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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> |
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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She played in both [[Women's Professional Billiards Championship]] and the [[Women's Professional Snooker Championship]] in |
She played in both [[Women's Professional Billiards Championship]] and the [[Women's Professional Snooker Championship]] in 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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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. |
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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Born | circa 1910 |
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Sport country | Scotland |
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 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.
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: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "Another Rampart Going! )". Liverpool Echo. p.10. 14 December 1929 – via The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
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: 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.
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: 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.
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: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "Woman's Gossip". Cheltenham Chronicle. p.6. 10 August 1946 – via The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
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