This was reduced to two guineas, and the same percentage of gate receipts, after representations to the BACC by the Professional Billiard Players Association. The entry fee was five guineas per player, with five per cent of gate receipts to be paid to the BACC. The closing date for entries for the 1947 championship was 23 November 1946. He had announced in October 1946 that he would no longer play in the World Championship. The World Championship was the first to be played since the retirement from the competition of Joe Davis who had won all 15 of the previous Championships. Davis had also won the title every year from 1928 to 1940, after which the tournament was not held again until 1946 due to World War II. The annual competition was not titled the World Championship until the 1935 tournament, but the 1927 tournament is now referred to as the first World Snooker Championship. In 1927, the final of the first professional snooker championship was held at Camkin's Hall Davis won the tournament by beating Tom Dennis in the final. Professional English billiards player and billiard hall manager Joe Davis noticed the increasing popularity of snooker compared to billiards in the 1920s, and with Birmingham-based billiards equipment manager Bill Camkin, persuaded the Billiards Association and Control Council (BACC) to recognise an official professional snooker championship in the 1926–27 season. The sport was developed in the late 19th century by British Army soldiers stationed in India. The World Snooker Championship is a professional tournament and the official world championship of the game of snooker. The quarter-finals and semi-finals took place from 20 January to 15 March at various venues in England. A qualifying competition for thirteen entrants at Burroughes Hall in London from 2 January to 8 February 1947 was won by Albert Brown, who then joined seven other players in the main competition. Davis had announced in October 1946 that he would no longer play in the competition. The 1947 event was the first to be played since the retirement of Joe Davis who had won all 15 of the previous Championships since it was inaugurated in 1927. Davis made the highest break of the tournament with a 135 clearance in frame 86 of the final. Walter Donaldson won the title by defeating Fred Davis by 82 frames to 63 in the final, although he reached the winning margin earlier, at 73–49. The semi-finals were completed in March, but the final was delayed due to building works at the venue, which had been bombed in October 1940. The final was held at the Leicester Square Hall in London, England, from 13 to 25 October. The 1947 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 20 January to 25 October 1947.
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