'- press officer interrupts Guardiola. He also noted that each player had accused the other of distracting them during the match. [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. I understand that by submitting this form, I will be providing World Snooker Limited with my personal data/information. [23] Thorburn went ahead at 1211 and 1312, Higgins levelling the match both times, and the third session ending 1313. Read about our approach to external linking. Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? [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. April 25, second round v Jack Lisowski (10 mins 15 seconds). 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. Sign up to get exclusive content with players, features and news about tournaments. The first was Stephen Hendry's in the 1997 Charity Challenge Final against Ronnie O'Sullivan - which remains the only one to clinch a title - and there has been 19 since. [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, 00:00:26'Can I finish? There was a bit of euphoria in the arena of course. In November 1995 Stephen Hendry became the first player to make two televised maximum breaks. NB. It uses He strung together the perfect break at the Lada Classic and for his troubles, the Englishman received a Lada car as his prize. Steve Davis - 1982 Lada Classic 2. 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. Video, 00:16:43Archive: The first Crucible 147, Up Next. 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. - Ten Hag almost forgets EFL Cup. White potted the brown and blue, then laid a snooker on the pink. [58], Thorburn won over one million pounds in prize money during the course of his professional career. 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. Cliff Thorburn won the title in 1980. Thailands Thepchaiya Un-Nooh holds the unwanted record of being the only player to miss on 140 twice. Cliff Thorburn's first ever Crucible maximum break Steve Davis v John Spencer, 1982 Lada Classic quarter-finals Steve Davis scores the first televised 147 in the Lada Classic Jimmy. An interesting side note to mention, and to make things even more controvertial, is that the score 147 is not actually the highest break! [34] At the 1981 World Championship, as defending champion, he reached the semi-final where he lost 1016 to Steve Davis. 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. [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. 2023 BBC. 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. 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". [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. Video, 00:07:07Archive: O'Sullivan's second 147, On this day: 'Rocket' Ronnie O'Sullivan's fastest 147. Thorburn deposited the ball and sunk to his knees in celebration. Video, 00:01:08. [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. Video, 00:07:26, 'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag. 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. In total there have now been 172 official maximum breaks. 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. All 12 of the Crucible 147 breaks in multiscreen ranked by speed.Ronnie O'Sullivan's unbreakable record is only challenged by his second maximum while @nr147 is the new entry at number eight. [15], Thorburn reached the final of the 1978 Masters with wins over Doug Mountjoy and Spencer, losing 57 to Higgins in the final. 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. Can Everton ever be great again? 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. Video, 00:03:36Burn hopes to end Newcastle trophy drought, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence. [23] Alex Higgins is said to have attained the same feat by some players. Thorburn built a 1311 lead during the fourth session, and extended it to 1511 before Spencer won four consecutive frames to make it 1515; the next session again saw them share the frames, finishing at 1818. 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. His first match was against Mountjoy, Thorburn finishing their first session behind 35. [65], Thorburn is the father of two children. For example, Ronnie O'Sullivan's maximum at the 1997 World Championship earned him 165,000. 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It was witnessed by 133 people. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Some breaks exceeding 147 have been reported in non-tournament settings: Below is a list of maximum breaks by player, as of 16 February 2023.[32][33]. 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. 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! 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. Kirk Stevens hits a 147 against Jimmy White in 1984 3. 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. Video, 00:01:00, No regrets starting Kane on bench - Stellini, Whoops! 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! I'm also partial to Martin Gould's clearance against Ding 5 years ago. Video, 00:09:56Archive: O'Sullivan's 'best' maximum, Archive: White's wonderful 147. This was eleven minutes of wonderful exciting TV. World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn called the decision "unacceptable" and "disrespectful". 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. Years later, Ronnie O'Sullivan did it in only five minutes and twenty seconds. [38][39] Thorburn started the break by fluking a red. Video, 00:01:00, No regrets starting Kane on bench - Stellini, Whoops! [50][51] He compiled another maximum break in the 1989 Matchroom League, during a match against White. Cliff had the first televised during the World Championships. Obvious answers come to mind: Ronnie's fastest 147, Cliff Thorburn's first WC 147, Steve Davis first televised 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. Video, 00:01:08. [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. Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? [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. 'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag. [30][31], In March 1989, Cliff Thorburn also became the first player to make two competitive maximum breaks. means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. [13] Englishman Ronnie O'Sullivan has compiled 15 official competitive maximum breaks, the most achieved by any professional player. He also made a maximum at this seasons German Masters qualifiers. [10] The following year, Cliff Thorburn became the first player to make a maximum at the World Championship in the fourth frame of his second round match against Terry Griffiths. In years gone by, when 147s happened rarely, there was a bonus of 147,000 on offer at the Crucible. 'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag. 6 talking about this. He took the brown as the free ball, then potted the brown again followed by the 15 reds with 12 blacks, two pinks and a blue, then the six colours.[6][21][22]. Greenscreen reworks footage of Cliff Thorburn playing the first televised 147 point 'perfect frame' at the World Snooker Championships in 1983. [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. Video, 00:00:19Whoops! The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. [23], His opponent in the final was Higgins, the 1972 champion. The first 147 to be made in a professional competitiveranking tournament came several decades later in 1979 by John Spencer. In 1983, Thorburn became the first player to make a maximum break in a World Championship match, achieving the feat in his second-round encounter with Terry Griffiths. Davis opponent for that momentous break was John Spencer, who would have been forgiven for feeling it should have been him making snooker history. One of snookers founding fathers, Davis was already a ground-breaking individual in the history of the sport. [6] The break was not caught on video as the television-crew were away on a tea-break. Only one previous televised 147 break had been made in the sport's history before Thorburn - helped by a fluked opening red . The event was also called the Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament (1974/19751976/1977). The secondreason the mistake arises isdue to the rise in public interest in snooker via the means of television. [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. [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. The break came during his second-round match against Terry Griffiths in 1983. [2] Thorburn was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1984. He was told that his mother had died, but, aged twenty, learnt that she was still alive. [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. 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. Cliff Thorburn famously entered the record books by grinding his way to the iconic first World Championship 147 - and second ever in any tournament behind Steve Davis' frame of perfection. [26][29] The first official maximum break in professional competition was made by Steve Davis in the 1982 Lada Classic against Spencer. Its 40 years to the day since Steve Davis compiled the first officially recognised maximum break. Why does who owns Manchester United matter? His prize? [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. It came in the fourth frame of his second round clash with Terry Griffiths. Video, 00:09:20, Can Everton ever be great again? Read about our approach to external linking. The noise that greeted this achievement could only have been surpassed had he managed to win any of his six finals. Up Next. Spencer won three frames in a row to lead 2118, and Thorburn took the next two to trail by a single frame. [6][26] In 2009 Jimmy White and Ronnie O'Sullivan compiled consecutive maximum breaks at an exhibition match in Ireland. 2012 Crucible Maximum Break! Video, 00:01:24Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence, 'Can I finish? 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[78], In October 2004, during qualifying for the UK Championship, Jamie Burnett became the only player to record a break of more than 147 in tournament play, when he scored 148 against Leo Fernandez. [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. 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. 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. 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. [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. - 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. Canada's Cliff Thorburn makes snooker history by completing the first maximum 147 break at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. Thorburn led by 92 but eventually lost 910. Video, 00:02:59Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? Only Hendry, John Higgins, Stuart Bingham, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Shaun Murphy, Neil Robertson and Judd Trump have made maximums in finals of tournaments. He potted brown, brown, 13 blacks, pink and blue. It was not until a meeting on 20March 1957 that the break was officially recognised, and Davis was presented with a certificate to commemorate his achievement. I was so quick was because I was really nervous to get it over and done with, said OSullivan. Archive: O'Sullivan's second 147. 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. The player could then nominate a colour to act as a red ball. 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. Video, 00:00:26'Can I finish? Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? [75] If a maximum is not made then the prize rolls over to the next event until somebody wins it. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, the governing body for professional snooker, first published official world rankings for players on the main tour for the 197677 season. Canada's Cliff Thorburn makes snooker history by completing the first maximum 147 break at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. Up against Robert Milkins in the first round, it was a match which the Welshman completely dominated. [8] 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 (three times), Ronnie O'Sullivan (three times), Mark Williams, Ali Carter, John Higgins and Neil Robertson. Video, 00:03:36, Burn hopes to end Newcastle trophy drought, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence. However this accreditation was later revokedas official,due tothe pockets on the table being wider than the regulation size. The event was also called the Dubai Masters (1988/1989) and Dubai Classic (1989/19901994/1995). Of the eight Crucible maximum-makers, White and Carter are the only players not to win a world title but they did both reach finals on numerous occasions, with the Whirlwind doing so in 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994 and Carter managing it in 2008 and 2012. [23] Higgins led 63 at the end of the first session, extending this to 95 before Thorburn levelled the match at 99. [46] Thorburn was again runner-up in the 1986 Classic, this time losing to Jimmy White in the final 1213. (1983, 1985, 1986), first ever 147 at the Crucible . [56], Thorburn effectively retired from the professional tournament circuit after the 199596 season. Guinness World Records recorded the time of the break at 5 minutes and 20 seconds. Thorburn became the first Canadian world snooker championship finalist. Thorburn won the match 1310. [68][69], The youngest player to have made an officially recognised maximum break in professional competition is Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon, who compiled a 147 at the 2010 RheinMain Masters when he was aged 16 years and 312 days. 109 views, 3 likes, 0 loves, 1 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from TV Norte Tocantins: Voc telespectador de Araguana, participe da. [74], At the 2016 Welsh Open, Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Barry Pinches 41 in the first round. , WHAT A MOMENT! Ironically it was actually John Spencer who had the first 147 in a televised tournament a few years earlier. [23] Writing in The Times, Sydney Friskin described the match to this point as a contrast of styles: "the shrewd cumulative processes of Thorburn against the explosive break-building of Higgins". 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. 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. [59] Playing as an amateur again, he won the pro-am Canadian Amateur Championship in 2001; he had previously won the tournament in 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977. In 2005, Jamie Cope made snooker's first highest possible 155 break in a witnessed practice frame. 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. The 20 maximums were not achieved. [39] The 2012 FFB Snooker Open, 2017 German Masters and 2018 Paul Hunter Classic are the only WPBSA events where two maximums were made on the same day. He'd later lose a thrilling match 13-11, which is just the third time a 147 has been in vain. [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. There is a 500 prize in the Players Tour Championship events from the last 128 onwards. Cliff Thorburn - 1983 World Championship 3. [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. 1. 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. He managed to get perfectly on the last black, only to rattle it in the jaws. [12] He reached the quarter-finals of the 1975 World Snooker Championship with wins over Morgan and Miles, losing the quarter-final 1219 to Eddie Charlton, and, the following year, was eliminated 1415 by Higgins in the first round of the 1976 World Snooker Championship. [3] Thorburn has aspired to be known by the nickname "Champagne Cliff", but admitted later that it never caught on. [62], Sean Maddocks is recognised by Guinness World Records as the youngest player to have made a maximum break in any recognised competition. [6] This was also the first televised 147. Thorburn led by 9-2 but eventually lost 9-10. 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. Canada's Cliff Thorburn makes snooker history by completing the first maximum 147 break at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. I believe the gentleman in a pale brown suit greeting Cliff after he finished his run was Bill Werbernik (spelling? Can Everton ever be great again? He spent time with Fred Davis and Rex Williams when they toured Canada in 1970, and afterwards became a resident professional at the House of Champions club in Toronto. Why does who owns Manchester United matter? 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). 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. [25], In the final session, Higgins won the first frame then Thorburn won the next two, before Higgins equalized at 1515. [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. [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. Interestingly, the closest anyone has ever got to breaking the 'impossible' record in any event is O'Sullivan himself during the 2003 World Championship when clocking a time of 6:30 against Marco Fu. Enjoy. Regarding the first ever 147 maximum break; Playing an exhibition match against Willie Smith in 1955 at Leicester Hall in London, Joe Davis was the first person to achieve an accredited 147 break. Steve. [7] This was also the first televised maximum break. 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. Six years later, David Gilbert made the 147th maximum at the 2019 Championship League. Ken Doherty famously did so in the 2000 Masters final when an 80,000 sports car was at stake. First 147 at the Crucible - Cliff Thorburn - YouTube World Snooker Official brings you interviews, highlights, exclusive footage and much more from the World of Snooker!Subscribe here to. Video, 00:02:59. Over the 40-year history of official 147s, a small handful of players have missed the final black on 140. Another milestone came at the 1983 World Championship when Cliff Thorburn compiled the first 147 break to be made at the Crucible. However, two rushes of blood to the head have cost Un-Nooh dearly in the 147 stakes. [104][105] Thorburn's record in non-ranking tournament finals is shown below. [23] With a break of 119, Thorburn moved within a frame of victory at 1716. Video, 00:01:16, Up Next. Video, 00:01:24, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence, 'Can I finish? In 1968 he entered his first tournaments, and won the Toronto City Championship. 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. The event was also called the British Gold Cup (1979/1980), Yamaha Organs Trophy (1980/1981) and International Masters (1981/19821983/1984). The break came during his second-round match against Terry Griffiths in 1983. Willie Thorne - 1987 UK Championship 5. 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