Kirk Stevens hits a 147 against Jimmy White in 1984 3. 'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag. [37] The match against Griffiths ended at 3:51am, Thorburn emerging as the winner, 1312. Tournament games are won when one of the players manages to win more than half of the scheduled frames. - Ten Hag almost forgets EFL Cup, '22m followers doesn't make it a 50-50 fight' Video, 00:00:57'22m followers doesn't make it a 50-50 fight', Burn hopes to end Newcastle trophy drought. [35] Two maximum breaks were also televised at the 2019 Welsh Open. Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? Thorburn led 1615, and missed an easy brown ball that let Higgins in to make it 1616. He helped to organise the first World Championship in 1927 and bought the trophy with half of the entry fees. It may have been the polar opposite to how Ronnie O'Sullivan managed it 15 years later - and started with a huge slice of luck as you'll see from the video below - but as Cliff Thorburn ground his way to perfection against Terry Griffiths, play on the other table was halted, allowing fellow Canadian Bill Werbeniuk to peep his head round the screen during the closing stages. He compiled the perfect break in the tenth frame of his 10-2 win over Rod Lawler at World Championship qualifying. [57] Trump made a maximum in the finals of the 2022 Turkish Masters[58] and the 2022 Champion of Champions. Ken Doherty famously did so in the 2000 Masters final when an 80,000 sports car was at stake. Davis went on to win that year and proceeded to rack up an incredible 15 consecutive World Championship wins. However, the definition of an official 147 is that it is made in a professional tournament with templated pockets. World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn called the decision "unacceptable" and "disrespectful". [4][5], He played pool and lacrosse in his youth,[2] and set a one-game scoring record of ten goals in the Greater Victoria Minor Lacrosse Association "midget division" in 1958. [3] The match between Davis and Smith was played as part of a series of events marking the closure of Leicester Square Hall; known as Thurston's Hall until 1947,[4] the venue had hosted many important billiards and snooker matches since its opening in 1901, including twelve World Snooker Championship finals. 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Cliff Thorburn - 1983 World Championship 3. Steve Davis - 1982 Lada Classic 2. [6][26] In 2009 Jimmy White and Ronnie O'Sullivan compiled consecutive maximum breaks at an exhibition match in Ireland. He stated afterwards that the prize money of 10,000 was not worthy of a 147. Ronnie O'Sullivan soared to superstar status in five minutes and eight seconds of breathtaking snooker from the gods at a time when he'd won just two of his record 19 Triple Crown titles. Of this, 147,000 was for making the 147 break and 18,000 was for achieving the highest break of the tournament. Under this convention the break would have been timed at 5 minutes and 15 seconds. Your email address will not be published. Since then Stephen Hendry (1995, 2009, 2012) and Ronnie O'Sullivan (1997, 2003, 2008) have bagged three apiece, including the Rocket's mesmerising clearance in just five minute and eight seconds in 1997 which is not only the quickest of all time, by some distance, but almost unanimously regarded as the greatest. He started the 197475 snooker season with a victory in the 1974 Canadian Open, knocking out Willie Thorne and Graham Miles to reach the final, where he won 86 against Taylor. The event was also called the Goya Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986). While few players would even have the audacity to attempt it on the practice table - let alone in the pressure cooker of the Crucible - he somehow potted those 36 balls with a prize fund of 147,000 on the line. He is generally recognised as the sport's first world champion from outside the United Kingdom (since the title won by Australian Horace Lindrum in 1952 is usually disregarded) and remains the only world champion from the Americas. Stephen Hendry composed a point perfect 147 break in the deciding frame of his 1997 Charity Challenge final against OSullivan, to take home the title with a 9-8 victory. Sure enough it went straight in. '- press officer interrupts Guardiola. Carter's maximum, which he celebrated wildly, helped him move 8-7 up in a match he'd win 13-9 on his way to his maiden final, which he'd lose to O'Sullivan. [46][47] O'Sullivan made one at the Northern Ireland Trophy and another at the UK Championship in 2007.[48][49]. He'd later lose a thrilling match 13-11, which is just the third time a 147 has been in vain. He potted brown, brown, 13 blacks, pink and blue. [13] Englishman Ronnie O'Sullivan has compiled 15 official competitive maximum breaks, the most achieved by any professional player. [50][51] He compiled another maximum break in the 1989 Matchroom League, during a match against White. [21] In the last session of the match, Thorburn extended his lead to 157 by the mid-session interval, then won 167 with a break of 114 in the 23rd frame,[22] becoming the first player to reach a second final at the Crucible. Can Everton ever be great again? Originally Posted by 1lawyer View Post. Watch as Cliff Thorburn makes World Snooker Championship history by scoring the first maximum 147 break at the Crucible. Not many people have made a 147 at the Crucible and the prize money at that time was so high that there was a lot of pressure, Williams recalls. Video, 00:07:26Can Everton ever be great again? [65][66] Judd Trump is known to have made a 147 at the Potters Under-16 Tournament in 2004 at