Horace Lindrum

Horace Lindrum

Joe Davis and Lindrum shaking hands before the 1946 World Championship final
Born	(1912-01-15)15 January 1912 Sydney, Australia
Died	20 June 1974(1974-06-20) (aged 62) Dee Why, Sydney, Australia
Sport country	Australia
Tournament wins
World Champion	1952

Horace Lindrum (born Horace Norman William Morrell, 15 January 1912 – 20 June 1974) was an Australian professional player of snooker and English billiards. Lindrum won the 1952 World Snooker Championship defeating New Zealander Clark McConachy. The tournament is disputed, as it had only two participants, and other players boycotted the event to play in the 1952 World Professional Match-play Championship. Lindrum won the Australian Professional Billiards Championship on multiple occasions, first winning the event in 1934.

Lindrum lived in Britain for long periods and played in the major British tournaments. From his arrival in Britain in 1935, he was regarded as the second-best player in the world, behind Joe Davis. Lindrum contested three World Snooker Championship finals against Davis, in 1936, 1937 and 1946, losing all three to Davis but coming close to beating him on several occasions.