1930 World Snooker Championship

1930 World Snooker Championship
Tournament dates
Tournament format:	Knockout
Playing time:	1929/30
Association:	BACC
Tournament details
Attendees:	6th
Defending champion:	Joe Davis
Winner:	Joe Davis
2nd finalist:	Tom Dennis
Final venue:	Thurston's Hall , London , England
Prize money:	-
Frames in the final:	Best of 49
Records
Highest Break:	79 ( Joe Davis )
← 1929	1931 →

As in previous years, the 1930 World Snooker Championship was held at various venues. The final took place for the first time at Thurston's Hall , London , England .

Defending champion and winner of the tournament for the fourth time was Joe Davis . There was a new edition of the final of 1929 in which Tom Dennis could not win against Davis this time either.

Joe Davis was able to improve his record from the previous year and played the highest break of 79 points.

Main round

	Round 1 best of 25 frames				Semi-final best of 25 frames				Final Best of 49 frames
					Joe Davis	13
					Fred Lawrence	2
	Fred Lawrence	13
	Alec man	11
									Joe Davis	25th
									Tom Dennis	12
					Tom Dennis	13
					Nat Butler	11
	Tom Newman	11
	Nat Butler	13

Highest breaks

Joe Davis 79, 70, 58, 58, 56

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} World Championship Breaks Board 1927-1931 ( Memento from May 17, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Archive on Global Snooker. Retrieved April 4, 2012
2. ↑ World Championship 1930 ( Memento from February 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on Global Snooker. Retrieved April 5, 2012