1931 World Professional Championship

[Photo Courtesy of Michael Young]

Competitors – 2

Final at Lounge Billiard Hall, Nottingham

Final

Joe Davis beat Tom Dennis 25-21

Despite an upsurge in interest in snooker there were only two entrants for the 1931 professional championship.

The event was staged in the back room of a Nottingham pub, owned by Tom Dennis. The fact that he was playing on his own table didn't help as Davis ran out a 25-21 winner for his fifth consecutive win.

World Championship

Breaks Board

1927

60 Albert Cope v Joe Davis

57 Joe Davis v Tom Dennis

46 Joe Davis v Joe Brady

45 Joe Davis v Joe Brady

41 Joe Davis v Albert Cope

1928

46 Alec Mann v Albert Cope

44 Joe Davis v Fred Lawrence

43 Alec Mann v Fred Lawrence

40 Joe Davis v Fred Lawrence

1929

61 Joe Davis v Tom Dennis

46 Joe Davis v Tom Dennis

45 Joe Davis v Tom Dennis

1930

79 Joe Davis v Tom Dennis

70 Joe Davis v Tom Dennis

58 Joe Davis v Tom Dennis

58 Joe Davis v Fred Lawrence

56 Joe Davis v Tom Dennis

1931

72 Joe Davis

58 Joe Davis

56 Joe Davis