The First Televised Maximum (147 Break by Steve Davis in 1982) | Snooker Videos | PubSnooker.com The First Televised Maximum (147 Break by Steve Davis in 1982) The First Televised Maximum (147 Break by Steve Davis in 1982) Steve Davis made the first televised 147 break (Maximum) on 11th Jan 1982 in the Lada Classic against John Spencer. The Nugget (also known as the Ginger Magician) went on to dominate the 1980s and become one of the greatest ever snooker players and was still an elite player in 2010, but he never made another 147. In the 80s there were only 8 maximum breaks, in 1999 alone there were 10 147-breaks (the most in any year) with most years seeing 2-10 maximums these days. As of the end of 2010, Ronnie O'Sullivan has the most maximums with 10 to his name.

The Fastest Ever 147 by Ronnie "The Rocket" O'Sullivan Watch Ronnie "The Rocket" O'Sullivan hit the fastest ever maximum break (147) in only 5mins 20secs! That's a perfect break, 15 reds with 15 backs followed by the yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black in the time it takes Ebdon to pick up his cue! This... Jimmy White showing off his cue power with extreme screw as he wins his 1984 Masters semi-final match - back when snooker was watched by tens of millions in the UK. The 1985 World Snooker Championship Final Reviewed The 1985 World Snooker Championship Final between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor is the most thrilling and the most epic of epic matches ever. Hear Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor talk you through the closing moments of the greatest snooker final in history.... The 1985 World Snooker Championship Final Frame (Part 1) Watch the final frame of the 1985 World Snooker Championship final between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor.

Watch and feel the tension and atmosphere grow to levels never seen before in a snooker match as the epic final goes to the wire, the final black in t... Watch the final frame of the 1985 World Snooker Championship final between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor. This is it, the final few balls causing more problems then ever before in a final, and Dennis Taylor's unforgettable celebrations. The First Televised Maximum (147 Break by Steve Davis in 1982) Steve Davis made the first televised 147 break (Maximum) on 11th Jan 1982 in the Lada Classic against John Spencer. The Nugget (also known as the Ginger Magician) went on to dominate the 1980s and become one of the greatest ever snooker players and was sti... The First World Championships Maximum (147 Break by Cliff Thorburn in 1983) Cliff Thorburn made the first World Snooker Championships 147 break (Maximum) on 23rd April 1983 against Terry Griffiths.

The Canadian's maximum took over 30 minutes to complete, maybe the slowest in history, and was famous for the fluked red that started... Maximum Break (147 Break by Jimmy White in 1992) Jimmy White made this 147 maximum in the World Snooker Championships on 22nd April 1992 against Tony Drago. This was The Whirlwind's only maximum in his long and unfortunate career. Jimmy, known as the people's champion, had bad fortune in the World Champi... Maximum Break (147 Break by Stephen Hendry in 1997) Stephen Hendry made this 147 maximum break in the Charity Challenge on 5th January 1997 against Ronnie O'Sullivan. This 147 was remarkable as it was in the deciding frame in the final of the championship. If that wasn't enough, Hendry was leading 8-2 in th...

147 Is Not Snooker's Maximum Break - Pundit Arena Email Shares 257 Akin to Darts’ 9-dart finish, Cricket’s six sixes, or Bowling’s 300, Snooker’s maximum 147 break is renowned and revered worldwide. Those with only the slightest interest in the sport will tune in to see a replay of a player potting 15 reds paired with 15 blacks, before cleaning up the remaining colours. A player by the name of Murt O’Donoghue recorded the first ever maximum back in 1934. When Steve Davis achieved the first televised 147 in 1982, it was an unforgettable occasion. Several records have fallen since. In 1997, Ronnie O’Sullivan made his 36 perfect pots in just 5 minutes and 20 seconds. The history books have been rewritten multiple times over the last hundred odd years. But some snooker fans may be surprised to learn that this is not technically perfection, and a break greater than 147 is perfectly possible. After a foul, if the cue-ball is snookered, the referee shall state a free ball.

