1927 World Snooker Championship
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The 1927 World Snooker Championship
snooker
tournament was held at the Camkin's Hall, Birmingham
, England
. This was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was organised by the Joe Davis
, who also won the title and went on to dominate this event until after the Second World War
. The highest break of the tournament was 60, made by Albert Cope.
per player with a five guineas sidestake. The entry fees were split between the prize fund and the Billiards Association and Control Council (BACC) who used their part of the fees towards to purchase the trophy which cost £19.
Joe Davis, the eventual champion, won the £
6 10 shillings
.
World Snooker Championship
The World Snooker Championship is the leading professional snooker tournament in terms of both prize money and ranking points. The first championship was held in 1927; since 1977, it has been played at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England...
snooker
Snooker
Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :...
tournament was held at the Camkin's Hall, Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, England
England
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. This was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was organised by the Joe Davis
Joe Davis
Joe Davis, OBE was a British professional player of snooker and English billiards....
, who also won the title and went on to dominate this event until after the Second World War
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. The highest break of the tournament was 60, made by Albert Cope.
Prize money
The entry fee was five guineasGuinea (British coin)
The guinea is a coin that was minted in the Kingdom of England and later in the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom between 1663 and 1813...
per player with a five guineas sidestake. The entry fees were split between the prize fund and the Billiards Association and Control Council (BACC) who used their part of the fees towards to purchase the trophy which cost £19.
Joe Davis, the eventual champion, won the £
Pound sterling
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6 10 shillings
Shilling (United Kingdom)
The British shilling is an historic British coin from the eras of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the later United Kingdom; also adopted as a Scot denomination upon the 1707 Treaty of Union....
.