1929 World Snooker Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 17 December 1928–7 March 1929 |
| Final venue | Lounge Hall |
| Final city | Nottingham |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | BACC |
| Highest break |
 Joe Davis (61) |
| Final | |
| Champion |
Joe Davis
|
| Runner-up |
Tom Dennis
|
| Score | 17–12 |
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The 1929 World Snooker Championship was a snooker tournament held between 17 December 1928 and 7 March 1929 at various venues in England, with the final beginning on 4 March 1929. Joe Davis won his third World title by defeating Tom Dennis 19–14 in the final. "Dead" frames were played, the score when Davis won the match was 17–12. The highest break of the tournament was 61 made by Davis in the final.
Five players entered the Championship: Joe Davis (Chesterfield), Tom Dennis (Nottingham), Fred Lawrence (Birmingham), Alec Mann (Birmingham) and Kelsall Prince (Loughborough). In July 1928 the BACC had decided to abandon the challenge system that had been used for both the Billiards Championship and for the Professional Snooker Championship. This meant that Davis, the champion, had to play through the tournament. Lawrence and Mann had to play a first round match match, the winner to play Davis. Dennis and Prince would play each other in the other semi-final.
The first match played was the semi-final between Dennis and Prince. This was scheduled for 17 to 22 December 1928 at the Town Hall, Loughborough. The match was over 25 frames. There was just one session of four frames each evening, with five planned for the final day. The match was close until halfway through the fourth session with Dennis then leading 8–6. However, Dennis then won the next five frames to win the match. A win in the final frame of the evening left the score at 14–6 after five sessions. The match did not continue to the planned sixth session and so finished on 21 December.
The first round match and the other semi-final was arranged for the week of 21 to 26 January 1929 at Camkin's Hall, Birmingham. The first round match was on the first three days; the winner playing Davis on the last three days. Both matches were over 25 frames with two sessions of four frames each day. After 13 frames of their match Lawrence led Mann 10–3 but Mann won the last three frames of the day to close the gap to 10–6. On the final day Mann continued his run of frames, winning 9 out of 10, to take a 12–11 lead. However Lawrence won the last two to take the match 13–12.
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