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'''Agnes Davies''', born Agnes Morris, (30 September 1920 |
'''Agnes Davies''', born Agnes Morris, (30 September 1920 – 13 February 2011) was a [[Wales|Welsh]] [[snooker]] and [[billiards]] player. She was known for having a competitive playing career spanning 64 years,<ref name="SWG">{{cite news |date=2011-03-09 |title=Snooker Queen Agnes Dies |url=https://www.southwalesguardian.co.uk/news/8897709.snooker-queen-agnes-90-dies/ |work=South Wales Guardian |access-date=2019-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728024714/https://www.southwalesguardian.co.uk/news/8897709.snooker-queen-agnes-90-dies/ |archive-date=28 July 2019}}</ref> during which she women the Women's Professional Snooker Championship in 1949<ref name="Bath City Signings">{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Bath City Signings|url= |magazine=Snooker Title Won on Last Frame|issue=|location=p.5 |publisher= |date=20 June 1949|access-date=|via=The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 19 August 2019.}}</ref>, and reached world championship snooker finals in 1940<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Snooker Championship |url= |magazine=The Times |issue=48578|location=p.3 |publisher= |date=1 April 1940 |access-date=|via=The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 17 August 2019.}}</ref>, 1948<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Miss Adcock Takes Snooker Title|url= |magazine=Daily Mirror|issue=|location=p.5 |publisher= |date=22 May 1948|access-date=|via=The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 19 August 2019.}}</ref>, 1950<ref name="WDP50">{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Bath City Signings|url= |magazine=Western Daily Mail|issue=|location=p.5 |publisher= |date=25 June 1950|access-date=|via=The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 19 August 2019.}}</ref>, and 1980. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Davies, then still known as Agnes Morris, was runner up in the 1940 Women's Professional Snooker championship<ref name="TIMES">{{cite news|date=1940-04-01 |title=Snooker Championship |url= |work=The Times |issue=48578 |location=3 |via=The Times Digital Archive }} </ref> and the winner in 1949. She was married to Dick Davies (who died in 1996) in 1940, and took a break of some 30 years from competitive snooker. Returning to competition in the late 1970s, she won three tournaments before reaching another [[World Women's Snooker Championship|world championship]] final in 1980. In 1985 Davies was Voted Life President of the World Ladies' Billiards and Snooker Association (WLBSA).<ref name="OBIT" /><ref name="SWG" /> |
Davies, then still known as Agnes Morris, was runner up in the 1940 Women's Professional Snooker championship<ref name="TIMES">{{cite news|date=1940-04-01 |title=Snooker Championship |url= |work=The Times |issue=48578 |location=3 |via=The Times Digital Archive }} </ref> and the winner in 1949. She was married to Dick Davies (who died in 1996) in 1940, and took a break of some 30 years from competitive snooker. Returning to competition in the late 1970s, she won three tournaments before reaching another [[World Women's Snooker Championship|world championship]] final in 1980. In 1985 Davies was Voted Life President of the World Ladies' Billiards and Snooker Association (WLBSA).<ref name="OBIT" /><ref name="SWG" /> |
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In 1998 she qualified for the Ladies Welsh Open at [[Newport, Wales]] at the age of 77 |
In 1998 she qualified for the Ladies Welsh Open at [[Newport, Wales]] at the age of 77 – sixty years after winning as a 17 year old.<ref>{{cite news |last=Malone |first=Emmet |date=1998-01-03 |title=On The Sidelines |work=Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland) |location= |via=[[NewsBank]]}} </ref> |
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Until 1999, Davies played in the home international series for Wales. She also played in the Amman Valley league until 2001.<ref name="SWG" /> |
Until 1999, Davies played in the home international series for Wales. She also played in the Amman Valley league until 2001.<ref name="SWG" /> |
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*2003 Regal Ladies' Welsh Over 40s Final |
*2003 Regal Ladies' Welsh Over 40s Final |
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*'''1982 Pontins Ladies' Bowl Champion''' |
*'''1982 Pontins Ladies' Bowl Champion''' |
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*1980 Guinness [[World Women's Snooker Championship|World Ladies' Snooker Championship]] |
*1980 Guinness [[World Women's Snooker Championship|World Ladies' Snooker Championship]] – Runner-up – lost 2–4 to [[Lesley McIlrath]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/about/world-champions/|title=World Champions|website=Women's World Snooker|access-date=2019-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818024929/https://www.womenssnooker.com/about/world-champions/|archive-date=18 August 2019}}</ref> |
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*'''1979 Pontins Ladies' Bowl Champion''' |
*'''1979 Pontins Ladies' Bowl Champion''' |
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*'''1978 Women's Amateur Champion (UK Championship)''' |
*'''1978 Women's Amateur Champion (UK Championship)''' |
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*'''1977 Pontins Ladies' Bowl Champion''' |
*'''1977 Pontins Ladies' Bowl Champion''' |
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*1950 Women's Professional Snooker Championship runner-up |
*1950 Women's Professional Snooker Championship runner-up – lost 10–20 to Thelma Carpenter |
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*'''1949 Women's Professional Snooker Champion''' (beat Thelma Carpenter |
*'''1949 Women's Professional Snooker Champion''' (beat Thelma Carpenter 16–15) <ref name="Bath City Signings"/> |
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*1948 Women's Professional Snooker Championship runner-up |
*1948 Women's Professional Snooker Championship runner-up – lost the Ruth Harrison |
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*1940 Women's Professional Snooker Championship runner-up |
*1940 Women's Professional Snooker Championship runner-up – Lost 2–11 to Ruth Harrison<ref name="TIMES" /><ref>{{cite news |date=1940-03-28 |title=Women's Title |url= |work=The Manchester Guardian |location=2 |via=[[ProQuest]] Historical Newspapers: The Guardian and The Observer }} </ref> |
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*'''1939 Women's Amateur Champion''' |
*'''1939 Women's Amateur Champion''' |
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*'''1939 Welsh Ladies' Billiards Champion''' |
*'''1939 Welsh Ladies' Billiards Champion''' |
Revision as of 21:07, 10 October 2019
Born | [1] Saron, Denbighshire,Wales | September 30, 1920.
