'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag. 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. 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. The noise that greeted this achievement could only have been surpassed had he managed to win any of his six finals. Thorburn's entry for the 1972 World Snooker Championship arrived too late for him to be included in the main draw. 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. His prize? The largest score possible by a single player in a single break is actually 155. 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. Read about our approach to external linking. I was 9-1 ahead and I saw the chance. World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn called the decision "unacceptable" and "disrespectful". Early in the 20th century, the maximum break was little more than a folk tale, with discredited rumours of sightings floating around cue sport establishments akin to talk of Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster. - Ten Hag almost forgets EFL Cup. Video, 00:07:26, 'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag. [18] He won 53 against Virgo in the first round of the 1980 Masters, then lost 35 to Griffiths in the quarter-final. [62], At the age of 70, Thorburn won the 2018 Seniors Masters at the Crucible Theatre, defeating Jonathan Bagley 20 in the final. It had been on TV before this, however in 1977 the World Championships from Sheffield were first shown on the small screen. [11][12] As of March 2022[update], a further 74 maximum breaks have been officially recorded in professional competition. Relive Thorburn's historic Crucible 147. Thorburn led 1615, and missed an easy brown ball that let Higgins in to make it 1616. He potted brown, brown, 13 blacks, pink and blue. What a moment it must be for Cliff Thorburn! Thorburn would later have fortune on his side to sneak through 13-12 during a final session that lasted more than seven hours and finished at 3.51am - still the latest finish in Crucible history. He also noted that each player had accused the other of distracting them during the match. [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. 1982 - Lada Classic - Steve Davis vs John Spencer Frame 5 First 147 On TV. The event was also called the British Gold Cup (1979/1980), Yamaha Organs Trophy (1980/1981) and International Masters (1981/19821983/1984). [27] Thorburn is generally regarded as the first player from outside the United Kingdom to win the world championship, Horace Lindrum's victory in the 1952 World Snooker Championship usually being disregarded. Video, 00:02:59. [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. - World Snooker", "Hot-shot Sam's top 151 frame is not just down to spot of pot luck", "Hong Kong's Marco Fu warms up for World Snooker Championships with rare 149 break in practice match", "Ken Doherty makes first tournament 147 break at the Arcaden Paul Hunter Classic", "UK Championship Auch Lisowski gelingt ein Maximum-Break", "John Higgins racks up maximum break at UK Championship", "Maximum Man Ding Beats Allen In Classic", "Murphy produces maximum magic at Championship League", "Ronnie O'Sullivan makes 147 maximum at UK Championship", "Marco Fu's 147: Watch Fu's maximum break at the Masters", "Davis Makes First 147 To Win CLS Group Three", "English Open: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh makes 147, wins for John Higgins & Jimmy White", "Higgins Fires in Magic Crucible Maximum", "Judd Trump hits 'unbelievable' maximum 147 break in opening frame of second-round match at Scottish Open", "2005 Embassy World Championship: The Crucible Match Notes Last 32", "Ronnie O'Sullivan hits cheeky 147 break in World Open", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maximum_break&oldid=1139801128, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing potentially dated statements from March 2022, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. Or earliest, depending on how you look at it. 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. They were already open when I came to the table against Terry Griffiths and I felt pretty good about things. [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. Video, 00:07:26Can Everton ever be great again? At the Classic in January 1982, Steve Davis achieved the first recognised maximum in professional competition, which was also the first in a televised match. Sure enough it went straight in. Spencer, a three-time World Champion, had already made a maximum break three years earlier at the 1979 Holsten Lager International. Video, 00:16:43, Up Next. Maddocks was 15 years and 90 days old when he achieved the feat at the LiteTask Pro-Am series in Leeds on 9 July 2017. [3] Thorburn has aspired to be known by the nickname "Champagne Cliff", but admitted later that it never caught on. 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. Why does who owns Manchester United matter? 