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{{Infobox individual snooker tournament
|tournament_name=1947 [[World Snooker Championship]]
|logo=
|dates={{Start and end dates|1947|01|20|1947|10|25|df=y}}
|final_location=yes
|venue=[[Leicester Square Hall]]
|location=London
|country=England
|organisation=[[Billiards and Snooker Control Council|Billiards Association and Control Council]]
|Total prize fund=
|winners_share=
|highest_break={{flagathlete|[[Fred Davis (snooker player)|Fred Davis]]|ENG}} (135)
|winner={{flagathlete|[[Walter Donaldson (snooker player)|Walter Donaldson]]|SCO}}
|runner_up={{flagathlete|[[Fred Davis (snooker player)|Fred Davis]]|ENG}}
|score=82–63
|previous=[[1946 World Snooker Championship|1946]]
|next=[[1948 World Snooker Championship|1948]]
}}
The '''1947 World Snooker Championship''' was a professional [[snooker]] tournament that took place from 20 January to 25 October 1947. The final was held at the [[Leicester Square Hall]] in London, England, from 13 to 25 October. The semi-finals were completed in March, but the final was delayed due to building works at the venue, which had been bombed in October 1940. [[Walter Donaldson (snooker player)|Walter Donaldson]] won the title by defeating [[Fred Davis (snooker player)|Fred Davis]] by 82 {{cuegloss|frames}} to 63 in the final, although he reached the winning margin earlier, at 73–49. Davis made the highest break of the tournament with a 135 clearance in frame 86 of the final.

The 1947 event was the first to be played since the retirement of [[Joe Davis]] who had won all 15 of the previous Championships since it was inaugurated in [[1927 World Snooker Championship|1927]]. Davis had announced in October 1946 that he would no longer play in the competition. A qualifying competition for thirteen entrants at [[Burroughes Hall]] in London from 2 January to 8 February 1947 was won by [[Albert Brown (snooker player)|Albert Brown]], who then joined seven other players in the main competition. The quarter-finals and semi-finals took place from 20 January to 15 March at various venues in England.

==Background==
The [[World Snooker Championship]] is a professional tournament and the official [[world championship]] of the game of [[snooker]].<ref name="YPLIWORLD">{{cite news |title=Snooker championship |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |date=11 May 1927 |access-date=12 March 2019 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19270511/425/0020 |page=20 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}</ref> The sport was developed in the late 19th century by British Army soldiers stationed in India.<ref name="CUESPORT">{{cite book |last1=Hayton |first1=Eric |last2=Dee |first2=John |date=2004 |title=The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History |publisher=Rose Villa Publications|isbn=978-0-9548549-0-4 |page=1}}</ref> Professional [[English billiards]] player and [[billiard hall]] manager [[Joe Davis]] noticed the increasing popularity of snooker compared to billiards in the 1920s, and with [[Birmingham]]-based billiards equipment manager [[Bill Camkin]], persuaded the [[Billiards Association and Control Council]] (BACC) to recognise an official professional snooker championship in the 1926–27 season.<ref name="ODNB">{{cite ODNB |last=Everton |first=Clive |date=23 September 2004 |title=Davis, Joseph [Joe] |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-31013 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31013 |access-date=11 May 2020 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903050418/https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-31013 |archive-date=3 September 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1927, the final of the [[1927 World Snooker Championship|first professional snooker championship]] was held at Camkin's Hall; Davis won the tournament by beating [[Tom Dennis (snooker player)|Tom Dennis]] in the final.<ref name="HAMLYN">{{cite book |last=Morrison |first=Ian |date=1987 |title=The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker |publisher=[[Hamlyn (publishers)|Hamlyn Publishing Group]] |location=London |isbn=978-0-600-55604-6 |pages=27–30}}</ref> The annual competition was not titled the World Championship until the 1935 tournament,<ref>{{cite news |title=Billiards – Professional title |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |date=3 November 1934 |access-date=24 November 2015 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19341103/342/0007 |page=7 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Canadian's bid for Snooker title |work=Dundee Courier |date=20 October 1934 |access-date=20 January 2016 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19341020/167/0009 |page=9 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription }}</ref> but the 1927 tournament is now referred to as the first World Snooker Championship.<ref name="EVERTONEMB">{{cite book |last=Everton |first=Clive |date=1993 |title=The Embassy Book of World Snooker |publisher=Bloomsbury |location=London |isbn=978-0-7475-1610-1 |pages=11–13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=History of snooker – a timeline |url=https://wpbsa.com/about-us/history/ |publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]] |access-date=29 May 2021}}</ref> Davis had also won the title every year from [[1928 World Snooker Championship|1928]] to [[1940 World Snooker Championship|1940]], after which the tournament was not held again until 1946 due to [[World War II]].<ref name="HSB">{{cite book|last=Everton |first=Clive |date=1986 |title=The History of Snooker and Billiards|publisher=Partridge Press |location=Haywards Heath |isbn=978-1-85225-013-3 |pages=50–52}}</ref> The World Championship was the first to be played since the retirement from the competition of Joe Davis who had won all 15 of the previous Championships.<ref name="WST">{{cite web |title=Joe Davis |url=https://wst.tv/players/joe-davis/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112181156/https://wst.tv/players/joe-davis/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 12, 2020 |website=World Snooker Tour |access-date=24 September 2022}}</ref> He had announced in October 1946 that he would no longer play in the World Championship.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Times |date=7 October 1946 |page=8 |title=Billiards and Snooker – J Davis retires}}</ref>

