World Snooker Championship
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The World Snooker Championship is the most prestigious tournament in professional snooker. The latest edition of the event had a total prize pool of £2,395,000, including £500,000 for the winner. It i
World Snooker Championship trophy on display during the 2007 event
The World Snooker Championship trophy in front of the Crucible Theatre
The two-table setup at the 2019 event
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
World Snooker Championship
…champion is Wu Yize. The event was first held in 1927 as a professional competition organised by the Billiards Association and Control Council, and Joe Davis won the title. In 1952, a rival tournament called the World Professional Match-play Championship was introduced by the Professional Billiards Players…
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