Or earliest, depending on how you look at it.
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. As the Grinder leant over for the final black, commentator Jack Karnehm whispered: "Oh good luck, mate!". 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.
#Snooker 147 fastest tv#
Not content with becoming the first world champion outside the United Kingdom in the modern era, the Crucible king of 1980 brought the crowd to their feet - not to mention the millions glued to their TV sets - with another history-making feat in the fourth frame of a match he was leading 2-1.
Here’s a list of all of snooker’s official 147 maximum breaks: Jamie Cope compiled a break of 155 points, the highest possible free-ball break, during practice in 2005.
#Snooker 147 fastest professional#
Has anyone ever made a 155 break in snooker?Ī 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.
#Snooker 147 fastest full#
James Wattana in his match versus Tony Drago made a full clearance in 7 minutes and 9 seconds at the British Open in 1992. The fastest 147 maximum break in snooker history came at the World Championship and was achieved by Ronnie OSullivan in 1997.
What was the fastest 147 before Ronnie?Ģ Answers. Ronnie “The Rocket” O’Sullivan made a maximum 147 break in the quickest time ever recorded, five minutes and 20 seconds, in the first round of the 1997 World Championship. Marco Fu Ka-chun this week completed a blistering 147 break in six-and-a-half minutes one of the fastest maximums recorded on film, Hong Kong coach Wayne Griffiths says.
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