Dates 9 February–1 May 1948 Final city London Highest break Fred Davis (109) | Final venue Leicester Square Hall Country England | |
Organisation(s) Billiards Association and Control Council | ||
The 1948 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament. The final was held at the Leicester Square Hall in London, England from 19 April to 1 May.
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For the second year running the final was contested by Fred Davis and Walter Donaldson. Davis won his first World title by defeating Donaldson 81–64 in the final, although he reached the winning margin already at 73–52. Davis also made the highest break of the tournament with 109.
Main draw
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Qualifying
All qualifying matches were held at Burroughes Hall in London. The first-round matches were held from 1 to 13 December 1947. In the first match Sydney Lee conceded his match to John Pulman before the second day's play because of an abscess on his neck. Pulman was leading 8–2 after the first day. Only 10 frames had been played because of a power cut which curtailed the afternoon session to three frames. Conrad Stanbury comfortably won the second match, against Eric Newman, taking a 19–5 winning lead after the second day. The third match between Willie Leigh and Herbert Holt was very close. Leigh won the final frame 83–35 to win the match. The final first-round matches between John Barrie and Herbert Francis was also close. The match was 12–12 after two days. Barrie won the match 19–16.
The semi-finals were held from 5 to 10 January 1948. Pulman beat Stanbury in the first semi-final, taking a winning 18–15 lead on the final evening. In the second semi-final Barrie led 10–6 and won 21–14. He made a break of 101 during the final evening session. In the final, played from 12 to 14 January, Leigh led 7–5 after the first day and 13–11 after two days. The match went to a final frame decider with Pulman winning 60–49, potting the last black.