Sidney_Smith_(snooker_player)

Sidney Smith (snooker player)

Sidney Smith (snooker player)

English billiards and snooker player

Sidney Smith (26 March 1908 – 26 June 1990) was a professional billiards and snooker player from the 1930s to the 1950s. He was born in Killamarsh, Derbyshire, England.[1]

Quick Facts Born, Died ...

He was the first player to make a total clearance in snooker competition, a break of 133 on 11 December 1936 in the Daily Mail Gold Cup.[1]

Smith's most notable tournament wins were the 1948 United Kingdom Professional Billiards Championship (beating John Barrie 7000–6428)[1] and the 1951/1952 News of the World Snooker Tournament.[2][3]

Smith was the runner-up to Joe Davis in the World Snooker Championships of 1938 (having beaten Joe's brother Fred 18–13 in the semi-final)[4] and 1939,[5] and he was a semi-finalist on four occasions (1937,[6] 1940,[7] 1947,[8] 1949[9]).

Smith was the runner-up to Alec Brown in the 1938/1939 Daily Mail Gold Cup[10] and later runner-up to Joe Davis in the 1949/50 News of the World Tournament[2] and the 1950 Sporting Record Masters' Snooker Tournament.

Smith made three 1000+ billiard breaks in his career, with his highest being a break of 1292.[1]

Smith died in 1990 aged 82.[3]

Performance and rankings timeline

More information Tournament, 1935/ 36 ...
More information Performance Table Legend ...
NH / Not Heldmeans an event was not held.
  1. [N 1]
    Round-robin handicap tournament
  2. [N 2]
    Billiards event before 1936/37 season

References

  1. [1]
    Andy Hunter on the Cue Collector website http://www.thecuecollector.com/files/CueCollectorArticles/Hunter_Article_16__Sidney_Smith_.pdf Retrieved 2011-Dec-7
  2. [2]
    Turner, Chris. "News Of The World Tournament". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  3. [3]
    The Billiards Quarterly Review : October 1990 quoted at http://www.eaba.co.uk/mags/bqr/1990/10/sydneySmith.doc Archived 23 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2011-Dec-7
  4. [4]
    Global Snooker website "The World Snooker Championship 1938". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012. Retrieved 2011-Dec-7
  5. [5]
    Global Snooker website "The World Snooker Championship 1939". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012. Retrieved 2011-Dec-7
  6. [6]
    Global Snooker website "The World Snooker Championship 1937". Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2010. Retrieved 2011-Dec-7
  7. [7]
    Global Snooker website "World Championship Snooker 1940". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012. Retrieved 2011-Dec-7
  8. [8]
    Global Snooker website "World Championship Snooker 1947". Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014. Retrieved 2011-Dec-7
  9. [9]
    Global Snooker website "World Championship Snooker 1949". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012. Retrieved 2011-Dec-7
  10. [10]
    Chris, Turner. "Other Non-Ranking and Invition Events: First held before 1980". Chris Turners Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
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