World Snooker Championship 1948

World Snooker Championship 1948
Tournament dates
Tournament format:	Knockout
Playing time:	1947/48
Association:	BACC
Tournament details
Attendees:	15th
Defending champion:	Walter Donaldson
Winner:	Fred Davis
2nd finalist:	Walter Donaldson
Final venue:	Leicester Square Hall , London , England
Prize money:	-
Frames in the final:	Best of 145
Records
Highest Break:	109 ( Fred Davis )
← 1947	1949 →

The 1948 World Snooker Championship was a tournament that was played in Leicester Square Hall in London , England .

In the final, the Scot Walter Donaldson and the Englishman Fred Davis faced each other again. Unlike last year, Davis was able to win the first of eight world titles with a win of 84:61.

The highest break, with 109 points, was also achieved by Davis.

Main round

	Quarterfinals Best of 71 frames				Semi-final best of 71 frames				Final Best of 145 frames
	Walter Donaldson	46
	Kinsley Kennerley	25th
					Walter Donaldson	40
					Albert Brown	31
	Sidney Smith	35
	Albert Brown	36
									Walter Donaldson	61
									Fred Davis	84
	Fred Davis	43
	Alec Brown	28
					Fred Davis	43
					Clark McConachy	28
	Clark McConachy	42
	John Pulman	29

qualification

	Round 1 Best of 35 frames				Round 2 Best of 35 frames				Round 3 Best of 35 frames
	John Pulman	kl * 1
	Sydney Lee	-
					John Pulman	19th
					Conrad Stanbury	16
	Conrad Stanbury	26th
	Eric Newman	9
									John Pulman	18th
									Willie Leigh	17th
	HF Francis	16
	John Barrie	19th
					John Barrie	14th
					Willie Leigh	21st
	Willie Leigh	18th
	Herbert Holt	17th

Remarks

• * ¹ kl = won without a fight

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} World Championship 1948 ( Memento from February 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on GlobalSnooker.com. Retrieved May 25, 2012
2. ^ Chris Turner: World Professional Championship . Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on April 16, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
3. ↑ ^{a b} High Break ( Memento December 8, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) on GlobalSnookerCentre.co.uk. Retrieved May 25, 2012