Tony Meo - 1988 Matchroom League 6. 9 February 2010, 01:12 AM. - 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. [1], Joe Davis compiled the first officially recognised maximum break on 22January 1955, in a match against Willie Smith at Leicester Square Hall, London. Thorburn built a 1311 lead during the fourth session, and extended it to 1511 before Spencer won four consecutive frames to make it 1515; the next session again saw them share the frames, finishing at 1818. [26][28], John Spencer made the first maximum compiled in professional competition on 13 January 1979 at the Holsten Lager Tournament against Cliff Thorburn, but it was not officially ratified due to oversized pockets. He had already established a 9-1 advantage and with only one frame required for victory, Williams set about what was the first maximum of his career. Ronnie O'Sullivan became the first person to record a third Crucible maximum in 2008 although at that time nobody else had managed more than one! It was witnessed by 133 people. [6][26] In 2009 Jimmy White and Ronnie O'Sullivan compiled consecutive maximum breaks at an exhibition match in Ireland. Cliff had the first televised during the World Championships. Read about our approach to external linking. Cliff Thorburn won the title in 1980. 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However, it wasnt officially ratified as the pockets were not templated. He defeated Thorne 97 in the 1985 final, and Alex Higgins 98 the following year. Of the eight Crucible maximum-makers, White and Carter are the only players not to win a world title but they did both reach finals on numerous occasions, with the Whirlwind doing so in 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994 and Carter managing it in 2008 and 2012. [23], His opponent in the final was Higgins, the 1972 champion. Watch as Cliff Thorburn makes World Snooker Championship history by scoring the first maximum 147 break at the Crucible. [10], Before the 199495 season, the maximum break remained a rare feat, with only 15 official maximums compiled altogether. Video, 00:07:26Can Everton ever be great again? Davis went on to win that year and proceeded to rack up an incredible 15 consecutive World Championship wins. [61] Thorburn competed on the inaugural Snooker Legends Tour in 2010. [67] The oldest player to have done so is Mark Williams, who made the third maximum of his career at the 2022 English Open, aged 47 years and 270 days. Required fields are marked *. Video, 00:09:56, Archive: White's wonderful 147. [44] He reached the final of the Grand Prix, where he lost to Dennis Taylor 210. [34] At the 1981 World Championship, as defending champion, he reached the semi-final where he lost 1016 to Steve Davis. [15], Thorburn reached the final of the 1978 Masters with wins over Doug Mountjoy and Spencer, losing 57 to Higgins in the final. Video, 00:01:08Why does who owns Manchester United matter? [27] Thorburn is generally regarded as the first player from outside the United Kingdom to win the world championship, Horace Lindrum's victory in the 1952 World Snooker Championship usually being disregarded. 2012 Crucible Maximum Break! Legendary Joe Davis made his first 147 in 1955. Archive: O'Sullivan's second 147. [11], At the 1973 World Snooker Championship, his first major tournament on the professional snooker circuit, Thorburn defeated Dennis Taylor 98 in the first round then lost 1516 to Williams in the second round. [76] Individual prizes for a maximum break were phased out at the beginning of the 201920 snooker season, with a 1 million bonus on offer for the season if 20 or more were made during the season. Obvious answers come to mind: Ronnie's fastest 147, Cliff Thorburn's first WC 147, Steve Davis first televised 147. [30][31], In March 1989, Cliff Thorburn also became the first player to make two competitive maximum breaks. When you've played at all of the major venues in front of capacity crowds, it's hard to focus and get motivated playing with just one man and a dog watching. Incidentally Spencer was playing Davis when he got . '- press officer interrupts Guardiola, How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle. Video, 00:00:26'Can I finish? TV O Norte | Araguana TO Thread starter X Breaker; Start date Apr 25, 2007; X Breaker AzB Silver Member. He then took 14 reds and blacks and a pink off the last red. [56], Thorburn effectively retired from the professional tournament circuit after the 199596 season. [23] The BBC's television coverage of the final had been interrupted by the broadcast of live footage of the Iranian Embassy Siege. [77], A break higher than 147 can be achieved when an opponent fouls before any reds are potted, and leaves the incoming player snookered on all 15 reds. [40][41] Three maximum breaks were compiled on 8 