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Joe Davis gave Horace
Lindrum 20, Sidney Smith 30, Willie Smith 25, Alec Brown 35 and Tom Newman 40. Horace Lindrum gave Sidney Smith 7, Willie Smith 14, Alec Brown 21 and Tom Newman 30. Sidney Smith gave Willie Smith and Alec Brown 7 and Tom Newman 14. Willie Smith and Alec Brown gave Tom Newman 7.
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on 9 December. Davis was conceding 35 points to Brown in this match. Brown made only two visits to the table before Davis made the total clearance which included the 15 reds with 11 blacks, a pink, two blues, a green and then all the colours. The clearance was in frame 53 of the match, the fifth of
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there was a "peculiar incident". Brown had potted a red and was between the pack and the black. Rather than play a shot with the long rest, bridging over the pack, Brown took a "cue" from his pocket. It was made of ebony and was about the size of a pencil. He chalked it and played a shot onto the
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in London. There were 6 competitors and a total of 15 matches. As previously, each match was of 71 frames and lasted six days. The 6 competitors were the same as in the 1937/38 event without
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The positions were determined firstly by the number of matches won (MW) and, in the event of a tie, the number of frames won (FW).
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scored a new official record break of 138, beating the previous record of 137. It happened in his match against
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snooker tournament and was played from 10 October 1938 to 21 January 1939. Most of the matches were played at
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tournament, although only the third as a snooker event. The Daily Mail Gold Cup ran from 1935 to 1940.
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was given a harsher handicap than previously. He won his first two matches but then lost heavily to
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234:(giving 35). Giving 20 points per frame, he lost the final match of the tournament against
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238:. Davis led 35–33 but lost the last three to lose the match by the odd frame.
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211:. The handicap system was revised, each match having a separate handicap.
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finishing in second place in the final table. It was the fifth
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250:black. After some discussion the referee,
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851:"Snooker – The handicap tournament".
836:"Snooker – The handicap tournament".
818:"Snooker – The Gold Cup Tournament".
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870:. 10 December 1938. p. 6.
855:. 15 November 1938. p. 6.
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822:. 10 October 1938. p. 3.
167:1938/1939 Daily Mail Gold Cup
917:1939 sports events in London
912:1938 sports events in London
173:tournament sponsored by the
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349:Thurston's Hall, London
328:Thurston's Hall, London
307:Thurston's Hall, London
266:the afternoon session.
451:28 November–3 December
257:During the tournament
24:Tournament information
907:1939 in English sport
902:1938 in English sport
367:31 October–5 November
179:. The cup was won by
887:Daily Mail Gold Cup
606:Houldsworth Hall,
189:Daily Mail Gold Cup
169:was a professional
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19:Daily Mail Gold Cup
162:Snooker tournament
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510:Willie Smith
447:Willie Smith
418:Sidney Smith
376:Sidney Smith
363:Willie Smith
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558:2–7 January
537:2–7 January
201:round-robin
48:Final venue
881:Categories
803:References
705:Tom Newman
652:Alec Brown
608:Manchester
570:Alec Brown
563:Nottingham
554:Tom Newman
502:Alec Brown
481:Tom Newman
460:Alec Brown
439:Tom Newman
405:Alec Brown
397:Tom Newman
334:Alec Brown
321:Tom Newman
263:Alec Brown
247:Alec Brown
243:Tom Newman
232:Alec Brown
181:Alec Brown
176:Daily Mail
122:Alec Brown
58:Final city
40:1939-01-21
36:1938-10-10
868:The Times
853:The Times
838:The Times
820:The Times
731:Joe Davis
599:Joe Davis
468:Joe Davis
426:Joe Davis
355:Joe Davis
313:Joe Davis
259:Joe Davis
224:Joe Davis
128:Runner-up
99:Joe Davis
155:→
146:←
111:Champion
38: –
518:Glasgow
219:Results
171:snooker
153:1939/40
148:1937/38
79:Ranking
66:Country
34: (
626:Player
286:Venue
274:Winner
195:Format
74:Format
61:London
616:Table
595:36–35
574:40–31
550:36–35
529:37–34
506:38–33
485:45–26
464:42–29
443:38–33
422:42–29
401:37–34
380:40–31
359:40–31
338:46–25
317:37–34
296:41–30
283:Dates
280:Loser
277:Score
183:with
106:Final
101:(138)
81:event
29:Dates
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715:189
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663:200
245:and
165:The
77:Non-
635:FW
629:Pld
623:Pos
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632:MW
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