Daily Mail Gold Cup
The Daily Mail Gold Cup was an important professional cue sports tournament from 1935 to 1940. In the first two tournaments it was contested as a billiards event before becoming a snooker event. It was sponsored by the Daily Mail. The tournament was suspended following the 1939/40 event and not played again. The concept of a handicap snooker tournament was revived for the 1948 Sunday Empire News Tournament.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Venue | mostly at Thurston's Hall |
| Location | London |
| Country | England |
| Established | 1935 |
| Organisation(s) | BACC |
| Format | Round-robin handicap |
| Final year | 1939/40 |
| Final champion | Alec Brown |
The tournament was always played as a round-robin handicap event. Most matches were played at Thurston's Hall in London, England, although, in most seasons, a few matches were played in other major cities. Matches lasted a week (Monday to Saturday) and generally followed each other, week after week, so that the tournament ran for an extended period of about 3 months.