===Format===
The closing date for entries for the 1947 championship was 23 November 1946.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sports in brief |newspaper=The Times |date=9 November 1946 |page=8}}</ref> The entry fee was five [[Guinea (British coin)|guineas]] per player, with five per cent of [[gate receipts]] to be paid to the BACC. This was reduced to two guineas, and the same percentage of gate receipts, after representations to the BACC by the [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|Professional Billiard Players Association]].<ref name="BDG30NOV">{{cite news |title=Davis meets McConachy |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=30 November 1946 |page=5}}</ref> Twenty players entered; thirteen of them were placed in "Section B", which was to produce one qualifier to join the other seven players in "Section A", the main competition.<ref name="BDG30NOV"/> The "Section B" matches were held at [[Burroughes Hall]] in London from 2 January to 8 February 1947, all played across 35 frames.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=World Snooker Championship |magazine=The Billiard Player |publisher=Billiards Association and Control Council |date=January 1947 |page=10 }}</ref> The quarter finals and semi finals were played at different venues in England, across 71 frames, except for two of the quarter-finals which were across 73 frames.<ref name="BPMAR47"/><ref name="Snooker Scene"/> The final was played over 145 frames from 13 to 25 October 1947 at [[Leicester Square Hall]].<ref name="FINAL"/>

==Dates and venues of matches==
{| class="wikitable" 
! scope="col"| Match 
! scope="col"| Dates 
! scope="col"| Venue, city
! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| [[Fred Davis (snooker player)|Fred Davis]] v [[Clark McConachy]] || 20–25 January 1947 || Clifton Hotel, [[Blackpool]] ||<ref>{{cite news |title=World Snooker Championship (advertisement) |newspaper=Lancashire Evening Post – |date=11 January 1947 |page=2 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Sidney Smith (snooker player)|Sidney Smith]] v [[Alec Brown (snooker player)|Alec Brown]] || 27 January–1 February 1947 || Burroughes Hall, Newcastle ||<ref name="BPMAR47"/>
|-
| [[Horace Lindrum]] v [[Albert Brown (snooker player)|Albert Brown]] || 10–15 February 1947 || [[Burroughes Hall]], London ||<ref name="BDG11FEB"/><ref name="BDG17FEB"/>
|-
| [[Walter Donaldson (snooker player)|Walter Donaldson]] v [[Stanley Newman (snooker player)|Stanley Newman]] || 10–15 February 1947 || Palais de Danse, [[Wellington, Shropshire]] ||<ref name="BPMAR47"/><ref name="BDG11FEB"/><ref name="BDG17FEB"/>
|-
| Fred Davis v Sidney Smith || 17–22 February 1947 || Houldsworth Hall, [[Manchester]] ||<ref name="BPMAR47"/><ref name="DC24FEB">{{cite news |title=Fred Davis in final |newspaper=Dundee Courier|date=24 February 1947 |page=4}}</ref>
|-
| Walter Donaldson v Horace Lindrum || 10–15 March 1947 || St George's Hall, [[Liverpool]] ||<ref name="BPMAR47"/><ref name="BDG11MAR"/><ref name="BDG17MAR"/>
|-
| Walter Donaldson v Fred Davis || 13–18, 20–25 October 1947 || [[Leicester Square Hall]], London ||<ref name="FINAL"/>
|}