February 1998 during the Buckley's Bitter Challenge, an unofficial event, by Matthew Stevens, Ryan Day and Tony Chappel. Legendary Joe Davis made his first 147 in 1955. The youngest player to have made a televised 147 is Ding Junhui at the age of 19 years and 9 months in the 2007 Masters. I understand that by submitting this form, I will be providing World Snooker Limited with my personal data/information. As of 2023, Ronnie O'Sullivan holds the record for the most maximum breaks in professional competition, with 15. He then cleared up to make the 151. '- press officer interrupts Guardiola. [43], The only player known to compile more than two maximum breaks on a single occasion is Adrian Gunnell, who compiled three maximums in four frames at a club in Telford in 2003 while practising against Ian Duffy. [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. [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. The event was also called the Canadian Open (1978/19791980/1981). [10] The following year, Cliff Thorburn became the first player to make a maximum at the World Championship in the fourth frame of his second round match against Terry Griffiths. 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. Two days later he'd be celebrating his fifth Crucible crown. [6] The break was not caught on video as the television-crew were away on a tea-break. Video, 00:01:00, No regrets starting Kane on bench - Stellini, Whoops! Thorburn failed to hit the pink, which gave White the penalty points he needed, and White then potted the pink and black to win the title. Still, Higgins' composure was the difference after Maflin himself had missed out on a similar chance in round one, and the 14th red, to middle, was a delight. [47], He won further Masters titles by defeating Mountjoy 96 in 1985, and White 95 in 1986. He then defeated Kirk Stevens 1312 (from 1012) in the quarter-final, and Tony Knowles 1615 (from 1315) in the semi-final. Cliff Thorburn 147 - First ever 147 at the Crucible - 1983 WSC - YouTube 0:00 / 18:50 Cliff Thorburn 147 - First ever 147 at the Crucible - 1983 WSC Johnny S 381 subscribers. Spencer built a 42 lead at the end of the first session, but Thorburn won four of the next six frames and they finished the second session level at 66. It was here that Steve Davis completed a 147 against John Spencer a year earlier, but went under the radar for many and is barely remembered. Richard . It came in the fourth frame of his second round clash with Terry Griffiths. 1982 - Lada Classic - Steve Davis vs John Spencer Frame 5 First 147 On TV. [15] World Snooker has since suggested that a break starts when the player strikes the cueball for the first time in a break which would result in a time of 5 minutes and 8 seconds,[15] and this is the time that World Snooker now officially acknowledges. Thank you. To add insult to injury the feat was also missed by the TV cameramen, who were on a tea break at the time. [54][55] He lost the semi-final 05 to Ronnie O'Sullivan. First 147 at the Crucible - Cliff Thorburn - YouTube World Snooker Official brings you interviews, highlights, exclusive footage and much more from the World of Snooker!Subscribe here to. [12] In the 197879 snooker season he defeated Tony Meo 1715 in the final to win the 1978 Canadian Open after having trailed 610 at the end of the first day of the final,[16] but lost his opening matches in both the Masters (45 to Perrie Mans) and the World Championship (1013 to John Virgo). Spencer won three frames in a row to lead 2118, and Thorburn took the next two to trail by a single frame. ), who passed away either last year or the year before. This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 14:03. [15] The only timing methodology World Snooker sanctions in its events is the one employed in shot clock events where timing for a player's shot begins when the balls have come to rest from his opponent's previous shot. His second indelible mark on the Crucible. Thorburn led by 92 but eventually lost 910. [60] An investigation undertaken by Deadspin in 2017, however, revealed that the time recorded by Guinness is incorrect because the timer was started too early on the BBC footage. [46] Thorburn was again runner-up in the 1986 Classic, this time losing to Jimmy White in the final 1213. People didnt do it because the prize was so high, but I managed to do it. He was knocked out of the 1978 World Snooker Championship by Charlton, 1213 in the quarter-finals. Canada's Cliff Thorburn makes snooker history by completing the first maximum 147 break at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. Thorburn won the match 1310. 