1937 World Snooker Championship

1937 World Snooker Championship
Tournament dates
Tournament format:	Knockout
Playing time:	1936/37
Association:	BACC
Tournament details
Attendees:	12
Defending champion:	Joe Davis
Winner:	Joe Davis
2nd finalist:	Horace Lindrum
Final venue:	Thurston's Hall , London , England
Prize money:	-
Frames in the final:	Best of 61
Records
Highest Break:	103 ( Joe Davis )
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The 1937 World Snooker Championship was a tournament that was held for the fifth time at Thurston's Hall in London , England . This was to remain the venue until the war-related break from 1941.

As in the previous year, Joe Davis and Horace Lindrum contested the final, which the Englishman won 32:29 and thus brought home his eleventh title in a row. It was the first tournament entry of Joe's younger brother Fred , who later became the eight-time winner of the tournament. For the first time in 10 years a Welshman ( William Withers ) took part in the tournament. Withers was able to beat Fred Davis in the first round, but then lost in the quarter-finals against series winner Joe Davis by 1:30.

Main round

Round of 16 Best of 31 frames

Quarterfinals Best of 31 frames

Semi-final best of 31 frames

Final Best of 61 frames

Joe Davis

30th

William Withers

1

Fred Davis

14th

William Withers

17th

Joe Davis

18th

Sidney Smith

13

Sidney Smith

18th

Alec Brown

13

Joe Davis

32

Horace Lindrum

29

Horace Lindrum

20th

Sydney Lee

11

Horace Lindrum

20th

Willie Smith

11

Willie Smith

16

Tom Newman

15th

Individual evidence

1. ^ High Break ( Memento December 8, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) on globalsnookercentre.co.uk. Retrieved April 15, 2012
2. ^ Chris Turner: World Professional Championship . Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on April 16, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
3. ^ World Championship 1937 ( Memento from December 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) on Global Snooker. Queryed on May 9, 2012