==Tournament summary==
===Quarter-finals and semi-finals===
[[Fred Davis (snooker player)|Fred Davis]] took a 6–0 lead in the first session of his match against [[Clark McConachy]].<ref name="BDG21JAN">{{cite news |title=Fred Davis leads McConachy |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=21 January 1947 |page=4}}</ref> McConachy only won the 15th frame during the first three sessions, and Davis led 17–1 as they started the fourth session, during which McConachy took the 22nd fame. Davis finished the second day 22–2 ahead.<ref name="BDG22JAN">{{cite news |title=Brown's 20–4 snooker win |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=22 January 1947 |page=5}}</ref> Each player won three frames in the fifth session; McConachy recorded an 85 break, the highest of the match to that point.<ref name="BDG23JAN">{{cite news |title=High speed snooker |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=23 January 1947 |page=4}}</ref> Davis secured his progress to the next round at 37–7, with two days of the match still remaining. During the {{cuegloss|dead frames}}, McConachy compiled a break of 132;<ref name="BDG24JAN">{{cite news |title=McConachy's snooker quest fails |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=24 January 1947 |page=4}}</ref> the final score was 53–20 to Davis.<ref name="Snooker Scene"/> [[Sidney Smith (snooker player)|Sidney Smith]] achieved a 106 break in the fifth session against [[Alec Brown]]; by taking five of that sessions six frames, Smith led 23–7, and he increased his advantage to 27–9 during the following session.<ref name="BDG30JAN">{{cite news |title=Kennerley enters snooker semi-final |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=30 January 1947 |page=3}}</ref> After reaching a winning margin at 37–22, Smith won 44–29 following dead frames.<ref name="KOBY">{{cite book |last=Kobylecky |first=John |date=2019 |title=The Complete International Directory of Snooker Players – 1927 to 2018 |publisher=Kobyhadrian Books  |isbn=978-0-9931433-1-1 }}</ref>{{rp|223}}

After [[Horace Lindrum]] built a 5–1 lead in their first session, [[Albert Brown (snooker player)|Albert Brown]] won four successive frames in the next session and finished the first day at 5–7.<ref name="BDG11FEB">{{cite news |title=Fine recovery by Albert Brown |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=11 February 1947 |page=4}}</ref> Brown took the lead by adding the first three frames of the third session, but was four frames behind at 10–14 by the close of the second day's play.<ref name="BDG12FEB">{{cite news |title=Brown four frames in arrears |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=12 February 1947 |page=4}}</ref> The eventual score was 39–34 to Lindrum.<ref name="BDG17FEB">{{cite news |title=Brown fights hard but Lindrum wins |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=17 February 1947 |page=4}}</ref> Donaldson practised intensively in preparation for the Championship, using a billiard table in a neighbour's attic.<ref name="BAIZE" /> He won both of the first two sessions by a 4–2 margin against [[Stanley Newman (snooker player)|Stanley Newman]],<ref name="BDG11FEB"/> and despite losing both sessions on the third day, was 21–15 ahead afterwards.<ref name="KOBY"/>{{rp|60}} From 25–19 ahead, he took the next eight frames,<ref name="KOBY"/>{{rp|60}} and went on to win 46–25.<ref name="GUINNESS"/>

In the first semi-final, Davis held a 9–3 lead against Smith. During the sixth session, Davis made a century break, which was followed in the next frame by an 83 break from Smith. Davis won 39–32 after securing a win at 36–28.<ref name="DC24FEB"/><ref name="KOBY"/>{{rp|223}} Donaldson [[whitewash (sport)|whitewashed]] Lindrum 6–0 in their first session. In the next session, each player won three frames.<ref name="BDG11MAR">{{cite news |title=Donaldson makes good start|newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=11 March 1947|page=3}}</ref> On day three, Donaldson moved ten frames ahead at 20–10, but Lindrum reduced the margin to six frames, at 20–15, by the end of the day.<ref name="BDG13MAR">{{cite news |title=Horace Lindrum still in arrears |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=13 March 1947|page=4}}</ref> Going into the last day, Donaldson was 32–28 up;<ref name="BDG15MAR">{{cite news |title=Lindrum improves snooker position |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=15 March 1947|page=4}}</ref> he secured a place in the final at 36–30.<ref name="BDG17MAR">{{cite news |title=Frank Edwards' billiards win |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=17 March 1947|page=4}}</ref> With dead frames, the final score was 39–32.<ref name="GUINNESS">{{cite book |last=Everton |first=Clive |date=1985 |title=Snooker: The Records |publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd |location=Enfield |isbn=978-0-85112-448-3 |pages=54–55}}</ref>

