Wikipedia:Good topics/1956 World Professional Match-play Championship
The 1956 World Professional Match-play Championship was a professional snooker tournament held from 9 January to 10 March 1956, with the final at the Tower Circus in Blackpool, England. It was the 1956 edition of the World Snooker Championship, first held in 1927. There were four participants. Fred Davis won his eighth and last world snooker title by defeating John Pulman 38–35 in the 73-frame final.
