1950 World Snooker Championship

World Snooker Championship

Tournament information
Dates	12 December 1949 – 18 March 1950 (1949-12-12 – 1950-03-18)
Final venue	Tower Circus
Final city	Blackpool
Country	England
Organisation	Billiards Association and Control Council
Highest break	Fred Davis (ENG), 101
Final
Champion	Walter Donaldson (SCO)
Runner-up	Fred Davis (ENG)
Score	51‍–‍46
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The 1950 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament held from 12 December 1949 to 18 March 1950. The final was staged at the Tower Circus in Blackpool, England. A qualifying competition was held at the Temperance Billiards Hall, known as the "Guild Hall", in Battersea, London from 17 October to 12 November 1949. Kingsley Kennerley won the qualifying competition and joined seven other players in the main draw.

For the fourth year running the final was contested by Fred Davis and Walter Donaldson. Donaldson defeated Davis 51‍–‍46 to win his second and last world title. Donaldson achieved a winning margin at 49‍–‍42 with only 6 frames to play. The highest break of the tournament was 101 by Davis in frame 46 of his semi-final match against George Chenier. Chenier also made a century break, 100, in his quarter-final defeat of Peter Mans.