He potted brown, brown, 13 blacks, pink and blue. [18] He won 53 against Virgo in the first round of the 1980 Masters, then lost 35 to Griffiths in the quarter-final. Video, 00:09:56, Archive: White's wonderful 147. Thorburn led by 9-2 but eventually lost 9-10. 9) The first officially recognised maximum 147 break in snooker was made by Joe Davis in 1955. [23] The BBC's television coverage of the final had been interrupted by the broadcast of live footage of the Iranian Embassy Siege. His first match was against Mountjoy, Thorburn finishing their first session behind 35. As the Grinder leant over for the final black, commentator Jack Karnehm whispered: "Oh good luck, mate!". 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I believe the gentleman in a pale brown suit greeting Cliff after he finished his run was Bill Werbernik (spelling? 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. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Mark Selby made the 100th officially recognised maximum break in professional competition on 7December 2013 in the seventh frame of his semi-final match against Ricky Walden at the UK Championship. Video, 00:02:44How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle. [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. [3] In the quarter-final, he beat Jim Wych 136, having led 53, and 106. Sure enough it went straight in. Thailands Thepchaiya Un-Nooh holds the unwanted record of being the only player to miss on 140 twice. [7] This was also the first televised maximum break. The youngest player to have made a televised 147 is Ding Junhui at the age of 19 years and 9 months in the 2007 Masters. 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. 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. [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. [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. As of 2023, Ronnie O'Sullivan holds the record for the most maximum breaks in professional competition, with 15. Robertson's maximum is the only one to be compiled in the final of a Triple Crown event. John Higgins ended an eight-year stretch without a Crucible maximum by making his first, against Norway's Kurt Maflin. [52] Higgins has made two, at the 2003 LG Cup,[46] and the second at the 2012 Shanghai Masters. - Ten Hag almost forgets EFL Cup. [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. [62], At the age of 70, Thorburn won the 2018 Seniors Masters at the Crucible Theatre, defeating Jonathan Bagley 20 in the final. The break came during his second round match against Terry Griffiths. 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. 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. 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. Canada's Cliff Thorburn makes snooker history by completing the first maximum 147 break at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. The largest score possible by a single player in a single break is actually 155. [15], Thorburn reached the final of the 1978 Masters with wins over Doug Mountjoy and Spencer, losing 57 to Higgins in the final. [63][64] Shortly before turning 74, he announced that the 2022 UK Seniors Championship would be his last competitive event. [5], John Spencer compiled a maximum break in the 1979 Holsten Lager International. Read about our approach to external linking. The event was also called the Professional Players Tournament (1982/19831983/1984). Thank you. Snooker legend Cliff Thorburn is set to retire from the game following a career of ups, downs, guns, drugs, and glory. [75] If a maximum is not made then the prize rolls over to the next event until somebody wins it. [63][64] This broke the record previously held by O'Sullivan, who made a maximum at the 1991 English Amateur Championship when he was 15 years and 98 days old. The following year, Cliff Thorburn became the first player to make a maximum at the World Snooker Championship. 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. Only one previous televised 147 break had been made in the sport's history before Thorburn - helped by a fluked opening red . Two days later he'd be celebrating his fifth Crucible crown. Required fields are marked *. Im able to enjoy the process.. Your email address will not be published. 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. Video, 00:07:26, 'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag. People didnt do it because the prize was so high, but I managed to do it. It had been on TV before this, however in 1977 the World Championships from Sheffield were first shown on the small screen. 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 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. Video, 00:09:20, Can Everton ever be great again? Relive Thorburn's historic Crucible 147. - Ten Hag almost forgets EFL Cup. means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. Video, 00:02:59. 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. Can Everton ever be great again? [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. [35] Two maximum breaks were also televised at the 2019 Welsh Open. There have been 12 maximum breaks in World Championship history, including three each from Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stephen Hendry. [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. 2012 Crucible Maximum Break! Only seven of these have come in final-frame deciders, however: Hendry's at the 1997 Charity Challenge, O'Sullivan's at the 2007 UK Championship, both of Davis' at the 2017 Championship League, Gould's at the 2018 Championship League, Ford's at the 2019 English Open and Marco's at the 2022 Hong Kong Masters. [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. [35] Following a 410 loss to Jimmy White in the first round of the 1982 World Snooker Championship, Thorburn decided to return to Canada. Read about our approach to external linking. Why does who owns Manchester United matter? Your email address will not be published. Incidentally Spencer was playing Davis when he got . Thorburn played his last competitive match on 5 January 2022 against Kuldesh Johal, losing 03. The following are maximum breaks played in frames that won the match. His 148 came in the qualifying rounds of the 2004 UK Championship. [44] He reached the final of the Grand Prix, where he lost to Dennis Taylor 210. The event was also called the Thailand Masters (1983/19841986/1987 & 1991/1992) and the Asian Open (1989/19901992/1993). There was a bit of euphoria in the arena of course. Cliff had the first televised during the World Championships. [74] A maximum break is worth 5,000 in the televised stages and 500 in qualifying stages of major ranking events. Thorburn became the first Canadian world snooker championship finalist. That all changed in 1934 when New Zealander Murt O'Donoghue made a 147 in New South Wales in Australia. Ironically it was actually John Spencer who had the first 147 in a televised tournament a few years earlier. He was placed in the plate competition. 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. Video, 00:03:36Burn hopes to end Newcastle trophy drought, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence. [57] Trump made a maximum in the finals of the 2022 Turkish Masters[58] and the 2022 Champion of Champions. A simple Google search will quickly show that it is often quoted by many that Cliff Thorburn made the first 147 break in 1983. 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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. However this accreditation was later revokedas official,due tothe pockets on the table being wider than the regulation size. Steve Davis made the first ever official 147 at the 1982 Lada Classic. Video, 00:09:20Archive: White's wonderful 147. [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. 