1936 World Snooker Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 23 March–2 May 1936 |
| Final venue | Thurston's Hall |
| Final city | London |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | BACC |
| Highest break |
 Horace Lindrum (101) |
| Final | |
| Champion |
 Joe Davis
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| Runner-up |
Horace Lindrum
|
| Score | 34–27 |
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The 1936 World Snooker Championship was a snooker tournament mostly held at the Thurston's Hall in London, England. There were a record thirteen entries; a significant increase from the five in the previous year and just two in 1934. Joe Davis won the Championship for the tenth time in a row, beating Horace Lindrum in the final. The final signalled that snooker became a major game, with the Daily Mail Gold Cup switching from billiards to snooker and The Billiard Player changing its name to Billiards and Snooker in October 1936.
Horace Lindrum became the first Australian to compete at the World Championship, and made the highest break of the tournament with 101 in his semi-final match against Stanley Newman.
The Championship started on 23 March, immediately following the 1935/1936 Daily Mail Gold Cup billiards tournament which has fully occupied Thurston's Hall since the beginning of the year. Sessions were extended to five frames, compared to the four frames that had been played in 1935.
The first match was between Clare O'Donnell and Sydney Lee. O'Donnell led 6–4 after the first day and 11–9 after two days. Lee won the last two frames on the final afternoon to reduce O'Donnell's lead to 13–12 and then won the first three in the evening to lead 15–13 before O'Donnell won the last three frames to win the match 16–15.
Horace Lindrum met Bert Terry in the second match. The score was level at 5–5 after the first day but Lindrum won 8 frames on the second day to lead 13–7. Terry won the first frame on the final day but Lindrum won the next three to comfortably win the match 16–8. The match ended with Lindrum leading 20–11.
Joe Davis met Tom Newman in the first match of the second week. Davis won all 10 frames on the first day and the first 6 on the second to win the match 16–0. Newman won frame 18 to end Davis's run of 17 successive frames but the match ended with Davis 29–2 ahead.
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