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Lindrum competed and was runner-up in the World Professional Snooker title against Joe Davis five times, finally winning the title in the 1951 / 1952 season against reigning World Professional Billiards Champion Clark McConachy, by a score of 94 – 49.
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Horace Lindrum ( 15 January 1912 – 20 June 1974 ) was an Australian professional snooker and carom billiards player.
He was the great grandson of Australia's first billiards champion, the grandson of the great billiard coach, Frederick William Lindrum II, and nephew of Frederick William Lindrum III and Walter Lindrum.
Although the record books show Australian Horace Lindrum triumphed in 1952, that was the year when the sport's leading players staged a boycott and to this day in many circles Lindrum is not regarded as a credible world champion.
Lindrum and World
** World Snooker Championship ( BACC event ): Horace Lindrum beats Clark McConachy 94 – 49
Meanwhile the ' official ' World Championship did attract only two entrants, Horace Lindrum from Australia beating New Zealand's Clark McConachy – and Lindrum's name is inscribed on the familiar trophy.
* World Snooker Championship – Joe Davis beats Horace Lindrum 78 – 67, then announces his retirement from the event after this, his 15th consecutive victory.
Doherty became only the third player from outside the United Kingdom ( After Australian Horace Lindrum in 1952 and Canadian Cliff Thorburn in 1980 ) to win the World Championship when he beat Stephen Hendry 18 – 12 in the 1997 final.
* World Snooker Championship – Joe Davis beats Horace Lindrum 34 – 27
* World Snooker Championship – Joe Davis beats Horace Lindrum 32 – 29
Lindrum and Professional
The Australian Professional Billiards and Snooker Association published a tribute to Lindrum for doing so.
Lindrum and against
Lindrum described the 143-final over two weeks against McConachy as the toughest battle of his career.
Lindrum and Davis
Walter shortly afterwards set a new world record for the highest professional break-142-and, to the surprise of many, won the 1947 Championship, beating Lindrum in the semi-final and Fred Davis 82-63 in the final.
Lindrum and times
He contested the final two more times in 1933 and 1934 losing on both occasions to Australian Walter Lindrum.
Lindrum and –
Lindrum made his first snooker at the age of 16, and his first four-figure break at billiards – a 1, 431 – at 21 years old.
Lindrum and .
He then retired from professional play, leaving Walter, Joe's younger brother Fred, and Horace Lindrum vying for the number one position.
Lindrum retained both titles for over 33 years.
In April 2009, the Hotel Lindrum hosted the Capital Cup, a billiards tournament that, on its 10th Anniversary, honoured the life and history of Walter Lindrum.
As Littlewood reported it, Lindrum " deliberately played to make a cannon in which the white balls were left touching, and succeeded.
It has been proposed to have a large collection of Lindrum memorabilia including personal and professional effects, newspaper clippings, diagrams of his shots, letters, and photographs moved to a special display in Australia's National Sports Museum.
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