1954 World Snooker Championship

1954 World Snooker Championship
Tournament dates
Tournament format:	knockout
Playing time:	1953/54
Association:	PMC
Tournament details
Attendees:	5
Defending champion:	Fred Davis
Winner:	Fred Davis
2nd finalist:	Walter Donaldson
Final venue:	Houldsworth Hall, Manchester , England
Prize money:
Frames in the final:	Best of 89
Records
Highest Break:	109 ( Fred Davis )
← 1953	1955 →

The 1954 World Snooker Championship was the third edition of the Professional Matchplay Championship . It took place at Houldsworth Hall in Manchester . With a 45:26 win in the final against the Scot Walter Donaldson , the Englishman Fred Davis became world champion for the third time in a row and thus won his sixth world title.

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Fred Davis

bye

Fred Davis

32

John Pulman

29

John Pulman

31

Jackie Rea

30th

Fred Davis

45

Walter Donaldson

26th

Walter Donaldson

bye

Walter Donaldson

36

Alec Brown

25th

Alec Brown

bye

Individual evidence

1. ^ Chris Turner: World Professional Championship. In: cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on April 16, 2013 ; accessed on May 4, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Davis retains snooker title. In: trove.nla.gov.au. The Argus, March 8, 1954, accessed May 4, 2015 . 
3. ↑ 2004 Embassy World Championship. In: globalsnookercentre.co.uk. Global Snooker Center, archived from the original on December 8, 2004 ; accessed on May 4, 2015 . 
4. ^ World Championship 1954. In: globalsnookercentre.co.uk. Global Snooker Center, archived from the original on February 22, 2012 ; accessed on May 4, 2015 . 
5. ^ Embassy World Championship. In: snookerscene.co.uk. Snooker Scene, archived from the original on January 24, 2013 ; accessed on May 4, 2015 .