[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. As of 2023, Ronnie O'Sullivan holds the record for the most maximum breaks in professional competition, with 15. Video, 00:07:26Can Everton ever be great again? [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 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [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. 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. His prize? [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. Read about our approach to external linking. [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. That all changed in 1934 when New Zealander Murt ODonoghue made a 147 in New South Wales in Australia. After Rogers fouled, West took the green as his free ball followed by the brown. The event was also called the Dubai Masters (1988/1989) and Dubai Classic (1989/19901994/1995). In November 1995 Stephen Hendry became the first player to make two televised maximum breaks. 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. Thorburn led 1615, and missed an easy brown ball that let Higgins in to make it 1616. Video, 00:02:44, How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle, Why does who owns Manchester United matter? [47], He won further Masters titles by defeating Mountjoy 96 in 1985, and White 95 in 1986. There was 44,000 on the line during Un-Noohs maximum attempt against Neil Robertson at the 2015 UK Championship. Your email address will not be published. To put that into perspective, that's over a minute quicker than the next fastest by O'Sullivan in 2003. [11][12] As of March 2022[update], a further 74 maximum breaks have been officially recorded in professional competition. 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. Cliff Thorburn v Terry Griffiths, 1983 World Championship second round Cliff Thorburn's first ever Crucible maximum break 4. The largest score possible by a single player in a single break is actually 155. [3] In the quarter-final, he beat Jim Wych 136, having led 53, and 106. 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. Video, 00:09:56Archive: O'Sullivan's 'best' maximum, Archive: White's wonderful 147. [24], The first known maximum break in practice was made by Murt O'Donoghue at Griffith, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, on 26 September 1934. He started the 197475 snooker season with a victory in the 1974 Canadian Open, knocking out Willie Thorne and Graham Miles to reach the final, where he won 86 against Taylor. Video, 00:02:44, How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle, Why does who owns Manchester United matter? In years gone by, when 147s happened rarely, there was a bonus of 147,000 on offer at the Crucible. 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. Neil Robertson fired the 12th 147 break in World Snooker Championship history in the 19th frame of his second round match against Jack Lisowski. He was told that his mother had died, but, aged twenty, learnt that she was still alive. Video, 00:02:59Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? 9) The first officially recognised maximum 147 break in snooker was made by Joe Davis in 1955. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Video, 00:03:36, Burn hopes to end Newcastle trophy drought, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence. [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. Video, 00:03:36Burn hopes to end Newcastle trophy drought, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence. I remember watching Cliff Thorburn make the first televised 147. Archive: Cliff Thorburn makes first Crucible 147 maximum break. He also holds the record for the fastest competitive maximum break, at 5minutes and 8seconds, which he achieved at the 1997 World Championship. 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. '- press officer interrupts Guardiola, How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle. I was 9-1 ahead and I saw the chance. Kirk Stevens hits a 147 against Jimmy White in 1984 3. Video, 00:07:26, 'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag. 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. Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? [26][29] The first official maximum break in professional competition was made by Steve Davis in the 1982 Lada Classic against Spencer. World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn called the decision "unacceptable" and "disrespectful". 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. 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. It came in the fourth frame of his second round clash with Terry Griffiths. Can Everton ever be great again? Maximum breaks have become more frequent in professional snooker. 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. [75] If a maximum is not made then the prize rolls over to the next event until somebody wins it. pic.twitter.com/PoE9RBEcNh. 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. In 2018 Liang Wenbo came close to becoming the first player to make two 147s in the same match. Video, 00:07:26Can Everton ever be great again? Video, 00:02:44How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle. An interesting side note to mention, and to make things even more controvertial, is that the score 147 is not actually the highest break! 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. His first match was against Mountjoy, Thorburn finishing their first session behind 35. [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. 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. In the 1980s, Thorburn experienced tremendous success. The first 147 to be made in a professional competitiveranking tournament came several decades later in 1979 by John Spencer. 'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag. 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 . Video, 00:01:16Relive Thorburn's historic Crucible 147. He retired from competitive snooker after the 2022 UK Seniors Championship. 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. Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? 