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The standard in those days was far inferior too now

1:32 If I had a penny for every time I found myself in that position!

How many takes did it take for him to finish?

If only there were footage of Alec Brown in full flow! He seems to have been even quicker than Joe and Tony Drago...half-centuries in under a minute, centuries in 3 minutes, and of course that fountain-pen cue...

Irrespective of the creative editing, WL was and is still the greatest Billiards cueist of all. No other player in any sport has had the rules changed to bring them back to the field. Even with the Baulk line rule every 100 Points, he overcame and excelled..

Never put his chin on the cue.

Great to see a footage of Claude Falkiner, even if in play for just few seconds. He was one of the first developing nursery cannons and, as stated in the video, Lindrum learnt a lot from him in his visit to Australia and basically developed this method to something devastating.

Excellent thanks for the share (upload)🫶

A treasure from a bygone age.

Greatest billard player of all time

This game is so easy

The commentary has improved today more than the snooker.

Dreadful commentary, but what a genius Lindrum was. Being a left-hander, he reminded me of Jimmy White.

It looks all so relaxed and unscripted.

what a joke lmao

Wonder what year this was

I wish snooker to have a harder break (for example 3 reds to contact with cushions) and jump shots in rules. Would make the modern game more spectacular.

The only good thing here was the commentary

The guy doing the interview look's decidedly uncomfortable why is he standing loke that with his arms folded 🤔 very strange.

John looked like he'd just cut your granddad's hair.

It was quite funny when the Spurs players started clapping when Jack Warner went in off. I love watching Joe Davis play. It's hard to believe that he only played snooker because crowds got so bored watching him score thousands at billiards! Not bad for a guy with one eye.

Foul shot at 3:26, double hit

Didn’t chalk the cue much back then, great way to eliminate kicks

0:04 - That opening break off was not the same as in the immediate following wide shot. After the cut to wide angle, Davis is suddenly leaning on the table, the cue ball is travelling the other side of the blue and there's also a red that suddenly is flying all the way up to baulk. The shot of him breaking was a different break off than the one they cut to after the balls are moving. Anyone know why this was? The whole "match" looks staged for the film. Some absolutely bizarre shot selection going on too. Pullman didn't even look at an easy black and went for an incredibly difficult pink which gave virtually no good positional route for another red.

Table cloth and billiards balls were rougher than today, then. Making it easier.

Lindrum was not a snooker player and this heavily edited film does him a great disservice as it makes him out to be a fraud.

Tom Newman and NOT Jim Newman!!!!

The balls are different , they make a different sound. 1920 to the 1950, one of the fathers of Snooker!

Beautiful economy of movement in his strokes.

How on earth did they figure out which colour was which

what an absolute joke, Pullman would kill davis in a real match. Pullman didn't even play the black after his first red and the splicing of the video was done by a child hahahahahaha

I'd like a VAR on that break please 😂

And after he potted the last red, he went straight to the colours (yellow, brown, green etc, and got that out of order) without potting the last chosen colour first. So, two foul shots there

What sort of break is that?

You gotta love that the white is moved into better postions when the screen cuts...😂😂

Dat's some not-so-slippery editing - lol.

In the 1960’s Joe did a Sat. afternoon tv trick shot. He put the cue ball on TOP of the cushion, bottom right. Sent the ball round the table on top of the cushions and finally dropped into the bottom right hand corner. PLEASE if anyone knows how he did it please tell this 81 year old.

Super! Hear so much about this chap..He was a legend for Steve Davies... and me reading about the effect of Joe on Steeve and there is me seeing this decades on!! Wow! Really enjoyed this.... Total LEGEND.... he invented the modern game and the modern techniques.. took it to a whole new level on his own! Love stuff like this... Thank you : ))

Didn't even realise there was surviving footage of the great Joe Davis. This is a real treat!

this video as fake as john higgins

why do i find myself watching old snooker matches? they are far more interesting, esp with the quality of the tables and balls. Players had to really grind out some amazing shots to get pots and reactions

Ran out of position every 2nd shot , only for the camera to pan back to it being perfect…

The balls are moved when he doesn't get position. I know he's a great player!

Like all good billiards players they can play a decent game of snooker. Lindrum mind was something else when it came to billiards mind In fact I think the only question ever asked was how many more cubes of chalk was he going to get through on this break.

Joe Davis would be a B class player today against the likes of O'Sullivan, Trump or any of the top players, he was world champion when nobody played snooker.

Hey up playing on 3 different tables at the same time😂

That cloth was very fast :)

all others that think they can play should burn their cues....only joking but, no one will ever come close to Lindrum.

even cousin ron cant top Walter

Clever film editing and cutting, along with black n white….. Mmmmmm?