The player may then treat a coloured ball as if it were a red. Therefore, this can artificially create a 16th red on the table. Although improbable, if a free ball is to be called before the first red is potted in a frame, then it is possible to achieve a break of up to 155. In a club match in 1976, Wally West is reported to have scored a 151 break in West London. 17 years later, a certain Stephen Hendry made a 148 in practice. However, Malta’s Tony Drago, in practice, scored a 149, comprising of a free ball plus brown, followed by 15 reds, 13 blacks, a pink, and a blue, plus the remaining colours. His feat was credited by the Guinness World Book of Records. ‘The Tornado’ went down officially as the highest break ever at the time, which was 1995. The coveted 155 was not achieved until the summer of 2005, when Jamie Cope accomplished the endeavour. 16 reds, 16 blacks, and the colours. This was made in a witnessed practice frame.

Although never witnessed in competition, a break of 155 is true snooker perfection. It should not, and does not, take anything away from the 147 break, but we can always dare to dream of experiencing a free ball perfect frame on our screens. The word ‘maximum’ is defined as “the greatest amount, extent, or intensity possible, permitted, or recorded.” Therefore a 147, however majestic and skillful as it may be, is not actually the maximum break in snooker. Brian Barry, Pundit Arena World Records - snooker.org Awards | Odd Stuff | World Records | Managers Snooker World Records Here are the (unofficial) snooker world records that I have collected. If you notice any errors or know of any other records, please let me know. World Championships Most Titles The World Professional Championship (instituted 1927) was won a record 15 times by Joe Davis, on the first 15 occasions it was contested 1927-40 and 1946.

The most wins in the Amateur Championships (instituted 1963) have been two by; Gary Owen in 1963 and 1966; Ray Edmonds 1972 and 1974; and Paul Mifsud (Malta) 1985-86. Allison Fisher (b. 24 Feb 1968) has won seven Women's World Championships, 1985-86, 1988-89, 1991, 1993-94. Maureen Baynton (née Barrett) won a record eight Women's Amateur Championships between 1954 and 1968, as well as seven at billiards. Youngest The youngest man to win a world title is Michael White (Wales) (b. 5 Aug 1991) who was 14 yr 210 days when he won the World Amateur Snooker Championships in Prestatyn, Wales on 3 Mar 2006. Stephen Hendry (Scotland) (b.

13 Jan 1969) became the youngest World Professional Champion, at 21 yr 106 days on 29 Apr 1990. Stacey Hillyard (b. 5 Sep 1969) won the Women's World Amateur Championship in October 1984 at the age of 15. Highest Breaks Maximum Breaks The first to achieve the maximum break of 147 was E.J. Murt O'Donoghue (New Zealand) (1901-94) at Griffiths, New South Wales, Australia on 26 Sep 1934. The first officially ratified 147 was by Joe Davis against Willie Smith at Leicester Square Hall, London on 22 Jan 1955. The first achieved in a major tournament were by John Spencer (b. 18 Sep 1935) at Slough, Berks on 13 Jan 1979, but the table had oversized pockets, and by Steve Davis (b.

22 Aug 1957) who had a ratified break of 147 against John Spencer in the Lada Classic at Oldham, Greater Manchester on 11 Jan 1982. This was also the first televised maximum. The youngest to score a competitive maximum was Judd Trump (b. Aug 1989) at 14 yr 206 days days in an under-16 series match against Chris Piech at the Potters Club in Coalville on 13 Mar 2004. Ronnie O'Sullivan (b. 5 Dec 1975) made a maximum at 15 yr 98 days during the English Amateur Championship (Southern Area) at Aldershot, Hants on 13 Mar 1991. Cliff Thorburn (Canada) (b. 16 Jan 1948) was first to make two tournament 147 breaks on 23 Apr 1983 (the first in the World Professional Championships) and 8 Mar 1989. Peter Ebdon (b.

27 Aug 1979) and James Wattana (Thailand) (b. 17 Jan 1970) have also achieved this feat. Ronnie O'Sullivan have the most maximums in the professional game with 13 ahead of Stephen Hendry who has 11. O'Sullivan's latest came at the 2014 Coral UK Championship , in the last frame of the last-16 match against Matthew Selt (England). Stephen Hendry became the first to make more than two tournament 147s. Hendry's first was made in the European League and his second in the 1995 World Championship . The record-breaking third came on 25 Nov 1995 in the UK Championship .

