'- press officer interrupts Guardiola. [14] Following him are John Higgins with twelve, Stephen Hendry with eleven, Stuart Bingham with nine, Judd Trump with eight, Shaun Murphy with seven, and Ding Junhui with six. It was witnessed by 133 people. Tony Meo - 1988 Matchroom League 6. [38], Mark Davis became the only player to make two official maximum breaks in professional competition at the same event when he compiled two 147s at the 2017 Championship League. Video, 00:02:59Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? Relive Thorburn's historic Crucible 147. Video, 00:06:57On this day: 'Rocket' Ronnie O'Sullivan's fastest 147, Archive: O'Sullivan's 'best' maximum. Cliff Thorburn of Canada made the first televised 147 in the World Championships at the Crucible Theatre on April 23 1983. It was witnessed by 133 people. The break came during his second-round match against Terry Griffiths in 1983. 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. pic.twitter.com/PoE9RBEcNh. [34], More than one official maximum break has been compiled in the same event on more than twenty occasions. This was eleven minutes of wonderful exciting TV. Painted by the artist Michael Myers, the work is on display at the Macdonald St. Paul's Hotel in Sheffield. 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. 6 talking about this. [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. In the 1980s, Thorburn experienced tremendous success. Obvious answers come to mind: Ronnie's fastest 147, Cliff Thorburn's first WC 147, Steve Davis first televised 147. As Canadas Thorburn lined up the final black, commentator Jack Karnehm simply uttered the words Good luck mate. [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. Video, 00:01:16, Up Next. Read about our approach to external linking. Cliff Thorburn famously entered the record books by grinding his way to the iconic first World Championship 147 - and second ever in any tournament behind Steve Davis' frame of perfection at the 1982 Lada Classic - but it would be a nine-year wait before the next when Jimmy White thrilled the crowd en route to his third of six finals. His 148 came in the qualifying rounds of the 2004 UK Championship. Neil Robertson fired the 12th 147 break in World Snooker Championship history in the 19th frame of his second round match against Jack Lisowski. He also holds the record for the fastest competitive maximum break, at 5minutes and 8seconds, which he achieved at the 1997 World Championship. 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. [12], In 1988 Thorburn was fined 10,000, had two ranking points deducted, and was banned for two ranking tournaments, by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Early in the 20th century, the maximum break was little more than a folk tale, with discredited rumours of sightings floating around cue sport establishments akin to talk of Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster. The event was also called the Dubai Masters (1988/1989) and Dubai Classic (1989/19901994/1995). - Ten Hag almost forgets EFL Cup. In the fifth frame of the match, O'Sullivan declined the opportunity to make a maximum break, potting the pink off the penultimate red and completing a break of 146. [34] At the 1981 World Championship, as defending champion, he reached the semi-final where he lost 1016 to Steve Davis. At the Classic in January 1982, Steve Davis achieved the first recognised maximum in professional competition, which was also the first in a televised match. Thorburn won the match 1310. [6] The break was not caught on video as the television-crew were away on a tea-break. 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. White was always gracious in defeat no matter how he felt inside and was again quick to give Hendry a warm smile and handshake after he sunk a tricky final black from a tight angle that moved him 8-4 ahead in a match he'd win 16-12. Thorburn led by 9-2 but eventually lost 9-10. [31], He won the Canadian Open for a third successive year in 1980, defeating Griffiths 1710 in the final,[32] and was part of the Canada Team that reached the final of the 1980 World Challenge Cup, where they lost 58 to Wales. Spencer, a three-time World Champion, had already made a maximum break three years earlier at the 1979 Holsten Lager International. [38][39] Thorburn started the break by fluking a red. The Rocket, who was just 21 and four years away from his first of five Crucible crowns, compiled his break during a 10-6 first-round victory over Mick Price and it won him a whopping 147,000. [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. Can Everton ever be great again? Video, 00:01:24, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence, 'Can I finish? Thorburns break lasted 16 minutes and four seconds. For the 201920 snooker season, World Snooker Tour chairman Barry Hearn replaced the rolling prize with a conditional 1million bonus, to be awarded if 20 or more maximum breaks were attained in the season. Guinness World Records recorded the time of the break at 5 minutes and 20 seconds. In total there have now been 172 official maximum breaks. [3] Thorburn has aspired to be known by the nickname "Champagne Cliff", but admitted later that it never caught on. A quite incredible career ended at the 2012 World Championship but not before one final crowd-pleasing moment of greatness. Mark Williams (2005), Ali Carter (2008), John Higgins (2020) and Neil Robertson (2022) are the only other two players to have managed 147s in the World Championship at the Crucible. In 1997 Eddie Manning achieved a 149 break in a practice match against Kam Pandya at Willie Thorne's Snooker Club in Leicester. In years gone by, when 147s happened rarely, there was a bonus of 147,000 on offer at the Crucible. He took around eleven minutes. 