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14, John Barrie 18 and Jackie Rea 21. Walter
Donaldson played level with Sidney Smith and gave Albert Brown 7, Alec Brown and John Pulman 10, John Barrie 12 and Jackie Rea 18. Sidney Smith played level with Albert Brown and John Pulman and gave Alec Brown 10, John Barrie 14 and Jackie Rea 18. Albert Brown gave John Pulman 5, Alec Brown 7, John Barrie 10 and Jackie Rea 16. John Pulman gave John Barrie and Alec Brown 7 and Jackie Rea 14. John Barrie played level with Alec Brown 7 and gave Jackie Rea 12. Alec Brown gave Jackie Rea 14.
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Each match was separately handicapped. Joe Davis played level with Fred Davis and gave Walter
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in London. As in the main event, each match lasted three days and was the best of 37 frames. There were 5 competitors:
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conceded his two matches scheduled for the week of 13 to 18 October. He played the first day of his match against
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243:. Jackie Read had won the qualifying event. Each match lasted three days and was the best of 37 frames.
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snooker tournament and was played from 8 September 1952 to 17 January 1953. All matches were played at
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The qualifying tournament was played from 5 May to 7 June 1952. These matches were also played at
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in London. There were 9 competitors and a total of 36 matches. The competitors were
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showed two short, 30 minute, TV programmes of the final day of the match between
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won his first seven matches comfortably. Playing level with brother
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made a break of 122 on 5 December, in his match against
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in the last match Joe won 26–11 to finished undefeated.
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1439:. 20 October 1952. p. 9.
1419:. 16 October 1952. p. 2.
1399:. 15 October 1952. p. 9.
1379:. 19 January 1953. p. 9.
1361:. 6 December 1952. p. 2.
1640:1953 sports events in London
1635:1952 sports events in London
1341:. 25 August 1952. p. 7.
179:. The tournament was won by
173:tournament sponsored by the
19:News of the World Tournament
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1391:"Snooker & Billiards"
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1375:"Professional Snooker".
1310:. The commentators were
199:The 1952/53 event was a
418:29 September–1 October
187:who won 5 matches. The
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24:Tournament information
1630:1953 in English sport
1625:1952 in English sport
1268:Leicester Square Hall
205:Leicester Square Hall
52:Leicester Square Hall
1530:Full results by year
1312:Raymond Glendenning
169:was a professional
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1471:BBC Genome Project
1436:The Glasgow Herald
1416:The Glasgow Herald
1396:The Glasgow Herald
1358:The Glasgow Herald
1298:On 6 December the
1272:Kingsley Kennerley
162:Snooker tournament
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622:Walter Donaldson
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432:Walter Donaldson
400:25–27 September
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352:Walter Donaldson
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328:11–13 September
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87:Total prize fund
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1645:1952 in snooker
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1601:List of winners
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1479:. Retrieved
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1316:Sidney Smith
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1294:Broadcasting
1288:Rex Williams
1284:Willie Smith
1265:
1256:Rex Williams
1240:Albert Brown
1237:
1219:Sidney Smith
1190:Albert Brown
984:
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918:Sidney Smith
900:Albert Brown
886:5–7 January
868:1–3 January
856:Albert Brown
846:Sidney Smith
774:Albert Brown
738:Sidney Smith
666:Sidney Smith
658:Albert Brown
576:Sidney Smith
558:Sidney Smith
504:Albert Brown
486:Albert Brown
468:Sidney Smith
454:6–8 October
436:2–4 October
396:Sidney Smith
342:Albert Brown
316:Albert Brown
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241:Sidney Smith
225:Albert Brown
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15:
1450:"Snooker".
1337:"Snooker".