Not content with this he made his fourth maximum on 5 Jan 1997 in the 1997 Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge and his fifth on 23 May 1998 in the 1998 Dr Martens Premier League , his sixth on 19 Sep 1999 in the final of the 1999 British Open (the first maximum in a ranking final), his seventh on (21-23) November in 1999 in the 1999 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship , his eighth on 25 Feb 2001 in the final of the 2001 Rothmans Grand Prix, his ninth on 28 Apr 2009 in the quarterfinals of the 2009 Betfred.com World Championship , his 10th in the second round of the 2011 Wyldecrest Park Homes Welsh Open and his 11th in the first round of the 2012 Betfred.com World Championship ! Leo Levitt was the first amateur to achieve the maximum break, in november 1948 at the Windsor Bowling alley in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Geet Sethi (India) was the first one to manage one in competition, in the Indian Amateur Championships on 21 Feb 1988. In the World Junior Championship in Iceland (June 1989) Gary Hill made a maximum break at the age of 20 years 8 months and became the youngest player to achieve this in a WPBSA recognised competion. In April 2002 the New Zealand No2, amateur Harry Haenga, father of national champion Daniel Haenga, scored a 147 off the break against Glenn Gemmel at the Porirua Club, near Wellington, New Zealand. This was not in a tournament but was witnesses by two A Grade players, one of whom is a NZ representative and the other is a Referee. Ronnie O'Sullivan and Jimmy White made 147s in consecutive frames during an exhibition in Ireland, in January 2009. Peter Ebdon made 147s in two consecutive frames during an exhibition match against Steve Davis in 2003. 16 Red Ball Clearances In Competition The highest snooker break in competition is Wally West's 151.

He made the break in the final of a club handicap at the Hounslow Lucania Club in 1976 against Derek "Butch" Rogers, in front of about 100 spectators. The qualified referee John Posner was in charge of the match. Wally won the first frame with the aid of a 104. In the second, Butch clipped the blue and left Wally snookered. Wally potted green as his free ball with a brown to follow. He then took 14 red and blacks and a pink off the last red. He then cleared up to make the 151. Jamie Burnett (Scotland) made a break of 148 on 16 October 2004, at the Prestatyn qualifiers for the Travis Perkins UK Championship. This was the first break over 147 in professional snooker. Burnett made the break in the 14th frame of his match against Leo Fernandez. He potted the brown as the extra red, then another brown followed by the 15 reds and all the colours.

He made a blue on the first red, a pink on the last one and another pink on one of the other reds. The rest went with blacks. He went on to win the match 9-8. The first 16 red clearance in a tournament was by Steve James (b. 2 May 1961) who made 135 against Alex Higgins in the World Professional Championships at Sheffield, S Yorks on 14 Apr 1990. Steve Duggan (b. 10 Apr 1958) made a witnessed break of 148 against Mark Rowing in a local handicap tournament at in the Woodlands Snooker Club, Woodlands, Doncaster, S Yorks on 27 Apr 1988. The Guinness Book of Records got it wrong at the time, saying it was in a practise match. Phil Doody was the referee in the aforementioned match. The week before the match Rowing, made a 155 break against Doody, in a practise frame, on the same table, in the same club! Unfortunately, as only Rowing and Doody were present, the Guinness Book of Records, wouldn't record it.

Dean Reynolds (England) had a 16 red clearance of 143 in the seniors event of the 2006 European Team championships, in Carlow, Ireland. 6 December 2008 Ricky Walden (England) made a 16 red clearance of 141 against Mark Davis (England) in the last qualifying round for the 2008 Maplin UK Championship. The event was held at The World Snooker Academy in EIS (English Institute of Sport) Sheffield. He won the frame 149-0. It was the thirteenth frame of the best-of-17 match, which he lost 7-9. Others In 2006 Jamie Cope became the first player to record a 155 break. He did it in a witnessed practice match. Jamie is a professional snooker player from Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire, England. On 23 April 2003 Cope had made a 151 break on the match table at The Reardon Snooker Club (Hanley Stoke-on-Trent) during a practise game with David Fomm-Ward.