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Canada's Cliff Thorburn makes snooker history by completing the first maximum 147 break at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. The footage went viral and Un-Nooh was invited on to Chris Evans show TFI Friday on Channel 4 to recreate the shot, which he sportingly potted before being handed a pint of lager by Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe. Richard . 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. 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.. Ali Carter's first competitive 147 break was also the first time there had been two maximum breaks in a single tournament, let alone at the same World Championship. 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. [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. Thereafter, players who made a maximum would win or share a tournament's highest break prize, although some events still offer a separate bonus for a 147. [63][64] This broke the record previously held by O'Sullivan, who made a maximum at the 1991 English Amateur Championship when he was 15 years and 98 days old. Video, 00:01:00No regrets starting Kane on bench - Stellini, Whoops! This was eleven minutes of wonderful exciting TV. 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. Another milestone came at the 1983 World Championship when Cliff Thorburn compiled the first 147 break to be made at the Crucible. Ironically it was actually John Spencer who had the first 147 in a televised tournament a few years earlier. 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. Why does who owns Manchester United matter? 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 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. [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. 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. Play briefly stopped on the other table as Anthony McGill and Judd Trump crossed the divide to congratulate Robertson, who pulled level with Lisowski at 10-10 at the mid-session interval. He then cleared up to make the 151. 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! [52], Thorburn last qualified for the World Championship in 1994,[12] where he faced Nigel Bond in the first round. Thorburn fluked a pot on the green ball in the deciding frame, to leave White requiring penalty points from Thorburn to win. [3] Thorburn had been number two in the 1980/1981 world rankings, and reached number one in the 1981/1982 rankings. Davis maximum break came during a series of exhibition matches with Willie Smith at the Leicester Square Hall. He defeated Thorne 97 in the 1985 final, and Alex Higgins 98 the following year. I just thought that whatever happened I was going to go for the black. Video, 00:00:58'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag, No regrets starting Kane on bench - Stellini. In 2005, Jamie Cope made snooker's first highest possible 155 break in a witnessed practice frame. Video, 00:03:36Burn hopes to end Newcastle trophy drought, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence. [23] Thorburn went ahead at 1211 and 1312, Higgins levelling the match both times, and the third session ending 1313. [77] The prize would be split among all players who had made at least one qualifying break, with each player receiving an equal share for every break made. Video, 00:02:44How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle. Video, 00:02:59. That all changed in 1934 when New Zealander Murt O'Donoghue made a 147 in New South Wales in Australia. [35] Two maximum breaks were also televised at the 2019 Welsh Open. Tony Meo - 1988 Matchroom League 6. He helped to organise the first World Championship in 1927 and bought the trophy with half of the entry fees. That all changed in 1934 when New Zealander Murt ODonoghue made a 147 in New South Wales in Australia. 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. JavaScript is disabled. Canada's Cliff Thorburn makes snooker history by completing the first maximum 147 break at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. pic.twitter.com/RRRHGHVbVa. The following are maximum breaks played in frames that won the match. [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. Archive: Cliff Thorburn makes first Crucible 147 maximum break, Archive: The first Crucible 147. Archive: O'Sullivan's second 147. Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? [14] He overcame Taylor 1816 in the semi-final, and twelve hours later was facing Spencer in the final. Apr 25, 2007 #1 Cliff Thorburn, or Steve Davis? [3] The match between Davis and Smith was played as part of a series of events marking the closure of Leicester Square Hall; known as Thurston's Hall until 1947,[4] the venue had hosted many important billiards and snooker matches since its opening in 1901, including twelve World Snooker Championship finals. At least five breaks in excess of 147 have been recorded. ), who passed away either last year or the year before. Greenscreen reworks footage of Cliff Thorburn playing the first televised 147 point 'perfect frame' at the World Snooker Championships in 1983. Cliff unfortunately holds neither of these titles. Video, 00:02:44, How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle, Why does who owns Manchester United matter? '- press officer interrupts Guardiola. Video, 00:01:08. Archive: Cliff Thorburn makes first Crucible 147 maximum break. 