It was witnessed by 133 people. After fluking the first ball, he meticulously picked off the remaining reds with blacks. 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. Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? Thorburn led by 92 but eventually lost 910. [61] Thorburn competed on the inaugural Snooker Legends Tour in 2010. [23] The BBC's television coverage of the final had been interrupted by the broadcast of live footage of the Iranian Embassy Siege. What a moment it must be for Cliff Thorburn! 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Under this convention the break would have been timed at 5 minutes and 15 seconds. However, it wasnt officially ratified as the pockets were not templated. JavaScript is disabled. Can Everton ever be great again? In the 1974 World Snooker Championship he defeated Alex McDonald 83 in qualifying then lost 48 to Paddy Morgan in the first round. 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. [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". [74], Thorburn's record in ranking tournament finals is shown below.[12]. 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. Steve Davis 147 was not on national TV just Granada and it was recorded so I think it was Cliff Thorburn had the first one live on national TV.Cliff Thorburn was also the first player to get two 147's in professional matches. [44][45] John Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan are the only players to record maximum breaks in consecutive ranking events. 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 at the 1982 Lada Classic - but it would be a nine-year wait before the next when Jimmy White thrilled the crowd en route to his third of six finals. The highest break recorded, of which is listed in the Guinness Book of Records, was a score of 149 by Tony Drago in 1998. Why does who owns Manchester United matter? 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 break came during his second round match against Terry Griffiths in 1983, and its construction brought play on the adjoining table to a halt. Snooker legend Cliff Thorburn is set to retire from the game following a career of ups, downs, guns, drugs, and glory. 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. 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. Video, 00:01:00, No regrets starting Kane on bench - Stellini, Whoops! (1983, 1985, 1986), first ever 147 at the Crucible . [18] He won 53 against Virgo in the first round of the 1980 Masters, then lost 35 to Griffiths in the quarter-final. [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. 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. [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. 2012 Crucible Maximum Break! [3] In the quarter-final, he beat Jim Wych 136, having led 53, and 106. The event was also called the Matchroom League (1978/19791980/1981). 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. Watch as Cliff Thorburn makes World Snooker Championship history by scoring the first maximum 147 break at the Crucible. Six years later, David Gilbert made the 147th maximum at the 2019 Championship League. He was told that his mother had died, but, aged twenty, learnt that she was still alive. Video, 00:01:08. 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. 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. Richard . '- press officer interrupts Guardiola. 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. [18], Thorburn had defeated Virgo 61 in the round robin phase of the 1980 Bombay International, but lost 713 to him in the final. 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. He was runner-up in two other world championships, losing 2125 to John Spencer in the 1977 final and 618 to Steve Davis in the 1983 final, and was ranked world number one during the 198182 season, becoming the first non-British player to top the world rankings. 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. Painted by the artist Michael Myers, the work is on display at the Macdonald St. Paul's Hotel in Sheffield. Neil Robertson fired the 12th 147 break in World Snooker Championship history in the 19th frame of his second round match against Jack Lisowski. - Ten Hag almost forgets EFL Cup. This score has not been officially achieved to date. A Lada car. He then defeated Kirk Stevens 1312 (from 1012) in the quarter-final, and Tony Knowles 1615 (from 1315) in the semi-final. He potted brown, brown, 13 blacks, pink and blue. Even though it is officially recognised by the snooker governing body, it was an exhibition match and not a competitive one. [57] Trump made a maximum in the finals of the 2022 Turkish Masters[58] and the 2022 Champion of Champions. [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. He stated afterwards that the prize money of 10,000 was not worthy of a 147. [1], Joe Davis compiled the first officially recognised maximum break on 22January 1955, in a match against Willie Smith at Leicester Square Hall, London. Up against Robert Milkins in the first round, it was a match which the Welshman completely dominated. Thorburn won the match 1310. 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. 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. He'd later lose a thrilling match 13-11, which is just the third time a 147 has been in vain. [34], More than one official maximum break has been compiled in the same event on more than twenty occasions. [37] The match against Griffiths ended at 3:51am, Thorburn emerging as the winner, 1312. [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. There was a bit of euphoria in the arena of course. 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. Cliff Thorburn of Canada made the first televised 147 in the World Championships at the Crucible Theatre on April 23 1983. 