[12] He became the first player ever to retain the Masters title, and the first to win it three times. Video, 00:02:59Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? As maximums go, it was straightforward stuff, the balls apparently well-set from an early stage. However, two rushes of blood to the head have cost Un-Nooh dearly in the 147 stakes. Thailands Thepchaiya Un-Nooh holds the unwanted record of being the only player to miss on 140 twice. Video, 00:02:44, How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle, Why does who owns Manchester United matter? Here's every 147 in Crucible history, and you'll notice only three of them came in defeat, including the most recent by Higgins against Kurt Maflin in 2020. [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). Up Next. 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. 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. Later that year, he had a 40 win over Pat Houlihan at the 1973 Norwich Union Open before losing 24 to Higgins in the quarter-final. Firstly, there were 147s made before this as I shall explain in a moment. pic.twitter.com/RRRHGHVbVa. Cliff Thorburn World Snooker Championship 2007. . Maximum breaks have become more frequent in professional snooker. 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. [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. His actual final score was 151. As Canadas Thorburn lined up the final black, commentator Jack Karnehm simply uttered the words Good luck mate. [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. [20] He led David Taylor 53 after their first semi-final session, and 114 at the end of the second. - Ten Hag almost forgets EFL Cup. [6][25][26] Joe Davis compiled the first official 147 against Willie Smith in an exhibition match on 22 January 1955 at Leicester Square Hall, London. People didnt do it because the prize was so high, but I managed to do it. White was always gracious in defeat no matter how he felt inside and was again quick to give Hendry a warm smile and handshake after he sunk a tricky final black from a tight angle that moved him 8-4 ahead in a match he'd win 16-12. Following a dispute over money between professional players and the. [48] Thorburn experienced success in the Scottish Masters, an invitational event which opened the snooker season, in 1985 and 1986. [66] Following his World Championship victory, he bought a house in England with the intention of spending more time in Britain. Video, 00:07:07Archive: O'Sullivan's second 147, On this day: 'Rocket' Ronnie O'Sullivan's fastest 147. [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. One of snooker's founding fathers, Davis was already a ground-breaking individual in the history of the sport. Video, 00:01:24Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence, 'Can I finish? By this point, having never lost a World Championship match, Davis had stopped playing in snookers biggest event so not to risk damaging his reputation with any potential defeats. He was told that his mother had died, but, aged twenty, learnt that she was still alive. In 1997 Eddie Manning achieved a 149 break in a practice match against Kam Pandya at Willie Thorne's Snooker Club in Leicester. Watch as Cliff Thorburn makes World Snooker Championship history by scoring the first maximum 147 break at the Crucible. This was also the first televised 147. It was five minutes and eight seconds of pure snooker majesty. The "Rest of the World" team was Thorburn, World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, Billiards Association and Control Council, 1952 World Professional Match-play Championship, "Snooker: Three players fail drug tests but remain anonymous", "Artist puts a perfect frame on the map ", "Assetereum World Seniors Masters 2018 Cliff Thorburn is your Champion! 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. His prize? [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. [5], John Spencer compiled a maximum break in the 1979 Holsten Lager International. He defeated Thorne 97 in the 1985 final, and Alex Higgins 98 the following year. [36], In 1983, Thorburn became the first player to make a maximum break at the World Championship,[37] during the fourth frame of his second-round match against Griffiths,[3] and only the second player to make an official maximum in professional competition (after Davis at the 1982 Classic). 109 views, 3 likes, 0 loves, 1 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from TV Norte Tocantins: Voc telespectador de Araguana, participe da. [10], Before the 199495 season, the maximum break remained a rare feat, with only 15 official maximums compiled altogether. Cliff Thorburn v Terry Griffiths, 1983 World Championship second round Cliff Thorburn's first ever Crucible maximum break 4. Video, 00:01:08. John Higgins ended an eight-year stretch without a Crucible maximum by making his first, against Norway's Kurt Maflin. [14] He overcame Taylor 1816 in the semi-final, and twelve hours later was facing Spencer in the final. The event was also called the Goya Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986). 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. He retired from the main professional tour in 1996. Required fields are marked *. [24] Thorburn won the 19th and 20th frames, Higgins taking the following two to level at 1111. 2023 BBC. He strung together the perfect break at the Lada Classic and for his troubles, the Englishman received a Lada car as his prize. 9) The first officially recognised maximum 147 break in snooker was made by Joe Davis in 1955. Sure enough it went straight in. He helped to organise the first World Championship in 1927 and bought the trophy with half of the entry fees. From 22 after the first four frames, Davis won four in a row to leave Thorburn behind 26, extending this to 29 at the start of the second session, and 512 at the end of the first day. 