Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
BBCi CATEGORIES   TV   RADIO   COMMUNICATE   WHERE I LIVE   INDEX    SEARCH 

BBC SPORT
You are in: Other Sports: Snooker: World Champs 2002  
[an error occurred while processing this directive]
Around The Uk


Commonwealth Games 2002

BBC News

BBC Weather

SERVICES 
  Friday, 12 April, 2002, 12:10 GMT 13:10 UK
1983: Davis' title but Thorburn's 147
Although it was Steve Davis who won the title, the man of the tournament was undoubtedly Cliff Thorburn, who created snooker history by compiling a 147 maximum break during his second round match against Terry Griffiths.

The break, which started with a fluke, lasted 15 minutes, 20 seconds and its construction brought play on the adjoining table to a halt.

Thorburn would labour until 3.51am to shake off Griffiths when his break of 75 eventually gave him victory at 13-12.

He then won three successive frames of 32, 53 and 61 minutes duration in recovering from 12-10 down to beat Kirk Stevens 13-12 in the quarter-finals. That match finished at 2.12 a.m.

In the semi-finals, Thorburn trailed Tony Knowles 15-13 but came back again to win a 45-minute deciding frame to reach the final.

Once there, however, he found his mental reserves had been exhausted and he was no match for Davis, who arrived in the final much the fresher having played 14 hours less snooker than Thorburn during the championship.

Davis pulled away to win 18-6 with a session to spare, his second triumph at the Crucible.



Embassy final

Background

Expert analysis

Every match covered

Sports Talk

Features

Official Links
Links to more World Champs 2002 stories are at the foot of the page.

 

E-mail this story to a friend

Links to more World Champs 2002 stories

^^ Back to top