1951 World Snooker Championship
The 1951 World Snooker Championship snooker tournament was held for the second time at the Tower Circus in Blackpool, England. Donaldson made the highest break of the tournament with 106.
For the fifth year running, the final was contested by Fred Davis and Walter Donaldson. Davis won his third World title by defeating Donaldson 58–39 in the final. In the direct comparison between them Davis led 3-2 after his wins in 1948 and 1949.
After defeating the now 45-year-old Sidney Smith — runner-up of 1938 and 1939 — in the quarter-finals, the 15 year younger John Pulman reached the semi-finals, where he played the eventual winner Fred Davis, before he retired and gave Davis an early bye into the final.
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