Sidney Smith

Sidney Smith (26 March 1908 – 26 June 1990) was a professional billiards and snooker player from the 1930s to the 1950s. He was born in Killamarsh, Derbyshire, England. He moved with his parents to Doncaster when he was two, and stayed there until after he started playing cue sports professionally. In 1929-30 he was employed by the cue sports company Burroughes and Watts to referee tournaments between leading players such as Walter Lindrum, Tom Newman and Willie Smith. In the semi-finals he lost at 12–16, to Davis the final score being 18–13 after .

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) and 1939, and he was a semi-finalist on four occasions in total, reaching that stage again in 1940, 1947, 1949.

Smith's most notable tournament wins were the 1948 United Kingdom Professional Billiards Championship (beating John Barrie 7000–6428)

Smith was the runner-up to Alec Brown in the 1938/1939 Daily Mail Gold Cup and later runner-up to Joe Davis in the 1949/50 News of the World Tournament