Agnes Davies

Agnes Davies (née Morris, 30 September 1920 – 13 February 2011) was a Welsh snooker and billiards player. She was known for having a competitive playing career spanning 64 years, during which she won the Women's Professional Snooker Championship in 1949, and was runner-up in 1940, 1948, 1950, and 1980.

Biography Davies learned how to play billiards in her father's billiard hall in Saron, which he had set up using his compensation payment for pneumoconiosis caused by working as a coal miner. She first won the Welsh women's amateur championship in 1939, and won the following two years as well. and the winner in 1949. She was married to Dick Davies (who died in 1996) in 1940, and took a break of some 30 years from competitive snooker. Returning to competition in the late 1970s, she won three tournaments before reaching another world championship final in 1980. In 1985 Davies was Voted Life President of the World Ladies' Billiards and Snooker Association (WLBSA). and was ranked 46 in the Embassy Ladies World Rankings for 1997/98.

In June 2025 a Purple Plaque in Davies' memory was unveiled at Saron's Hall in Saron. The plaque, organised by Purple Plaques, was intended to highlight remarkable women in Wales.

Titles and achievements

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent Score Ref. Winner 1 1937 Welsh Ladies' Snooker Champion Winner 2 1938 Welsh Ladies' Snooker Champion Runner-up 7 1948 Women's Professional Snooker Championship Ruth Harrison 14–16 Winner 8 1949 Women's Professional Snooker Championship Thelma Carpenter 16–15 Winner 10 1977 Pontins Ladies' Bowl Champion Sue Foster 3–1 Winner 14 1982 Pontins Ladies' Bowl Champion Sue Foster 3–0 Runner-up 16 2003 Ladies Regal Welsh Championship seniors' (over 40s) final Maureen Twomey 1–2