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'''Margaret Lennan''' was an [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[snooker]] and [[billiards]] player. |
'''Margaret Lennan''' was an [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[snooker]] and [[English billiards|billiards]] player. She was runner-up in the 1936 [[Women's Professional Billiards Championship]]. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Lennan started playing billiards at the age of 17,<ref name="KISS">{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Kiss Cannons Not Kisses |url= |magazine=Derby Daily Telegraph |location=p.1 |publisher= |date=8 February 1930 |access-date=|via=The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 21 August 2019.}}</ref> and received coaching from Alec Donaldson, father of future world [[snooker]] champion [[Walter Donaldson (snooker player)|Walter Donaldson]]. She won a Ladies Billiards Championship in 1922.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Warned Against Billiards Career |url= |magazine=Coatbridge Express |location=p.4 |publisher= |date=29 October 1947 |access-date=|via=The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 23 August 2019.}}</ref> |
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in 1928 she won an unofficial "British Isles Championship" by beating [[Joyce Gardner]],<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Girl Billiards Player|url= |magazine=Hull Daily Mail |location=p.4 |publisher= |date=6 September 1930 |access-date=|via=The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 23 August 2019.}}</ref> and the following year became the first woman to qualify as a billiards coach.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Another Rampart Going! ) |url= |magazine=Liverpool Echo|location=p.10 |publisher= |date=14 December 1929 |access-date=|via=The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 21 August 2019.}}</ref><ref name="KISS" /> |
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The [[Women's Billiards Association]] was formed in 1931, and Lennan was one of four professional players appointed to a committee to organise the professional championships, the others being [[Joyce Gardner]], [[Ruth Harrison (snooker player)|Ruth Harrison]] and [[Eva Collins]].<ref name="LANCS">{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Women's Billiards. Association Formed to Control the Championships. |url= |magazine=Lancashire Evening Post |location=p.10 |publisher= |date=1 October 1931 |access-date=|via=The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 21 August 2019.}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=(Untitled Article) |url= |magazine=Uxbridge & West Drayton Gazette |location=p.18 |publisher= |date=18 September 1931 |access-date=|via=The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 21 August 2019.}}</ref> |
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aged 25 on Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Thursday 07 November 1935 p.8 |
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Aged 27 Sunday Post - Sunday 10 November 1935 |
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She played in both [[Women's Professional Billiards Championship]] and the [[Women's Professional Snooker Championship]] in the the 1930s, reaching the final of the [[Women's Professional Billiards Championship]] in 1936 and losing 2872-3000 to [[Joyce Gardner]].<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Miss Gardner Wins Women's Championship |url= |magazine=The Times |issue=Issue 47218|location=p.6 |publisher= |date=11 November 1935 |access-date=|via=The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 19 August 2019.}}</ref> |
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<ref> p. 4 Coatbridge Express - Wednesday 29 October 1947 From Coatbridge. Won 1922 LAies bills, was coached by Alec Donaldson , father of world champ Walter Donaldson</ref> |
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1928 won some 'British Isles' championship, beating Gardner <ref>Girl Billairds Player p.4Hull Daily Mail - Saturday 06 September 1930 </ref> |
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<ref> first woman coach Liverpool Echo - Saturday 14 December 1929 |
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<ref>KISS CANNONS NOT KISSES Derby Daily Telegraph p.1 - Saturday 08 February 1930 Lady champion of the British Iseles 1928, began playing at 17 </ref> |
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1935 was first pro championship <ref>Billairds for women p.7 Hull Daily Mail - Wednesday 13 February 1935 </ref> |
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<ref>Portsmouth Evening News - Saturday 23 November 1935 p.6. Granted cert by WBA for break of 153 in championship.</ref> |
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<ref> Certificates Awarded by Control Coucil Western Morning News p.12 - Thursday 17 September 1931 cert for record break of 153 (til HArrisons 197 in 1937</ref> |
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<ref> 1940 snooker, lost 2-3 to Agnes, after leading 2-0. last stroke was a foul on the black! SCOTS WOMAN PLAYER DEFEATED Daily Record - Wednesday 27 March 1940 p.15</ref> |
