The final was held at the Camkin's Hall in Birmingham, England, with three of the other matches contested there, and one each played in Leamington Spa and Nottingham.

The highest break of the snooker tournament was 46, compiled by Alec Mann in the third frame of his first round match against Albert Cope.

[1][4] For the 1928 championship, a qualifying competition was held to produce a challenger to Davis, the defending champion.

As a trophy had been purchased the previous year, there was no need to deduct money from entry fees to buy one, unlike at the first staging.

[5] The venue for the semi-finals and final was to be Camkin's Hall, Birmingham, with those matches supervised by the Midland Counties Billiard Association, and the players concerned would be left to arrange the locations for earlier rounds.

[5] The entry fee was set at five guineas per player (equivalent to £400 in 2023), with a five-guineas sidestake required.

[6] The Billiards Championship had been contested on a similar basis, with qualifying matches to produce a challenger to the champion, previously, and the system continued for that competition as well, but with an entry fee of £50 for the preliminary rounds, equivalent to £3,805 in 2023.

[7] The first match played was between Tom Newman and Fred Smith at the Albert Hall, Kenilworth Street, Leamington Spa from 28 to 30 December.

[16] The match between Tom Dennis and Newman was played from 29 to 31 March at The Lounge, Shakespeare Street, Nottingham.

[23] Lawrence won three of the four afternoon frames on the final day to reduce Davis's lead to 15–13, potting well in the first two frames before what the Birmingham Daily Gazette termed a "woefully weak shot" when he was attempting to pot the blue ball failed.

[24] The presentation of the trophy and a gold medal to Davis, and of cheques to both players, was made by Mr. T. Heyman, chairman of the Midland Amateur Billiards Association.

[24] Davis recorded in his 1976 autobiography that "my old rival Fred Lawrence ... played extremely well and made me sweat it out," adding that "the finances worked out rather more favourably than in 1927," with Davis receiving £32 prize money (equivalent to £2,435 in 2023) and a £25 12s 6d share of the gate receipts (equivalent to £1,979 in 2023).