- World Snooker Championship 1983
The 1983 Embassy
World Snooker Championship took place at theCrucible Theatre ,Sheffield between the16th April to the2nd May 1983 .The 1983 championship is remembered for the first-ever 147 maximum break at a
World Snooker Championship . Canada'sCliff Thorburn achieved it at the start of his second round Cuegloss|Match|match againstTerry Griffiths . Fellow countryman Bill Werbeniuk stopped playing, on the next table, in order to watch Thorburn's closing shots. BBC commentatorJack Karnehm , as Thorburn was lining up his shot on the last black, said 'Good luck, mate'. The match was the longest professional match ever, its final Cuegloss|Session|session lasted more than seven hours and the match finished at 3:51 am.Thorburn then played
Kirk Stevens in the quarter-final, which he won 13–12; this was also a long match, finishing at 2:12 am. Thorburn's semi-final victory over Tony Knowles, 16–15, came at 12:45 am. In the final, Thorburn, having played his last three matches in the early hours, lost toSteve Davis 6–18 with a Cuegloss|Session to spare|session to spare, the largest-margin of defeat in professional snooker at that time. Thorburn considered withdrawing from the tournament and returning to Canada half way through the Griffiths match, because his wife had suffered a miscarriage.There were eighteen Cuegloss|Century|century breaks during the 1983 Championship, a new record which stood until 1986.
Highest break
The Cuegloss|Break|highest break of the event was a 147 by
Cliff Thorburn , the first 147 at the Crucible.Prize money
Winner: UK£30,000
Highest break: £3,000
147 break: £10,000
Total: £130,000
The results
World Snooker Championship Rounds
|flagicon|Northern IrelandAlex Higgins |10|flagicon|EnglandDean Reynolds |4
|flagicon|EnglandWillie Thorne |10|flagicon|EnglandJohn Virgo |3
|flagicon|England David Taylor|10|flagicon|EnglandJim Meadowcroft |2
|flagicon|CanadaBill Werbeniuk |10|flagicon|England Dave Martin|4
|flagicon|Northern IrelandDennis Taylor |10|flagicon|South Africa|1928Silvino Francisco |9
|flagicon|EnglandSteve Davis |10|flagicon|EnglandRex Williams |4
|flagicon|England John Spencer|10|flagicon|EnglandMike Hallett |7
|flagicon|AustraliaEddie Charlton |10|flagicon|EnglandLes Dodd |7
|flagicon|England Tony Knowles|10|flagicon|EnglandGraham Miles |3
|flagicon|WalesRay Reardon |10|flagicon|IrelandEugene Hughes |7
|flagicon|EnglandTony Meo |10|flagicon|EnglandJimmy White |8
|flagicon|WalesDoug Mountjoy |10|flagicon|WalesCliff Wilson |2
|flagicon|CanadaCliff Thorburn |10|flagicon|Australia John Campbell|5
|flagicon|WalesTerry Griffiths |10|flagicon|EnglandMark Wildman |8
|flagicon|CanadaKirk Stevens |10|flagicon|EnglandMick Fisher |2
|flagicon|South Africa|1928Perrie Mans |10|flagicon|Scotland Ian Black|3
|flagicon|Northern IrelandAlex Higgins |13|flagicon|EnglandWillie Thorne |8
|flagicon|CanadaBill Werbeniuk |13|flagicon|England David Taylor|10
|flagicon|EnglandSteve Davis |13|flagicon|Northern IrelandDennis Taylor |11
|flagicon|AustraliaEddie Charlton |13|flagicon|England John Spencer|11
|flagicon|England Tony Knowles|13|flagicon|WalesRay Reardon |12
|flagicon|EnglandTony Meo |13|flagicon|WalesDoug Mountjoy |11
|flagicon|CanadaCliff Thorburn |13|flagicon|WalesTerry Griffiths |12
|flagicon|CanadaKirk Stevens |13|flagicon|South Africa|1928Perrie Mans |3
|flagicon|Northern IrelandAlex Higgins |13|flagicon|CanadaBill Werbeniuk |11
|flagicon|EnglandSteve Davis |13|flagicon|AustraliaEddie Charlton |5
|flagicon|England Tony Knowles|13|flagicon|EnglandTony Meo |9
|flagicon|CanadaCliff Thorburn |13|flagicon|CanadaKirk Stevens |12
|flagicon|EnglandSteve Davis |16|flagicon|Northern IrelandAlex Higgins |5
|flagicon|CanadaCliff Thorburn |16|flagicon|England Tony Knowles|15
("Best of 35 frames") Crucible Theatre, Sheffield,1 May &2 May 1983 . Referee:Len Ganley
flagicon|EnglandSteve Davis
18-6Cliff Thorburn flagicon|Canada
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flagicon|EnglandSteve Davis wins the 1983 EmbassyWorld Snooker Championship
"Best of 19 frames"
"Best of 25 frames"
"Best of 25 frames"
"Best of 31 frames"
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