6 talking about this. [8][27] Rex Williams made the first maximum break in a competitive match against Manuel Francisco, Professionals v. Amateurs, on 23 December 1965 in Cape Town. '- press officer interrupts Guardiola. Video, 00:02:59. It uses Video, 00:00:26, 'Can I finish? Earlier in that year the Rocket had been on the receiving end of another memorable maximum. The event was also called the Dubai Masters (1988/1989) and Dubai Classic (1989/19901994/1995). [65], Thorburn is the father of two children. [17] He retained his Canadian Open title in 1979, taking a 103 lead over Terry Griffiths before winning the match in the deciding frame, at 1716. It's now been a quarter of century since the iconic moment that catapulted a 21-year-old O'Sullivan to stardom beyond the realms of snooker and, unlike so many other sporting prodigies that promise so much, he's never stopped breaking new boundaries and records in the most breathtaking of styles. While he was completing the break, play stopped on the tournament's second table because his friend and fellow Canadian Bill Werbeniuk wanted to watch. [57] Trump made a maximum in the finals of the 2022 Turkish Masters[58] and the 2022 Champion of Champions. It was clocked at five minutes 20 seconds at the time but in recent years it's been correctly altered to 5:08, which averages out at roughly 8.5 seconds per shot. Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? [11][12] As of March 2022[update], a further 74 maximum breaks have been officially recorded in professional competition. In years gone by, when 147s happened rarely, there was a bonus of 147,000 on offer at the Crucible. 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. [6] The first official maximum break in professional competition was compiled by Steve Davis in the 1982 Classic at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in Oldham, against John Spencer. Why does who owns Manchester United matter? In the quarter-final, he won in the deciding frame, 1312, against Charlton. One of snooker's founding fathers, Davis was already a ground-breaking individual in the history of the sport. 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. Thorburn became the first Canadian world snooker championship finalist. It was witnessed by 133 people. At the 2013 UK Championship, Mark Selby fired in the 100th in snooker history in his semi-final win over Ricky Walden. Canada's Cliff Thorburn makes snooker history by completing the first maximum 147 break at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. The 2008 World Snooker Championship was the first event where two maximum breaks were televised. He managed to get perfectly on the last black, only to rattle it in the jaws. [74], At the 2016 Welsh Open, Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Barry Pinches 41 in the first round. Painted by the artist Michael Myers, the work is on display at the Macdonald St. Paul's Hotel in Sheffield. Years later, Ronnie O'Sullivan did it in only five minutes and twenty seconds. From 22 after the first four frames, Davis won four in a row to leave Thorburn behind 26, extending this to 29 at the start of the second session, and 512 at the end of the first day. [38][39] Thorburn started the break by fluking a red. Two frames later, Liang agonisingly missed the final black on 140. The Canadian legend then kept ardent snooker fans awake until 2.12am when defeating Kirk Stevens by the same scoreline in the quarter-finals, and then came through another final-frame decider to beat Tony Knowles 16-15 in the semi-finals! Watch more: Fighting Talk goes Snooker Loopy, Archive: The first Crucible 147. Greenscreen reworks footage of Cliff Thorburn playing the first televised 147 point 'perfect frame' at the World Snooker Championships in 1983. Video, 00:07:26Can Everton ever be great again? [42] Commenting on Thorburn's performance in the final, snooker historian Clive Everton observed that the long matches he had played in reaching the final had "left him so drained that he was able to offer only token resistance. pic.twitter.com/RRRHGHVbVa. The largest score possible by a single player in a single break is actually 155. His 148 came in the qualifying rounds of the 2004 UK Championship. Mark Williams enjoyed this healthy boost to his bank balance at the 2005 World Championship. Just a few months later Un-Nooh amazingly missed the final black again, this time in World Championship qualifying against Anthony McGill, costing him a further 9,500. The first was Stephen Hendry's in the 1997 Charity Challenge Final against Ronnie O'Sullivan - which remains the only one to clinch a title - and there has been 19 since. So, due to the extensive BBC TV coverage it is widely thought that Cliff Thorburn made either the first ever 147 or indeed the first televised 147. One of snookers founding fathers, Davis was already a ground-breaking individual in the history of the sport. Video, 00:01:00No regrets starting Kane on bench - Stellini, Whoops! Obviously not a race but here's how all the Crucible 147s - now including Neil Robertson - looked after 5 minutes and 8 seconds. Even though it is officially recognised by the snooker governing body, it was an exhibition match and not a competitive one. I was 9-1 ahead and I saw the chance. Guinness World Records recorded the time of the break at 5 minutes and 20 seconds. I remember watching Cliff Thorburn make the first televised 147. The seven-time champion, who still remains at the top of the all-time list of most Crucible crowns, produced an array of stunning shots during his perfect break, particularly in the latter stages amidst an atmosphere of high tension. 