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. [34] At the 1981 World Championship, as defending champion, he reached the semi-final where he lost 1016 to Steve Davis. However, two rushes of blood to the head have cost Un-Nooh dearly in the 147 stakes. During his first round match against Mick Price, mercurial genius OSullivan defied common understanding of what could be achieved on a snooker table. 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. Archive: Cliff Thorburn makes first Crucible 147 maximum break. [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. [36] Three official maximums at the same WPBSA (World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association) event have been achieved twice. [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. 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. Cliff unfortunately holds neither of these titles. There have been 12 maximum breaks in World Championship history, including three each from Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stephen Hendry. Video, 00:07:07, On this day: 'Rocket' Ronnie O'Sullivan's fastest 147. Earlier in that year the Rocket had been on the receiving end of another memorable maximum. Incidentally Spencer was playing Davis when he got . [74], At the 2016 Welsh Open, Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Barry Pinches 41 in the first round. People didnt do it because the prize was so high, but I managed to do it. 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! In total there have now been 172 official maximum breaks. Thread starter X Breaker; Start date Apr 25, 2007; X Breaker AzB Silver Member. Video, 00:03:36Burn hopes to end Newcastle trophy drought, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence. 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. 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. [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. Here is a look back at the history of the 147. 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. 9 February 2010, 01:12 AM. Canada's Cliff Thorburn makes snooker history by completing the first maximum 147 break at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. [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. Only Hendry, John Higgins, Stuart Bingham, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Shaun Murphy, Neil Robertson and Judd Trump have made maximums in finals of tournaments. 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. Steve Davis made the first ever official 147 at the 1982 Lada Classic. The Australian punched the air after pulling off the feat, which will net him a share of the 15,000 break prize with Graeme Dott, who scored a 147 in qualifying, as well as 40,000 for achieving it in the tournaments final stages. 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 . [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. The event was also called the Dubai Masters (1988/1989) and Dubai Classic (1989/19901994/1995). It uses pic.twitter.com/PoE9RBEcNh. Video, 00:00:58, 'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag, No regrets starting Kane on bench - Stellini. Kirk Stevens - 1984 Masters 4. Thorburns break lasted 16 minutes and four seconds. PLUS look out for special ticket offers and priority booking windows for the big events. He took around eleven minutes. Thorburn won the seventh to make it 52, Higgins complaining after the frame that Thorburn had been standing in his line of sight, a claim that author and sports statistician Ian Morrison called "unfounded". 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. Video, 00:09:56, Archive: White's wonderful 147. That all changed in 1934 when New Zealander Murt ODonoghue made a 147 in New South Wales in Australia. - Ten Hag almost forgets EFL Cup. Watch as Cliff Thorburn makes World Snooker Championship history by scoring the first maximum 147 break at the Crucible. Video, 00:07:26Can Everton ever be great again? 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? 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. 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. The break came during his second round match against Terry Griffiths. 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. 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. [63][64] Shortly before turning 74, he announced that the 2022 UK Seniors Championship would be his last competitive event. Alain Robidoux - 1988 European Open 7. [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. The following year, Cliff Thorburn became the first player to make a maximum at the World Snooker Championship. The event was also called the Professional Players Tournament (1982/19831983/1984). [10], Before the 199495 season, the maximum break remained a rare feat, with only 15 official maximums compiled altogether. This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 14:03. In years gone by, when 147s happened rarely, there was a bonus of 147,000 on offer at the Crucible. Since then Stephen Hendry (1995, 2009, 2012) and Ronnie O'Sullivan (1997, 2003, 2008) have bagged three apiece, including the Rocket's mesmerising clearance in just five minute and eight seconds in 1997 which is not only the quickest of all time, by some distance, but almost unanimously regarded as the greatest. Archive: O'Sullivan's second 147. The 2008 World Snooker Championship was the first event where two maximum breaks were televised. Following a dispute over money between professional players and the. Video, 00:03:36, Burn hopes to end Newcastle trophy drought, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence. In the quarter-final, he won in the deciding frame, 1312, against Charlton. [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, 00:07:26, 'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag. Davis opponent for that momentous break was John Spencer, who would have been forgiven for feeling it should have been him making snooker history. '- press officer interrupts Guardiola, How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle. Video, 00:00:26'Can I finish? 