Joe Davis and Lindrum shaking hands before the 1946 World Championship final
Born
(1912-01-15)15 January 1912 Sydney, Australia
Died
20 June 1974(1974-06-20) (aged 62) Dee Why, Sydney, Australia
Sport country
Australia
Tournament wins
World Champion
1952
Horace Lindrum (born Horace Norman William Morrell, 15 January 1912 – 20 June 1974) was an Australian professional player of snooker and English billiards. Lindrum won the 1952 World Snooker Championship defeating New Zealander Clark McConachy. The tournament is disputed, as it had only two participants, and other players boycotted the event to play in the 1952 World Professional Match-play Championship. Lindrum won the Australian Professional Billiards Championship on multiple occasions, first winning the event in 1934.
Lindrum lived in Britain for long periods and played in the major British tournaments. From his arrival in Britain in 1935, he was regarded as the second-best player in the world, behind Joe Davis. Lindrum contested three World Snooker Championship finals against Davis, in 1936, 1937 and 1946, losing all three to Davis but coming close to beating him on several occasions.
HoraceLindrum (born Horace Norman William Morrell, 15 January 1912 – 20 June 1974) was an Australian professional player of snooker and English billiards...
Manchester, England. The event featured only two entrants – Australian HoraceLindrum and New Zealander Clark McConachy. Due to a dispute between the Professional...
Davis and HoraceLindrum met in the final, with Davis having won one of his prior matches 29–2 after taking a winning 16–0 lead; whilst Lindrum had won...
Control Club and the Professional Billiards Players' Association (PBPA), Lindrum and McConachy were the only players to compete, with most professional...
runner-up to Davis in 1933. In 1934, Davis travelled to Australia to play HoraceLindrum in an invitational match, the World Snooker Challenge. Davis won by...
main event. Joe Davis won his 11th championship title by defeating HoraceLindrum by 32 frames to 29 in the final, despite trailing 13–17 and 19–21 during...
from 4 February to 18 May 1946. Joe Davis won the title by defeating HoraceLindrum by 78 frames to 67 in the final, although the winning margin was reached...
Championship for the tenth consecutive time, defeating HoraceLindrum in the final 34–27. HoraceLindrum became the first Australian to compete at the World...
books show Australian HoraceLindrum triumphed in 1952, that was the year when the sport's leading players staged a boycott so Lindrum has not been widely...
Walter Lindrum. Horace had just successfully challenged Fred for the Australian Professional Billiards Championship. In 1974, HoraceLindrum wrote that...
first world champion from outside the United Kingdom—since Australian HoraceLindrum's 1952 title is usually disregarded—and he remains the only world champion...
Davis (ENG) 1950: Walter Donaldson (SCO) 1951: Fred Davis (ENG) 1952: HoraceLindrum (AUS) Match-play 1952: Fred Davis (ENG) 1953: Fred Davis (ENG) 1954:...
the tournament with 106 in frame 32 of his semi-final match against HoraceLindrum. After defeating the then 42-year-old Sidney Smith — runner-up in the...
the highest official break of 146. The match between McConachy and HoraceLindrum for the World Championship started the following Monday. McConachy was...
Davis (ENG) 1950: Walter Donaldson (SCO) 1951: Fred Davis (ENG) 1952: HoraceLindrum (AUS) Match-play 1952: Fred Davis (ENG) 1953: Fred Davis (ENG) 1954:...
the third player from outside the United Kingdom (after Australian HoraceLindrum in 1952 and Canadian Cliff Thorburn in 1980) to win the World Championship...
Davis (ENG) 1950: Walter Donaldson (SCO) 1951: Fred Davis (ENG) 1952: HoraceLindrum (AUS) Match-play 1952: Fred Davis (ENG) 1953: Fred Davis (ENG) 1954:...
first player to have recorded 1,000 centuries in public performance is HoraceLindrum. Ronnie O'Sullivan is the only player to have compiled more than 1,000...
margin at 37–22, Smith won 44–29 following dead frames.: 223 After HoraceLindrum built a 5–1 lead in their first session, Albert Brown won four successive...
cup was won by Joe Davis who won all his five matches. The Australian HoraceLindrum finished in second place in the final table. It was the third Daily...
editions of which are now recognised as world championships, while only HoraceLindrum and Clark McConachy entered for the BACC's 1952 World Snooker Championship...
Davis (ENG) 1950: Walter Donaldson (SCO) 1951: Fred Davis (ENG) 1952: HoraceLindrum (AUS) Match-play 1952: Fred Davis (ENG) 1953: Fred Davis (ENG) 1954:...
Davis (ENG) 1950: Walter Donaldson (SCO) 1951: Fred Davis (ENG) 1952: HoraceLindrum (AUS) Match-play 1952: Fred Davis (ENG) 1953: Fred Davis (ENG) 1954:...
Davis (ENG) 1950: Walter Donaldson (SCO) 1951: Fred Davis (ENG) 1952: HoraceLindrum (AUS) Match-play 1952: Fred Davis (ENG) 1953: Fred Davis (ENG) 1954:...
Davis (ENG) 1950: Walter Donaldson (SCO) 1951: Fred Davis (ENG) 1952: HoraceLindrum (AUS) Match-play 1952: Fred Davis (ENG) 1953: Fred Davis (ENG) 1954:...
Davis (ENG) 1950: Walter Donaldson (SCO) 1951: Fred Davis (ENG) 1952: HoraceLindrum (AUS) Match-play 1952: Fred Davis (ENG) 1953: Fred Davis (ENG) 1954:...
Davis (ENG) 1950: Walter Donaldson (SCO) 1951: Fred Davis (ENG) 1952: HoraceLindrum (AUS) Match-play 1952: Fred Davis (ENG) 1953: Fred Davis (ENG) 1954:...
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