News of the World Championship

News of the World Championship

Tournament status
Ranking tournament:	-
Minor ranking tournament:	-
Invitation tournament:	1950-1959
Tournament dates of the last edition
Venue:	Leicester Square Hall , London
Prize money (total):	₤ 1,500
Prize money (winner):	?
Frames in the final:	Best of?
Records
Most wins:	Joe Davis  (3 ×)
Highest Break:	146 Joe Davis 1955
Venue (s) on the map
London

The News of the World Championship was a premium snooker tournament that was played from 1950–1959. Compared to the World Snooker Championship , it was seen as the more important tournament. It gained this status mainly through the participation of Joe Davis , who had not participated in the World Cup since 1947.

history

The premier post-war snooker tournament, sponsored by Sunday newspaper News of the World , with £ 1,500 in prize money. The first and permanent venue until it was dissolved in 1959 was Leicester Square Hall in London .

The tournament was played in the so-called round robin or round- robin format. A handicap system was used in all tournaments , in which all participants were given a 20-point lead per frame over the outstanding player Joe Davis . This measure had an effect, which is why other players were able to achieve one or more victories. Davis was still the most successful player in this tournament with three wins.

There were also an unusually large number of high breaks during this period . Four breaks with 140 or more points were played. The new record of 146 points, however, was played again in 1955 by Joe Davis.

In 1959, when the tournament was last played, the game was played in the Snooker Plus format. Joe Davis had presented the game he had further developed on October 26th of that year in Burroughes Hall in London.

winner

year	venue	winner	Second	Main sponsor	season
1950	London Leicester Square Hall	Joe Davis	Sidney Smith	News of the World	n / A
1951		Alec Brown	John Pulman		n / A
1952		Sidney Smith	Albert Brown		n / A
1953		Joe Davis	Jackie Rea		n / A
1954		John Pulman	Joe Davis		n / A
1955		Jackie Rea	Joe Davis		n / A
1956		Joe Davis	Fred Davis		n / A
1957		John Pulman	Fred Davis		n / A
1958		Fred Davis	John Pulman		n / A
1959		Fred Davis	Joe Davis		n / A

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} News of the World Championship ( Memento from February 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Retrieved April 17, 2012
2. ↑ Snooker Plus newspaper article in The Glasgow Herald, October 27, 1959. Retrieved April 17, 2012