Sister beats Sister
Halifax Evening Courier, Saturday 13 January 1934 Two sisters, Miss Sadie and Miss Irene Isaacs, who are in partnership in a Manchester wallpaper business, met…
Novel or Strange
Cornishman, Thursday 15 December 1898 Cyclists in Greece swear by the Dunlop-Welsh tyre as a perfect non-slipper, the roads in that country being so greasy….
Mrs. Morris Wins
Western Mail, Monday 26 March 1934 Woman’s Amateur Snooker Championship Mrs. J. Morris (Cardiff), holder of the Welsh title, on Saturday won the Women’s Amateur…
There’s no such game
Society Snapshots Taken at Random on a Trip Through the World By Cotsford Dick. 1901 SIR ANANIAS . Guineapig , Lord Guineapig . (Quickly) Do…
Family Snooker
Daily Mirror, Tuesday 05 December 1933 Miss Helen McDougall and her mother, Mrs. Victoria McDougall, are among the entrants for the £500 prizes amateur snooker…
What is the Origin of Snooker’s Pool?
The New World of Billiards. December 25, 1907 Unlike most billiard games, Snooker’s Pool is a comparatively modern invention, and it would appear a fairly…
Game of tennis and snookers
Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore), Friday 17 November 1899 Civilians, considering their easy circumstances, might do more for sport, and in particular for racing than…
Snooker Champion, aged 12
Daily Mirror, Saturday 16 April 1932 Margaret Quinn, aged 12, of Pekham, receiving from Lady Hollis the women’s snooker championship trophy. She beat a woman…
The unknown potter. Walter Donaldson.
Herald Scotland, Sunday 14 April 2013 Alasdair Reid, Rugby reporter. As 12 of the past 23 World Snooker Championship titles have been won by Scots,…
Midland Amateur Title for Miss Vera Seals
Evening Despatch, Friday 18 May 1934 The final of the Midland women’s amateur snooker championship was decided last night at the Billiards House, Snow-hill, Birmingham,…
A halt by the way
Reading Observer, Saturday 26 August 1899 Sport and anecdote. [by an Old Fogey ] For two months or more we have been passing through exceptionally…
Girl Snooker wondert on way to Championship
Daily Herald, Wednesday 23 March 1932 MARGARET QUINN, a 12-year-old Peckham, S.E., schoolgirl, may become British women’s snooker champion. Margaret, last night, won her semi-final…