1. One of snooker's founding fathers, Davis was already a ground-breaking individual in the history of the sport. The event was also called the Matchroom League (1978/19791980/1981). [72], In professional tournaments there was usually a substantial prize awarded to any player achieving a 147 break. While players including Jamie Cope have made a 155 in practice matches, the only player to make a break above 147 in a professional tournament is Jamie Burnett. However, two rushes of blood to the head have cost Un-Nooh dearly in the 147 stakes. [10], Before the 199495 season, the maximum break remained a rare feat, with only 15 official maximums compiled altogether. All 12 of the Crucible 147 breaks in multiscreen ranked by speed.Ronnie O'Sullivan's unbreakable record is only challenged by his second maximum while @nr147 is the new entry at number eight. The footage went viral and Un-Nooh was invited on to Chris Evans show TFI Friday on Channel 4 to recreate the shot, which he sportingly potted before being handed a pint of lager by Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe. The event was also called the Thailand Masters (1983/19841986/1987 & 1991/1992) and the Asian Open (1989/19901992/1993). 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. [65], Thorburn is the father of two children. Thorburn's entry for the 1972 World Snooker Championship arrived too late for him to be included in the main draw. This was also the first televised 147. [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. means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. 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. 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. [2] The Billiards Association and Control Council initially refused to accept the break since the match was not played under their rules. He spent time with Fred Davis and Rex Williams when they toured Canada in 1970, and afterwards became a resident professional at the House of Champions club in Toronto. Scroll down to watch the 147 breaks in multiscreen, The First World Championship 147 [1983] | Cliff Thorburn vs Terry Griffiths, Jimmy White's Stunning 147 vs Tony Drago | 1992 World Championship, Stephen Hendry's Maiden Crucible 147 | 1995 World Championship [vs Jimmy White], The Fastest 147 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 1997 World Championship, Ronnie O'Sullivan's 6th 147 Break vs Marco Fu in 2003 World Snooker Championship, Ronnie's 147 v Williams at the 2008 World Championship, Stephen Hendry's 147 at the 2009 World Championship. [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. 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". '- press officer interrupts Guardiola, How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle. Steve Davis made the first ever official 147 at the 1982 Lada Classic. This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 14:03. [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). [15], Thorburn reached the final of the 1978 Masters with wins over Doug Mountjoy and Spencer, losing 57 to Higgins in the final. The . A 151 is reported to have been compiled by Wally West against Butch Rogers in West London's Hounslow Luciana snooker club during a club match in 1976. In the quarter-final, he won in the deciding frame, 1312, against Charlton. 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. "Produzir contedo de qualidade voltado para um pblico que no tem a internet como principal fonte de informao". 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. Ali Carter's first competitive 147 break was also the first time there had been two maximum breaks in a single tournament, let alone at the same World Championship. Video, 00:00:26, 'Can I finish? , WHAT A MOMENT! The highest break recorded, of which is listed in the Guinness Book of Records, was a score of 149 by Tony Drago in 1998. The largest score possible by a single player in a single break is actually 155. Un-Nooh is renowned as one of the fastest players on the circuit. Following a dispute over money between professional players and the. [61] Thorburn competed on the inaugural Snooker Legends Tour in 2010. [68], His instruction book, Cliff Thorburn's Snooker Skills, was published in 1987 by Hamlyn, and his autobiography, Playing for Keeps, co-written with Everton, was published by Partridge Press in the same year. [26] The conclusion of the final was watched by 14.5million television viewers. Who has the first Televised 147? [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. This was at the 2012 UK Championship, when Andy Hicks and Jack Lisowski both compiled one each in qualifying and John Higgins compiled one in the televised stages. It may not display this or other websites correctly. [41] He played Steve Davis in the final. [59], O'Sullivan's first 147 break against Mick Price in their second round tie at the 1997 World Snooker Championship set the record for the fastest maximum in the history of the game. He'd later lose a thrilling match 13-11, which is just the third time a 147 has been in vain. Winning his world title was sweet but he will be best remembered for his televised 147 in . '- press officer interrupts Guardiola, How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle. 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). Sure enough it went straight in. He defeated Thorne 97 in the 1985 final, and Alex Higgins 98 the following year. In 2005, Jamie Cope made snooker's first highest possible 155 break in a witnessed practice frame. Video, 00:16:43Archive: The first Crucible 147, Up Next. This score has not been officially achieved to date. [35] Two maximum breaks were also televised at the 2019 Welsh Open. I understand that by submitting this form, I will be providing World Snooker Limited with my personal data/information. The break came during his second round match against Terry Griffiths in 1983, and its construction brought play on the adjoining table to a halt. Some breaks exceeding 147 have been reported in non-tournament settings: Below is a list of maximum breaks by player, as of 16 February 2023.[32][33]. [3] In the quarter-final, he beat Jim Wych 136, having led 53, and 106. [42] There have been at least five non-tournament matches where more than one maximum was compiled. The player can nominate one of the other colours as a red, known as a free ball, which carries the same value as a red for just that shot. Legendary Joe Davis made his first 147 in 1955. People didnt do it because the prize was so high, but I managed to do it. 