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. [6] The break was not caught on video as the television-crew were away on a tea-break. [14] He overcame Taylor 1816 in the semi-final, and twelve hours later was facing Spencer in the final. [12] He became the first player ever to retain the Masters title, and the first to win it three times. Thorburn took the first two frames of the third session, and it finished with them level again, at 99. Relive Thorburn's historic Crucible 147. The event was also called the Matchroom League (1978/19791980/1981). The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. [47], He won further Masters titles by defeating Mountjoy 96 in 1985, and White 95 in 1986. 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. Video, 00:01:24Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence, 'Can I finish? [30] [31] The 2022 World Snooker Championship offered a bonus of 40,000 for a maximum break made at the Crucible and 10,000 for a maximum made in the qualifying rounds, in addition to the 15,000 highest break prize. Apr 25, 2007 #1 Cliff Thorburn, or Steve Davis? 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. Watch as Cliff Thorburn makes World Snooker Championship history by scoring the first maximum 147 break at the Crucible. Thorburn led by 92 but eventually lost 910. [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". The Captain achieved the feat just a day after Ronnie O'Sullivan's effort against Mark Williams while his opponent Peter Ebdon had incredibly come agonisingly close in the previous frame by missing the 15th black! An interesting side note to mention, and to make things even more controvertial, is that the score 147 is not actually the highest break! Up Next. [33] He led Higgins 51 in the semi-final of the 1981 Masters, but lost the match 56. Cliff Thorburn of Canada made the first televised 147 in the World Championships at the Crucible Theatre on April 23 1983. [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. Video, 00:03:36, Burn hopes to end Newcastle trophy drought, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence. He won the 1983 Masters, recovering from 25 against Charlton to win 65 in the semi-final, and defeating Ray Reardon 97 in the final. [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. [60] During the 2006 World Championship, he flew to Sheffield to unveil a life-size painting of the maximum break that he made at the tournament in 1983. 2023 BBC. [24], The first known maximum break in practice was made by Murt O'Donoghue at Griffith, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, on 26 September 1934. Video, 00:01:24, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence, 'Can I finish? Video, 00:07:26, 'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag. Over the 40-year history of official 147s, a small handful of players have missed the final black on 140. He'd later lose a thrilling match 13-11, which is just the third time a 147 has been in vain. [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. "[43], Thorburn enjoyed a resurgence in form during the 198485 season. [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. [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 page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 14:03. He then took 14 reds and blacks and a pink off the last red. [48] Thorburn experienced success in the Scottish Masters, an invitational event which opened the snooker season, in 1985 and 1986. [65], Thorburn is the father of two children. Guinness World Records recorded the time of the break at 5 minutes and 20 seconds. The break came during his second-round match against Terry Griffiths in 1983. Video, 00:00:26'Can I finish? 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 1997 Eddie Manning achieved a 149 break in a practice match against Kam Pandya at Willie Thorne's Snooker Club in Leicester. 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. I remember watching Cliff Thorburn make the first televised 147. Video, 00:01:16, Up Next. 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, How 'listener' Howe has improved Newcastle. [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. [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. Video, 00:00:58'Massive performance' from Man Utd - Ten Hag, No regrets starting Kane on bench - Stellini. [23] Thorburn won the first frame, and Higgins won the next five. [36] Three official maximums at the same WPBSA (World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association) event have been achieved twice. 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. Cliff unfortunately holds neither of these titles. 1. 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. Video, 00:00:26, 'Can I finish? [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. From 22 after the first four frames, Davis won four in a row to leave Thorburn behind 26, extending this to 29 at the start of the second session, and 512 at the end of the first day. 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! However, the definition of an official 147 is that it is made in a professional tournament with templated pockets. Video, 00:00:26, 'Can I finish? It uses 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. Video, 00:01:00, No regrets starting Kane on bench - Stellini, Whoops! The noise that greeted this achievement could only have been surpassed had he managed to win any of his six finals. 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. Could the EFL Cup final change Karius' career? Another milestone came at the 1983 World Championship when Cliff Thorburn compiled the first 147 break to be made at the Crucible. - Ten Hag almost forgets EFL Cup. Obviously not a race but here's how all the Crucible 147s - now including Neil Robertson - looked after 5 minutes and 8 seconds. [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. 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. 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. [104][105] Thorburn's record in non-ranking tournament finals is shown below. 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. [73], In the 201112 season World Snooker introduced a roll-over system for the maximum break prize money, the "rolling 147 prize". Alex Higgins: The Man Who Changed Snooker, Sport Resolutions have appointed Ian Mill KC to chair the Independent Disciplinary Hearing for the ten snooker play, Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement. He stated afterwards that the prize money of 10,000 was not worthy of a 147. I have acknowledged the privacy policy informing me of how my data will be processed, and the measures in place to guarantee the protection of my rights as a data subject, and the relevant points of contacts should I have any question or query. I just thought that whatever happened I was going to go for the black. Painted by the artist Michael Myers, the work is on display at the Macdonald St. Paul's Hotel in Sheffield. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Video, 00:01:00No regrets starting Kane on bench - Stellini, Whoops! Video, 00:03:36, Burn hopes to end Newcastle trophy drought, Klopp uses driving analogy to explain confidence. Here is a look back at the history of the 147. Alain Robidoux - 1988 European Open 7. 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. Video, 00:01:08Why does who owns Manchester United matter? [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 was knocked out of the 1978 World Snooker Championship by Charlton, 1213 in the quarter-finals. pic.twitter.com/PoE9RBEcNh. 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