After a foul shot by his opponent Jamie was snookered behind the Brown ball. He took the Brown as the free ball and then potted Blue, 8 Red and 8 Black, 2 Red and 2 Pink, 5 Red and 5 Black. Then cleared all the colours. He was 17 years old at the time. Teenager Sam Harvey scored a break of 151 during a practice match at his home club in Bedford in November 2010. The 17-year-old was playing tour professional Kyren Wilson when he registered the score. After a foul from his opponent early in the frame, Harvey was left with a free ball, and potted the brown to a centre pocket, gaining position on the black. He then spilt the reds open and went on to pot all 15, taking 12 more blacks, two pinks and a blue before clearing the colours. In 1995 Tony Drago's (Malta) (b. 22 Sep 1965) made a 149 in a practice match against Nick Manning at the West Norwood Snooker Club. Drago broke off and snookered Manning behind the brown.

Manning tried to escape from the snooker but left a free ball. Drago took the brown as the free ball and then the brown again for four more points and followed that with 15 reds, 13 blacks, a pink and a blue and all the colours. Eddie Manning (Leicester, England) also achieved a 149, in 1997 at Willie Thorne's in Leicester. His practice partner was Kam (or Kan?) Pandya. Manning. Like Drago he took brown, brown, 13 blacks, pink and blue. Stephen Hendry made a 148 in practice vs Alfie Burden in 1993. In 1976 Alex Higgins knocked in a 146 vs Willie Thorne in a Challenge Match. He had brown, green, 10 blacks and 5 pinks. Cliff Thorburn managed a 139 in practice against Geoff Foulds in 1980. Other High Breaks and Most Unanswered Points Kelly Fisher is the leader among the women. She has a 143 in competition and 20+ 147's in practice.

Four consecutive century breaks were first compiled in a major tournament by John Higgins : 103, 104, 138 and 128, in Preston, England on Sun 16th October 2005. He achieved the feat in the final of the 2005 Grand Prix , against Ronnie O'Sullivan . Shaun Murphy (England) equalled the feat in the 2007 Welsh Open , Feb 14 2007, in Newport Centre, Wales. He beat Jamie Cope 5-0 in the second round and won the first four frames with 135, 110, 102 and 101. Three consecutive century breaks were first compiled in a ranking tournament by Steve Davis : 108, 101 and 104 at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs on 10 Sep 1988. In 1998 John Higgins (Scotland) (b. 18th May 1975) became the first to manage the feat in a World Championship match.

Peter Ebdon became the first to make four century breaks in five frames, in the European Open qualifying competition at Blackpool on 6 Sep 1992. Stephen Hendry made seven centuries in the final of the 1994 UK Championship , which is a record in a professional match. He also became the first player ever to make five centuries in seven frames. In the 2004 British Open Stephen Maguire (Scotland) made five consecutive centuries over two matches. He finished his quarter-final match against Anthony Hamilton with three centuries and started his semi-final against Ronnie O'Sullivan with two more. Mark Allen (N.Ireland) has also made five consecutive century breaks, at the Larne Masters, in the Fountain Club in Larne, Northern Ireland, 23 January 2005. Allen finished off his second round match against Stephen Smith with a 117, before rattling in breaks of 134, 120 and 104 to beat Declan Hughes 3-0. He then began his quarter-final match against Robert McCullough with a 116.

Just for good measure, Mark had begun his match against Smith with a 111 break, making it a phenomenal six centuries in seven frames. In the 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy Ronnie O'Sullivan made five centuries - the first time that has ever been achieved in a ranking event best-of-nine match. The third-round match, which he won 5-2, was played 8 November against Allister Carter (England). Ronnie warmed up with 108, 122 and 107 intaking a 3-1 lead before a 147. Carter pulled one frame back then O'Sullivan closed with a 129 total clearance. John Higgins won the 2005 Grand Prix in Preston and rewrote the record books in the process. In his final demolition of Ronnie O'Sullivan (9-2) he knocked in four consecutive century breaks (103, 104, 138 and 128), a feat never to have been accomplished in professional ranking tournaments.

