1951 World Snooker Championship

World Snooker Championship

Tournament information
Dates	30 October 1950 – 24 February 1951 (1950-10-30 – 1951-02-24)
Final venue	Tower Circus
Final city	Blackpool
Country	England
Organisation	Billiards Association and Control Council
Highest break	Walter Donaldson (SCO) (106)
Final
Champion	Fred Davis (ENG)
Runner-up	Walter Donaldson (SCO)
Score	58–39
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Scunthorpe

Bolton

Accrington

London

Newcastle upon Tyne

Blackpool

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Venues

The 1951 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament held from 30 October 1950 to 24 February 1951. John Barrie won the qualifying competition for three of the ten entrants at Burroughes Hall in London and joined the other seven players in the main draw. The quarter-finals and semi-finals were held at various venues in England and the final was held at the Tower Circus in Blackpool, England from 16 to 24 February 1951.

For the fifth consecutive year, the final was contested by Fred Davis and Walter Donaldson. Davis won his third world title by defeating defending champion Donaldson by 58 frames to 39 in the final after achieving a winning margin at 49–39. Donaldson made the highest break of the tournament with 106 in frame 32 of his semi-final match against Horace Lindrum.

After defeating Sidney Smith — runner-up in the 1938 and 1939 championships — in the quarter-finals, John Pulman reached the semi-finals, where he played against the eventual winner Fred Davis, before he retired and gave Davis an early bye into the final.