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. means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. What a moment it must be for Cliff Thorburn! 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. - Ten Hag almost forgets EFL Cup. 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). He was knocked out of the 1978 World Snooker Championship by Charlton, 1213 in the quarter-finals. John Higgins Makes Maiden Crucible Maximum Break! 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. [15], Thorburn reached the final of the 1978 Masters with wins over Doug Mountjoy and Spencer, losing 57 to Higgins in the final. Mark Williams enjoyed this healthy boost to his bank balance at the 2005 World Championship. In the semi-final, Thorburn had defeated the reigning world champion Steve Davis 97. [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. I was 9-1 ahead and I saw the chance. A 149 by Tony Drago in West Norwood, London in 1998 is recorded by the Guinness Book of Records as the highest in this category. The highest break recorded, of which is listed in the Guinness Book of Records, was a score of 149 by Tony Drago in 1998. Cliff Thorburn v Terry Griffiths, 1983 World Championship second round Cliff Thorburn's first ever Crucible maximum break 4. Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? For example, Ronnie O'Sullivan's maximum at the 1997 World Championship earned him 165,000. Video, 00:16:43, Up Next. [20] He led David Taylor 53 after their first semi-final session, and 114 at the end of the second. Can Everton ever be great again? 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. [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. That all changed in 1934 when New Zealander Murt O'Donoghue made a 147 in New South Wales in Australia. [46][47] O'Sullivan made one at the Northern Ireland Trophy and another at the UK Championship in 2007.[48][49]. Video, 00:06:57, On this day: 'Rocket' Ronnie O'Sullivan's fastest 147, Archive: O'Sullivan's 'best' maximum. [72], In professional tournaments there was usually a substantial prize awarded to any player achieving a 147 break. On the final black I was feeling so good that all I was focussing on was making sure it didnt touch the edges of the pocket. [1], Joe Davis compiled the first officially recognised maximum break on 22January 1955, in a match against Willie Smith at Leicester Square Hall, London. [23] With a break of 119, Thorburn moved within a frame of victory at 1716. In the last session, Thorburn again narrowed the gap to one frame, but then Spencer won three in a row to achieve victory at 2521. 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. Video, 00:02:59. [56], Thorburn effectively retired from the professional tournament circuit after the 199596 season. Kirk Stevens hits a 147 against Jimmy White in 1984 3. 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. Thorburn recalled: I had a dream a couple of weeks beforehand where I potted the first black, the reds split open and I cleared up. He also holds the record for the fastest competitive maximum break, at 5minutes and 8seconds, which he achieved at the 1997 World Championship. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. [23] Thorburn went ahead at 1211 and 1312, Higgins levelling the match both times, and the third session ending 1313. A simple Google search will quickly show that it is often quoted by many that Cliff Thorburn made the first 147 break in 1983. There have been 12 maximum breaks in World Championship history, including three each from Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stephen Hendry. [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. Guinness World Records recorded the time of the break at 5 minutes and 20 seconds. 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. [11][12] As of March 2022[update], a further 74 maximum breaks have been officially recorded in professional competition. Video, 00:02:44, How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle, Why does who owns Manchester United matter? Video, 00:09:20Archive: White's wonderful 147. This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 14:03. Video, 00:07:07, On this day: 'Rocket' Ronnie O'Sullivan's fastest 147. Incidentally Spencer was playing Davis when he got . [33] He led Higgins 51 in the semi-final of the 1981 Masters, but lost the match 56. [1][2] His parents separated when he was eighteen months old. [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, 00:16:43Archive: The first Crucible 147, Up Next. [50][51] He compiled another maximum break in the 1989 Matchroom League, during a match against White. Strangely, when considering using balls, quicker was better. [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. Video, 00:00:26'Can I finish? Read about our approach to external linking. John Higgins ended an eight-year stretch without a Crucible maximum by making his first, against Norway's Kurt Maflin. The event was also called the Goya Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986). [23] The BBC's television coverage of the final had been interrupted by the broadcast of live footage of the Iranian Embassy Siege. [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. [38][39] Thorburn started the break by fluking a red. The event was also called the Canadian Open (1978/19791980/1981). [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. '- press officer interrupts Guardiola, How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle. 