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Died | February 13, 2011 | (aged 90)
Sport country | Wales |
Agnes Davies, born Agnes Morris, (30 September 1920 – 13 February 2011) was a Welsh snooker and billiards player. She was known for having a competitive playing career spanning 64 years,[2] during which she women the Women's Professional Snooker Championship in 1949[3], and reached world championship snooker finals in 1940[4], 1948[5], 1950[6], and 1980.
Biography
Davies learned how to play billiards in her father's billiard hall in Saron, which he had set up using his compensation payment for pneumoconiosis caused by working as a coal miner. She first won the Welsh women's amateur championship in 1939, and won the following two years as well.[1]
Davies, then still known as Agnes Morris, was runner up in the 1940 Women's Professional Snooker championship[7] and the winner in 1949. She was married to Dick Davies (who died in 1996) in 1940, and took a break of some 30 years from competitive snooker. Returning to competition in the late 1970s, she won three tournaments before reaching another world championship final in 1980. In 1985 Davies was Voted Life President of the World Ladies' Billiards and Snooker Association (WLBSA).[1][2]
In 1998 she qualified for the Ladies Welsh Open at Newport, Wales at the age of 77 – sixty years after winning as a 17 year old.[8]
Until 1999, Davies played in the home international series for Wales. She also played in the Amman Valley league until 2001.[2]
Davies died in 2011.[1] In 2012, Women's World Snooker held the Agnes Davies Memorial tournament, which was won by Jaique Ip. [9]
Titles and achievements
- 2003 Regal Ladies' Welsh Over 40s Final
- 1982 Pontins Ladies' Bowl Champion
- 1980 Guinness World Ladies' Snooker Championship – Runner-up – lost 2–4 to Lesley McIlrath[10]
- 1979 Pontins Ladies' Bowl Champion
- 1978 Women's Amateur Champion (UK Championship)
- 1977 Pontins Ladies' Bowl Champion
- 1950 Women's Professional Snooker Championship runner-up – lost 10–20 to Thelma Carpenter
- 1949 Women's Professional Snooker Champion (beat Thelma Carpenter 16–15) [3]
- 1948 Women's Professional Snooker Championship runner-up – lost the Ruth Harrison
- 1940 Women's Professional Snooker Championship runner-up – Lost 2–11 to Ruth Harrison[7][11]
- 1939 Women's Amateur Champion
- 1939 Welsh Ladies' Billiards Champion
- 1937, 1938, 1939 Welsh Ladies' Snooker Champion
References
- ^ a b c d e Everton, Clive (1 March 2011). "Agnes Davies obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ a b c "Snooker Queen Agnes Dies". South Wales Guardian. 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Bath City Signings". Snooker Title Won on Last Frame. p.5. 20 June 1949 – via The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
{{cite magazine}}
: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "Snooker Championship". The Times. No. 48578. p.3. 1 April 1940 – via The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
{{cite magazine}}
: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "Miss Adcock Takes Snooker Title". Daily Mirror. p.5. 22 May 1948 – via The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
{{cite magazine}}
: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "Bath City Signings". Western Daily Mail. p.5. 25 June 1950 – via The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
{{cite magazine}}
: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ a b "Snooker Championship". The Times. No. 48578. 3. 1 April 1940 – via The Times Digital Archive.
{{cite news}}
: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Malone, Emmet (3 January 1998). "On The Sidelines". Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland) – via NewsBank.
- ^ "Jaique Ip Wan In". Women's World Snooker. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ "World Champions". Women's World Snooker. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ "Women's Title". The Manchester Guardian. 2. 28 March 1940 – via ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Guardian and The Observer.
{{cite news}}
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