Billiards Snooker Champion Tom Newman England 1920s Trade Ad Card

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Billiards Snooker Champion Tom Newman England 1920s Trade Ad Card
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THEY ARE TRADE/ADVERTISING CARDS.
THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN A STANDARD POSTCARD
AND
THERE IS ADVERTISING TEXT ON THE BACK!
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
ORIGINAL 1920s TRADE - ADVERTISING CARD
BILLIARDS TOM NEWMAN
Tom Newman (1894 - 1943) was an English professional player of English billiards and snooker. He was
born Thomas Edgar Pratt in Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire. He always appeared under the name Tom
Newman when playing billiards or snooker and changed his name formally in 1919, shortly before his
marriage that year.
He established himself as the best billiards players of the 1920s, appearing in every World Professional
Billiards Championship final between 1921 and 1930, and winning the title six times. In the last five of
these final he met Joe Davis, winning twice (1926 & 1927) and losing three times (1928, 1929 & 1930).
Newman was a great break builder at billiards, and was a master of the cannon shot. His first century
break at the "three ball game" came when he was 11 years of age; and in the 1930-31 season he made 30
breaks of 1000. During this season, on the 5th March 1931, he made his personal highest break of 1,827
in a match against Walter Lindrum at the Foresters' Hall, Dundee.
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THE REVERSE SIDE HAS TEXT ABOUT THE IMAGE ON THE FRONT SIDE .
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
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IT IS  90+ YEARS OLD
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