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. They were already open when I came to the table against Terry Griffiths and I felt pretty good about things. [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. 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. This however is incorrect on 2 counts. 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. At the time, the professional game used a rule (now standard) whereby after a foul a player could compel the offender to play the next stroke. As maximums go, it was straightforward stuff, the balls apparently well-set from an early stage. You are using an out of date browser. Canada's Cliff Thorburn makes snooker history by completing the first maximum 147 break at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. Video, 00:07:26Can Everton ever be great again? The player could then nominate a colour to act as a red ball. TV O Norte | Araguana TO 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. Thorburn recalled: I had a dream a couple of weeks beforehand where I potted the first black, the reds split open and I cleared up. This did not count as an official maximum, however, as the break was made on a non-templated table used during the event. Thorburn became the first Canadian world snooker championship finalist. He was knocked out of the 1978 World Snooker Championship by Charlton, 1213 in the quarter-finals. Video, 00:09:56Archive: O'Sullivan's 'best' maximum, Archive: White's wonderful 147. ", "Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge 1997", "Bank of Communication Shanghai Masters (2012)", "Ronnie O'Sullivan's fastest maximum in history was faster than official time", "Youngest snooker player to score a 147 break", "Maddocks Recognised as Guinness World Record Holder", "Ronnie O'Sullivan youngest 147 record beaten by amateur Sean Maddocks", "Neil Robertson Makes Semi-Final Of English Open Despite Mark Williams' 147", "English Open: Neil Robertson wins epic quarter-final against Mark Williams who makes 147 history in defeat", "Darren Morgan finally hits a competitive 147 at the age of 56", "Ronnie O'Sullivan criticised after turning down 'too cheap' 147 at Welsh Open", "19 More Maximums Required For 1 Million Bonus! Video, 00:01:00, No regrets starting Kane on bench - Stellini, Whoops! His prize? 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. [74], At the 2016 Welsh Open, Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Barry Pinches 41 in the first round. O'Sullivan also holds the record for the fastest competitive maximum break at just over five minutes, which he set at the 1997 World Championship. [3] In July 1970, he reportedly made a maximum break of 147 in a non-competitive game against Fred Hardwick. [6][26] In 2009 Jimmy White and Ronnie O'Sullivan compiled consecutive maximum breaks at an exhibition match in Ireland. [46][47] O'Sullivan made one at the Northern Ireland Trophy and another at the UK Championship in 2007.[48][49]. Robertson's maximum is the only one to be compiled in the final of a Triple Crown event. You must log in or register to reply here. [21][22] Jamie Cope compiled a break of 155 points, the highest possible free-ball break, during practice in 2005. [66] Following his World Championship victory, he bought a house in England with the intention of spending more time in Britain. Cliff Thorburn remains the only ever overseas player to win the World Championship, a feat he achieved in 1980 when he beat Alex Higgins in the final. The noise that greeted this achievement could only have been surpassed had he managed to win any of his six finals. [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. I believe the gentleman in a pale brown suit greeting Cliff after he finished his run was Bill Werbernik (spelling? [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. [24] Thorburn won the 19th and 20th frames, Higgins taking the following two to level at 1111. Video, 00:03:36, Burn hopes to end Newcastle trophy drought, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence. [37] The match against Griffiths ended at 3:51am, Thorburn emerging as the winner, 1312. Cliff had the first televised during the World Championships. [26][29] The first official maximum break in professional competition was made by Steve Davis in the 1982 Lada Classic against Spencer. Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? In 1968 he entered his first tournaments, and won the Toronto City Championship. [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. 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. [8][9] Davis won a Lada car (provided by the event's sponsors) for his achievement. Of the 176 maximum breaks in professional snooker history, 'only' 12 have occurred on the hallowed baize of the Crucible tables, with just eight different players achieving the feat across four decades. I have acknowledged the privacy policy informing me of how my data will be processed, and the measures in place to guarantee the protection of my rights as a data subject, and the relevant points of contacts should I have any question or query. By this point, having never lost a World Championship match, Davis had stopped playing in snookers biggest event so not to risk damaging his reputation with any potential defeats. Higgins made one during his defeat by Mark Williams in the LG Cup final, and then one in his second round match at the 2003 British Open. [2] Thorburn was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1984. Video, 00:00:58, 'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag, No regrets starting Kane on bench - Stellini. Thorburn would later have fortune on his side to sneak through 13-12 during a final session that lasted more than seven hours and finished at 3.51am - still the latest finish in Crucible history. I was 9-1 ahead and I saw the chance. [23] Thorburn won the first frame, and Higgins won the next five. This effort also goes into the history books for being the first 147 to seal a victory at the Crucible and the second to win a match anywhere. 2023 BBC. He was told that his mother had died, but, aged twenty, learnt that she was still alive. 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