Higgins also broke the "points unanswered" record in a ranking event (previously set by Stephen Hendry , 487 in the 1996 Wembley Masters against Jimmy White ). Higgins scored 494 points without a reply from O'Sullivan. This record was later beaten by Stuart Bingham (England) who made 547 against Sam Baird in the 2016 China Open . Ronnie O'Sullivan has the all-time record with 556 points in the 2014 Masters final . First Maximum Break on Television (by Steve Davis) - YouTube First Maximum Break on Television (by Steve Davis) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on May 25, 2006 Totally relaxed young Steve Davis makes first ever recorded maximum break.

Category Calendar of events in the history of English Billiards and Snooker Calendar of Events in the History of English Billiards and Snooker Latest Entry:- January 10th 2017 January 4th 1771. Birth of François Mingaud , credited with inventing the leather cue tip in 1807 while imprisoned in a French jail. Documentary proof seems to exist of leather being used to protect the "tip" end of the cue before this date, so it may be more accurate to say Mingaud perfected the tip, being the first to shape it into a rounded dome. It was this apparently simple innovation allowing a more reliable contact between tip and ball that made true control over the cue-ball possible. January 5th 2016. Snooker. Ronnie O'Sullivan became the first player to make 800 competitive century breaks, with a 136 against Barry Hawkins in Group One of the Championship League at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Essex. O'Sullivan won that Group and added two more centuries to increase his total to 802. January 6th 2009. Snooker.

Death of John Street, one of snooker's most well known and respected referees. After 20 years travelling the world refereeing the finals of many major tournaments, he retired in the late 1990's; and in 1998, with Peter Rook, co-authored "The Billiards & Snooker Referee's Handbook". January 10th 2017. Snooker. Mark Davis became the oldest professional to make a competitive maximum at the age of 44. He made it in the last frame of the final of Group Three of the Championship League Snooker to beat Neil Robertson by three frames to two. January 11th 1982. Snooker. Steve Davis compiled the first televised maximum 147 break in a match against John Spencer in the Lada Classic, at Oldham Civic Centre, Lancashire. January 12th - 13th 1881. English Billiards. Joseph Bennett won the championship for the third time by beating Tom Taylor by 90 points in a match of 1000 up. January 13th 1979. Snooker.

John Spencer compiled the first maximum 147 break in competitive play in a match against Cliff Thorburn in the Holsten Lager Tournament at the Fulcrum Centre, Slough. This would also have been the first televised maximum, but the camera crew had left their posts for a tea break. January 13th 2015. Snooker. Ronnie O'Sullivan equalled Stephen Hendry's record of 775 competitive century breaks in the last frame of his 6 - 4 win over Ricky Walden, in the first round of the Dafabet Masters at Alexandra Palace in London. The break of 116 could easily have ended at 89 as the yellow was close to the baulk cushion, but a crashing hit-and-hope sent it round the table off three cushions into a middle pocket, and the cue-ball up and down the table to land perfectly on the green. This win also equalled Stehen 's record of winning 42 matches at this tournament. January 14th 2007. Snooker.

Ding Junhui became the youngest player to score a maximum 147 break on live television at the age of 19 years and 9 months. It was also the first 147 by a Chinese player and came in the seventh frame of his first round 6 - 3 win against Anthony Hamilton during the Saga Insurance Masters at Wembley Arena. January 15th 1985. Snooker. Stacey Hillyard became the first female to record a competitive century with a break of 114 during a local league match in Bournemouth. January 15th 2015. Snooker. Ronnie O'Sullivan overtook Stephen Hendry's record of winning 42 matches at the Masters, by winning his 43rd with a 5 -1 win over Marco Fu. In the first frame Ronnie made a break of 101, to set a new record of 776 centuries in competitive play January 16th 2009. Snooker. Stephen Maguire and Neil Robertson made five consecutive century breaks in their quarter-final match at the Masters.