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. [26] The conclusion of the final was watched by 14.5million television viewers. Video, 00:01:00No regrets starting Kane on bench - Stellini, Whoops! 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. Thorburns break lasted 16 minutes and four seconds. Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? [23], His opponent in the final was Higgins, the 1972 champion. [52], Thorburn last qualified for the World Championship in 1994,[12] where he faced Nigel Bond in the first round. To put that into perspective, that's over a minute quicker than the next fastest by O'Sullivan in 2003. 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. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Years later, Ronnie O'Sullivan did it in only five minutes and twenty seconds. '- press officer interrupts Guardiola, How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle. - 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. [53] At the 1995 Thailand Open, ranked 54th, he defeated three players from the top 16, including second-ranked Steve Davis, to reach the semi-finals. At the 2013 UK Championship, Mark Selby fired in the 100th in snooker history in his semi-final win over Ricky Walden. 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 the first time he had reached this stage of a major event since the 1991 European Open. '- press officer interrupts Guardiola, How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle. Ronnie O'Sullivan became the first person to record a third Crucible maximum in 2008 although at that time nobody else had managed more than one! Or earliest, depending on how you look at it. Thank you. Apr 25, 2007 #1 Cliff Thorburn, or Steve Davis? 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". The 2008 World Snooker Championship was the first event where two maximum breaks were televised. I believe the gentleman in a pale brown suit greeting Cliff after he finished his run was Bill Werbernik (spelling? 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. Earlier in that year the Rocket had been on the receiving end of another memorable maximum. World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn called the decision "unacceptable" and "disrespectful". Thorburn led 1615, and missed an easy brown ball that let Higgins in to make it 1616. Relive them all here. Nicknamed "The Grinder" because of his slow, determined style of play, he won the World Snooker Championship in 1980, defeating Alex Higgins 1816 in the final. [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. April 25, second round v Jack Lisowski (10 mins 15 seconds). Legendary Joe Davis made his first 147 in 1955. 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. 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). TV O Norte | Araguana TO A quite incredible career ended at the 2012 World Championship but not before one final crowd-pleasing moment of greatness. Up against Robert Milkins in the first round, it was a match which the Welshman completely dominated. [74], Thorburn's record in ranking tournament finals is shown below.[12]. Thorburn was born on 16 January 1948 in Victoria, British Columbia. [19] In advance of the 1980 World Championship, he practiced at a club near the Crucible that was owned by a friend, and gave up smoking and drinking alcohol for a week before the tournament. 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. 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? Who has the first Televised 147? Robertson's maximum is the only one to be compiled in the final of a Triple Crown event. Enjoy. 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. In the 1980s, Thorburn experienced tremendous success. After fluking the first ball, he meticulously picked off the remaining reds with blacks. This was also the first televised 147. Video, 00:07:26, 'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag. I understand that by submitting this form, I will be providing World Snooker Limited with my personal data/information. [33] He led Higgins 51 in the semi-final of the 1981 Masters, but lost the match 56. 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. Davis opponent for that momentous break was John Spencer, who would have been forgiven for feeling it should have been him making snooker history. [63][64] Shortly before turning 74, he announced that the 2022 UK Seniors Championship would be his last competitive event. [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. '- press officer interrupts Guardiola. There was 44,000 on the line during Un-Noohs maximum attempt against Neil Robertson at the 2015 UK Championship. 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. JavaScript is disabled. '- press officer interrupts Guardiola. [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. [1], Joe Davis compiled the first officially recognised maximum break on 22January 1955, in a match against Willie Smith at Leicester Square Hall, London. [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. [1][2] His parents separated when he was eighteen months old. [2] The Billiards Association and Control Council initially refused to accept the break since the match was not played under their rules. [6] The break was not caught on video as the television-crew were away on a tea-break. [12], In 1988 Thorburn was fined 10,000, had two ranking points deducted, and was banned for two ranking tournaments, by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 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. means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. Video, 00:01:00No regrets starting Kane on bench - Stellini, Whoops! [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. Video, 00:09:56Archive: O'Sullivan's 'best' maximum, Archive: White's wonderful 147. The 2022 World Snooker Championship offered a bonus of 40,000 