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Ronnie
O'Sullivan turned professional as world under 21 snooker
champion and won 70 of his first 72 professional matches.
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Alex
Higgins was the first player to take 15 reds with 15 blacks
in the World Snooker Championships, although the 147 clearance
eluded him.
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At 16 years and 11 months, Jimmy White became the youngest
ever World Amateur Snooker champion in 1979.
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The
69 clearance from Alex Higgins against Jimmy White in
the 1982 world championship semi-finals is widely regarded
as the greatest match saving clearance of all time.
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In the 1982 World Championships, defending champion Steve
Davis was beaten 10 - 1 in the first round by Tony Knowles.
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Joe
Davis made the game's first official maximum beak in 1955.
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Steve Davis made the first televised 147 break at the
Lada Classic in 1982.
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In
1983 - 84, Alex Higgins defeated Steve Davis 16 - 15 at
the Coral UK, after trailing 7 - 0.
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Due to a medical condition, Bill Werbenuik used to drink
a pint a frame during matches and sometimes up 40 pints
of lager a day.
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Ronnie
O'Sullivan made a record 30 centuries in his rookie season.
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Ray Reardon won his sixth and last world title in 1975.
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Stephen
Hendry won the 1987 Rothmans Grand Prix aged 18, becoming
the youngest ever winner of a World ranking title.
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Cliff Thorburn made the first 147 break in the history
of the World Championships.
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In
1983 - 84 Steve Davis won his third world title in four
years, becoming the first champion to make a successful
title defence.
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A
3 minute frame between Tony Drago and Danny Fowler is
the fastest recorded in a world ranking tournament.
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Joe
Davis was beaten only four times on level terms throughout
the duration of his career.
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A
minutes silence was held at the Crucible on the middle
Saturday of the 1989 World Championships, in remembrance
of the Hillsborough disaster.
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John
Spencer beat Cliff Thorburn in 1977 to become the Crucibles
first world champion. He was the first player to win the
title with a two piece cue.
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Ronnie O'Sullivan is the youngest player to record a 147
maximum break in recognised amateur competition, aged
15 years and 97 days.
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In
1992, Alison Fisher recorded the highest break by a woman
in professional competition with a 133 against Joe Swail
in the Dubai Classic.
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At
6 hours and 25 minutes, the final session of Thorburn
v Griffiths in 1983 is a record. The match finished at
3.51am!
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In
the 1993 season Ronnie O'Sullivan became the youngest
player ever to qualify for the World Championships.
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Murt O'Donoghue was the first player to make a witnessed
147 break in 1934.
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Dennis
Taylor won his first major title - the 1984 Rothman's
Grand Prix three weeks after his mother passed away.
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The
final of the 1985 Dulux British Open between Kirk Stevens
and Silvino Francisco was the first major final contested
by non-british players.
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In
1993 James Wattana became the first Thai player to reach
the World Championship semi-finals.
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In 1927 Joe Davis picked up £6.10s for winning the World
Snooker Championship.
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There
were 542 entries for the World Championships in 1993,
compared to just 2 who entered the 1931 tournament.
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John Spencer completed the first 147 break in professional
competition versus Cliff Thorburn at the Holstein Classic
in 1979.
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In
season 1992 - 93, Doug Mountjoy won a match at the Crucible
whilst requiring surgery for a malignant tumour.
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Ken Doherty in 1997 and Cliff Thorburn in 1980 remain
the only Non-British World Snooker Champions. ( Thank's
Dave,P.)
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The
final of the 1985 World Championships between Steve Davis
and Dennis Taylor was watched by 18.5 million television
viewers.
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In 1978 the BBC decided to cover every day's play in the
snooker World Championships.
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Snooker
balls were originally made from ivory.
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In 1981 and at 18 years of age Jimmy White became the
youngest winner of a professional tournament.
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The
actual size of the cue ball is 2 1/16 inches in diameter.
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Patsy
Fagan's problems with the rest became so acute that he
could not push the cue through to strike the cue ball.
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Alex
Higgins became world snooker champion at his first attempt
in 1972. He received £480 for winning the 1972 final,
compared to £25,000 in 1982.
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Terry Griffiths became world snooker champion at his first
attempt when he defeated Dennis Taylor 24 - 16 in 1979.
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In
1979, Alex Higgins became the first player to record consecutive
130 + breaks in tournament play.
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John Virgo had to forfeit 2 frames in the 1979 Coral UK
final after turning up 30 minutes late for the concluding
session.
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When
television coverage of the 1980 World Final was interrupted
to show the SAS at the Iranian Embassy, many viewers telephoned
demanding that snooker be returned to their screens.
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In
1990, Stephen Hendry became the youngest ever World Snooker
Champion after defeating Jimmy White 18 - 12.
