(1983, 1985, 1986), first ever 147 at the Crucible . Alex Higgins: The Man Who Changed Snooker, Sport Resolutions have appointed Ian Mill KC to chair the Independent Disciplinary Hearing for the ten snooker play, Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement. Neil Robertson fired the 12th 147 break in World Snooker Championship history in the 19th frame of his second round match against Jack Lisowski. means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. [74] A maximum break is worth 5,000 in the televised stages and 500 in qualifying stages of major ranking events. He strung together the perfect break at the Lada Classic and for his troubles, the Englishman received a Lada car as his prize. [7] This was also the first televised maximum break. Video, 00:02:44, How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle, Why does who owns Manchester United matter? [6] This was also the first televised 147. One of snooker's founding fathers, Davis was already a ground-breaking individual in the history of the sport. '- press officer interrupts Guardiola. [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. Thorburn deposited the ball and sunk to his knees in celebration. [56], Thorburn effectively retired from the professional tournament circuit after the 199596 season. Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? Kirk Stevens hits a 147 against Jimmy White in 1984 3. 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. 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! Video, 00:07:07, On this day: 'Rocket' Ronnie O'Sullivan's fastest 147. He'd later lose a thrilling match 13-11, which is just the third time a 147 has been in vain. [2] The Billiards Association and Control Council initially refused to accept the break since the match was not played under their rules. [63][64] Shortly before turning 74, he announced that the 2022 UK Seniors Championship would be his last competitive event. 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 the Grinder leant over for the final black, commentator Jack Karnehm whispered: "Oh good luck, mate!". Video, 00:07:26, 'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag. [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. 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". 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. Steve Davis had played 14 hours less in reaching the final and his superior mental energy was clearly a difference with the title on the line, running out an 18-6 winner. Up against Robert Milkins in the first round, it was a match which the Welshman completely dominated. Video, 00:02:59Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? Thorburn took the first two frames of the third session, and it finished with them level again, at 99. He then cleared up to make the 151. 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. 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. Video, 00:16:43Archive: The first Crucible 147, Up Next. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. In years gone by, when 147s happened rarely, there was a bonus of 147,000 on offer at the Crucible. [44] He reached the final of the Grand Prix, where he lost to Dennis Taylor 210. [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. A maximum break (also known as a maximum, a 147, or orally, a one-four-seven) is the highest possible break in a single frame of snooker. In 1997 Eddie Manning achieved a 149 break in a practice match against Kam Pandya at Willie Thorne's Snooker Club in Leicester. It had been on TV before this, however in 1977 the World Championships from Sheffield were first shown on the small screen. [74], At the 2016 Welsh Open, Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Barry Pinches 41 in the first round. The event was also called the Canadian Open (1978/19791980/1981). At the same venue 14 years later, Ronnie OSullivan completed a 147 in less than a third of that time. [3] In July 1970, he reportedly made a maximum break of 147 in a non-competitive game against Fred Hardwick. It was witnessed by 133 people. Canada's Cliff Thorburn makes snooker history by completing the first maximum 147 break at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. [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. Compiling a maximum break is regarded as a highly significant achievement in the game of snooker, and may be compared to a nine-dart finish in darts or a 300 game in ten-pin bowling. This score has not been officially achieved to date. Why does who owns Manchester United matter? Robertson's maximum is the only one to be compiled in the final of a Triple Crown event. Video, 00:01:16Relive Thorburn's historic Crucible 147. As maximums go, it was straightforward stuff, the balls apparently well-set from an early stage. Davis opponent for that momentous break was John Spencer, who would have been forgiven for feeling it should have been him making snooker history. Thorburn won the match 1310. TV O Norte | Araguana TO The break came during his second round match against Terry Griffiths. His second indelible mark on the Crucible. '- press officer interrupts Guardiola. Can Everton ever be great again? 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. Video, 00:01:08Why does who owns Manchester United matter? NB. A quite incredible career ended at the 2012 World Championship but not before one final crowd-pleasing moment of greatness. 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. Steve Davis effort 40 years ago, in 1982, was the first to fit the criteria. [2] Thorburn was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1984. [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. Thorburn led by 92 but eventually lost 910. 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. 109 views, 3 likes, 0 loves, 1 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from TV Norte Tocantins: Voc telespectador de Araguana, participe da. 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. [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). Spencer won three frames in a row to lead 2118, and Thorburn took the next two to trail by a single frame. [72], In professional tournaments there was usually a substantial prize awarded to any player achieving a 147 break. 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. The event was also called the Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament (1974/19751976/1977). The Australian punched the air after pulling off the feat, which will net him a share of the 15,000 break prize with Graeme Dott, who scored a 147 in qualifying, as well as 40,000 for achieving it in the tournaments final stages. Can Everton ever be great again? There was 44,000 on the line during Un-Noohs maximum attempt against Neil Robertson at the 2015 UK Championship. Carter's maximum, which he celebrated wildly, helped him move 8-7 up in a match he'd win 13-9 on his way to his maiden final, which he'd lose to O'Sullivan. [57] Trump made a maximum in the finals of the 2022 Turkish Masters[58] and the 2022 Champion of Champions. He retired from the main professional tour in 1996. 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". Video, 00:02:59. [52], Thorburn last qualified for the World Championship in 1994,[12] where he faced Nigel Bond in the first round. Stephen Hendry's second Crucible maximum helped him surge into a 5-2 lead over Shaun Murphy during the first session of their quarter-finals but he was unable to go on and keep alive his quest for a first world title of the Millennium, losing 13-11. [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. 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. 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. Required fields are marked *. [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. 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. Stephen Hendry 147! After fluking the first ball, he meticulously picked off the remaining reds with blacks. 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