fouls from the colours. Davis pocketed pink with the blue.
Frame 26: 62-45. Smith made 15, 12, 18 to lead 14-45. Davis then made 16, 13, 18 to win on the pink.
Frame 27: 104-11. Davis made 35, 15 and 15, and 20 to final pink.
Frame 28: 26-93. Smith made 27 (unluckily kissing in-off the black) and 38. 22-68 on colours. 16-12
Evening: Frame 29: 71-34. Davis made 37. 55-28 on colours.
Frame 30: 58-63. Davis made 37 again. Davis went in-off final black.
Frame 31: 50-54. 36-41 on colours.
Frame 32: 81-29. 18-14
26 April (47049)
Frame 33: 20-77.
Frame 34: 35-83. Smith made 15; later fluked a red and missed the green altogether in trying to roll up to it. Davis had a free ball and snookered behind pink; Smith failed to escape. Smith made 15 from a fluke (he missed red but it kissed in off cue-ball) to lead 20-63 with two reds left.
Davis potted red but in potting black the cue-ball went round the table and in the middle pocket.
Frame 35: 35-76. Smith made 21 and 17 and led 27-60 on colours.
Frame 36: no score given. The reds were surrounding the black on the edge of the corner pocket. Smith eventually knocked it in; Davis made 22. Davis made brown to lead by 2; Smith the blue; Davis pink and black. 19-17
Evening: Frame 37: 80-33.
Frame 38: 100-28. Davis mad a break of 92.
Frame 39: 44-53. On black.
Frame 40: 76-18. 22-18
27 April (47050)
Frame 41: 52-62. Davis made 39 and Smith cleared 35 last red to black.
Frame 42: 64-51. On black.
Frame 43: 101-24. Davis made a break of 75.
Frame 44: 28-89. 24-20
Evening: Frame 45: 58-39. Thus Davis achieved a winning lead at 25-20.
Dead frames: Davis won three and Smith one, so the final score was 28-21.

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