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Brown and John Pulman 14, Clark McConachy 16 and John Barrie 18. Walter
Donaldson gave Albert Brown and Sidney Smith 7, John Pulman 8, Clark McConachy 10, Alec Brown 14 and John Barrie 15. John Pulman played level with Alec Brown, Albert Brown, Sidney Smith and Clark McConachy and gave John Barrie 10. Sidney Smith played level with Albert Brown and Clark McConachy and gave Alec Brown 4 and John Barrie 10. Albert Brown played level with Albert Brown and Clark McConachy and gave John Barrie 10. Clark McConachy gave Alec Brown 7 and John Barrie 10. Alec Brown gave John Barrie 9.
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Each match was separately handicapped. Joe Davis played level with Fred Davis and gave Walter
Donaldson 7, John Pulman 18, Albert Brown, Alec Brown and Clark McConachy 21, Sidney Smith 24 and John Barrie 25. Fred Davis played level with Walter Donaldson and gave Sidney Smith 12, Albert Brown and Alec
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January. Donaldson led 9–3 after the first day, scoring a break of 104 in the last frame of the day. Brown made a break of 140 on the second evening but Donaldson increased his lead to 17–7 at the end of the day. On the final day Brown staged a comeback and won the first 7 frames of the
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21–16 to win the tournament. Smith led 16–14 after the final afternoon session but
Donaldson won the first two frames on the final evening to tie the match at 16–16. Smith then won the last 5 frames to win the match 21–16 and take the tournament by a single frame, 169 to Brown's 168.
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With the main event starting earlier than in previous years, the qualifying tournament was also earlier and was held from 28 May to 16 June 1951. These matches were also played at
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in London. There were 9 competitors, one more than previous years, and a total of 36 matches. The competitors were the 8 who had played in the previous year's event,
1318:. Unlike the main event, each match lasted six days and was the best of 73 frames. Barrie won both his matches to qualify. Kennerley beat Lee in the other match.
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in his last match. Alec Brown led 16–12 after the final afternoon session but Albert Brown won all 7 frames in the evening session to win 19–18.
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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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snooker tournament and was played from 10 September 1951 to 19 January 1952. All matches were played at
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each had one match left. Brown had won 149 frames while Smith had won 148. Albert Brown played
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20–17, playing on level terms. Fred had breaks of 108 and 101 on the second day.
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With three matches to be played there were three players with 5 wins.
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who also won 6 matches but won one fewer frame overall. The
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day. Donaldson, however, held on and won the match 18–17.
1355:"Smith wins snooker prize of £500 – Handicap tournament"
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203:who won 6 of his 8 matches. He finished ahead of
283:had played all his matches and won 161 frames.
187:1951/1952 News of the World Snooker Tournament
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1613:News of the World Snooker Tournament
1516:News of the World Snooker Tournament
314:In the last match of the tournament
209:News of the World Snooker Tournament
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1478:. 21 January 1952. p. 4.
1403:. 19 January 1952. p. 2.
1383:. 21 January 1952. p. 6.
1363:. 17 January 1952. p. 2.
1343:. 14 January 1952. p. 6.
1633:1952 sports events in London
1628:1951 sports events in London
1463:. 7 January 1952. p. 2.
1443:. 5 January 1952. p. 2.
1423:. 4 January 1952. p. 6.
199:. The tournament was won by
193:tournament sponsored by the
19:News of the World Tournament
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211:ran from 1949/50 to 1959.
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1474:"Professional Snooker".