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. NB. Video, 00:00:26, 'Can I finish? Thailands Thepchaiya Un-Nooh holds the unwanted record of being the only player to miss on 140 twice. 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. Of this, 147,000 was for making the 147 break and 18,000 was for achieving the highest break of the tournament. [6] The break was not caught on video as the television-crew were away on a tea-break. 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. Cliff Thorburn v Terry Griffiths, 1983 World Championship second round Cliff Thorburn's first ever Crucible maximum break 4. Cliff Thorburn won the title in 1980. He was knocked out of the 1978 World Snooker Championship by Charlton, 1213 in the quarter-finals. Video, 00:06:57, On this day: 'Rocket' Ronnie O'Sullivan's fastest 147, Archive: O'Sullivan's 'best' maximum. 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). [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. At least five breaks in excess of 147 have been recorded. He then took 14 reds and blacks and a pink off the last red. [26][29] The first official maximum break in professional competition was made by Steve Davis in the 1982 Lada Classic against Spencer. [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 2005, Jamie Cope made snooker's first highest possible 155 break in a witnessed practice frame. Robertson's maximum is the only one to be compiled in the final of a Triple Crown event. [15], At least seven players have missed the final black on a score of 140: Robin Hull, Ken Doherty, Barry Pinches, Mark Selby,[16] Michael White,[17] Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (twice in the 201516 season),[18][19] and Liang Wenbo in a qualifying match at the 2018 World Championship, after he had already made a maximum earlier in the same match. 109 views, 3 likes, 0 loves, 1 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from TV Norte Tocantins: Voc telespectador de Araguana, participe da. He helped to organise the first World Championship in 1927 and bought the trophy with half of the entry fees. However, when I got backstage a young boy asked for my autograph and I couldnt sign it as my hand was shaking so much.. 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. He was placed in the plate competition. Video, 00:06:57On this day: 'Rocket' Ronnie O'Sullivan's fastest 147, Archive: O'Sullivan's 'best' maximum. Sign up to get exclusive content with players, features and news about tournaments. 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. Over the 40-year history of official 147s, a small handful of players have missed the final black on 140. [104][105] Thorburn's record in non-ranking tournament finals is shown below. 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. Video, 00:02:59Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? [41] He played Steve Davis in the final. Archive: Cliff Thorburn makes first Crucible 147 maximum break, Archive: The first Crucible 147. [15], Thorburn reached the final of the 1978 Masters with wins over Doug Mountjoy and Spencer, losing 57 to Higgins in the final. It was witnessed by 133 people. 1. 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. [12] He won the opening ranking event in the 198586 snooker calendar, the Matchroom Trophy, where he beat Jimmy White in the final 1210, having trailed 07. [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. This however is incorrect on 2 counts. [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. This was eleven minutes of wonderful exciting TV. Video, 00:07:26Can Everton ever be great again? [75] If a maximum is not made then the prize rolls over to the next event until somebody wins it. Silver Member. Thorburn fluked a pot on the green ball in the deciding frame, to leave White requiring penalty points from Thorburn to win. 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. Video, 00:01:24, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence, 'Can I finish? For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. '- 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! [62], Sean Maddocks is recognised by Guinness World Records as the youngest player to have made a maximum break in any recognised competition. 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. 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. [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. Tournament games are won when one of the players manages to win more than half of the scheduled frames. This was also the first televised 147. Thorburn took the first two frames of the third session, and it finished with them level again, at 99. 'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag. 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. [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. [25], In the final session, Higgins won the first frame then Thorburn won the next two, before Higgins equalized at 1515. [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. Im able to enjoy the process.. [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. 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. Mark Williams became the first Welshman to join the elite maximum club during a 10-1 demolition job over Robert Milkins, although he'd get knocked out in the very next round. 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