for a maximum break made at the Crucible and 10,000 for a maximum made in the qualifying rounds, in addition to the 15,000 highest break prize. PLUS look out for special ticket offers and priority booking windows for the big events. [21][22] Jamie Cope compiled a break of 155 points, the highest possible free-ball break, during practice in 2005. Stephen Hendry 147! Video, 00:16:43Archive: The first Crucible 147, Up Next. He'd later bow out in the quarter-finals and subsequently announce his retirement with immediate but there's only one thing his last appearance here will be remembered for. Video, 00:02:59. He managed to get perfectly on the last black, only to rattle it in the jaws. In the 1974 World Snooker Championship he defeated Alex McDonald 83 in qualifying then lost 48 to Paddy Morgan in the first round. Video, 00:02:44How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle. Video, 00:03:36Burn hopes to end Newcastle trophy drought, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence. Why does who owns Manchester United matter? The event was also called the Professional Players Tournament (1982/19831983/1984). In 2018 Liang Wenbo came close to becoming the first player to make two 147s in the same match. [58], Thorburn won over one million pounds in prize money during the course of his professional career. Video, 00:02:44How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle. [3] Thorburn had been number two in the 1980/1981 world rankings, and reached number one in the 1981/1982 rankings. He is generally recognised as the sport's first world champion from outside the United Kingdom (since the title won by Australian Horace Lindrum in 1952 is usually disregarded) and remains the only world champion from the Americas. With colours on their spots the job was all but done and Higgins held his nerve for a famous addition to his list of extraordinary World Championship achievements. [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. He was knocked out of the 1978 World Snooker Championship by Charlton, 1213 in the quarter-finals. Steve Davis made the first ever official 147 at the 1982 Lada Classic. [15] The only timing methodology World Snooker sanctions in its events is the one employed in shot clock events where timing for a player's shot begins when the balls have come to rest from his opponent's previous shot. 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. The event was also called the Matchroom League (1978/19791980/1981). Video, 00:16:43, Up Next. 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. Video, 00:00:58'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag, No regrets starting Kane on bench - Stellini. He averaged just 8.6 seconds a shot during the 147, which was the first of a record 15 maximums he has made so far in his career. [65], Thorburn is the father of two children. [35] Following a 410 loss to Jimmy White in the first round of the 1982 World Snooker Championship, Thorburn decided to return to Canada. Strangely, when considering using balls, quicker was better. - Ten Hag almost forgets EFL Cup. [23] Thorburn won the first frame, and Higgins won the next five. In November 2010 Sam Harvey made a 151 break in a practice match against, This page was last edited on 16 February 2023, at 23:58. Legendary Joe Davis made his first 147 in 1955. Relive Thorburn's historic Crucible 147. 2023 BBC. Under this convention the break would have been timed at 5 minutes and 15 seconds. This did not count as an official maximum, however, as the break was made on a non-templated table used during the event. The BBC still own coverage rights of the World Championship to this day and their dominance meant that a small tournament held in Oldham shown on ITV in 1982 went almost unnoticed. [34], More than one official maximum break has been compiled in the same event on more than twenty occasions. [18], Thorburn had defeated Virgo 61 in the round robin phase of the 1980 Bombay International, but lost 713 to him in the final. [25], In the final session, Higgins won the first frame then Thorburn won the next two, before Higgins equalized at 1515. Obvious answers come to mind: Ronnie's fastest 147, Cliff Thorburn's first WC 147, Steve Davis first televised 147. The break came during his second round match against Terry Griffiths in . You'd have thought Jimmy White had already suffered enough punishment at the hands of Stephen Hendry by the time they locked horns in the 1995 semi-finals. I remember watching Cliff Thorburn make the first televised 147. 2012 Crucible Maximum Break! Canada's Cliff Thorburn makes snooker history by completing the first maximum 147 break at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. So in your opinion what was the best snooker break of all time? [61] Breaks are not officially timed in snooker and the official rules of snooker do not specify how they should be timed, instead leaving the timing to the discretion of the broadcaster. Canada's Cliff Thorburn makes snooker history by completing the first maximum 147 break at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. It was first televised as a major sportingevent by the BBC in 1977. Higgins made one during his defeat by Mark Williams in the LG Cup final, and then one in his second round match at the 2003 British Open. Video, 00:07:26Can Everton ever be great again? [72], In professional tournaments there was usually a substantial prize awarded to any player achieving a 147 break. 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. [69][70][71] Thorburn is the head coach for cue sports at the Canadian Billiards and Snooker Association,[72] director of coaching and an ambassador for the Pan American Billiards & Snooker Association,[73] and a member of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association International Expert Coaching Advisory Panel.
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