Joe won 5 matches and finished in second place ahead of John Pulman by winning more frames overall.

The News of the World Snooker Tournament ran from 1949/50 to 1959.

Unlike previous News of the World tournaments there was no handicapping.

[1] The highest break of the competition was a 114 compiled by Fred Davis in his match against Pulman on 10 October.

[2] Table [2] The positions were determined firstly by the number of matches won (MW) and, in the event of a tie, the number of frames won (FW).