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The event was also called the British Gold Cup (1979/1980), Yamaha Organs Trophy (1980/1981) and International Masters (1981/19821983/1984). Relive them all here. '- press officer interrupts Guardiola. 'That' maximum remains as unfathomable now as it was back then and arguably the most unbreakable record in sport. If the free ball is potted, the referee places this coloured ball back on its original location, de facto creating a setup as if there were 16 reds in total, thus creating a potential maximum break of 155 if a player starts from a free ball position. [6] The break was not caught on video as the television-crew were away on a tea-break. [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. Video, 00:01:08. [1], Joe Davis compiled the first officially recognised maximum break on 22January 1955, in a match against Willie Smith at Leicester Square Hall, London. [60] During the 2006 World Championship, he flew to Sheffield to unveil a life-size painting of the maximum break that he made at the tournament in 1983. Peter Ebdon compiled two maximum breaks during an 11-frame exhibition match at Eastbourne Police Club on 15 April 1996. The noise that greeted this achievement could only have been surpassed had he managed to win any of his six finals. '- press officer interrupts Guardiola, How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle. At the 2013 UK Championship, Mark Selby fired in the 100th in snooker history in his semi-final win over Ricky Walden. Joe Davis made the first officially recognised maximum break in a 1955 exhibition match in London. [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. Thailands Thepchaiya Un-Nooh holds the unwanted record of being the only player to miss on 140 twice. Read about our approach to external linking. 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. 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. - 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. He retired from competitive snooker after the 2022 UK Seniors Championship. Video, 00:01:16Relive Thorburn's historic Crucible 147. [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. [57] Trump made a maximum in the finals of the 2022 Turkish Masters[58] and the 2022 Champion of Champions. - Ten Hag almost forgets EFL Cup. In the semi-final, Thorburn had defeated the reigning world champion Steve Davis 97. Archive: O'Sullivan's second 147. [2] The Billiards Association and Control Council initially refused to accept the break since the match was not played under their rules. [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. 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. He took around eleven minutes. The 20 maximums were not achieved. Enjoy. [5], John Spencer compiled a maximum break in the 1979 Holsten Lager International. [18], Thorburn had defeated Virgo 61 in the round robin phase of the 1980 Bombay International, but lost 713 to him in the final. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. This however is incorrect on 2 counts. He was placed in the plate competition. 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. Video, 00:00:58'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag, No regrets starting Kane on bench - Stellini. Willie Thorne - 1987 UK Championship 5. Watch as Cliff Thorburn makes World Snooker Championship history by scoring the first maximum 147 break at the Crucible. His 148 came in the qualifying rounds of the 2004 UK Championship. Video, 00:03:36, Burn hopes to end Newcastle trophy drought, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence. I'm sure we all know Ronnie's great clear up in 2012. [23], His opponent in the final was Higgins, the 1972 champion. [104][105] Thorburn's record in non-ranking tournament finals is shown below. [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. 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. Video, 00:01:08Why 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. So we've finally got a 147 on the 25th anniversary year of Ronnie O'Sullivan's record maximum. You must log in or register to reply here. [3]:104 He was abandoned by his mother, and after spending about two years in an orphanage during a custody dispute, was raised by his father and his paternal grandmother. Video, 00:00:26, 'Can I finish? 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. 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. Video, 00:00:26, 'Can I finish? I just thought that whatever happened I was going to go for the black. [42] There have been at least five non-tournament matches where more than one maximum was compiled. The event was also called the Professional Players Tournament (1982/19831983/1984). For example, Ronnie O'Sullivan's maximum at the 1997 World Championship earned him 165,000. Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? ), who passed away either last year or the year before. [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. [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. [52], Thorburn last qualified for the World Championship in 1994,[12] where he faced Nigel Bond in the first round. [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. Video, 00:07:07, On this day: 'Rocket' Ronnie O'Sullivan's fastest 147. [13] Englishman Ronnie O'Sullivan has compiled 15 official competitive maximum breaks, the most achieved by any professional player. [10], Before the 199495 season, the maximum break remained a rare feat, with only 15 official maximums compiled altogether. Here is a look back at the history of the 147. Cliff Thorburn v Terry Griffiths, 1983 World Championship second round Cliff Thorburn's first ever Crucible maximum break 4. Video Unavailable. It was the second time a maximum had completed a Crucible victory - with his opponent Mark Williams being the first to do so three years earlier of course - and also the second time a 147 has been scored by a player who goes on to win that same World Championship. 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. [6] He left school at the age of 16, and travelled across Canada playing pool and snooker money matches, taking jobs as a dishwasher and working on a garbage truck to help earn money for his stakes. This was eleven minutes of wonderful exciting TV. [23] Alex Higgins is said to have attained the same feat by some players. Video, 00:00:58, 'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag, No regrets starting Kane on bench - Stellini. 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 won the invitational Masters in 1983, 1985, and 1986, making him the first player to win the Masters three times and the first to retain the title. [74], Thorburn's record in ranking tournament finals is shown below.[12]. [26] The conclusion of the final was watched by 14.5million television viewers. [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. [49] He was then runner-up in the corresponding event the following two seasons, 912 to Neal Foulds in 1986, and 512 to Davis in 1987. 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. Not for Higgy", "A legend makes his first mark The sporting events of January 13 down the years", "Higgins takes Championship League in double Ricoh joy", "How many 147 breaks in snooker have been made and who made them? 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. In 2003 he also compiled two consecutive maximum breaks against Steve Davis in an exhibition match. [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. Archive: O'Sullivan's second 147. PLUS look out for special ticket offers and priority booking windows for the big events. His prize? Davis opponent for that momentous break was John Spencer, who would have been forgiven for feeling it should have been him making snooker history. [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. He was knocked out of the 1978 World Snooker Championship by Charlton, 1213 in the quarter-finals. 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. He also holds the record for the fastest competitive maximum break, at 5minutes and 8seconds, which he achieved at the 1997 World Championship. [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. [12] He won the opening ranking event in the 198586 snooker calendar, the Matchroom Trophy, where he beat Jimmy White in the final 1210, having trailed 07. The . Strangely, when considering using balls, quicker was better. Video, 00:07:26Can Everton ever be great again? He managed to get perfectly on the last black, only to rattle it in the jaws. 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. 2023 BBC. Video, 00:02:59Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? Canada's Cliff Thorburn makes snooker history by completing the first maximum 147 break at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. The event was also called the Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament (1974/19751976/1977). 6 talking about this. He also made a maximum at this seasons German Masters qualifiers. Can Everton ever be great again? Video, 00:09:56, Archive: White's wonderful 147. 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. [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. Can Everton ever be great again? 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. There was 44,000 on the line during Un-Noohs maximum attempt against Neil Robertson at the 2015 UK Championship. 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