A quite incredible career ended at the 2012 World Championship but not before one final crowd-pleasing moment of greatness. However, it wasnt officially ratified as the pockets were not templated. 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. [7] This was also the first televised maximum break. There have been 12 maximum breaks in World Championship history, including three each from Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stephen Hendry. Watch more: Fighting Talk goes Snooker Loopy, Archive: The first Crucible 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. Stephen Hendry 147! The 2008 World Snooker Championship was the first event where two maximum breaks were televised. 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. 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! [3] In the quarter-final, he beat Jim Wych 136, having led 53, and 106. Video, 00:03:36, Burn hopes to end Newcastle trophy drought, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence. Its 40 years to the day since Steve Davis compiled the first officially recognised maximum break. His 148 came in the qualifying rounds of the 2004 UK Championship. He strung together the perfect break at the Lada Classic and for his troubles, the Englishman received a Lada car as his prize. 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. Thailands Thepchaiya Un-Nooh holds the unwanted record of being the only player to miss on 140 twice. 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. Video, 00:00:58'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag, No regrets starting Kane on bench - Stellini. Video, 00:00:26'Can I finish? This was also the first televised 147. [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. Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? In fact the highest possible break is not 147, it is 155 if a free ball is available before a red is potted, effectively meaning there are 16 reds on the table. 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. 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. 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. [7][8] He made six century breaks in winning the North American championship in 1971, equalling the record, jointly held by Joe Davis and George Chenier, for most century breaks in a single tournament. April 25, second round v Jack Lisowski (10 mins 15 seconds). [18] He won 53 against Virgo in the first round of the 1980 Masters, then lost 35 to Griffiths in the quarter-final. I believe the gentleman in a pale brown suit greeting Cliff after he finished his run was Bill Werbernik (spelling? He won the 1983 Masters, recovering from 25 against Charlton to win 65 in the semi-final, and defeating Ray Reardon 97 in the final. [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. However, two rushes of blood to the head have cost Un-Nooh dearly in the 147 stakes. [41] He played Steve Davis in the final. Thorburn led by 92 but eventually lost 910. However this accreditation was later revokedas official,due tothe pockets on the table being wider than the regulation size. [44][45] John Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan are the only players to record maximum breaks in consecutive ranking events. He compiled the perfect break in the tenth frame of his 10-2 win over Rod Lawler at World Championship qualifying. Who has the first Televised 147? It may not display this or other websites correctly. 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. [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, 00:01:24, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence, 'Can I finish? 2023 BBC. [8][9] Davis won a Lada car (provided by the event's sponsors) for his achievement. Video, 00:07:26, 'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag. Davis maximum break came during a series of exhibition matches with Willie Smith at the Leicester Square Hall. 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. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Pull up a stool, grab a packet of nuts and enjoy the pint sized bits of triva on offer! Video, 00:00:58, 'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag, No regrets starting Kane on bench - Stellini. [73], In the 201112 season World Snooker introduced a roll-over system for the maximum break prize money, the "rolling 147 prize". John Higgins Makes Maiden Crucible Maximum Break! pic.twitter.com/PoE9RBEcNh. 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. [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. [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. 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. 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. 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. Unfortunately for John the cameraman was on his teabreak at the time. [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. John Higgins ended an eight-year stretch without a Crucible maximum by making his first, against Norway's Kurt Maflin. The 20 maximums were not achieved. 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. 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. 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. Only one previous televised 147 break had been made in the sport's history before Thorburn - helped by a fluked opening red . In the 1980s, Thorburn experienced tremendous success. [26] The conclusion of the final was watched by 14.5million television viewers. A break greater than 147 has happened only once in professional competition, when Jamie Burnett made a break of 148 at the qualifying stage of the 2004 UK Championship. 9) The first officially recognised maximum 147 break in snooker was made by Joe Davis in 1955. [12] He reached the quarter-finals of the 1975 World Snooker Championship with wins over Morgan and Miles, losing the quarter-final 1219 to Eddie Charlton, and, the following year, was eliminated 1415 by Higgins in the first round of the 1976 World Snooker Championship. Video, 00:01:08. [75] If a maximum is not made then the prize rolls over to the next event until somebody wins it. Why does who owns Manchester United matter? [40] During the semi-final, which finished at 12:45am,[2] Thorburn learnt that his wife Barbara had suffered a miscarriage on the day of his maximum break. Cliff Thorburn - 1983 World Championship 3. [23] Higgins led 63 at the end of the first session, extending this to 95 before Thorburn levelled the match at 99. He whitewashed Chris Ross 110 in qualifying, then recorded a 136 win over Williams. Richard . 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. After Rogers fouled, West took the green as his free ball followed by the brown. [15], Thorburn reached the final of the 1978 Masters with wins over Doug Mountjoy and Spencer, losing 57 to Higgins in the final. Alain Robidoux - 1988 European Open 7. Only seven of these have come in final-frame deciders, however: Hendry's at the 1997 Charity Challenge, O'Sullivan's at the 2007 UK Championship, both of Davis' at the 2017 Championship League, Gould's at the 2018 Championship League, Ford's at the 2019 English Open and Marco's at the 2022 Hong Kong Masters. [12] He became the first player ever to retain the Masters title, and the first to win it three times. [33] He led Higgins 51 in the semi-final of the 1981 Masters, but lost the match 56. Video, 00:02:59. Six years later, David Gilbert made the 147th maximum at the 2019 Championship League. Watch as Cliff Thorburn makes World Snooker Championship history by scoring the first maximum 147 break at the Crucible. [6] This was also the first televised 147. It was on April 23, 1983 that the cue ace made the very first 147 maximum break at the World Snooker Championships at The Crucible Theatre - and all of. 