as the second strongest player but now received 20 points each frame from Joe Davis. The tournament was a disappointment for Lindrum with him losing his first four matches before beating Davis 36–35 in the final match. Lindrum played in the 1939 World Snooker Championship, but he lost his first match 14–17 to Alec Brown. Lindrum ended his disappointing season by playing Joe Davis in an exhibition match. Davis conceded 21 points each frame but still won 39–34. Lindrum returned to Australia, arriving i late August. Lindrum planned to return to England later in the year but because of World War II he did not return until 1945. England 1945 to 1947 Lindrum returned to England in August 1945. He played exhibition matches during the rest of 1945 and the early part of 1946. The first important tournament was the 1946 World Snooker Championship. Lindrum won his quarter-final match against Herbert Holt and beat Fred Davis in the semi-final to meet Joe Davis in the final for the third time. Lindrum played in the 1947 and 1951 World Championships, losing to Walter Donaldson in the semi-final on both occasions. 1952 World Professional Snooker Championship Lindrum won the 1952 World Snooker Championship beating New Zealander Clark McConachy. There were only two entries, Lindrum and McConachy, following a dispute between the Professional Billiards Players' Association (PBPA) and the Billiards Association and Control Council (BACC). The BACC thought the championship was primarily about honour, and insisted that financial consideration should come at second place. With Fred Davis and Walter Donaldson sharing only £500 for the previous year's final, the PBPA boycotted and established an alternative world championship called the 1952 World Professional Match-play Championship. Lindrum was the only active professional not to take part. Lindrum won the 145-frame match comfortably, taking a winning 73–37 lead early on the 10th day. The remaining 35 "dead" frames were due to be played, although in the end only a total of 143 frames were played, Lindrum winning 94–49. Snooker journalist Clive Everton has called the match "farcical", pointing out that most of the snooker public regarded the World Match-play Championship as the real world championship. Lindrum was the only Australian to win the championship until Neil Robertson in 2010. Later years In 1957 Lindrum retired from competitive play to become an exhibition player, touring Australia and South Africa and describing himself as the "undefeated world champion."