===Final===
[[File:World Snooker Championship Trophy edited.jpg|thumb|alt=A silver cup-shaped trophy with a trumpet base, a Greek shepherdess finial on top, and two deco square-section handles at the sides with green sponsor ribbons tied to them; the trophy is sitting on a green cylindrical plinth|The [[World Snooker Championship]] Trophy was presented to [[Walter Donaldson (snooker player)|Walter Donaldson]] by John C. Bissett of the [[Billiards Association and Control Council]].]]
The final, at [[Thurston's Hall|Leicester Square Hall]], was postponed for several weeks due to building works.<ref name="LOWE"/> The hall, previously known as Thurston's Hall, had been bombed during [[The Blitz]], in October 1940,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=World snooker championship |magazine=The Billiard Player |publisher=Billiards Association and Control Council |date=April 1947 |page=3}}</ref><ref name="Billiards and Snooker">{{cite news |title=Billiards and Snooker |newspaper=The Times |date=18 September 1947 |page=6 }}</ref> and only re-opened on 3 October 1947.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Bissett |first=John C. |title=A memorable night – 3rd October, 1947 |magazine=The Billiard Player |publisher=Billiards Association and Control Council |date=November 1947 |page=3}}</ref><ref name="Billiards and Snooker"/> Meanwhile, Donaldson continued practising.<ref name="LOWE">{{cite book |title=Between frames |last1=Lowe |first1=Ted |last2=Butler |first2=Frank |year=1984 |publisher=[[A&C Black]] |location=London |isbn=978-0-7136-2446-5 |pages=96–99}}</ref> The match was played over 145 frames. Donaldson led Davis 4–2 and 7–5  after the initial two {{cuegloss|session|sessions}}.<ref>{{cite news |title=Davis behind in snooker final |work=[[Western Daily Press]] |date=4 October 1947 |page=2}}</ref> Later, from 19–35 behind, Davis won six consecutive frames to reduce his deficit to ten frames at 35–25.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fred Davis rallies |work=[[Dundee Courier]] |date=18 October 1947 |page=4}}</ref> Donaldson secured victory at 73–49 and finished the match at 82–63.<ref name="BAIZE">{{cite book |last1=Williams |first1=Luke |last2=Gadsby |first2=Paul |date=2005 |title=Masters of the Baize |location=Edinburgh |publisher=[[Mainstream Publishing]] |isbn=978-1-84018-872-1 |chapter=Walter Donaldson |pages=27–32}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New snooker champion|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26431753|access-date=23 May 2012|newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]]|date=27 October 1947|archive-date=29 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429235706/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26431753|url-status=live}}</ref> Donaldson's tactics during the championship involved compiling breaks of around 30 to 50 points, and playing {{cuegloss|safety}} rather than attempting difficult {{cuegloss|pot|pots}}.<ref name="BAIZE" /> Davis became frustrated with the lack of scoring chances Donaldson left for him, and missed a number of difficult pot attempts, thus allowing Donaldson opportunities to score and win frames.<ref name="BAIZE" />  Donaldson won the title by defeating  Davis 82–63,<ref name="cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk">{{cite web|last=Turner|first=Chris|title=World Professional Championship|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/world.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130416080933/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/world.html|archivedate=16 April 2013|work=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=9 February 2011}}</ref> although he already reached the winning margin at 73–49.<ref>{{cite news|title=New snooker champion|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26431753|accessdate=23 May 2012|newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]]|date=27 October 1947}}</ref> The championship trophy was presented by John C. Bissett, chairman of the BACC.<ref name="BPNOV47">{{cite magazine |title=World snooker champion Donaldson |magazine=The Billiard Player |publisher=Billiards Association and Control Council |date=November 1947 |page=3}}</ref> After the final, Donaldson celebrated at the Albany Club, where he had won the [[1946 Albany Club Professional Snooker Tournament]] the previous year.<ref name="BPNOV47"/>

