Snooker Semi-Final - 15th February 1957

It was a 'civic surprise' night at Bideford Conservative Club on Monday when the only second division team left in Bideford Snooker League's knock-out cup competition, Town Hall, beat the Newsboys by 3 games to 2, to go into the hat for the semi-final draw. Town Hall team comprises members of Bideford Corporation staff, while the Newsboys are now back again writing headlines instead of trying to make them!
Front row (left to right) - D Bidgway, D R F Arnold, R Cudmore, D Woolley, S Eastman; Back-row - B Hockin, P G Day, L S Petherbridge, C Mill, D Taylore, J Eastmond, W Wren.
And the hat? That was kindly loaned for the occasion by D Mounce (B.G.S Old Boys).