Albert Francis Cope (–1930) was an

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professional

billiards Cue sports are a wide variety of games of skill played with a cue, which is used to strike billiard balls and thereby cause them to move around a cloth-covered table bounded by elastic bumpers known as . There are three major subdivisions ...

and snooker player. He played in the

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and

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World Snooker Championship The World Snooker Championship is the longest-running and most prestigious tournament in professional snooker. It is also the wealthiest, with total prize money in 2022 of £2,395,000, including £500,000 for the winner. First held in 1927, it ...

s. In his 1927 semi-final match against

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 ...

he scored a 60 break for which he later received a commemorative certificate.

Playing career

Cope was born in Birmingham. Although primarily a billiards player, Cope was also an early exponent of snooker. In December 1913 he scored what was believed to be a world record break of 83. It included 14 reds and 14 colours. Cope was presented with "a large gold medal, suitably inscribed" to recognise the achievement. By the time the World Snooker Championship started Cope was about 50 years old but he did play in the

and

events. In 1927 he beat

Alec Mann Alec E. Mann was an English professional snooker player. Career Born in Birmingham on 14 November 1902, Mann turned professional in 1926, entering the 1927 World Championship, where he lost his first match 6–8 to Albert Cope after leading ...

before losing 16–7 to

in the semi-final. In 1928 he played Mann again but lost this time. In his 1927 match against

he scored a 60 break for which he later received a commemorative certificate from the Billiards Association and Control Council. The break remained the best in the World Championship until Davis made a 61 in the 1929 final. Cope died in February 1930.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cope, Albert English snooker players English players of English billiards 1870s births 1930 deaths Sportspeople from Birmingham, West Midlands