As Canadas Thorburn lined up the final black, commentator Jack Karnehm simply uttered the words Good luck mate. Under this convention the break would have been timed at 5 minutes and 15 seconds. In the 34th frame, leading 459 in points, he laid a snooker for Higgins, and made a 51 break after that to win the title. The event was also called the Professional Players Tournament (1982/19831983/1984). 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. [13], The 1977 World Snooker Championship was the first to be held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. In the quarter-final, he won in the deciding frame, 1312, against Charlton. The following year, Cliff Thorburn became the first player to make a maximum at the World Snooker Championship. White potted the brown and blue, then laid a snooker on the pink. Video, 00:00:58, 'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag, No regrets starting Kane on bench - Stellini. Relive Thorburn's historic Crucible 147. The following are maximum breaks played in frames that won the match. Neil Robertson fired the 12th 147 break in World Snooker Championship history in the 19th frame of his second round match against Jack Lisowski. 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? Of this, 147,000 was for making the 147 break and 18,000 was for achieving the highest break of the tournament. Steve. Watch as Cliff Thorburn makes World Snooker Championship history by scoring the first maximum 147 break at the Crucible. [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 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. [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. [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. 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. [59] Playing as an amateur again, he won the pro-am Canadian Amateur Championship in 2001; he had previously won the tournament in 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977. [47], He won further Masters titles by defeating Mountjoy 96 in 1985, and White 95 in 1986. Video, 00:01:00No regrets starting Kane on bench - Stellini, Whoops! Snooker legend Cliff Thorburn is set to retire from the game following a career of ups, downs, guns, drugs, and glory. As maximums go, it was straightforward stuff, the balls apparently well-set from an early stage. Earlier in that year the Rocket had been on the receiving end of another memorable maximum. Hendry (seven titles), O'Sullivan (five titles), Higgins (four titles) and Williams (three titles) are the only four who have won multiple world titles and managed a Crucible maximum. [44] He reached the final of the Grand Prix, where he lost to Dennis Taylor 210. Watch as Cliff Thorburn makes World Snooker Championship history by scoring the first maximum 147 break at the Crucible. 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. Read about our approach to external linking. 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. The highest break recorded, of which is listed in the Guinness Book of Records, was a score of 149 by Tony Drago in 1998. [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. [6][26] In 2009 Jimmy White and Ronnie O'Sullivan compiled consecutive maximum breaks at an exhibition match in Ireland. [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. During his first round match against Mick Price, mercurial genius OSullivan defied common understanding of what could be achieved on a snooker table. Not content with becoming the first world champion outside the United Kingdom in the modern era, the Crucible king of 1980 brought the crowd to their feet - not to mention the millions glued to their TV sets - with another history-making feat in the fourth frame of a match he was leading 2-1. It was witnessed by 133 people. 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). The . He helped to organise the first World Championship in 1927 and bought the trophy with half of the entry fees. I consent to my personal data being processed so that World Snooker Limited, and/or its affiliates may use it to deliver news, promotions, advertising, and ticket information, as well as to improve the quality and relevance of services to me through online surveys. 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. In the 1980s, Thorburn experienced tremendous success. His first match was against Mountjoy, Thorburn finishing their first session behind 35. 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. He stated afterwards that the prize money of 10,000 was not worthy of a 147. 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. Video, 00:09:20, Can Everton ever be great again? Video, 00:01:24, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence, 'Can I finish? - 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. [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. [25], In the final session, Higgins won the first frame then Thorburn won the next two, before Higgins equalized at 1515. [72], In professional tournaments there was usually a substantial prize awarded to any player achieving a 147 break. However this accreditation was later revokedas official,due tothe pockets on the table being wider than the regulation size. [35] Two maximum breaks were also televised at the 2019 Welsh Open. [8][9] Davis won a Lada car (provided by the event's sponsors) for his achievement. 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. [65], Thorburn is the father of two children. 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. 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". [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. 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. But this tale has a happy ending as the charismatic Thai went on to make 147s at the 2016 Paul Hunter Classic and 2018 English Open, earning a total of 48,500. Maximum breaks have become more frequent in professional snooker. He compiled the perfect break in the tenth frame of his 10-2 win over Rod Lawler at World Championship qualifying. [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. Robertson's maximum is the only one to be compiled in the final of a Triple Crown event. Canada's Cliff Thorburn makes snooker history by completing the first maximum 147 break at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. 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. In the evening, he played cards and drank alcohol with friends until 5:00am, resuming the match the next day by winning the first five frames in succession. 9) The first officially recognised maximum 147 break in snooker was made by Joe Davis in 1955. 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. Silver Member. '- press officer interrupts Guardiola. Steve Davis effort 40 years ago, in 1982, was the first to fit the criteria. 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