Who got the first 147?

The first official maximum break in professional competition was made by Steve Davis in the 1982 Lada Classic against Spencer. This was also the first televised 147.

Who was the first person to hit a 147?

Joe Davis (UK) was the first snooker player to achieve an officially ratified maximum break in snooker, a feat that requires a player to pot all the balls on the table in a single turn and in a specified order – all 15 reds (15 points), each followed by the black (105 points), and then all six colours (27 points).

Who has the greatest 147 ever?

Additionally, O'Sullivan holds the record for the highest number of 147 breaks completed in the final frame of a match, having done so on six occasions. Of these six, one was in the deciding frame of his semi-final victory over Mark Selby at the 2007 UK Championship.

How many 147s has Ronnie O Sullivan got?

Ronnie O'Sullivan (UK) has achieved 15 competitive 147 breaks during his career, between 21 April 1997 and 17 October 2018. “The Rocket”'s first 147 was pocketed in the first round of the 1997 World Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, UK, against Mick Price.

How is a 155 break possible?

You can, theoretically, achieve a score of 155 if your opponent fouls off the break and leaves you with a free ball (you are snookered on all available reds).

Snooker Archive: Cliff Thorburn makes first Crucible 147 maximum break

What is the quickest 100 break?

The fastest recorded century break in tournament play was by Tony Drago at the 1996 UK Championship – he took 3 minutes 31 seconds (211 seconds) to score one hundred points.

What is the highest possible break?

A maximum break (also known as a maximum, a 147, or orally, a one-four-seven) is the highest possible break in a single frame of snooker. 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.

How many 147s has Trump made?

He has made eight maximum breaks in his career. In 2022, he became the second player, after Shaun Murphy, to compile three maximums in a single calendar year, having made 147s at the 2022 Turkish Masters, the 2022 Champion of Champions and the 2022 Scottish Open.

What is harder a 9 darter or a 147?

"The reds are always in a different position and no two frames have ever been the same – it's like a fingerprint. Because of that – and the fact there's 36 shots to complete instead of just nine – all civilised people agree that the 147 break is by far the harder."

How much is a 147 break worth?

As maximum breaks became more common, the prize pot changed to a rolling £5,000. Recently, the standard prize of thousands of pounds returned, and at the 2022 World Championship, £40,000 was offered for a 147 made at the Crucible.

Who has the youngest 147 break?

Sean Maddocks, a pupil at All Saints school, earned himself a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest snooker player ever to perform a competitive 147 break. The five-time world champion, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, made his maximum aged 15 years and 98 days in 1991.

Has anyone ever had a break of more than 147?

There have been 187 maximum breaks made in professional tournament snooker, with Steve Davis managing the first way back in 1982 and Ronnie O'Sullivan scoring the most with 15.

Why is it called snooker?

The name snooker comes from a comment Chamberlain made about a player who missed a shot. He called him "a real snooker", referring to his lack of experience, "snooker" being a slang term for a first year cadet. The first official set of rules for snooker were drafted in 1882 at Ootacamund in Madras Province.

What is the longest frame in snooker?

The longest frame played lasted 123 minutes and 41 seconds. It was the deciding frame between Fergal O'Brien and David Gilbert in the last qualifying round for the 2017 World Championship.

Who is the greatest darts player of all time?

Philip Douglas Taylor (born 13 August 1960) is an English former professional darts player, widely considered the greatest darts player of all time. Nicknamed The Power, he dominated darts for over two decades and won 214 professional tournaments, including a record 85 major titles and a record 16 World Championships.

How rare is a 9 dart?

As of 3 January 2023, 72 nine-darters have been thrown in televised matches by 32 different players. 53 of those 72 hit two 180s and finished with a 141 check-out.

Who has the most 180 in darts?

Ross Smith and Dirk van Duijvenbode produced 31 180s during their World Darts Championship third round clash, a new record for a best-of-seven sets match. That was only part of the amazing story as Van Duijvenbode came through the epic contest in a sudden death leg with the scores at 5-5 in legs in the seventh set.

Has anyone ever made a 155 break?

A snooker player has just made history by scoring a mind-blowing break of 155 and it's luckily been caught on camera. Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, 36, managed to achieve it in an extremely quick seven minutes and 43 seconds, certainly living up to his nickname of F1, which he received for his remarkable speed around the table.

Has Trump ever won a world title?

In 2019 Trump achieved a lifelong dream as he defeated Scotland's John Higgins 18-9 to lift the World Championship title for the first time at the Crucible Theatre.

What time did Ronnie O Sullivan break 147?

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.

Who has the fastest 147 breaks?

Ronnie "The Rocket" O'Sullivan made a maximum 147 break in the quickest time ever recorded, five minutes and eight seconds, in the first round of the 1997 World Championship.

Who got a 147 in the world championship?

Ronnie O'Sullivan - 1997 World Championship

The Rocket, who was just 21 and four years away from his first of five Crucible crowns, compiled his break during a 10-6 first-round victory over Mick Price and it won him a whopping £147,000.

What was Ronnie O Sullivan best break?

While his 147 constructed in five minutes and eight seconds at the 1997 World Championship transcends snooker, it was only achievable because all the reds were in the open to cherry pick. It is much more difficult to discover a winning formula when the odds are stacked against you.

Who has the fastest fifty in the 100?

AB de Villiers vs West Indies - 16 balls, January 2015

The South Africa captain at the time not only scored the fastest 50 in ODI cricket but also went on to blaze the fastest hundred in ODI as well.