Davis made the highest break of the tournament with a 135 clearance in frame 86 of the final, just one short of the championship record.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Times |date=22 October 1947 |page=2 |title=Professional Snooker – Big break by F Davis}}</ref> Donaldson's break of 98 against Newman in the 20th frame of the quarter-final was his highest at the championship.<ref name="KOBY"/>{{rp|60}} There were three [[century break]]s during the final, all by Davis.<ref name="BAIZE" /> Joe Davis commented after the match that, "Donaldson's long potting at present is the equal of anything seen in snooker history"; his brother Fred Davis said "[Donaldson] is playing the best snooker I have ever seen".<ref name="BPNOV47"/> In his book ''Talking Snooker'', first published in 1979, Fred Davis reflected that he had probably been "perhaps overconfident" and also had not expected Donaldson's standard to have improved so much as a result of his many hours of practice.<ref name="DAVTALK">{{cite book |last=Davis |first=Fred |title=Talking Snooker |edition=2nd |year=1983 |pages=18–19 |isbn=978-0-7136-2409-0|publisher=[[A & C Black]] |location=London}}</ref> This was the first of eight consecutive finals, from 1947 to 1954, featuring the two players.<ref name="BAIZE" />

Two wins by Joe Davis in challenge matches against Donaldson after the 1947 championship reinforced the public perception that the 15-time champion Davis was still the best player.<ref name="BAIZE" />
{{clear}}

==Main draw==
The results for the main draw are shown below. Match winners are denoted in bold.<ref name="Snooker Scene">{{cite web|title=Embassy World Championship|url=http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=36|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071753/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=36|archivedate=24 January 2013|publisher=Snooker Scene|accessdate=9 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="CueSport Book">{{cite book|last=Hayton|first=Eric|title=The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker|year=2004|publisher=Rose Villa Publications|location=Lowestoft|isbn=978-0-9548549-0-4|page=144}}</ref>
{{8TeamBracket
| team-width=170
| RD1=Quarter-finals <br/>71/73 frames
| RD2=Semi-finals <br/>71 frames
| RD3=Final <br/>145 frames
| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1='''{{flagathlete|[[Fred Davis (snooker player)|Fred Davis]]|ENG}}'''
| RD1-score1='''53'''
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2={{flagathlete|[[Clark McConachy]]|NZL}}
| RD1-score2=20
| RD1-seed3=
| RD1-team3='''{{flagathlete|[[Sidney Smith (snooker player)|Sidney Smith]]|ENG}}'''
| RD1-score3='''43'''
| RD1-seed4=
| RD1-team4={{flagathlete|[[Alec Brown (snooker player)|Alec Brown]]|ENG}}
| RD1-score4=28
| RD1-seed5=
| RD1-team5='''{{flagathlete|[[Walter Donaldson (snooker player)|Walter Donaldson]]|SCO}}'''
| RD1-score5='''46'''
| RD1-seed6=
| RD1-team6={{flagathlete|[[Stanley Newman (snooker player)|Stanley Newman]]|ENG}}
| RD1-score6=25
| RD1-seed7=
| RD1-team7='''{{flagathlete|[[Horace Lindrum]]|AUS}}'''
| RD1-score7='''39'''
| RD1-seed8=
| RD1-team8={{flagathlete|[[Albert Brown (snooker player)|Albert Brown]]|ENG}}
| RD1-score8=34
| RD2-seed1=
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Fred Davis (snooker player)|Fred Davis]]'''
| RD2-score1='''39'''
| RD2-seed2=
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} [[Sidney Smith (snooker player)|Sidney Smith]]
| RD2-score2=32
| RD2-seed3=
| RD2-team3={{flagicon|SCO}} '''[[Walter Donaldson (snooker player)|Walter Donaldson]]'''
| RD2-score3='''39'''
| RD2-seed4=
| RD2-team4={{flagicon|AUS}} [[Horace Lindrum]]
| RD2-score4=32
| RD3-seed1=
| RD3-team1={{flagicon|ENG}} [[Fred Davis (snooker player)|Fred Davis]]
| RD3-score1=63
| RD3-seed2=
| RD3-team2={{flagicon|SCO}} '''[[Walter Donaldson (snooker player)|Walter Donaldson]]'''
| RD3-score2='''82'''
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===Final===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | '''Final:''' 145 frames.

