Chris Lloyd's blog
Welcome to Vintage Billiards
Welcome to the new Vintage Billiards web-site, dedicated to the life of Joe Davis and my Private collection of Joe Davis cues and memorabilia.
What you see at the moment is just the beginning of me showing the collection which has taken over fifteen years to put together.
My chief passion is Joe Davis cues, though I also collect signed items and books and magazines associated with the legendary Joe Davis.
I hope that you enjoy looking through my items and that they may inspire you to take a renewed interest in the history of the great games played on an English Billiard table and the characters and memorabilia of yesteryear.
Who is Joe Davis
Joe Davis, OBE (born 15 April 1901 in Whitwell, Derbyshire, England; died 10 July 1978 in Hampshire) was a British professional player of snooker and English billiards.
Joe Davis became a professional billiards player at the age of 18, having won the Chesterfield Championship at age 13. In 1926 he reached his first World Professional Billiards Championship final but was unsuccessful against defending champion Tom Newman. He reached the final again the following year and was runner-up again to the same opponent. It was to be a case of third time lucky for Davis when he defeated Newman in 1928 to become the world champion at English billiards for the first time. He would defend his title for the next three years – against Newman again in 1929 and 1930 and New Zealander Clark McConachy in 1932. He contested the final two more times in 1933 and 1934 losing on both occasions to Australian Walter Lindrum.
Your Wish List
I would like to introduce a wish list for anyone who is looking for anything in particular, it may be a book, cue, magazine or anything Snooker/Billiard related...you never know i may just may have it, or may be able to get hold of it...let me know!!!
Chris
The Davis name runs through Snooker like a vein of pure gold.
It's remarkable how the name Davis has been associated with snooker from it's earliest times as a world class sport. First there was Joe, born in 1901 and so 26 years old when he won the first ever World Snooker Championship. From Newsreel footage, we can see that Joe invented shots, while many players were content to hit and run with twenty breaks or thirty breaks, Joe was creating ways to split the pack of red balls and attack the game. Thus becoming famous for increasing the tournament record break year after year almost.
