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style="width:24em"><caption class="infobox-title">News of the World Tournament</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgreen">Tournament information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates</th><td class="infobox-data">26 October – 21 November 1959<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1959-10-26</span> – <span class="dtend">1959-11-21</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Venue</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Burroughes_Hall" title="Burroughes Hall">Burroughes Hall</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">City</th><td class="infobox-data">London</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Total prize fund</span></th><td class="infobox-data">£750</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Winner's share</span></th><td class="infobox-data">£400</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgreen">Final</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Champion</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Davis" title="Joe Davis">Joe Davis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Runner-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span 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tournament</div> <p>The <b>1959 News of the World Snooker Plus Tournament</b> was a professional <a href="/wiki/Snooker" title="Snooker">snooker</a> tournament sponsored by the <i><a href="/wiki/News_of_the_World" title="News of the World">News of the World</a></i>. The event was played under the <b>Snooker Plus</b> rules, a variant of snooker with two additional <dfn><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_cue_sports_terms#colour_ball" title="Glossary of cue sports terms"><span title="See entry at: Glossary of cue sports terms § Colour ball" style="color:inherit;" class="glossary-link">colours</span></a></dfn> (orange and purple). The tournament was won by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Davis" title="Joe Davis">Joe Davis</a> with <a href="/wiki/Fred_Davis_(snooker_player)" title="Fred Davis (snooker player)">Fred Davis</a> finishing in second place. It was the eleventh and final <a href="/wiki/News_of_the_World_Snooker_Tournament" title="News of the World Snooker Tournament">News of the World Tournament</a>, which ran from 1949/50 to 1959. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Snooker_plus">Snooker plus</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_News_of_the_World_Snooker_Plus_Tournament&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Snooker plus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Snooker_plus_table_drawing.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Snooker_plus_table_drawing.svg/220px-Snooker_plus_table_drawing.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="418" class="mw-file-element" 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<td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Snooker_ball_brown.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Snooker_ball_brown.png/14px-Snooker_ball_brown.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Snooker_ball_brown.png/21px-Snooker_ball_brown.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Snooker_ball_brown.png/28px-Snooker_ball_brown.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span> <dfn><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_cue_sports_terms#brown_ball" title="Glossary of cue sports terms"><span title="See entry at: Glossary of cue sports terms § Brown ball" style="color:inherit;" class="glossary-link">Brown</span></a></dfn></td> <td>4 points </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Snooker_ball_blue.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Snooker_ball_blue.png/14px-Snooker_ball_blue.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Snooker_ball_blue.png/21px-Snooker_ball_blue.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Snooker_ball_blue.png/28px-Snooker_ball_blue.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span> <dfn><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_cue_sports_terms#blue_ball" title="Glossary of cue sports terms"><span title="See entry at: Glossary of cue sports terms § Blue ball" style="color:inherit;" class="glossary-link">Blue</span></a></dfn></td> <td>5 points </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Snooker_ball_pink.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Snooker_ball_pink.png/14px-Snooker_ball_pink.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Snooker_ball_pink.png/21px-Snooker_ball_pink.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Snooker_ball_pink.png/28px-Snooker_ball_pink.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span> <dfn><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_cue_sports_terms#pink_ball" title="Glossary of cue sports terms"><span title="See entry at: Glossary of cue sports terms § Pink ball" style="color:inherit;" class="glossary-link">Pink</span></a></dfn></td> <td>6 points </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Snooker_ball_black.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Snooker_ball_black.png/14px-Snooker_ball_black.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Snooker_ball_black.png/21px-Snooker_ball_black.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Snooker_ball_black.png/28px-Snooker_ball_black.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span> <dfn><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_cue_sports_terms#black_ball" title="Glossary of cue sports terms"><span title="See entry at: Glossary of cue sports terms § Black ball" style="color:inherit;" class="glossary-link">Black</span></a></dfn></td> <td>7 points </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Snooker_ball_orange.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Snooker_ball_orange.png/14px-Snooker_ball_orange.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Snooker_ball_orange.png/21px-Snooker_ball_orange.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Snooker_ball_orange.png/28px-Snooker_ball_orange.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span> <dfn><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_cue_sports_terms#orange_ball" title="Glossary of cue sports terms"><span title="See entry at: Glossary of cue sports terms § Orange ball" style="color:inherit;" class="glossary-link">Orange</span></a></dfn></td> <td>8 points </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Snooker_ball_purple.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Snooker_ball_purple.png/14px-Snooker_ball_purple.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Snooker_ball_purple.png/21px-Snooker_ball_purple.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Snooker_ball_purple.png/28px-Snooker_ball_purple.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span> <dfn><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_cue_sports_terms#purple_ball" title="Glossary of cue sports terms"><span title="See entry at: Glossary of cue sports terms § Purple ball" style="color:inherit;" class="glossary-link">Purple</span></a></dfn></td> <td>10 points </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Snooker plus</b> was a variant of snooker created by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Davis" title="Joe Davis">Joe Davis</a> in 1959 with two additional <dfn><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_cue_sports_terms#colour_ball" title="Glossary of cue sports terms"><span title="See entry at: Glossary of cue sports terms § Colour ball" style="color:inherit;" class="glossary-link">colours</span></a></dfn>, orange (8 points) and purple (10 points). The orange spot was midway between the pink and blue, while the purple spot was midway between the brown and blue. If a frame ended in a tie, the purple was re-spotted on the black spot. The extra colours allowed a <a href="/wiki/Maximum_break" title="Maximum break">maximum break</a> of 210.