1308:John Pulman
1248:John Pulman
1132:John Pulman
1074:John Barrie
874:John Pulman
838:John Barrie
820:John Pulman
810:John Barrie
756:John Pulman
694:John Barrie
684:John Barrie
648:John Pulman
604:John Barrie
550:John Pulman
540:John Barrie
532:John Pulman
360:John Barrie
334:John Barrie
324:John Pulman
306:John Pulman
275:John Pulman
233:John Pulman
221:John Barrie
201:round-robin
1614:Categories
1322:References
1280:Jackie Rea
1262:Qualifying
1252:Fred Davis
1244:Jackie Rea
1161:Fred Davis
1103:Alec Brown
1016:Jackie Rea
936:Fred Davis
892:Alec Brown
882:Fred Davis
828:Jackie Rea
802:Jackie Rea
784:Alec Brown
730:Alec Brown
720:Fred Davis
712:Jackie Rea
702:Fred Davis
630:Jackie Rea
612:Alec Brown
594:Alec Brown
568:Fred Davis
522:Alec Brown
514:Jackie Rea
496:Fred Davis
478:Jackie Rea
424:Fred Davis
414:Alec Brown
406:Fred Davis
388:Jackie Rea
378:Jackie Rea
298:Alec Brown
265:Jackie Rea
237:Jackie Rea
229:Alec Brown
213:Fred Davis
185:Jackie Rea
139:Jackie Rea
40:1953-01-17
36:1952-09-08
1481:4 January
1452:The Times
1431:"Snooker"
1411:"Snooker"
1377:The Times
1353:"Snooker"
1339:The Times
1304:Joe Davis
986:Joe Davis
928:Joe Davis
766:Joe Davis
748:Joe Davis
676:Joe Davis
586:Joe Davis
460:Joe Davis
442:Joe Davis
370:Joe Davis
271:Joe Davis
257:Joe Davis
209:Joe Davis
181:Joe Davis
128:Runner-up
122:Joe Davis
1276:Jim Lees
1250:, while
155:→
146:←
111:Champion
38: –
1596:Winners
1577:1957/58
1572:1956/57
1567:1955/56
1562:1954/55
1557:1953/54
1552:1952/53
1547:1951/52
1542:1950/51
1537:1949/50
500:w/o–w/d
482:w/o–w/d
251:Results
171:snooker
153:1953/54
148:1951/52
79:Ranking
66:Country
34: (
969:Prize
957:Player
283:Winner
195:Format
74:Format
61:London
1314:and
1058:£200
1029:£300
1000:£500
947:Table
932:26–11
914:27–10
896:21–16
878:20–17
860:19–18
842:25–12
824:19–18
806:25–12
788:20–17
770:27–10
752:23–14
734:20–17
716:22–15
698:25–12
680:21–16
662:22–15
644:21–16
626:20–17
608:20–17
590:22–15
572:21–16
554:22–15
536:19–18
518:25–12
464:21–16
446:24–13
428:20–17
410:22–15
374:22–15
356:21–16
338:20–17
320:19–18
302:24–13
292:Date
289:Loser
286:Score
106:Final
91:£1500
81:event
48:Venue
29:Dates
1587:1959
1582:1958
1483:2016
1306:and
1286:and
392:32–5
261:Fred
239:and
165:The
101:£500
77:Non-
58:City
1476:BBC
1300:BBC
1229:106
1200:139
1171:137
1142:141
1113:144
1084:152
1055:154
1026:173
997:186
960:Pld
954:Pos
1616::
1474:.
1468:.
1433:.
1413:.
1393:.
1367:^
1355:.
1329:^
1318:.
1282:,
1278:,
1274:,
1232:?
1203:?
1174:?
1145:?
1116:?
1087:?
966:FW
963:MW
277:.
235:,
231:,
227:,
223:,
219:,
215:,
211:,
1515:e
1508:t
1501:v
1485:.
1226:0
1223:8
1208:9
1197:3
1194:8
1179:8
1168:4
1165:8
1150:7
1139:4
1136:8
1121:6
1110:4
1107:8
1092:5
1081:4
1078:8
1063:4
1052:4
1049:8
1034:3
1023:5
1020:8
1005:2
994:8
991:8
974:1
42:)
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