This, of course, was 12 months after that agonising 18-17 defeat and the fourth time he'd lost to the Scotsman in his six Crucible finals. Or earliest, depending on how you look at it. [37] Similarly, at the 2017 German Masters, Ali Carter and Ross Muir both compiled one each during qualifying and Tom Ford during the televised stages. He stated afterwards that the prize money of 10,000 was not worthy of a 147. [52] Higgins has made two, at the 2003 LG Cup,[46] and the second at the 2012 Shanghai Masters. [2] Thorburn was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1984. [44][45] John Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan are the only players to record maximum breaks in consecutive ranking events. 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.It was the first time he had reached this stage of a major event since the 1991 European Open. Video, 00:03:36Burn hopes to end Newcastle trophy drought, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence. [34] At the 1981 World Championship, as defending champion, he reached the semi-final where he lost 1016 to Steve Davis. Steve. Kirk Stevens hits a 147 against Jimmy White in 1984 3. [61] Thorburn competed on the inaugural Snooker Legends Tour in 2010. 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. 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. He then took 14 reds and blacks and a pink off the last red. NB. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Pull up a stool, grab a packet of nuts and enjoy the pint sized bits of triva on offer! Sure enough it went straight in. [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. 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. 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. Archive: O'Sullivan's second 147. The Rocket, who was just 21 and four years away from his first of five Crucible crowns, compiled his break during a 10-6 first-round victory over Mick Price and it won him a whopping 147,000. Canada's Cliff Thorburn makes snooker history by completing the first maximum 147 break at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. 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.. Over the 40-year history of official 147s, a small handful of players have missed the final black on 140. [25], In the final session, Higgins won the first frame then Thorburn won the next two, before Higgins equalized at 1515. The event was also called the Goya Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986). [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. The break came during his second round match against Terry Griffiths in . JavaScript is disabled. 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. [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. Thread starter X Breaker; Start date Apr 25, 2007; X Breaker AzB Silver Member. Video, 00:03:36, Burn hopes to end Newcastle trophy drought, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence. [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. - Ten Hag almost forgets EFL Cup. 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. [47], He won further Masters titles by defeating Mountjoy 96 in 1985, and White 95 in 1986. John Higgins Makes Maiden Crucible Maximum Break! Earlier in that year the Rocket had been on the receiving end of another memorable maximum. [13], The 1977 World Snooker Championship was the first to be held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. I'm also partial to Martin Gould's clearance against Ding 5 years ago. 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. Video, 00:01:08Why does who owns Manchester United matter? [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, 00:07:07Archive: O'Sullivan's second 147, On this day: 'Rocket' Ronnie O'Sullivan's fastest 147. [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. Video, 00:00:19Whoops! [44] He reached the final of the Grand Prix, where he lost to Dennis Taylor 210. Thorburn won the match 1310. ), who passed away either last year or the year before. The . Video, 00:07:07, On this day: 'Rocket' Ronnie O'Sullivan's fastest 147. As maximums go, it was straightforward stuff, the balls apparently well-set from an early stage. [36] Three official maximums at the same WPBSA (World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association) event have been achieved twice. Stephen Hendry 147! The highest break recorded, of which is listed in the Guinness Book of Records, was a score of 149 by Tony Drago in 1998. 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. Video, 00:02:59. Cliff had the first televised during the World Championships. They were already open when I came to the table against Terry Griffiths and I felt pretty good about things. '- press officer interrupts Guardiola, How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle. He took around eleven minutes. Why does who owns Manchester United matter? [67] The youngest player to have made a televised maximum is Ding Junhui, who was aged 19 years and 288 days when he achieved a 147 at the 2007 Masters. Davis opponent for that momentous break was John Spencer, who would have been forgiven for feeling it should have been him making snooker history. Greenscreen reworks footage of Cliff Thorburn playing the first televised 147 point 'perfect frame' at the World Snooker Championships in 1983. Spencer built a 42 lead at the end of the first session, but Thorburn won four of the next six frames and they finished the second session level at 66. The event was also called the Hong Kong Open (1989/1990) and Australian Open (1994/1995). 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. Spencer, a three-time World Champion, had already made a maximum break three years earlier at the 1979 Holsten Lager International. This was also the first televised 147. The event was also called the Canadian Open (1978/19791980/1981). Thorburn led by 9-2 but eventually lost 9-10. I was 9-1 ahead and I saw the chance. So we've finally got a 147 on the 25th anniversary year of Ronnie O'Sullivan's record maximum. 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. Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? For example, Ronnie O'Sullivan's maximum at the 1997 World Championship earned him 165,000. Of this, 147,000 was for making the 147 break and 18,000 was for achieving the highest break of the tournament. [15], Thorburn reached the final of the 1978 Masters with wins over Doug Mountjoy and Spencer, losing 57 to Higgins in the final. Obvious answers come to mind: Ronnie's fastest 147, Cliff Thorburn's first WC 147, Steve Davis first televised 147. [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. Peter Ebdon compiled two maximum breaks during an 11-frame exhibition match at Eastbourne Police Club on 15 April 1996. In the semi-final, Thorburn had defeated the reigning world champion Steve Davis 97. [18], Thorburn had defeated Virgo 61 in the round robin phase of the 1980 Bombay International, but lost 713 to him in the final. Video, 00:01:24Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence, 'Can I finish? During his first round match against Mick Price, mercurial genius OSullivan defied common understanding of what could be achieved on a snooker table. "[57] He played for Canada in the 1996 World Cup, where his team reached the quarter-finals. This was eleven minutes of wonderful exciting TV. Video, 00:00:26, 'Can I finish? 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. 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. Cliff Thorburn 147 - First ever 147 at the Crucible - 1983 WSC - YouTube 0:00 / 18:50 Cliff Thorburn 147 - First ever 147 at the Crucible - 1983 WSC Johnny S 381 subscribers. [24], The first known maximum break in practice was made by Murt O'Donoghue at Griffith, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, on 26 September 1934. Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? 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. 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. Thorburn deposited the ball and sunk to his knees in celebration. [13] Englishman Ronnie O'Sullivan has compiled 15 official competitive maximum breaks, the most achieved by any professional player. 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. [6] The first official maximum break in professional competition was compiled by Steve Davis in the 1982 Classic at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in Oldham, against John Spencer. 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. The first was by Wally West, who was reported to have made a 151 break in the final of a club competition in Hounslow in 1976. I believe the gentleman in a pale brown suit greeting Cliff after he finished his run was Bill Werbernik (spelling? As of 2023, Ronnie O'Sullivan holds the record for the most maximum breaks in professional competition, with 15. 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