1. [30] [31] Joe Davis made the first officially recognised maximum break in a 1955 exhibition match in London. Video, 00:01:24, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence, 'Can I finish? Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? Jimmy White was already a People's Champion by the time he was attempting to reach his fourth Crucible final and his third in a row back in 1992 but the way he conjured up this maximum against Tony Drago further enhanced that status. So in your opinion what was the best snooker break of all time? He was runner-up in two other world championships, losing 2125 to John Spencer in the 1977 final and 618 to Steve Davis in the 1983 final, and was ranked world number one during the 198182 season, becoming the first non-British player to top the world rankings. John Higgins ended an eight-year stretch without a Crucible maximum by making his first, against Norway's Kurt Maflin. [35] Two maximum breaks were also televised at the 2019 Welsh Open. Video, 00:02:44How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle. He took around eleven minutes. It came during the first session of his first-round match to Marco Fu, when trailing 4-2, but it couldn't prevent him suffering a 10-4 defeat the following day. The event was also called the Matchroom League (1978/19791980/1981). The first 147 to be made in a professional competitiveranking tournament came several decades later in 1979 by John Spencer. Under this convention the break would have been timed at 5 minutes and 15 seconds. That all changed in 1934 when New Zealander Murt ODonoghue made a 147 in New South Wales in Australia. Therefore, depending on how picky you want to be the title can go to either Joe Davis (First Officially Recognised 147), John Spencer (First Competitive 147)or Steve Davis (First Televised 147). Video, 00:03:36, Burn hopes to end Newcastle trophy drought, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence. [19] In advance of the 1980 World Championship, he practiced at a club near the Crucible that was owned by a friend, and gave up smoking and drinking alcohol for a week before the tournament. [39] The 2012 FFB Snooker Open, 2017 German Masters and 2018 Paul Hunter Classic are the only WPBSA events where two maximums were made on the same day. [12] He became the first player ever to retain the Masters title, and the first to win it three times. [50][51] He compiled another maximum break in the 1989 Matchroom League, during a match against White. So we've finally got a 147 on the 25th anniversary year of Ronnie O'Sullivan's record maximum. [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. Its 40 years to the day since Steve Davis compiled the first officially recognised maximum break. Video, 00:00:19Whoops! [9], Thorburn played John Spencer in a series of three exhibition matches in 1971; although he lost all three,[2] he was recommended by Spencer to the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association,[3] and he was accepted as a professional in 1972. Who has the first Televised 147? Can Everton ever be great again? The secondreason the mistake arises isdue to the rise in public interest in snooker via the means of television. He'd later bow out in the quarter-finals and subsequently announce his retirement with immediate but there's only one thing his last appearance here will be remembered for. [8][9] Davis won a Lada car (provided by the event's sponsors) for his achievement. [63][64] Shortly before turning 74, he announced that the 2022 UK Seniors Championship would be his last competitive event. Watch as Cliff Thorburn makes World Snooker Championship history by scoring the first maximum 147 break at the Crucible. Video, 00:02:44, How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle, Why does who owns Manchester United matter? [66] Following his World Championship victory, he bought a house in England with the intention of spending more time in Britain. 'That' maximum remains as unfathomable now as it was back then and arguably the most unbreakable record in sport. He whitewashed Chris Ross 110 in qualifying, then recorded a 136 win over Williams. Video, 00:00:58, 'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag, No regrets starting Kane on bench - Stellini. