1950 World Snooker Championship

1950 World Snooker Championship
Tournament dates
Tournament format:	Knockout
Playing time:	1949/50
Association:	BACC
Tournament details
Attendees:	15th
Defending champion:	Fred Davis
Winner:	Walter Donaldson
2nd finalist:	Fred Davis
Final venue:	Tower Circus , Blackpool ,England
Prize money:	-
Frames in the final:	Best of 97
Records
Highest Break:	140 ( Fred Davis )
← 1949	1951 →

The 1950 World Snooker Championship was a tournament that, for the first time, was held at Tower Circus in Blackpool , England .

For the fourth time in a row, the Scots Walter Donaldson and the Englishman Fred Davis faced each other in the final . This time Donaldson was able to secure his second and last world title with a 51:46 victory. In a direct comparison between the two players, it was 2: 2. After 145 frames had been played in the final in the previous years, this high number (only exceeded at the 1952 World Cup with 146 frames) was reduced to 97.

Davis achieved the highest break with 140 points.

For the first time ever in the history of the World Cup, a player from the African continent took part in the South African Peter Mans . He was eliminated in the first round match against the Canadian George Chenier , also a World Cup novice, with 34:37. It is not known why Chenier, in contrast to his compatriot Conrad Stanbury (multiple World Cup participant), was allowed to skip the qualification and take part in the main round.

The Welshman William Withers , who participated for the second time since 1937, was eliminated in the qualification against the now 64-year-old two-time World Cup finalist and two-time English Billiards World Champion Willie Smith with a clear 28: 7.

Main round

	Quarterfinals Best of 71 frames				Semi-final best of 71 frames				Final Best of 97 frames
	Fred Davis	44
	Alec Brown	27
					Fred Davis	43
					George Chenier	28
	George Chenier	37
	Peter Mans	34
									Fred Davis	46
									Walter Donaldson	51
	Walter Donaldson	42
	Kingsley Kennerley	29
					Walter Donaldson	37
					Albert Brown	34
	John Pulman	34
	Albert Brown	37

qualification

	Round 1 Best of 35 frames				Round 2 Best of 35 frames				Round 3 Best of 35 frames
	Sydney Lee	20th
	Conrad Stanbury	15th
					Sydney Lee	16
					Herbert Holt * 1	8th
	Herbert Holt	26th
	HW Laws	9
									Sydney Lee	14th
									Kingsley Kennerley	21st
	Willie Smith	28
	William Withers	7th
					Willie Smith	13
					Kingsley Kennerley	22nd
	John Barrie	14th
	Kingsley Kennerley	21st

Remarks

• * ¹ Herbert Holt retired early due to illness.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} World Championship 1950 ( 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} Break ( Memento of December 8, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) on GlobalSnookerCentre.co.uk. Retrieved May 25, 2012