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]
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| Born | 26 March 1908 Killamarsh, Derbyshire |
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| Died | 26 June 1990 (aged 82) Amersham, Buckinghamshire |
| Sport country |  England |
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
edit| Tournament | 1935/ 36 |
1936/ 37 |
1937/ 38 |
1938/ 39 |
1939/ 40 |
1945/ 46 |
1946/ 47 |
1947/ 48 |
1948/ 49 |
1949/ 50 |
1950/ 51 |
1951/ 52 |
1952/ 53 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily Mail Gold Cup[nb 1][nb 2] | NH | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | Tournament Not Held | |||||||
| Sunday Empire News Tournament[nb 1] | Tournament Not Held | 5 | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||
| News of the World Snooker Tournament[nb 1] | Tournament Not Held | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||
| Sporting Record Masters' Tournament[nb 1] | Tournament Not Held | 2 | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||
| World Championship | 1R | SF | F | F | SF | A | SF | QF | SF | A | QF | A | NH |
| World Professional Match-play Championship | Tournament Not Held | A | A | ||||||||||
| Performance Table Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LQ | lost in the qualifying draw | #R/N | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (N = position in round-robin event) |
QF | lost in the quarter-finals |
| SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
| DNQ | did not qualify for the tournament | A | did not participate in the tournament | WD | withdrew from the tournament |
| NH / Not Held | means an event was not held. | |||
References
edit- ^ a b c d Andy Hunter on the Cue Collector website http://www.thecuecollector.com/files/CueCollectorArticles/Hunter_Article_16__Sidney_Smith_.pdf Retrieved 2011-Dec-7
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b The Billiards Quarterly Review : October 1990 quoted at http://www.eaba.co.uk/mags/bqr/1990/10/sydneySmith.html Archived 23 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2011-Dec-7
- ^ Global Snooker website "The World Snooker Championship 1938". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012. Retrieved 2011-Dec-7
- ^ Global Snooker website "The World Snooker Championship 1939". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012. Retrieved 2011-Dec-7
- ^ Global Snooker website "The World Snooker Championship 1937". Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2010. Retrieved 2011-Dec-7
- ^ Global Snooker website "World Championship Snooker 1940". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012. Retrieved 2011-Dec-7
- ^ Global Snooker website "World Championship Snooker 1947". Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014. Retrieved 2011-Dec-7
- ^ Global Snooker website "World Championship Snooker 1949". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012. Retrieved 2011-Dec-7
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Billiards with Sidney Smith – video from the British Pathe Archive
- Sidney Smith How To Play Snooker on YouTube – video