2023 BBC. 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. Thorburn fluked a pot on the green ball in the deciding frame, to leave White requiring penalty points from Thorburn to win. [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. [32][33] Thai female snooker player Nutcharut Wongharuthai made a 147 break during a practice match in March 2019, which is believed to be the first maximum break achieved by a woman in any match. 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There were a few shots where if it wasnt for that sort of money I would never have went for it, but Im glad I did.. [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. Steve. 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. - Ten Hag almost forgets EFL Cup. Video, 00:09:20, Can Everton ever be great again? He also made a maximum at this seasons German Masters qualifiers. This was also the first televised 147. "[43], Thorburn enjoyed a resurgence in form during the 198485 season. [54][55] He lost the semi-final 05 to Ronnie O'Sullivan. Winning his world title was sweet but he will be best remembered for his televised 147 in . He defeated Thorne 97 in the 1985 final, and Alex Higgins 98 the following year. [23] With a break of 119, Thorburn moved within a frame of victory at 1716. He whitewashed Chris Ross 110 in qualifying, then recorded a 136 win over Williams. [78], In October 2004, during qualifying for the UK Championship, Jamie Burnett became the only player to record a break of more than 147 in tournament play, when he scored 148 against Leo Fernandez. 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. 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. Video, 00:07:26, 'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag. Video, 00:00:26'Can I finish? Video, 00:02:59Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? In years gone by, when 147s happened rarely, there was a bonus of 147,000 on offer at the Crucible. I understand that by submitting this form, I will be providing World Snooker Limited with my personal data/information. Read about our approach to external linking. 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. [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. Unfortunately for the Scot, he missed out on the maximum break prize which is only awarded for a 147, or if a free ball is used, a 155. Cliff Thorburn won the title in 1980. Thorburn deposited the ball and sunk to his knees in celebration. [23], His opponent in the final was Higgins, the 1972 champion. 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. His actual final score was 151. [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. The noise that greeted this achievement could only have been surpassed had he managed to win any of his six finals. 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. [37] The match against Griffiths ended at 3:51am, Thorburn emerging as the winner, 1312. 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. Read about our approach to external linking. [8][9] Davis won a Lada car (provided by the event's sponsors) for his achievement. 2023 BBC. 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. Steve Davis made the first ever official 147 at the 1982 Lada Classic. 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. [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. Potting this red ball followed by the blackresults in an extra 8 points being gained in the breakbefore any of the regulation balls on the table have even been potted. [5], John Spencer compiled a maximum break in the 1979 Holsten Lager International. Video, 00:03:36, Burn hopes to end Newcastle trophy drought, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence. [15], Thorburn reached the final of the 1978 Masters with wins over Doug Mountjoy and Spencer, losing 57 to Higgins in the final. This however is incorrect on 2 counts. Video, 00:01:08. [74], At the 2016 Welsh Open, Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Barry Pinches 41 in the first round. Joe Davis made the first officially recognised maximum break in a 1955 exhibition match in London. Video, 00:09:56Archive: O'Sullivan's 'best' maximum, Archive: White's wonderful 147. Im able to enjoy the process.. [62], Sean Maddocks is recognised by Guinness World Records as the youngest player to have made a maximum break in any recognised competition. Hendry, Mark Williams, O'Sullivan (on six occasions), Barry Hawkins, Matthew Stevens, Ding Junhui, Andy Hicks, Shaun Murphy, Ryan Day, John Higgins, Mark Davis (on two occasions), Martin Gould, Luca Brecel, Tom Ford (on two occasions) and Marco Fu have all made maximums to win matches. Under this convention the break would have been timed at 5 minutes and 15 seconds. Mark Williams became the first Welshman to join the elite maximum club during a 10-1 demolition job over Robert Milkins, although he'd get knocked out in the very next round. 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. This was eleven minutes of wonderful exciting TV. 