Plaque from side of Burroughes and Watts billiard table, circa 1905Full size billiard table made by Burroughes and Watts circa 1905 (in Olveston Historic Home, Dunedin)
Burroughes Hall was an important billiards and snooker venue in Soho Square, London from 1903 until it closed in 1967. The hall was in the premises of Burroughes & Watts Ltd., who had been at 19 Soho Square since 1836.[1] Burroughes & Watts opened a new billiards saloon in 1903,[2] known as the Soho Square Saloon. This was re-opened as the Soho Square Hall in 1904[3] and was renamed Burroughes Hall in 1913.[1] In 1967, control of Burroughes & Watts Ltd. was taken over by a group of property developers. The assets included 19 Soho Square, which was demolished and replaced by a modern office block.[1]
In 1919 Burroughes & Watts opened a second London match-room in Piccadilly, generally called the New Burroughes Hall. This venture was not a financial success and the new venue closed in 1925. During this period, the hall in Soho Square was sometimes known as the Old Burroughes Hall.[4]
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1967. The hall was in the premises of Burroughes & Watts Ltd., who had been at 19 Soho Square since 1836. Burroughes & Watts opened a new billiards saloon...
days. Each played the other, three times. All matches were played in BurroughesHall, London. Joe Davis made the first century break, 108, on the opening...
Championship but left his cue on the train on his way to the event at BurroughesHall. He was invited to choose a cue from a selection at the venue, and...
revived on a challenge basis in 1964. The first contest was played in BurroughesHall, London in April 1964 between Pulman and Davis, with Pulman retaining...
Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2013. "Hall of Fame". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved...
Billiards and snooker tournaments held from October 1907 to March 1908 at BurroughesHall. Seven professional players participated in round-robin tournaments...
Fry won by a score of 387 to 300. The fifth Championship was held at BurroughesHall in Soho Square. It was held from Monday 23 February to Tuesday 2 March...
Christabell Burroughes (1764-1843), daughter and heiress of Henry Negus (1734-1807) of Hoveton Hall, an attorney, and wife of James Burkin Burroughes (1760-1803)...
highest break of his career to that point, 599, against Lawrence at the BurroughesHall in Piccadilly. The final score was 14,000–10,743 to Davis. He became...
City Council. BurroughesHall was an important billiards and snooker venue in Soho Square from 1903 until it closed in 1967. The hall was in the premises...
match was over 73 frames, played over 6 days from 12 to 17 October at BurroughesHall. Williams led 8–4 at the end of the first day but Pulman won 11 of...
Bissett. Sources: John Pulman retired. John Barrie met Sydney Lee at BurroughesHall in London from 6 to 8 November. Barrie led 7–5 after the first day...
the competition. A qualifying competition for thirteen entrants at BurroughesHall in London from 2 January to 8 February 1947 was won by Albert Brown...
Negus Burroughes (8 February 1791 – 22 March 1872) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the eldest child of James Burkin Burroughes (1760-1803)...
unchanged. The format changed again in late 1958. All matches were held at BurroughesHall in London but the number of competitors was further reduced to four...
002–6,428 Leicester Square Hall, London 1949 Not held 1950 John Barrie (ENG) Kingsley Kennerley (ENG) 9,046–5,069 BurroughesHall, London 1951 Fred Davis (ENG)...
1947 at BurroughesHall and was won by John Pulman, who joined seven other players in the main event. The final was held at Leicester Square Hall in London...
did not get to play any shots during this time. During the match, at BurroughesHall, Reece made 249,552 cradle cannons during his break. The Billiards...
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