Maguire's breaks of 128, 105, and 113 against Robertson's breaks of 122 and 100 helped him to win 6 - 3. Only Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan had previously achieved this feat, during the 2003 British Open. January 17th 2014. Snooker. Ronnie O'Sullivan set a new record in professional competition by scoring 556 points without reply in his 6 - 0 win over Ricky Walden in his second round match in the Dafabet Masters, at Londons' Alexandra Palace. The six frames lasted just 57 minutes and 48 seconds. January 18th 1844. English Billiards. Date of a match between a Mr. Mardon and a Mr. Porker. The winner to be the first to reach 500 points. Towards the end of the game Mr. Porker led by 496 points to 475, but Mardon ran out with a break of 25.

This was considered such an achievement that Mardon published his book, "Billiards:Game 500 Up" showing each stroke of the winning break. January 19th 1913. Birth of Rudolf Walter Wanderone Jnr., who in later life claimed to be the 'real' Minnesota Fats, and the inspiration for the character of the same name in Walter Tevis's "The Hustler." Tevis denied this to his dying day. January 19th & 20th 1932. English Billiards. Walter Lindrum compiled the world record break of 4,137 in 2 hours 55 minutes against Joe Davis, who immediately replied with a break of 1131. January 19th 2014. English Billiards. Ronnie O'Sullivan won the Dafabet Masters for the fifth time in his record breaking tenth appearance in the final of this tournament, by beating Mark Selby by 10 frames to 4. January 22nd (Saturday), 1955. Snooker.

Date of Joe Davis's record break of 147 against Willie Smith in an exhibition at Thurston's Leicester Square Hall. The break was officially recognised in March 1957. January 24th 2002. Snooker. Stephen Hendry claimed a record 550th competitive century with a break of 101 against Jimmy White during the Regal Welsh Open in Cardiff. January 25th 1886. Birth of Willie Smith. Twice Professional Billiards Champion - 1920 & 1923. Twice runner-up to Joe Davis in the Professional Snooker Championship - 1933 & 1935. January 27th 1982. Snooker. In four consecutive frames Jim Meadowcroft made breaks of 105, 115, 117 and 125 (total 462) at the Connaught Leisure Centre, Worthing. January 28th 1984. Snooker.

Kirk Stevens of Canada made a maximum 147 break against Jimmy White in the Benson and Hedges Masters, at the Wembley Conference Centre, London. January 30th 1871. English Billiards. John Roberts Junior won the championship for the third time by beating Joseph Bennett by 363 points in 3 hours and 29 minutes. January 30th 2007. Snooker. Stephen Hendry set yet another record by scoring a 127 break, his 700th competitive century. It came in the 3rd frame of his match against Robert Milkins which Hendry won 5 - 1, during the Malta Cup at the Hilton Conference Centre, Portomaso. Return to Calendar Index February 2nd 2014. Snooker. Ding Junhui beat Judd Trump 9 - 5 to win the German Masters in Berlin, to add to his wins in the Shanghai Masters, the Indian Open, and the International Championship. In doing so he became the first player to win four ranking titles in the same season since Stephen Hendry in the 1990/91 season.

February 8th 1587. Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded at Fotheringay Castle. The cloth was torn from her billiard table to cover the body. February 10th 2016. Snooker. Kyren Wilson and Anthony Hamilton set a record for compiling six consecutive century breaks in competitive play in their qualifying match for the China Open in Barnsley. Wilson won the match 5 - 3 and made four centuries (103, 108, 125, and 100). Hamilton made two, (137 and 123). February 11th 1870. English Billiards. The first Professional Championship was held between John Roberts Senior and William Cook. Cook won by 117 points in a match of 1200 up. February 11th 1873. John Roberts Junior appointed Court Billiard Player to the Maharaja of Jeypur during his second tour of India. February 13th 1872. Pyramids.

Playing the best of 21, and owing a ball, John Roberts Junior beat William Cook by 11 games to 7 for £50.00, in a match held at the "White Bear", Manchester. February 13th 2011. Death of Agnes Davies (nee Morris). Won the Women's Amateur Championship when 17 at her first attempt, and the Women's Professional title in 1949 by 10 frames to 5, after having lost the first 5. At the age of 60 reached the final of the Women's World Open Championship, but lost to the Australian Lesley McIlrath. Played for Wales in the home international series until 1999, before retiring from competitive play at the age of 81 after a playing career of 64 years. Her highest break was an 84. February 14th 2007. Snooker. Shawn Murphy became the first player to make four consecutive century breaks in a best-of-nine professional tournament during the Welsh Open at the Newport Centre, Kingsway, Newport.

