1936 World Snooker Championship

1936 World Snooker Championship

The 1936 World Snooker Championship snooker tournament was held at the Thurston's Hall, London, England. Horace Lindrum became the first Australian to compete at the World Championship, and made the highest break of the tournament with 101 his semi-final match against Stanley Newman.

The final was played between debutant Lindrum and defending champion Joe Davis. Lindrum led 6–4 and 11–9, before Davis won the next four out of five frames with top breaks of 75 and 78 to lead 13–12. However Lindrum leveled the match at 15-15 and led at conclusion of the penultimate day 26–24. He than won the first frame of the final day, before Davis won the last ten frames in a row to win 34–27, although he won the match already at 31–27. This was Davis' tenth World title in row. The final signaled that snooker became a major game, with the Daily Mail Gold Cup switching from English billiards to snooker and The Billiard Player changing it's name to Billiards and Snooker in October 1936.