Tom Carpenter
| Born | 31 August 1887 Newport, Wales |
|---|---|
| Died | Unknown |
| Sport country | England |
Tom Carpenter (born 31 August 1887, date of death unknown) was an English player of English billiards and snooker.
Biography
[edit]Carpenter was born in August 1887, to English parents,[a] at Newport, Wales, and later lived in Cardiff. He started playing English billiards at the age of seven, and made a century break at the age of ten.[1]
He won the Welsh professional billiards title in 1913, beating Arthur Llewellin by 4,084 points in a match of 9,000-up. Llewellin had held the title for 22 years.[2] Carpenter held the title until 1939, when he resigned it. In his 26-year reign as champion, he went 23 years without challenge.[3][4]
Carpenter reached the semi-final of the inaugural professional World Snooker Championship in 1927.[5] He also reached the 1928 World billiards championship semi-final.[5]
In January 1922 at Cardiff, Carpenter played Joe Davis in a 7,000-up game of billiards. The game ended on 21 January 1922 and Tom lost by a single point.[1][6]
He coached Thelma Carpenter (no relation), who won multiple billiards titles.[7]
Note
[edit]- ^ Riso Levi (1931) states that Carpenter was English, as his parents were. Other sources state that Carpenter was Welsh and the 1891 and 1901 censuses notes that his mother was a native of Rogerstone. The text of his book seems to imply that Levi had the mistaken belief that Monmouthshire was not part of Wales
References
[edit]- ^ a b Riso Levi (9 January 2013) [1931.]. Billiards in the Twentieth Century. Read Books Limited. pp. 43–. ISBN 978-1-4474-8668-8.
- ^ "New Welsh billiards champion". Pall Mall Gazette. 27 January 1913. p. 15 – via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ "(Untitled article)". Western Mail. 17 February 1939. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ "Billiards: new Welsh champion". Western Mail. 19 May 1947. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ a b Turner, Chris (31 August 2009). "On this week". eurosport.com. Eurosport. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ^ "Billiards". Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Monday 23 January 1922, p.6 - via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 02 April 2021.
- ^ "Billiards: Women's Amateur Championship". Gloucester Citizen. 3 February 1931. p. 12 – via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 6 December 2019.