Tom Dennis

Thomas Arthur Dennis (1882 – January 1940) was an English professional snooker and English billiards player.

Career Dennis won the Billiard Professionals' Association (BPA) English billiards championship in 1914, 1921, 1922, and 1924, and also won the BPA Snooker Championship in 1923, 1924 and 1929. In 1925 he was ill in hospital for several months, which meant he was unable to defend his BPA titles and also faced the prospect of losing the two billiard saloons that he ran.

Personal life He had three sons: Thomas Leslie, William Henry by his first wife and David with his second wife, Kathleen. William was a successful amateur snooker player, reaching the final of the 1937 English Amateur Championship, losing 5–3 to Kingsley Kennerley.

Snooker performance timeline Tournament 1923/24 1924/25 1925/26 1926/27 1927/28 1928/29 1929/30 1930/31 1931/32 1932/33 1933/34 1934/35 1935/36 BPA Professional Championship W W WD NH SF F W NH SF SF Tournament Not Held World Championship Not Held F QF F F F SF SF A A WD

Performance Table Legend W won the tournament F lost in the final SF lost in the semi–finals QF lost in the quarter-finals WD withdrew from the tournament A did not participate in the tournament NH event was not held

Career finals

Career Finals: 7 (3 titles)