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. [52], Thorburn last qualified for the World Championship in 1994,[12] where he faced Nigel Bond in the first round. [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. As maximums go, it was straightforward stuff, the balls apparently well-set from an early stage. Apr 25, 2007 #1 Cliff Thorburn, or Steve Davis? Video, 00:01:16, Up Next. - 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. [30] [31] [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. Video, 00:00:26, 'Can I finish? Cliff Thorburn v Terry Griffiths, 1983 World Championship second round Cliff Thorburn's first ever Crucible maximum break 4. The event was also called the Hong Kong Open (1989/1990) and Australian Open (1994/1995). Video, 00:09:20, Can Everton ever be great again? Nearly 10m viewers tuned in to watch Davis beat finalist Cliff Thorburn, who had entertained the public with his 147 break Steve Davis and Cliff Thorburn pose for the cameras before the. [65], Thorburn is the father of two children. The following are maximum breaks played in frames that won the match. [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. [35] Two maximum breaks were also televised at the 2019 Welsh Open. 2012 Crucible Maximum Break! You must log in or register to reply here. Hendry has made three: the first at the 1997 Charity Challenge,[50] the second at the 1999 British Open[51] and the third at the 2001 Malta Grand Prix. 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. 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. As Canadas Thorburn lined up the final black, commentator Jack Karnehm simply uttered the words Good luck mate. Your email address will not be published. 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. 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. He also holds the record for the fastest competitive maximum break, at 5minutes and 8seconds, which he achieved at the 1997 World Championship. Thorburn played his last competitive match on 5 January 2022 against Kuldesh Johal, losing 03. '- press officer interrupts Guardiola, How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle. 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. 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. This, of course, was 12 months after that agonising 18-17 defeat and the fourth time he'd lost to the Scotsman in his six Crucible finals. [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). http://youtube.com/watch?v=2CSJZ_arJcU&mode=related&search=, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh2NOS9HH-w, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlKn9fDI_eo, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AXE5YqJgaE. It came in the fourth frame of his second round clash with Terry Griffiths. In 2005, Jamie Cope made snooker's first highest possible 155 break in a witnessed practice frame. [36] Three official maximums at the same WPBSA (World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association) event have been achieved twice. [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. Painted by the artist Michael Myers, the work is on display at the Macdonald St. Paul's Hotel in Sheffield. In 1968 he entered his first tournaments, and won the Toronto City Championship. Video, 00:07:26Can Everton ever be great again? That all changed in 1934 when New Zealander Murt ODonoghue made a 147 in New South Wales in Australia. Can Everton ever be great again? [3] Thorburn has aspired to be known by the nickname "Champagne Cliff", but admitted later that it never caught on. The break came during his second round match against Terry Griffiths in . Over the 40-year history of official 147s, a small handful of players have missed the final black on 140. As the Grinder leant over for the final black, commentator Jack Karnehm whispered: "Oh good luck, mate!". '- press officer interrupts Guardiola. White potted the brown and blue, then laid a snooker on the pink. 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. Tournament games are won when one of the players manages to win more than half of the scheduled frames. Relive them all here. '- press officer interrupts Guardiola, How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle. Earlier in that year the Rocket had been on the receiving end of another memorable maximum. The highest break recorded, of which is listed in the Guinness Book of Records, was a score of 149 by Tony Drago in 1998. 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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. [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. [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. Video, 00:03:36Burn hopes to end Newcastle trophy drought, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence. 'That' maximum remains as unfathomable now as it was back then and arguably the most unbreakable record in sport. "[43], Thorburn enjoyed a resurgence in form during the 198485 season. The following year, Cliff Thorburn became the first player to make a maximum at the World Snooker Championship. [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. Davis opponent for that momentous break was John Spencer, who would have been forgiven for feeling it should have been him making snooker history. The Association's disciplinary committee had decided that Thorburn had brought the sport into disrepute, as a drug test that he took at the 1988 British Open showed that he had "minute traces of cocaine in his urine sample". It was five minutes and eight seconds of pure snooker majesty. Thorburn became the first Canadian world snooker championship finalist. 2023 BBC. Relive Thorburn's historic Crucible 147. Video, 00:02:59Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? 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. 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. [23], His opponent in the final was Higgins, the 1972 champion. 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. [10] Thorburn travelled to England in 1973, and on the day of his arrival, the reigning world snooker champion Alex Higgins offered to play him for 5 a frame. His first match was against Mountjoy, Thorburn finishing their first session behind 35. He also made a maximum at this seasons German Masters qualifiers. Thread starter X Breaker; Start date Apr 25, 2007; X Breaker AzB Silver Member. 147! 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. In 1997 Eddie Manning achieved a 149 break in a practice match against Kam Pandya at Willie Thorne's Snooker Club in Leicester. Canada's Cliff Thorburn makes snooker history by completing the first maximum 147 break at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. [42] There have been at least five non-tournament matches where more than one maximum was compiled. Video, 00:00:58'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag, No regrets starting Kane on bench - Stellini. [52] Higgins has made two, at the 2003 LG Cup,[46] and the second at the 2012 Shanghai Masters. The noise that greeted this achievement could only have been surpassed had he managed to win any of his six finals. [58], Thorburn won over one million pounds in prize money during the course of his professional career. Of this, 147,000 was for making the 147 break and 18,000 was for achieving the highest break of the tournament. [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. 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. Read about our approach to external linking. [34], More than one official maximum break has been compiled in the same event on more than twenty occasions. Why does who owns Manchester United matter? 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. [13] Englishman Ronnie O'Sullivan has compiled 15 official competitive maximum breaks, the most achieved by any professional player. 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