1953 World Snooker Championship
| Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | Final | |||||||
| Best of 61 frames | Best of 61 frames | Best of 71 frames | |||||||
 Fred Davis
| 32 | ||||||||
| John Barrie
| 29 | ||||||||
| Fred Davis
| 36 | ||||||||
| John Pulman
| 25 | ||||||||
| John Pulman
| 36 | ||||||||
 Jackie Rea
| 25 | ||||||||
| Fred Davis
| 37 | ||||||||
 Walter Donaldson
| 34 | ||||||||
| Walter Donaldson
| 42 | ||||||||
| Kingsley Kennerley
| 19 | ||||||||
| Walter Donaldson
| 31 | ||||||||
| Albert Brown
| 28 | ||||||||
| Albert Brown
| 35 | ||||||||
| Alec Brown
| 26 | ||||||||
| World Snooker Championship |
| Early Years |
| 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 |
| Challenge Basis |
| 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1968 |
| "Modern" Era |
| 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 |
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