Tournament information | |
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Dates | 26 October – 21 November 1959 |
Venue | Burroughes Hall |
City | London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Total prize fund | £750 |
Winner's share | £400 |
Final | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
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The 1959 News of the World Snooker Plus Tournament was a professional snooker tournament sponsored by the News of the World. The event was played under the Snooker Plus rules, a variant of snooker with two additional colours (orange and purple). The tournament was won by Joe Davis with Fred Davis finishing in second place. It was the eleventh and final News of the World Tournament, which ran from 1949/50 to 1959.