1335:"Remarkable snooker win"
219:The 1951/52 event was a
1435:"Snooker and billiards"
1415:"Snooker and billiards"
1395:"Two snooker centuries"
1375:"Snooker and billiards"
780:29 November–1 December
906:31 December–2 January
24:Tournament information
1623:1952 in English sport
1618:1951 in English sport
1304:Leicester Square Hall
263:, plus New Zealander
225:Leicester Square Hall
52:Leicester Square Hall
1523:Full results by year
189:was a professional
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1460:The Glasgow Herald
1440:The Glasgow Herald
1420:The Glasgow Herald
1400:The Glasgow Herald
1380:The Glasgow Herald
1360:The Glasgow Herald
1340:The Glasgow Herald
1312:Kingsley Kennerley
182:Snooker tournament
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1188:Walter Donaldson
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974:Walter Donaldson
912:Walter Donaldson
840:Walter Donaldson
696:Walter Donaldson
686:Walter Donaldson
506:Walter Donaldson
488:Walter Donaldson
456:27–29 September
438:24–26 September
420:20–22 September
408:Walter Donaldson
402:17–19 September
384:13–15 September
366:10–12 September
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330:Walter Donaldson
308:Walter Donaldson
237:Walter Donaldson
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87:Total prize fund
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1643:1952 in snooker
1638:1951 in snooker
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1594:List of winners
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1275:Clark McConachy
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1180:
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902:Clark McConachy
888:20–22 December
870:17–19 December
866:Clark McConachy
852:13–15 December
834:10–12 December
762:26–28 November
758:Clark McConachy
744:22–24 November
740:Clark McConachy
726:19–21 November
708:15–17 November
690:12–14 November
668:Clark McConachy
596:Clark McConachy
416:Clark McConachy
398:Clark McConachy
306:needed to beat
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996:17–19 January
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302:'s 19–18 win,
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1072:Albert Brown
1042:Sidney Smith
1040:
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1001:
966:Sidney Smith
948:Albert Brown
942:7–9 January
924:3–5 January
920:Albert Brown
894:Sidney Smith
830:Albert Brown
786:Sidney Smith
722:Sidney Smith
714:Albert Brown
624:Sidney Smith
614:Sidney Smith
552:Albert Brown
534:Albert Brown
516:Sidney Smith
492:4–6 October
474:1–3 October
444:Sidney Smith
390:Albert Brown
372:Albert Brown
326:Albert Brown
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304:Sidney Smith
300:Albert Brown
297:
289:Sidney Smith
285:Albert Brown
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261:Sidney Smith
245:Albert Brown
218:
205:Albert Brown
201:Sidney Smith
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159:Albert Brown
142:Sidney Smith
119:Albert Brown
15:
1308:John Barrie
1159:John Pulman
1101:John Barrie
938:John Pulman
884:John Pulman
876:John Barrie
858:John Barrie
804:John Pulman
776:John Barrie
704:John Pulman
678:John Barrie
606:John Pulman
588:John Pulman
570:John Barrie
542:John Barrie
452:John Barrie
426:John Barrie
380:John Pulman
354:John Pulman
281:John Barrie
253:John Pulman
241:John Barrie
221:round-robin
1607:Categories
1322:References
1316:Sydney Lee
1298:Qualifying
1246:Alec Brown
1130:Fred Davis
984:Fred Davis
956:Alec Brown
930:Fred Davis
848:Alec Brown
794:Alec Brown
768:Fred Davis
750:Fred Davis
660:Alec Brown
642:Alec Brown
632:Fred Davis
578:Alec Brown
560:Fred Davis
480:Fred Davis
470:Fred Davis
462:Alec Brown
362:Alec Brown
316:Fred Davis
293:Alec Brown
257:Jackie Rea
249:Alec Brown
233:Fred Davis
40:1952-01-19
36:1951-09-10
1476:The Times
1455:"Snooker"
1217:Joe Davis
992:Joe Davis
822:Joe Davis
812:Joe Davis
732:Joe Davis
650:Joe Davis
524:Joe Davis
498:Joe Davis
434:Joe Davis
229:Joe Davis
148:Runner-up
328:had met
175:→
166:←
131:Champion
38: –
1589:Winners
1570:1957/58
1565:1956/57
1560:1955/56
1555:1954/55
1550:1953/54
1545:1952/53
1540:1951/52
1535:1950/51
1530:1949/50
275:Results
191:snooker
173:1952/53
168:1950/51
79:Ranking
66:Country
34: (
1025:Prize
1013:Player
339:Winner
298:After
215:Format
74:Format
61:London
1056:£500
1003:Table
988:20–17
970:21–16
952:19–18
934:21–16
916:19–18
898:26–11
880:21–16
862:27–10
844:20–17
826:21–16
808:21–16
790:22–15
772:22–15
754:20–17
736:26–11
718:23–14
700:21–16
682:20–17
664:27–10
646:19–18
628:26–11
610:20–17
574:25–12
556:22–15
538:20–17
520:20–17
502:26–11
484:22–15
466:23–14
448:23–14
430:22–15
412:24–13
394:27–10
376:23–14
358:21–16
348:Date
345:Loser
342:Score
126:Final
121:(140)
91:£1500
81:event
48:Venue
29:Dates
1580:1959
1575:1958
1314:and
592:29–8
287:and
185:The
101:£500
77:Non-
58:City
1256:147
1227:156
1198:143
1169:153
1140:145
1111:161
1082:168
1053:169
1016:Pld
1010:Pos
320:Joe
1609::
1457:.
1437:.
1417:.
1397:.
1377:.
1357:.
1337:.
1310:,
1288:?
1285:90
1259:?
1230:?
1201:?
1172:?
1143:?
1114:?
1085:?
1022:FW
1019:MW
259:,
255:,
251:,
247:,
243:,
239:,
235:,
231:,
1508:e
1501:t
1494:v
1282:0
1279:8
1264:9
1253:3
1250:8
1235:8
1224:3
1221:8
1206:7
1195:4
1192:8
1177:6
1166:4
1163:8
1148:5
1137:5
1134:8
1119:4
1108:5
1105:8
1090:3
1079:6
1076:8
1061:2
1050:6
1047:8
1030:1
42:)
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