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Of this, 147,000 was for making the 147 break and 18,000 was for achieving the highest break of the tournament. In 1983, Thorburn became the first player to make a maximum break in a World Championship match, achieving the feat in his second-round encounter with Terry Griffiths. Here is a look back at the history of the 147. [23] Thorburn went ahead at 1211 and 1312, Higgins levelling the match both times, and the third session ending 1313. [24] Thorburn won the 19th and 20th frames, Higgins taking the following two to level at 1111. Video, 00:02:44How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle. 'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag. [36], In 1983, Thorburn became the first player to make a maximum break at the World Championship,[37] during the fourth frame of his second-round match against Griffiths,[3] and only the second player to make an official maximum in professional competition (after Davis at the 1982 Classic). In the 1980s and 1990s, some players received 147,000 for making a maximum break, but as the frequency of maximums increased, the reward was changed to a rolling prize pot that began at 5,000, leading to discontent among players. In 2005, Jamie Cope made snooker's first highest possible 155 break in a witnessed practice frame. Cliff Thorburn World Snooker Championship 2007. . He retired from competitive snooker after the 2022 UK Seniors Championship. To put that into perspective, that's over a minute quicker than the next fastest by O'Sullivan in 2003. [20] Breaks above 147 are possible when an opponent fouls and leaves a free ball with all 15 reds still remaining on the table. [a] A player compiles a maximum break by potting all 15 reds with 15 blacks for 120 points, followed by all six colours for a further 27 points. Here's every 147 in Crucible history, and you'll notice only three of them came in defeat, including the most recent by Higgins against Kurt Maflin in 2020. Video, 00:07:07Archive: O'Sullivan's second 147, On this day: 'Rocket' Ronnie O'Sullivan's fastest 147. He'd later lose a thrilling match 13-11, which is just the third time a 147 has been in vain. A Lada car. 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. Your email address will not be published. Thorburn fluked a pot on the green ball in the deciding frame, to leave White requiring penalty points from Thorburn to win. The event was also called the British Gold Cup (1979/1980), Yamaha Organs Trophy (1980/1981) and International Masters (1981/19821983/1984). He took the brown as the free ball, then potted the brown again followed by the 15 reds with 12 blacks, two pinks and a blue, then the six colours.[6][21][22]. 109 views, 3 likes, 0 loves, 1 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from TV Norte Tocantins: Voc telespectador de Araguana, participe da. [13] Englishman Ronnie O'Sullivan has compiled 15 official competitive maximum breaks, the most achieved by any professional player. You'd have thought Jimmy White had already suffered enough punishment at the hands of Stephen Hendry by the time they locked horns in the 1995 semi-finals. 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. As maximums go, it was straightforward stuff, the balls apparently well-set from an early stage. John Higgins Makes Maiden Crucible Maximum Break! Following a dispute over money between professional players and the. [8] Cliff Thorburn became the first player to make a maximum break at the World Snooker Championship, a feat that has since been repeated by Jimmy White, Stephen Hendry (three times), Ronnie O'Sullivan (three times), Mark Williams, Ali Carter, John Higgins and Neil Robertson. This was also the first televised 147. [37] Similarly, at the 2017 German Masters, Ali Carter and Ross Muir both compiled one each during qualifying and Tom Ford during the televised stages. - Ten Hag almost forgets EFL Cup. The event was also called the Professional Players Tournament (1982/19831983/1984). Spencer, a three-time World Champion, had already made a maximum break three years earlier at the 1979 Holsten Lager International. Thereafter, players who made a maximum would win or share a tournament's highest break prize, although some events still offer a separate bonus for a 147. Video, 00:00:19, '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. Thorburn played his last competitive match on 5 January 2022 against Kuldesh Johal, losing 03. The 20 maximums were not achieved. Cliff Thorburn of Canada made the first televised 147 in the World Championships at the Crucible Theatre on April 23 1983. 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