Tom Carpenter (born 31 August 1887, date of death unknown) was an English player of

English billiards English billiards, called simply billiards in the UK and in many former British colonies, is a cue sport that combines the aspects of carom billiards and pool. Two (one white and one yellow) and a red are used. Each player or team uses a diffe ...

and

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Biography

Carpenter was born in August 1887, to English parents, at

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, and later lived in

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. He started playing

at the age of seven, and made a break at the age of ten. He won the Welsh professional billiards title in 1913, beating Arthur Llewellin by 4,084 points in a match of 9,000-up. Llewellin had held the title for 22 years. Carpenter held the title until 1939, when he resigned it. In his 26-year reign as champion, he went 23 years without challenge. Carpenter reached the semi-final of the inaugural professional World Snooker Championship in 1927. He also reached the 1928 World billiards championship semi-final. In January 1922 at Cardiff, Carpenter played

Joe Davis Joseph Davis (15 April 190110 July 1978) was an English professional snooker and English billiards player. He was the dominant figure in snooker from the 1920s to the 1950s, and has been credited with inventing aspects of the way the game is ...

in a 7,000-up game of billiards. The game ended on 21 January 1922 and Tom lost by a single point. He coached

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(no relation), who won multiple billiards titles.

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