[[Leicester Square Hall]], London, 13–18, 20–25 October 1947.<ref name="FINAL">
*{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y2dAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kJQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4899%2C2339479 |title=World Snooker title |newspaper=[[The Glasgow Herald]] |page=4 |date=14 October 1947}}
*{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zGdAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kJQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4038%2C2371125 |title=Scot's Snooker lead |newspaper=[[The Glasgow Herald]] |page=2 |date=15 October 1947}}
*{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zWdAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kJQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3389%2C2479292 |title=World Snooker lead |newspaper=[[The Glasgow Herald]] |page=6 |date=16 October 1947}}
*{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zmdAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kJQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4091%2C2513142 |title=World Snooker title |newspaper=[[The Glasgow Herald]] |page=2 |date=17 October 1947}}
*{{cite news |title=Davis 10 behind |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |date=18 October 1947 |accessdate=18 March 2016 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19471018/074/0003 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription }}
*{{cite news |newspaper=The Times |date=20 October 1947 |page=2 |title=Professional Snooker}}
*{{cite news |title=Two century breaks by Fred Davis |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |date=21 October 1947 |accessdate=18 March 2016 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19471021/070/0003 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription }}
*{{cite news |title=Davis just misses world record |work=Western Daily Press |date=22 October 1947 |accessdate=18 March 2016 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000513/19471022/013/0002 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription }}
*{{cite news |title=Donaldson has winning lead |work=Western Daily Press |date=23 October 1947 |accessdate=18 March 2016 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000513/19471024/024/0002 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription }}
*{{cite news |title=Donaldson – Two frames to win |work=Western Daily Press |date=24 October 1947 |accessdate=18 March 2016 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000513/19471023/010/0002 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription }}
*{{cite news |title=Donaldson wins snooker title |work=Aberdeen Journal |date=25 October 1947 |accessdate=18 March 2016 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19471025/033/0003 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription }}
*{{cite news |title=Donaldson finished 19 frames ahead|work=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=27 October 1947 |page=3 }}</ref>
|-
| width="230" align="right" | '''[[Walter Donaldson (snooker player)|Walter Donaldson]]'''<br />{{SCO}}
| width="100" align="center" | '''82'''–63
| width="230" | [[Fred Davis (snooker player)|Fred Davis]]<br />{{ENG}}
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | '''Day 1:''' 42–'''88''', '''65'''–49, '''77'''–29, 23–'''91''', '''65'''–51, '''70'''–21, 26–'''72''', '''62'''–43, 13–'''113''', '''66'''–60, 40–'''86''', '''85'''–36<br>'''Day 2:''' '''88'''–31, '''84'''–22, 33–'''50''', '''71'''–32, 49–'''71''', '''65'''–35, 63–'''65''', '''80'''–36, '''73'''–56, 32–'''86''', '''87'''–48, 34–'''96'''<br>'''Day 3:''' '''73'''–44, '''95'''–14, '''64'''–50, '''89'''–31, '''79'''–23, 28–'''63''', '''70'''–38, '''59'''–40, 30–'''55''', '''62'''–47, 28–'''82''' ('''55'''), 38–'''86'''<br>'''Day 4:''' '''80'''–20, 52–'''82''', '''83'''–43, 13–'''144''' ('''73'''), '''65'''–36, '''69'''–24, '''99'''–24 ('''97'''), '''100'''–24, '''112'''–5, '''78'''–45, 47–'''77''', '''62'''–61<br>'''Day 5:''' '''65'''–53, 12–'''112''', '''84'''–33, '''77'''–24, '''83'''–37, 25–'''94''', 31–'''84''', 50–'''71''', 56–'''82''', 37–'''64''', 22–'''89''', 32–'''80'''<br>'''Day 6:''' '''85'''–18, '''72'''–45, 21–'''88''', '''60'''–46, '''94'''–38, '''70'''–39, '''72'''–31, '''90'''–11, '''87'''–28, 46–'''70''', 29–'''79''', '''74'''–51<br>'''Day 7:''' '''63'''–41, '''116'''–8, '''96'''–24, 8–'''111''' ('''103'''), '''65'''–59, '''68'''–61, 16–'''106''', 26–'''85''', 19–'''119''' ('''107'''), 56–'''69''', '''89'''–42, '''97'''–12<br>'''Day 8:''' '''53'''–44, 0–'''139''' ('''135'''), '''97'''–32, 51–'''63''', '''67'''–37, 39–'''96''', '''57'''–36, '''90'''–28, 32–'''75''', '''103'''–6, 65–'''73''', 22–'''103'''<br>'''Day 9:''' 40–'''67''', '''67'''–55, 30–'''94''', '''72'''–59, '''82'''–21, 20–'''86''', '''95'''–51, '''119'''–31, 51–'''93''', 14–'''94''', 55–'''64''', 12–'''120'''<br>'''Day 10:''' 51–'''56''', '''111'''–20, '''95'''–31, '''88'''–23, '''91'''–6, '''86'''–36, 28–'''80''', '''57'''–55, '''73'''–53, 24–'''86''', '''65'''–55, '''101'''–26<br>'''Day 11:''' '''68'''–66, '''95'''–48, '''77'''–38, 66–'''67''', '''68'''–23, '''76'''–50, '''72'''–53, '''74'''–40, 44–'''82''', 43–'''79''', 4–'''114''', 31–'''78'''<br>'''Day 12:''' (one frame score is unknown) 55–'''65''', 18–'''92''', '''77'''–47, 23–'''96''', 26–'''75''', '''93'''–21, 18–'''93''', 26–'''84''', 6–'''112''', 46–'''82''', '''104'''–33, '''96'''–20
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" | "Dead" frames were played. Donaldson won the match at 73–49.
|}