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. Joe Davis made the first officially recognised maximum break in a 1955 exhibition match in London. 147! [10], Before the 199495 season, the maximum break remained a rare feat, with only 15 official maximums compiled altogether. [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. For example, Ronnie O'Sullivan's maximum at the 1997 World Championship earned him 165,000. Video, 00:01:00, No regrets starting Kane on bench - Stellini, Whoops! The 20 maximums were not achieved. [36] Three official maximums at the same WPBSA (World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association) event have been achieved twice. Thorburn was born on 16 January 1948 in Victoria, British Columbia. Thorburns break lasted 16 minutes and four seconds. [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. This however is incorrect on 2 counts. Read about our approach to external linking. To add insult to injury the feat was also missed by the TV cameramen, who were on a tea break at the time. [26] The conclusion of the final was watched by 14.5million television viewers. Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? It was witnessed by 133 people. [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. , WHAT A MOMENT! 1. [46][47] O'Sullivan made one at the Northern Ireland Trophy and another at the UK Championship in 2007.[48][49]. Nearly 10m viewers tuned in to watch Davis beat finalist Cliff Thorburn, who had entertained the public with his 147 break Steve Davis and Cliff Thorburn pose for the cameras before the. As of 2023, Ronnie O'Sullivan holds the record for the most maximum breaks in professional competition, with 15. While few players would even have the audacity to attempt it on the practice table - let alone in the pressure cooker of the Crucible - he somehow potted those 36 balls with a prize fund of 147,000 on the line. As Canadas Thorburn lined up the final black, commentator Jack Karnehm simply uttered the words Good luck mate. Watch as Cliff Thorburn makes World Snooker Championship history by scoring the first maximum 147 break at the Crucible. [44][45] John Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan are the only players to record maximum breaks in consecutive ranking events. Six years later, David Gilbert made the 147th maximum at the 2019 Championship League. Stephen Hendry 147! It was clocked at five minutes 20 seconds at the time but in recent years it's been correctly altered to 5:08, which averages out at roughly 8.5 seconds per shot. [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. [61] Thorburn competed on the inaugural Snooker Legends Tour in 2010. 109 views, 3 likes, 0 loves, 1 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from TV Norte Tocantins: Voc telespectador de Araguana, participe da. Only eight recognised maximums were achieved in professional competition in the 1980s, but 26 occurred in the 1990s, 35 in the 2000s, and 86 in the 2010s. [65], Thorburn is the father of two children. 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. John Higgins ended an eight-year stretch without a Crucible maximum by making his first, against Norway's Kurt Maflin. For example, if a match is scheduled to have a maximum of seven frames, a player wins the game when winning a fourth frame, regardless of how many frames the other player has. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Spencer took the last frame of the session, leading 2220. 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! Davis wrapped up victory on the second day, at 186, this being the first final at the Crucible to be completed in only three sessions. People didnt do it because the prize was so high, but I managed to do it. So, due to the extensive BBC TV coverage it is widely thought that Cliff Thorburn made either the first ever 147 or indeed the first televised 147. Canada's Cliff Thorburn makes snooker history by completing the first maximum 147 break at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. Video, 00:06:57On this day: 'Rocket' Ronnie O'Sullivan's fastest 147, Archive: O'Sullivan's 'best' maximum. He then took 14 reds and blacks and a pink off the last red. Only Hendry, John Higgins, Stuart Bingham, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Shaun Murphy, Neil Robertson and Judd Trump have made maximums in finals of tournaments. 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. However, when I got backstage a young boy asked for my autograph and I couldnt sign it as my hand was shaking so much.. Relive Thorburn's historic Crucible 147. In 2003 he also compiled two consecutive maximum breaks against Steve Davis in an exhibition match. 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