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. 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. Originally Posted by 1lawyer View Post. [47], He won further Masters titles by defeating Mountjoy 96 in 1985, and White 95 in 1986. Earlier in that year the Rocket had been on the receiving end of another memorable maximum. Video, 00:01:24, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence, 'Can I finish? It was witnessed by 133 people. The secondreason the mistake arises isdue to the rise in public interest in snooker via the means of television. 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). Mark Selby made the 100th officially recognised maximum break in professional competition on 7December 2013 in the seventh frame of his semi-final match against Ricky Walden at the UK Championship. This did not count as an official maximum, however, as the break was made on a non-templated table used during the event. The 2008 World Snooker Championship was the first event where two maximum breaks were televised. pic.twitter.com/PoE9RBEcNh. Interestingly, the closest anyone has ever got to breaking the 'impossible' record in any event is O'Sullivan himself during the 2003 World Championship when clocking a time of 6:30 against Marco Fu. The event was also called the Professional Players Tournament (1982/19831983/1984). Thorburn, receiving 28 points start in each frame, claims to have beaten Higgins in every frame they played, and that Higgins refused to pay up. Canada's Cliff Thorburn makes snooker history by completing the first maximum 147 break at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. [1] He was added to the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 1995,[67] and inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. Relive them all here. 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. There is a 500 prize in the Players Tour Championship events from the last 128 onwards. Video, 00:02:44How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle. [46][47] O'Sullivan made one at the Northern Ireland Trophy and another at the UK Championship in 2007.[48][49]. Video, 00:01:08Why does who owns Manchester United matter? Video, 00:01:16, Up Next. [30][31], In March 1989, Cliff Thorburn also became the first player to make two competitive maximum breaks. Neil Robertson fired the 12th 147 break in World Snooker Championship history in the 19th frame of his second round match against Jack Lisowski. Even though it is officially recognised by the snooker governing body, it was an exhibition match and not a competitive one. [7] This was also the first televised maximum break. Tournament games are won when one of the players manages to win more than half of the scheduled frames. Of this, 147,000 was for making the 147 break and 18,000 was for achieving the highest break of the tournament. Video, 00:03:36Burn hopes to end Newcastle trophy drought, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence. Video, 00:09:56, Archive: White's wonderful 147. In 1997 Eddie Manning achieved a 149 break in a practice match against Kam Pandya at Willie Thorne's Snooker Club in Leicester. 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. 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. 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. Video, 00:06:57On this day: 'Rocket' Ronnie O'Sullivan's fastest 147, Archive: O'Sullivan's 'best' maximum. [a][29][3] After the match, Higgins said of Thorburn "he's a grinder",[30] and the nickname "The Grinder" was subsequently associated with Thorburn, seen as apt for his slow, determined style of play. 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. Incidentally Spencer was playing Davis when he got . On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. Classics Snooker 147 #02 | Cliff Thorburn 4,530 views Dec 23, 2020 Classics Snooker 147 #02 | Cliff Thorburn Cliff Thorburn became the first snooker player to compile a maximum. 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". Inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Snooker Hall of Fame in 2014, he competed in Snooker Legends events and on the World Seniors Tour, winning the 2018 Seniors Masters at the Crucible Theatre at age 70. Thorburn was born on 16 January 1948 in Victoria, British Columbia. [72], In professional tournaments there was usually a substantial prize awarded to any player achieving a 147 break. Strangely, when considering using balls, quicker was better. 147! 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. 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. Robertson's maximum is the only one to be compiled in the final of a Triple Crown event. The event was also called the Matchroom League (1978/19791980/1981). [53] Bingham at the 2012 Wuxi Classic,[54] O'Sullivan in the final frame of the 2014 Welsh Open,[55] Murphy at the 2014 Ruhr Open,[56] and Robertson at the 2015 UK Championship. Thorburn led 1615, and missed an easy brown ball that let Higgins in to make it 1616. 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