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. [41] He played Steve Davis in the final. Steve Davis effort 40 years ago, in 1982, was the first to fit the criteria. The player could then nominate a colour to act as a red ball. Clifford Charles Devlin Thorburn CM (born 16 January 1948) is a Canadian retired professional snooker player. However, beginning in the 199495 season, at least one maximum break has been achieved every season thereafter; the 13 maximums scored in the 201617 season is the highest number to date. He also noted that each player had accused the other of distracting them during the match. "[43], Thorburn enjoyed a resurgence in form during the 198485 season. [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. There is a 500 prize in the Players Tour Championship events from the last 128 onwards. [30] [31] Why does who owns Manchester United matter? He whitewashed Chris Ross 110 in qualifying, then recorded a 136 win over Williams. Spencer won three frames in a row to lead 2118, and Thorburn took the next two to trail by a single frame. Legendary Joe Davis made his first 147 in 1955. [12] In the 197879 snooker season he defeated Tony Meo 1715 in the final to win the 1978 Canadian Open after having trailed 610 at the end of the first day of the final,[16] but lost his opening matches in both the Masters (45 to Perrie Mans) and the World Championship (1013 to John Virgo). 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. Obviously not a race but here's how all the Crucible 147s - now including Neil Robertson - looked after 5 minutes and 8 seconds. [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. He averaged just 8.6 seconds a shot during the 147, which was the first of a record 15 maximums he has made so far in his career. 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. The event was also called the Professional Players Tournament (1982/19831983/1984). The break came during his second-round match against Terry Griffiths in 1983. Video, 00:01:24Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence, 'Can I finish? [46] Thorburn was again runner-up in the 1986 Classic, this time losing to Jimmy White in the final 1213. [40] During the semi-final, which finished at 12:45am,[2] Thorburn learnt that his wife Barbara had suffered a miscarriage on the day of his maximum break. [2] Thorburn was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1984. [33] He led Higgins 51 in the semi-final of the 1981 Masters, but lost the match 56. [23], His opponent in the final was Higgins, the 1972 champion. This however is incorrect on 2 counts. Video, 00:03:36, Burn hopes to end Newcastle trophy drought, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence. [52] Higgins has made two, at the 2003 LG Cup,[46] and the second at the 2012 Shanghai Masters. In the 1980s and 1990s, some players received 147,000 for making a maximum break, but as the frequency of maximums increased, the reward was changed to a rolling prize pot that began at 5,000, leading to discontent among players. Under this convention the break would have been timed at 5 minutes and 15 seconds. 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. He is generally recognised as the sport's first world champion from outside the United Kingdom (since the title won by Australian Horace Lindrum in 1952 is usually disregarded) and remains the only world champion from the Americas. 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. 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! [11], At the 1973 World Snooker Championship, his first major tournament on the professional snooker circuit, Thorburn defeated Dennis Taylor 98 in the first round then lost 1516 to Williams in the second round. Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? Davis went on to win that year and proceeded to rack up an incredible 15 consecutive World Championship wins. [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. To add insult to injury the feat was also missed by the TV cameramen, who were on a tea break at the time. 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]. [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. '- press officer interrupts Guardiola, How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle. Greenscreen reworks footage of Cliff Thorburn playing the first televised 147 point 'perfect frame' at the World Snooker Championships in 1983. After fluking the first ball, he meticulously picked off the remaining reds with blacks. By this point, having never lost a World Championship match, Davis had stopped playing in snookers biggest event so not to risk damaging his reputation with any potential defeats. 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. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. [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. If the free ball is potted, the referee places this coloured ball back on its original location, de facto creating a setup as if there were 16 reds in total, thus creating a potential maximum break of 155 if a player starts from a free ball position. Who has the first Televised 147? Snooker legend Cliff Thorburn is set to retire from the game following a career of ups, downs, guns, drugs, and glory. [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. [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. A 151 is reported to have been compiled by Wally West against Butch Rogers in West London's Hounslow Luciana snooker club during a club match in 1976. Thorburn became the first Canadian world snooker championship finalist. [23] Higgins led 63 at the end of the first session, extending this to 95 before Thorburn levelled the match at 99. John Higgins Makes Maiden Crucible Maximum Break! [13], The 1977 World Snooker Championship was the first to be held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. 'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag. [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. 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. 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. White was always gracious in defeat no matter how he felt inside and was again quick to give Hendry a warm smile and handshake after he sunk a tricky final black from a tight angle that moved him 8-4 ahead in a match he'd win 16-12. 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