1930 World Snooker Championship

The 1930 World Snooker Championship was a snooker tournament played in various locations throughout the season. The final was held at the Thurston's Hall in London, England, from 19 to 23 May.[1] Joe Davis won his fourth World title by defeating Tom Dennis 25–12. Davis made a 79 break in the final, the highest break in the history of the tournament, breaking his own record set in the previous year.[2]

World Snooker Championship

Tournament information
Dates	17 March–23 May 1930
Final venue	Thurston's Hall
Final city	London
Country	England
Organisation(s)	BACC
Highest break	Joe Davis (79)
Final
Champion	Joe Davis
Runner-up	Tom Dennis
Score	25–12
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Schedule

Match	Dates	Venue, city
Tom Newman v Nat Butler	17–20 March 1930	Newman's Club, London
Fred Lawrence v Alec Mann	17–19 March 1930	Camkin's Hall, Birmingham
Joe Davis v Fred Lawrence	23–25 April 1930	Camkin's Hall, Birmingham
Tom Dennis v Nat Butler	1–3 May 1930	Camkin's Hall, Birmingham
Joe Davis v Tom Dennis	19–24 May 1930	Thurston's Hall, London

Detail

Tom Newman met Nat Butler at Newman's Club in St John's Wood, London. Newman led 5–3 on the first day and 11–5 after two days. there was just one session on the following two days. Butler won all four frames on the third day and then won the first four frames on the final day to win 13–11.[3]

Fred Lawrence and Alec Mann played their first round match in Birmingham. Lawrence won all eight frames on the first day but Mann had the better of the second day to leave Lawrence 10–6 ahead.[4] Mann won all four frames of the final afternoon to level the match at 10–10 but Lawrence won the first three frames in the evening to win the mach.[5]

Joe Davis comfortably won his semi-final against Lawrence. Davis won the first 12 frames and, although Lawrence won the next two, Davis won 13–2 with a day to spare.[6]

The final was planned to be played from Monday 19 May to Saturday 24 May and was over 49 frames. There were eight frames played each day with four frames in the afternoon and four in the evening (five on the final day). The match was held at Thurston's Hall, Leicester Square in London. Davis led 6–2 at the end of the first day, winning both sessions 3–1.[7] Davis won all four frames on the second afternoon but the evening session was split 2–2 to leave Davis 10–4 ahead. In the last frame of the afternoon session Davis scored a championship record break of 79.[8] Davis won the afternoon session 3–1 and although Dennis halved the evening session, Davis led 17–7 overnight.[9] Each player won two frames on the fourth afternoon session but Davis won three in evening to lead 22–10.[10] The fifth afternoon session was shared to leave Davis 24–12, needing just one more frame. Davis won the first frame in the evening to win 25–12, winning a day early. Davis scored a 70 break in the second frame of the day.[11]

Main draw

Sources:[6][11]

	Round 1 Best of 25 frames					Semi-final Best of 25 frames					Final Best of 49 frames
							Joe Davis	13
		Fred Lawrence	13				Fred Lawrence	2
		Alec Mann	10									Joe Davis	25
												Tom Dennis	12
							Tom Dennis	13
		Tom Newman	11				Nat Butler	11
		Nat Butler	13

Final

Final: Best of 49 frames. Thurston's Hall, Leicester Square in London, England, 19–23 May 1930.[7][8][9][10][11]
Joe Davis  England	25–12	Tom Dennis  England
Day 1: 43–57, 70–42, 56–37, 81–28, 55–57, 70–25, 88–43, 63–20 Day 2: 76–26, 68–37, 56–48, 104–19 (79), 58–75, 83–29, 84–36, 32–73 Day 3: 48–53, 100–13, 102–22, 58–38, 29–57, 83–25, 37–86, 81–33 Day 4: 12–84, 65–49, 85–24, 37–80, 75–27, 56–43, 41–50, 96–37 Day 5: 55–62, 93–39 (70), 25–72, 70–57, 74–33

References

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