Walter Donaldson (snooker player)
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Walter Donaldson was a Scottish
professional snooker
player.
He turned professional at age 16, in 1923. He contested many world championships, finally achieving victory in 1947 after Joe Davis
had retired from the tournament, and again in 1950. His break of 142 in 1946 was a world record at the time.
Not always considered a player of real panache, Donaldson was regarded as one of the game's real grafters who never gave up when he appeared to be in a hopeless situation.
Upon his retirement, he is said to have broken up his snooker table and used the slate to make crazy paving
.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
professional 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 :...
player.
He turned professional at age 16, in 1923. He contested many world championships, finally achieving victory in 1947 after Joe Davis
Joe Davis
Joe Davis, OBE was a British professional player of snooker and English billiards....
had retired from the tournament, and again in 1950. His break of 142 in 1946 was a world record at the time.
Not always considered a player of real panache, Donaldson was regarded as one of the game's real grafters who never gave up when he appeared to be in a hopeless situation.
Upon his retirement, he is said to have broken up his snooker table and used the slate to make crazy paving
Crazy paving
Crazy paving is a means of hard-surfacing used outdoors, most frequently in gardens. Paving stones of irregular size and shape are laid in a haphazard manner sometimes with mortar filling the gaps between...
.