Achievements
- World Professional Snooker Champion, 1947, 1950
- World Championship runner-up, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952*, 1953*, 1954*
- UK Under 16 Billiards Champion, 1922
(*Between 1952 and 1957 the official world championship was not contested but the World Professional Match-Play Championship, held during those years following a dispute with the governing body, is generally regarded as the world championship by most followers of the game.)
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