<sup id="cite_ref-SGame_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SGame-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-day1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-day1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This variant failed to gain popularity but has appeared in some video games such as the <a href="/wiki/World_Snooker_Championship_video_games" class="mw-redirect" title="World Snooker Championship video games"><i>World Snooker Championship</i> series</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Format">Format</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_News_of_the_World_Snooker_Plus_Tournament&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Format"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There were three competitors, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Davis" title="Joe Davis">Joe Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fred_Davis_(snooker_player)" title="Fred Davis (snooker player)">Fred Davis</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Pulman" title="John Pulman">John Pulman</a>, competing for prize money of £750. Matches were of 25 frames over two days. Each played the other, three times. All matches were played in Burroughes Hall, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_News_of_the_World_Snooker_Plus_Tournament&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Joe_Davis" title="Joe Davis">Joe Davis</a> made the first century break, 108, on the opening day of the tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-day1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-day1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Joe_Davis" title="Joe Davis">Joe Davis</a> made sure of victory by beating <a href="/wiki/John_Pulman" title="John Pulman">John Pulman</a> in the penultimate match.<sup id="cite_ref-match8_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-match8-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Fred_Davis_(snooker_player)" title="Fred Davis (snooker player)">Fred Davis</a> lost the last match 13–12 but he had needed to win only 11 frames to finish in second place ahead of Pulman.<sup id="cite_ref-match9_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-match9-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Winner</th> <th>Score</th> <th>Loser</th> <th>Dates</th> <th>Ref </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Davis" title="Joe Davis">Joe Davis</a></td> <td>17–8</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Davis_(snooker_player)" title="Fred Davis (snooker player)">Fred Davis</a></td> <td>26–27 October</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/John_Pulman" title="John Pulman">John Pulman</a></td> <td>15–10</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Davis_(snooker_player)" title="Fred Davis (snooker player)">Fred Davis</a></td> <td>28–29 October</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Davis" title="Joe Davis">Joe Davis</a></td> <td>14–11</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/John_Pulman" title="John Pulman">John Pulman</a></td> <td>30–31 October</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/John_Pulman" title="John Pulman">John Pulman</a></td> <td>14–11</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Davis_(snooker_player)" title="Fred Davis (snooker player)">Fred Davis</a></td> <td>9–10 November</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Davis" title="Joe Davis">Joe Davis</a></td> <td>15–10</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/John_Pulman" title="John Pulman">John Pulman</a></td> <td>11–12 November</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Davis_(snooker_player)" title="Fred Davis (snooker player)">Fred Davis</a></td> <td>15–10</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Davis" title="Joe Davis">Joe Davis</a></td> <td>13–14 November</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Davis_(snooker_player)" title="Fred Davis (snooker player)">Fred Davis</a></td> <td>16–9</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/John_Pulman" title="John Pulman">John Pulman</a></td> <td>16–17 November</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Davis" title="Joe Davis">Joe Davis</a></td> <td>14–11</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/John_Pulman" title="John Pulman">John Pulman</a></td> <td>18–19 November</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-match8_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-match8-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Davis" title="Joe Davis">Joe Davis</a></td> <td>13–12</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Davis_(snooker_player)" title="Fred Davis (snooker player)">Fred Davis</a></td> <td>20–21 November</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-match9_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-match9-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Table</b> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Pos</th> <th>Player</th> <th>Pld</th> <th>MW</th> <th>FW</th> <th>Prize </th></tr> <tr style="background:#aaffaa;"> <td>1</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, 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Davis</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td>72</td> <td>£250 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/John_Pulman" title="John Pulman">John Pulman</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td>70</td> <td>£100 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The positions were determined firstly by the number of matches won (MW) and, in the event of a tie, the number of frames won (FW). </p> <div class="mw-heading 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title="Goriziana">Goriziana</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Snooker</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Snooker" title="Snooker">Snooker</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Six-red_snooker" title="Six-red snooker">Six-red snooker</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snooker_plus" class="mw-redirect" title="Snooker plus">Snooker plus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_snooker" title="American snooker">American snooker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinuca_brasileira" title="Sinuca brasileira">Brazilian snooker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snooker_Shoot_Out" title="Snooker Shoot Out">Shoot Out</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cue_sports#List_of_cue_sports" title="Cue sports">Other games</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Resources</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_cue_sports_terms" title="Glossary of cue sports terms">Glossary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cue_sports_techniques" title="Cue sports techniques">Techniques</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billiard_table" title="Billiard table">Billiard table</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billiard_ball" title="Billiard ball">Billiard ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billiard_hall" title="Billiard hall">Billiard hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cue_stick" title="Cue stick">Cue stick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rack_(billiards)" title="Rack (billiards)">Rack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_cue_sports" title="Comparison of cue sports">Comparison of cue sports</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major<br />international<br />tournaments</th><td 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title="WPA World Nine-ball Championship">WPA World Nine-ball Championship</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WPA_Women%27s_World_Nine-ball_Championship" title="WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship">Women's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_WPA_World_Nine-ball_champions" title="List of WPA World Nine-ball champions">champions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPA_World_Ten-ball_Championship" title="WPA World Ten-ball Championship">WPA World Ten-ball Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Straight_Pool_Championship" title="World Straight Pool Championship">World Straight Pool Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPA_World_Eight-ball_Championship" title="WPA World Eight-ball Championship">WPA World Eight-ball Championship</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_world_eight-ball_champions" title="List of world eight-ball champions">champions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Cup_of_Pool" title="World Cup of Pool">World Cup of Pool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosconi_Cup" 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