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. [30] [31] 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. Ronnie O'Sullivan came relatively close to breaking his record of the fastest ever 147 when clearing the table in six minutes and 30 seconds, which is easily the second quickest of all time. pic.twitter.com/PoE9RBEcNh. 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He managed to get perfectly on the last black, only to rattle it in the jaws. He was placed in the plate competition. Video, 00:09:56, Archive: White's wonderful 147. 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 . Mark Williams (2005), Ali Carter (2008), John Higgins (2020) and Neil Robertson (2022) are the only other two players to have managed 147s in the World Championship at the Crucible. [67] The oldest player to have done so is Mark Williams, who made the third maximum of his career at the 2022 English Open, aged 47 years and 270 days. [70][71] Aged 56, former professional Darren Morgan made a maximum break against Gareth Edwards in an amateur Seniors event in 2023; this possibly makes him the oldest player to achieve a maximum break in competition. In the quarter-final, he won in the deciding frame, 1312, against Charlton. [13], The 1977 World Snooker Championship was the first to be held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. He defeated Thorne 97 in the 1985 final, and Alex Higgins 98 the following year. 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. 1. 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". Thorburn deposited the ball and sunk to his knees in celebration. 'That' maximum remains as unfathomable now as it was back then and arguably the most unbreakable record in sport. This would arise if theopposing player was to foul, leaving all of the 15red balls obscured from the cue ball, making the next shot a free ball. Jimmy White was already a People's Champion by the time he was attempting to reach his fourth Crucible final and his third in a row back in 1992 but the way he conjured up this maximum against Tony Drago further enhanced that status. [52], Thorburn last qualified for the World Championship in 1994,[12] where he faced Nigel Bond in the first round. [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. Unfortunately for John the cameraman was on his teabreak at the time. [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. [6][26] In 2009 Jimmy White and Ronnie O'Sullivan compiled consecutive maximum breaks at an exhibition match in Ireland. Tournament games are won when one of the players manages to win more than half of the scheduled frames. I just thought that whatever happened I was going to go for the black. Spencer took the last frame of the session, leading 2220. [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. The player could then nominate a colour to act as a red ball. 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. [3] Thorburn had been number two in the 1980/1981 world rankings, and reached number one in the 1981/1982 rankings. 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. Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? 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. '- press officer interrupts Guardiola. He retired from competitive snooker after the 2022 UK Seniors Championship. Video, 00:02:59Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? [12] He became the first player ever to retain the Masters title, and the first to win it three times. [24], The first known maximum break in practice was made by Murt O'Donoghue at Griffith, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, on 26 September 1934. Davis went on to win that year and proceeded to rack up an incredible 15 consecutive World Championship wins. For the 201920 snooker season, World Snooker Tour chairman Barry Hearn replaced the rolling prize with a conditional 1million bonus, to be awarded if 20 or more maximum breaks were attained in the season. 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. [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. ), who passed away either last year or the year before. It was the first time he had reached this stage of a major event since the 1991 European Open. [10], Before the 199495 season, the maximum break remained a rare feat, with only 15 official maximums compiled altogether. Video, 00:01:24Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence, 'Can I finish? I understand that my consent will be asked again before any other use be made of my personal data. [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. Cliff Thorburn remains the only ever overseas player to win the World Championship, a feat he achieved in 1980 when he beat Alex Higgins in the final. Canada's Cliff Thorburn makes snooker history by completing the first maximum 147 break at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. [47], He won further Masters titles by defeating Mountjoy 96 in 1985, and White 95 in 1986. 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. The following are maximum breaks played in frames that won the match. He compiled the perfect break in the tenth frame of his 10-2 win over Rod Lawler at World Championship qualifying. [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. 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! One of snookers founding fathers, Davis was already a ground-breaking individual in the history of the sport. [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. Ironically it was back then and arguably the most unbreakable record in sport, the 1977 World Snooker was. Uses driving analogy to explain confidence, 'Can i finish 199495 season, the break. [ 13 ], he won further Masters titles by defeating Mountjoy 96 in 1985, White. 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