1958 News of the World Snooker Tournament

News of the World Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	6 October–15 November 1958
Venue	Burroughes Hall
City	London
Country	United Kingdom
Format	Non-Ranking event
Winner's share	£400
Final
Champion	Fred Davis
Runner-up	Joe Davis
← 1957/58 1959 →

The 1958 News of the World Snooker Tournament was a professional snooker tournament sponsored by the News of the World. The tournament was won by Fred Davis who won 7 of his 9 matches, beating his brother Joe in all their three matches. Joe won 5 matches and finished in second place ahead of John Pulman by winning more frames overall. The News of the World Snooker Tournament ran from 1949/50 to 1959.

Format

There were four competitors: Joe Davis, Fred Davis, John Pulman and Walter Donaldson. Rather than 3-day matches of 37 frames, matches were over 13 frames on a single day with each playing the others three times. Originally the tournament was planned to take place over three consecutive weeks but the third week of matches were delayed for three weeks. Unlike previous News of the World tournaments there was no handicapping. All matches were played in Burroughes Hall, London.^[1]

Results

Winner	Score	Loser	Date	Ref
Joe Davis	11–2	John Pulman	6 October	[1]
Fred Davis	7–6	Joe Davis	7 October	[2]
Fred Davis	9–4	Walter Donaldson	8 October	[3]
Joe Davis	8–5	Walter Donaldson	9 October	[4]
John Pulman	8–5	Fred Davis	10 October	[5]
John Pulman	7–6	Walter Donaldson	11 October	[6]
John Pulman	7–6	Walter Donaldson	13 October	[7]
Joe Davis	9–4	Walter Donaldson	14 October	[8]
Joe Davis	9–4	John Pulman	15 October	[9]
John Pulman	7–6	Fred Davis	16 October	[10]
Fred Davis	10–3	Walter Donaldson	17 October	[11]
Fred Davis	9–4	Joe Davis	18 October	[12]
Fred Davis	9–4	Walter Donaldson	10 November	[13]
John Pulman	9–4	Walter Donaldson	11 November	[14]
Joe Davis	8–5	John Pulman	12 November	[15]
Walter Donaldson	7–6	Joe Davis	13 November	[16]
Fred Davis	10–3	John Pulman	14 November	[17]
Fred Davis	7–6	Joe Davis	15 November	[18]

Table

Pos	Player	Pld	MW	FW	Prize
1	Fred Davis	9	7	72	£400
2	Joe Davis	9	5	57	?
3	John Pulman	9	5	52	?
4	Walter Donaldson	9	1	43	?

The positions were determined firstly by the number of matches won (MW) and, in the event of a tie, the number of frames won (FW).

References

1. "Snooker". The Glasgow Herald. 7 October 1958. p. 4.
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8. "Snooker". The Times. 15 October 1958. p. 18.
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16. "Snooker". The Glasgow Herald. 14 November 1958. p. 4.
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18. "Snooker". The Glasgow Herald. 17 November 1958. p. 4.