the age of 14 years and 206 days; however, this break is not recognised by Guinness World Records. This was also the first televised 147. [3] In the quarter-final, he beat Jim Wych 136, having led 53, and 106. [34] At the 1981 World Championship, as defending champion, he reached the semi-final where he lost 1016 to Steve Davis. means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. It was not until a meeting on 20March 1957 that the break was officially recognised, and Davis was presented with a certificate to commemorate his achievement. Steve Davis 147 was not on national TV just Granada and it was recorded so I think it was Cliff Thorburn had the first one live on national TV.Cliff Thorburn was also the first player to get two 147's in professional matches. Thread starter X Breaker; Start date Apr 25, 2007; X Breaker AzB Silver Member. [77] The prize would be split among all players who had made at least one qualifying break, with each player receiving an equal share for every break made. Davis wrapped up victory on the second day, at 186, this being the first final at the Crucible to be completed in only three sessions. Watch more: Fighting Talk goes Snooker Loopy, Archive: The first Crucible 147. He averaged just 8.6 seconds a shot during the 147, which was the first of a record 15 maximums he has made so far in his career. pic.twitter.com/PoE9RBEcNh. I was 9-1 ahead and I saw the chance. [18], Thorburn had defeated Virgo 61 in the round robin phase of the 1980 Bombay International, but lost 713 to him in the final. The 2022 World Snooker Championship offered a bonus of 40,000 for a maximum break made at the Crucible and 10,000 for a maximum made in the qualifying rounds, in addition to the 15,000 highest break prize. However this accreditation was later revokedas official,due tothe pockets on the table being wider than the regulation size. Video, 00:09:56Archive: O'Sullivan's 'best' maximum, Archive: White's wonderful 147. [20] Breaks above 147 are possible when an opponent fouls and leaves a free ball with all 15 reds still remaining on the table. [45] He also reached the final of the Classic in January 1985, where he met Thorne, the latter winning five frames in a row to win 138 after the pair had been tied at 88. To put that into perspective, that's over a minute quicker than the next fastest by O'Sullivan in 2003. Thorburn won the seventh to make it 52, Higgins complaining after the frame that Thorburn had been standing in his line of sight, a claim that author and sports statistician Ian Morrison called "unfounded". Cliff Thorburn World Snooker Championship 2007. . 109 views, 3 likes, 0 loves, 1 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from TV Norte Tocantins: Voc telespectador de Araguana, participe da. [3] His manager Darryl McKerrow was killed in a hunting accident during the 198485 season, and Thorburn was subsequently managed by Robert Windsor, until joining Barry Hearn's Matchroom Sport in January 1988. The BBC still own coverage rights of the World Championship to this day and their dominance meant that a small tournament held in Oldham shown on ITV in 1982 went almost unnoticed. It had been on TV before this, however in 1977 the World Championships from Sheffield were first shown on the small screen. Spencer won three frames in a row to lead 2118, and Thorburn took the next two to trail by a single frame. [26] The conclusion of the final was watched by 14.5million television viewers. 1. Another milestone came at the 1983 World Championship when Cliff Thorburn compiled the first 147 break to be made at the Crucible. [72], In professional tournaments there was usually a substantial prize awarded to any player achieving a 147 break. A Lada car. Video, 00:02:44, How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle, Why does who owns Manchester United matter? Thorburn took the first two frames of the third session, and it finished with them level again, at 99. However, the first televised 147, in any ratified tournament, was by Steve Davis of England at the Lada Classic in Oldham, UK, on 11 January 1982. [58], Thorburn won over one million pounds in prize money during the course of his professional career. pic.twitter.com/RRRHGHVbVa. As the Grinder leant over for the final black, commentator Jack Karnehm whispered: "Oh good luck, mate!". John Higgins ended an eight-year stretch without a Crucible maximum by making his first, against Norway's Kurt Maflin. For example, if a match is scheduled to have a maximum of seven frames, a player wins the game when winning a fourth frame, regardless of how many frames the other player has. [67] The youngest player to have made a televised maximum is Ding Junhui, who was aged 19 years and 288 days when he achieved a 147 at the 2007 Masters. Regarding the first ever 147 maximum break; Playing an exhibition match against Willie Smith in 1955 at Leicester Hall in London, Joe Davis was the first person to achieve an accredited 147 break. Painted by the artist Michael Myers, the work is on display at the Macdonald St. Paul's Hotel in Sheffield. [53] At the 1995 Thailand Open, ranked 54th, he defeated three players from the top 16, including second-ranked Steve Davis, to reach the semi-finals. In the last session, Thorburn again narrowed the gap to one frame, but then Spencer won three in a row to achieve victory at 2521. [26][29] The first official maximum break in professional competition was made by Steve Davis in the 1982 Lada Classic against Spencer. Later that year, he had a 40 win over Pat Houlihan at the 1973 Norwich Union Open before losing 24 to Higgins in the quarter-final. 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