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<ref>Woman's Gossip Cheltenham Chronicle - Saturday 10 August 1946 p.6 she gave up billiards in 1942 due to pressure of war work, took up golf and had ambitions to be top golfer. At the beginning of WW2, ML left Glasgow and moved to Hillesden, Prestbury. unofficial break reocrds of 216 and 275</ref> |
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==Titles and achievements== |
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'''Snooker''' |
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'''Billiards''' |
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Collins was awarded a certificate for her women's record break on 153 in the 1935 [[Women's Professional Billiards Championship]]<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=All Satisfied |url= |magazine=Gloucestershire Echo |location=p.8 |publisher= |date=22 November 1935 |access-date=|via=The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 21 August 2019.}}</ref> This record was superseded by [[Ruth Harrison (snooker player)|Ruth Harrison's]] break of 197 in 1937. |
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Lennan had moved from [[Glasgow]] to Hillesden, [[Prestbury, Gloucestershire|Prestbury]], at the beginning of [[World War II]], and given up billiards in 1942 due to the pressure of her [[World War II|war]] work. She said in 1946 that she had taken to playing [[golf]] instead of [[English billiards|billiards]].<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Woman's Gossip |url= |magazine=Cheltenham Chronicle |location=p.6 |publisher= |date=10 August 1946 |access-date=|via=The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 23 August 2019.}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Margaret Lennan was an Scottish snooker and billiards player. She was runner-up in the 1936 Women's Professional Billiards Championship.
Biography
Lennan started playing billiards at the age of 17,[1] and received coaching from Alec Donaldson, father of future world snooker champion Walter Donaldson. She won a Ladies Billiards Championship in 1922.[2]
in 1928 she won an unofficial "British Isles Championship" by beating Joyce Gardner,[3] and the following year became the first woman to qualify as a billiards coach.[4][1]
The Women's Billiards Association was formed in 1931, and Lennan was one of four professional players appointed to a committee to organise the professional championships, the others being Joyce Gardner, Ruth Harrison and Eva Collins.[5][6]
She played in both Women's Professional Billiards Championship and the Women's Professional Snooker Championship in the the 1930s, reaching the final of the Women's Professional Billiards Championship in 1936 and losing 2872-3000 to Joyce Gardner.[7]
Collins was awarded a certificate for her women's record break on 153 in the 1935 Women's Professional Billiards Championship[8] This record was superseded by Ruth Harrison's break of 197 in 1937.
Lennan had moved from Glasgow to Hillesden, Prestbury, at the beginning of World War II, and given up billiards in 1942 due to the pressure of her war work. She said in 1946 that she had taken to playing golf instead of billiards.[9]
References
- ^ a b "Kiss Cannons Not Kisses". Derby Daily Telegraph. p.1. 8 February 1930 – via The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
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: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "Warned Against Billiards Career". Coatbridge Express. p.4. 29 October 1947 – via The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
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: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "Girl Billiards Player". Hull Daily Mail. p.4. 6 September 1930 – via The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
{{cite magazine}}
: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "Another Rampart Going! )". Liverpool Echo. p.10. 14 December 1929 – via The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
{{cite magazine}}
: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "Women's Billiards. Association Formed to Control the Championships". Lancashire Evening Post. p.10. 1 October 1931 – via The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
{{cite magazine}}
: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "(Untitled Article)". Uxbridge & West Drayton Gazette. p.18. 18 September 1931 – via The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
{{cite magazine}}
: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "Miss Gardner Wins Women's Championship". The Times. No. Issue 47218. p.6. 11 November 1935 – via The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
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has extra text (help)CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "All Satisfied". Gloucestershire Echo. p.8. 22 November 1935 – via The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
{{cite magazine}}
: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "Woman's Gossip". Cheltenham Chronicle. p.6. 10 August 1946 – via The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
{{cite magazine}}
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