==Qualifying==
[[Herbert Holt (snooker player)|Herbert Holt]] had withdrawn from the qualifying in early December.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Times |date=7 December 1946 |page=7 |title=H Holt}}</ref> The first match, between [[John Pulman]] and [[Albert Brown (snooker player)|Albert Brown]] was a repeat of the final of the 1946 [[English Amateur Championship]] which Pulman had won. Brown led 14–9 after two days and took a winning 18–9 lead on the final day.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Times |date=6 January 1947 |page=2 |title=Professional Snooker}}</ref> [[Herbert Francis (snooker player)|Herbert Francis]] led [[Willie Leigh]] 14–10 after two days. Leigh levelled the score at 15–15 after the final afternoon session and eventually won 19–16.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sport in brief |work=Western Daily Press |date=9 January 1947 |accessdate=12 January 2016 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000513/19470109/025/0004 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription }}</ref> [[Sydney Lee (snooker player)|Sydney Lee]] beat [[Jim Lees (snooker player)|Jim Lees]] 19–16 in the third match.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Times |date=13 January 1947 |page=8 |title=Professional Snooker}}</ref> In the last first-round match [[Kingsley Kennerley]] won easily against [[Conrad Stanbury]], taking an 18–4 lead on the second evening.<ref>{{cite news |title=Missed his cue |work=Western Morning News |date=15 January 1947 |accessdate=12 January 2016 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000329/19470115/055/0005 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

[[Willie Leigh]] won all six frames of the first session, and all but frame nine in the second session, to establish an 11–1 lead against [[Sydney Lee (snooker player)|Sydney Lee]].<ref name="BDG24JAN"/> On the second day, he confirmed a win by taking the 19th frame with a break of 63, for a winning margin of 17–2.<ref name="BDG25JAN">{{cite news |title=Willie Leigh's snooker win |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=25 January 1947 |page=4}}</ref> Kennerley reached a decisive margin of victory  at 18–10 against Mann.<ref name="BDG30JAN"/> In the semi-finals, Albert Brown secured his place in the last frame of the second day of his match against Barrie, at 18–6,<ref name="BDG1FEB">{{cite news |title=Albert Brown's snooker bid |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=1 February 1947 |page=5}}</ref> and Kennerley prevailed 18–9 against Leigh.<ref name="BDG6FEB">{{cite news |title=All-Birmingham snooker final |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=6 February 1947 |page=4}}</ref> Brown won the contest of the Birmingham-based players at 18–10, which meant he was scheduled to play Lindrum in the quarter-finals of the main competition.<ref name="BDG10FEB">{{cite news |title='Davis' week of snooker at Birmingham |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=10 February 1947 |page=5}}</ref>

