1927 World Snooker Championship
The 1927 World Snooker Championship snooker tournament was held at various venues throughout the season, with the final taking place at the Camkin's Hall in Birmingham, England.[1][2] This was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was organised by the Joe Davis and Bill Camkin.[1] The highest break of the tournament was 60, made by Albert Cope.[3]
Davis won the title, by defeating Tom Dennis 20–11 in the final, and went on to dominate the event until after the Second World War.
[edit] Prize money
The entry fee was five guineas per player with a five guineas sidestake.[4] The entry fees were split between the prize fund and the Billiards Association and Control Council (BACC) who used their part of the fees towards to purchase the trophy which cost £19.
Joe Davis, the eventual champion, won the £6.10 shillings.[5]
[edit] Main draw
| Round 1 Best of 15 frames |
Quarter-finals Best of 15 frames |
Semi-finals Best of 23 frames |
Final Best of 31 frames |
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Tom Dennis | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
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Fred Lawrence | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
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Tom Dennis | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
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Tom Carpenter | 8 | |
Tom Carpenter | 10 | |||||||||||||
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Nat Butler | 3 | |
Tom Carpenter | 8 | |||||||||||||
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Melbourne Inman | 8 | |
Melbourne Inman | 3 | |||||||||||||
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Tom Newman | 5 | |
Tom Dennis | 11 | |||||||||||||
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Joe Davis | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
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Albert Cope | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
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Alec Mann | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
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Albert Cope | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
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Joe Davis | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
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Joe Brady | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
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Joe Davis | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
[edit] References
- ^ a b Turner, Chris. "World Professional Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/world.html. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ^ "1927 World Professional Championship". globalsnookercentre.co.uk. Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 10 October 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20041010103752/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/27world.htm. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ "1931 World Professional Championship". globalsnookercentre.co.uk. Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 17 May 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060517050555/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/31world.htm. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ Everton, Clive (1981). Guinness Book of Snooker. London: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-230-2.
- ^ a b "1927 World Championship". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-archive-world-championship-1927.asp. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
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