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Sidney Smith (26 March 1908 – 1990) was a professional billiards and snooker player from the 1930s to the 1950s. He was born in Killamarsh, Derbyshire, England.〔Andy Hunter on the Cue Collector website http://www.thecuecollector.com/files/CueCollectorArticles/Hunter_Article_16__Sidney_Smith_.pdf Retrieved 2011-Dec-7〕 He was the first player to make a total clearance in snooker competition, a break of 133 on 11 December 1936 in the Daily Mail Gold Cup.〔 Smith's most notable tournament wins were the 1948 United Kingdom Professional Billiards Championship (beating John Barrie 7000-6428)〔 and the News of the World Snooker Championship in 1952.〔The Billiards Quarterly Review : October 1990 quoted at http://www.eaba.co.uk/mags/bqr/1990/10/sydneySmith.html Retrieved 2011-Dec-7〕 Smith was the runner-up to Joe Davis in the World Snooker Championships of 1938 (having beaten Joe's brother Fred 18–13 in the semi-final)〔Global Snooker website http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-snooker-tournaments-archive-world-championship-1938.asp Retrieved 2011-Dec-7〕 and 1939,〔Global Snooker website http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-snooker-tournaments-archive-world-championship-1939.asp Retrieved 2011-Dec-7〕 and he was a semi-finalist on four occasions (1937,〔Global Snooker website http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-snooker-tournaments-archive-world-championship-1937.asp Retrieved 2011-Dec-7〕 1940,〔Global Snooker website http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-snooker-tournaments-archive-world-championship-1940.asp Retrieved 2011-Dec-7〕 1947,〔Global Snooker website http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-snooker-tournaments-archive-world-championship-1947.asp Retrieved 2011-Dec-7〕 1949〔Global Snooker website http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-snooker-tournaments-archive-world-championship-1949.asp Retrieved 2011-Dec-7〕). Smith was the runner-up to Joe Davis in the 1950 News of the World Snooker Championship,〔 and was twice runner-up to Alec Brown in a prestigious tournament of the late 1930s, the Daily Mail Gold Cup. Smith made three 1000+ billiard breaks in his career, with his highest being a break of 1292.〔 Smith died in 1990 aged 82.〔 == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sidney Smith (snooker player)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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