Joe Davis won the title for the ninth time by defeating Willie Smith by 28 frames to 21 in the final, having achieved a winning margin at 25–20.

Davis recorded the first century break in the history of the championship, a 110 in his semi-final match against Tom Newman.

[1] The sport was developed in the late 19th century by British Army soldiers stationed in India.

[9] In late June and early July 1934, Joe Davis had travelled to Australia to play in the World Billiards Championship.

[11] Davis received a bye to the final of the Billiards Championship and played Walter Lindrum, the defending Champion, in Melbourne, from 14 to 27 October.

[12] Davis had been due to leave Australia on 30 October but accepted an offer of a snooker match against Horace Lindrum, delaying his departure until 7 November.

[16] The match was reported in both The Age and The Glasgow Herald as being the unofficial world championship.

[22] On the Saturday, the sixth day, Davis won 8 frames to lead 39–21, including a 50 break.

Horace had just successfully challenged Fred for the Australian Professional Billiards Championship.

[26] In 1974, Horace Lindrum wrote that although the money that he lost was approximately equivalent to his fare to England and this had deprived him of the opportunity to enter the following professional championship, the contest provided "match experience against a top class overseas player.

[28] On 6 April, Davis retained the UK Professional English Billiards Championship, by completing a 21,733–19,910 defeat of Newman at Thurston's.

[31] Willie Smith and Conrad Stanbury played their first-round match from 8 to 10 April.

[28] The players and referee agreed in advance that, contrary to the official rules of the game, they would nominate a colour ball being played for only if there might be some doubt, rather than in every case.

[42] After the final afternoon session the score was 24–20 and the match ended on the first evening frame which Davis won by 58 points to 39, securing victory at 25–20.

"[9] In his column for Reynolds's Illustrated News, published the day after the conclusion of the final, Smith wrote that snooker was "gradually ousting billiards in the clubs and public halls", saying that he regretted this, as he preferred billiards because it was harder to master.

"[44] The Billiard Player similarly reported that "For the first time in its history this contest drew large and continuous crowds to Thurstons.