===Qualifying results===
Results of the qualifying competition were as follows:<ref>{{cite magazine |title=World's Professional Snooker Championship |magazine=The Billiard Player |publisher=Billiards Association and Control Council |date=February 1947 |page=5 }}</ref><ref name="BPMAR47">{{cite magazine |title=Championship Commentary |magazine=The Billiard Player |publisher=Billiards Association and Control Council |date=March 1947 |page=4 }}</ref>
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|team-width=170
| RD1= Round 1<br/>35 frames
| RD2= Round 2<br/>35 frames
| RD3= Round 3<br/>35 frames
| RD4= Round 4<br/>35 frames
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| RD1-team1='''{{flagathlete|[[Albert Brown (snooker player)|Albert Brown]]|ENG}}'''
| RD1-score1='''21'''
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2={{flagathlete|[[John Pulman]]|ENG}}
| RD1-score2=14
| RD1-seed3=
| RD1-team3='''{{flagathlete|[[Eric Newman (snooker player)|Eric Newman]]|ENG}}'''
| RD1-score3='''[[walkover|w/o]]'''
| RD1-seed4=
| RD1-team4={{flagathlete|[[Herbert Holt (snooker player)|Herbert Holt]]|ENG}}
| RD1-score4={{abbr|w/d|withdrawn}}
| RD1-seed09=
| RD1-team09='''{{flagathlete|[[Kingsley Kennerley]]|ENG}}'''
| RD1-score09='''23'''
| RD1-seed10=
| RD1-team10={{flagathlete|[[Conrad Stanbury]]|CAN|1921}}
| RD1-score10=12
| RD1-seed13=
| RD1-team13={{flagathlete|[[Jim Lees (snooker player)|Jim Lees]]|ENG}}
| RD1-score13=16
| RD1-seed14=
| RD1-team14='''{{flagathlete|[[Sydney Lee (snooker player)|Sydney Lee]]|ENG}}'''
| RD1-score14='''19'''
| RD1-seed15=
| RD1-team15='''{{flagathlete|[[Willie Leigh]]|ENG}}'''
| RD1-score15='''19'''
| RD1-seed16=
| RD1-team16={{flagathlete|[[Herbert Francis (snooker player)|Herbert Francis]]|ENG}}
| RD1-score16=16
| RD2-seed1=
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Albert Brown (snooker player)|Albert Brown]]'''
| RD2-score1='''28'''
| RD2-seed2=
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} [[Eric Newman (snooker player)|Eric Newman]]
| RD2-score2=7
| RD2-seed3=
| RD2-team3={{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[John Barrie (snooker player)|John Barrie]]'''
| RD2-score3='''25'''
| RD2-seed4=
| RD2-team4={{flagicon|ENG}} [[Fred Lawrence (snooker player)|Fred Lawrence]]
| RD2-score4=10
| RD2-seed5=
| RD2-team5={{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Kingsley Kennerley]]'''
| RD2-score5='''23'''
| RD2-seed6=
| RD2-team6={{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alec Mann]]
| RD2-score6=12
| RD2-seed7=
| RD2-team7={{flagicon|ENG}} [[Sydney Lee (snooker player)|Sydney Lee]]
| RD2-score7=10
| RD2-seed8=
| RD2-team8={{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Willie Leigh]]'''
| RD2-score8='''25'''
| RD3-seed1=
| RD3-team1={{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Albert Brown (snooker player)|Albert Brown]]'''
| RD3-score1='''24'''
| RD3-seed2=
| RD3-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Barrie (snooker player)|John Barrie]]
| RD3-score2=11
| RD3-seed3=
| RD3-team3={{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Kingsley Kennerley]]'''
| RD3-score3='''21'''
| RD3-seed4=
| RD3-team4={{flagicon|ENG}} [[Willie Leigh]]
| RD3-score4=14
| RD4-seed1=
| RD4-team1={{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Albert Brown (snooker player)|Albert Brown]]'''
| RD4-score1='''21'''
| RD4-seed2=
| RD4-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} [[Kingsley Kennerley]]
| RD4-score2=14
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