His breaks of 135, 123, 102, and 101 helped defeat Jamie Cope 5 - 0 to earn a place in the last 16. February 16th 2014. English Billiards. Peter Gilchrist became the first player in the modern game to have made two competitive breaks of 1000 or more. It was made against Northern Ireland's Christian Kirk during their quarter-final match in the The Irish Open, at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. The break was exactly 1000 points. February 17th 2011. Snooker. Stephen Hendry equalled Ronnie O'Sullivan's record of ten competitive maximum breaks in the first frame of his second round match against Stephen Maguire in the Welsh Open. Despite this he lost the match by 4 frames to 2. February 21st 1988. Snooker. Geet Sethi of India became the first amateur player to make a 147 in competition during the Indian Amateur Snooker Championships. February 24th 1874. English Billiards.

William Cook won the championship for the fourth time by beating John Roberts Junior by 216 points in a match of 1000 up, in 3 hours 10 minutes. Return to Calendar Index March 2nd 2014. Snooker. Ronnie O'Sullivan overtook Stephen Hendry's record of 11 maximums in competitive play, by making his 12th 147 in the last frame of his 9 - 3 victory over Ding Junhui in the final of the BetVictor Welsh Open at the Newport Center, Newport. March 4th 1872. English Billiards. William Cook won the championship for the third time by beating John Roberts Junior by 201 points in a match of 1000 up, in 3 hours 30 minutes. March 13th 1991. Snooker. Ronnie O'Sullivan became the youngest player (aged 15 years and 97 days) to make a competitive maximum 147 break during the Southern Area quarter-finals of the 1991 English Amateur Snooker Championship.

He held this record for 13 years, see the next entry. March 13th 2004. Snooker. Judd Trump made a maximum break against Chris Peach in an Under-16 tournament at Coalville, Leicester, and became the youngest player in history to compile a 147 in an official tournament at the age of 14 years and 197 days. March 16th 2003. English Billiards. At the age of 70, Tony James became the oldest winner of the English Amateur Billiards Championship by beating his 20 year-old opponent, Mathew Sutton, by 899 points to 694. March 23rd 1894. English Billiards. Birth of Tom Newman. Professional Champion 1921, 1922, 1924, and 1925. March 25th 1886. A.J. Aspinall obtained a patent for a spring-loaded billiard cue. March 26th 2008. Snooker.

Shaun Murphy and Dave Harold claimed the record for the longest televised frame of snooker in the last frame of their first round match in the Honghe Industrial 2008 World Snooker China Open. The frame lasted 93 minutes and 12 seconds, Murphy won the match 5 - 3. March 28th 1888. English Billiards. Mr. H.A.O. Lonsdale became the winner of the first Amateur Billiards Championship. March 30th - 31st & April 1st, 1885. English Billiards. John Roberts Junior won the championship for the seventh time by beating William Cook by 92 points in a match of 3000 up. Steve Davis 147 1982 Lada Classic Snooker "First Televised 147" - YouTube Steve Davis 147 1982 Lada Classic Snooker "First Televised 147" Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading...

Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on May 12, 2013 In the Lada Classic at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Oldham, Steve Davis made the first ever televised snooker 147. The break, which came in his quarter final match against John Spencer, was also the first maximum in a recognised professional tournament. Ronnie "Rocket" O'Sullivan is the best Snooker Player! Subscribe for latest videos. best snooker game, snooker, ronnie rocket, rocket o sullivan, ronnie o'sullivan vs mark selby, ronnie o'sullivan vs judd trump, Ronnie o'sullivan, steve davis, Ali carter, judd trump, Judd trump, shaun murphy, mark selby, neil robertson, john higgins, stephen hendary, mark Williams, ding junhui, alex higgins,jimmy white, 147 break, best snooker player, ronnie o'sullivan 147, world snooker championship, uk championship, grand prix, masters Category

Question: Who scored the first televised maximum snooker break, in 1982?
Answer: Steve Davis