155 Break Caught On Camera

[Ken4155]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/video/sport/snooker-player-makes-history-with-first-break-of-155-to-be-caught-on-camera/

Wonder if his mate says, "Double or quits?" as he begins to reset the table :-)

[ynnafymmi]

Not a fan.However i think NewJudge will be along later to tell us how it was done...

[Lie-in King]

Brilliant & nice for him that it was caught on camera :-)

[Mamyalynne]

Nice one, an early foul by his opponent gave him the opportunity.

Explained here.

https://www.givemesport.com/1739492-best-snooker-break-ever-thepchaiya-unnooh-produces-155-break-in-under-8-minutes

[ToraToraTora]

"Not a fan.However i think NewJudge will be along later to tell us how it was done" - no mystery, been done before, 16 red clearance, this is the first one with all blacks. Essentially free ball after a foul when all the reads are still there, incoming player takes a colour as the free ball for 1, then a black, then the standard 147.......sorted!

[DTCwordfan]

Absolutely TTT - that is the maximum.

Another one is what is the maximum number of points for one shot.

[Lie-in King]

It's not the first one, it's the first one *on camera* - Jamie Cope did it during a witnessed practice frame in 2005 when he was 20.

[Mamyalynne]

That's right.

[DTCwordfan]

As to the maximum of balls potted in one shot, Tony Drago did 5 in practice - my old man knocked in 4 playing against me - it was like watching a pinball machine.

[Milvus]

This wasn't a sanctioned match, I think. 155's have been done a number of times before but I think Wally West's 151 is still the highest matchplay break. Was made in Hounslow snooker club, where I was a member, highest break 39 :)

[LeonBlank1995]

If you were a poly-sports man. What is rarest?

1. 147 in snooker
2. 6 x 6 in an over in cricket
3. Hat-trick in cricket
4. 9 dart finish in darts
5. Perfect hat-trick in football (left foot, right foot and head)

[THECORBYLOON]

I would go with the six sixes in an over.

[THECORBYLOON]

Next would be the perfect hat-trick in football.

[LeonBlank1995]

I think the rarity of 9 dart finish was kind of snuffed out when The Power turned to PDC, Corbs.

[New Judge]

//I would go with the six sixes in an over.//

So would I. I'm not entirely sure but I believe it has only been accomplished once in "first class" (i.e. proper) cricket. That was by Sir Garfield Sobers for Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan in 1968.

There have been a handful of other players achieving the feat in top class cricket, but as far as I know these were all in limited over matches.

[royfromaus]

All well and good, NJ but how was the snooker break done?

[THECORBYLOON]

As hat-trick can be made in consecutive overs, I wonder how many times (if any) six sixes have been hit in six consecutive balls?

[douglas9401]

Quite the achievement, all the more for him being up against the New Zealand rugby team.

[New Judge]

//All well and good, NJ but how was the snooker break done?//

Sorry, I didn't notice the question.

The opponent committed a foul with fifteen reds still on the table, left the other player snookered on all the reds and he was thus awarded a "free ball". This enabled him to take any colour as an extra red. He thus had the opportunity to pot sixteen reds and blacks (128 points) and then all the colours (27 points) making a total of 155.

[ToraToraTora]

roy: "All well and good, NJ but how was the snooker break done? " - answered at 16:25

[New Judge]

Yes sorry Tora. First I missed the question, then I missed your answer!!!!