Joe Davis
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Joseph Davis was an English professional snooker and billiards player. He was the dominant figure in snooker from the 1920s to the 1950s, and has been credited with inventing aspects of the way the ga
Claude Falkiner c. 1915
Tom Newman (pictured in 1930) played Davis for the professional (World English Billiards) Championship each year from 1926 to 1930.
Walter Lindrum (pictured in 1934, playing a shot) defeated Davis twice for the World English Billiards Championship.
Davis playing in an exhibition match (with angled mirror behind), c. 1940
Snooker
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Snooker is a cue sport played on a rectangular billiards table covered with a green cloth called baize, with six pockets: one at each corner and one in the middle of each long side. First played by Br
Joe Davis
…Joseph Davis (15 April 1901 – 10 July 1978) was an English professional snooker and billiards player. He was the dominant figure in snooker from the 1920s to the 1950s, and has been credited with inventing aspects of the way the…
Four-time world champion Mark Selby playing at a practice table during the 2012 Masters tournament
A full-size snooker table set up for a game
A sliding scoreboard, some blocks of cue-tip chalk, white chalk-board chalk and two cues
A shot using a rest, allowing the player to reach farther down the table