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Peter Ebdon made two 147 breaks during an 11 frame exhibition match at Eastbourne Police Club, East Sussex.Įddie Charlton became the first ever player to be whitewashed at the World Professional Snooker Championships at Sheffield, after losing 10 - 0 to John Parrott. Professional Billiards Champion 1928 - 1932, Professional Snooker Champion 1927 - 1946. He was awarded a free ball before any red had been potted and produced a break of 135 in his first round match against Alex Higgins during the World Professional Snooker Championships at Sheffield.īirth of Joe Davis. Steve James compiled the first 16 red total clearance in competitive play. John Roberts Junior first won the championship by beating William Cook by 478 points in a match of 1000 up in 3 hours 4 minutes. The two players were Horace Lindrum and Willie Smith. It was the last frame of their qualifying match for the World Championships and O'Brien won the frame 73 - 46, winning the match by 10 frames to 9.Īt 3.00pm the BBC broadcast a 10 minute programme described as being the first televised demonstration of snooker. John Roberts Junior left England on his first tour of Australia.ĭing Junhui matched Stephen Hendry's record of the 1990/91 season of winning 5 ranking tournaments, by beating Neil Robertson 10 - 5 in the final of the China Open, at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, Beijing.įergal O'Brien and David Gilbert played the longest frame in professional snooker history in a match lasting 123 minutes and 41 seconds. Ronnie O'Sullivan made his 14th maximum break in competitive play in the 5th frame of his first round match of the Fuhua Group China Open, against Elliot Slessor. January - March APRIL MAY JUNE July - September October - December
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Calendar of Events in the History of English Billiards and Snooker