Jimmy white made the 2nd 147 break at the crucible theatre in Sheffield at the world championship, watch it and enjoy!! This video has superb quality ;)
I remember this great moment from 1992 I had a bet anyone to make a 147 break 14/1 with William Hill I got £300 for a £20 stake . Later in October that year my Dad died of lung cancer I looked after him having given up work he was so pleased to see jimmy make this break it really cheered him up God bless r.i.p. dad .
@@McElhinney65 I've never really got the expression potting them off the lampshades. Why lampshades?? What's the connection with lampshades. It is because snooker is played under table lights
Tony Drago's smile in the background as White was making the break was delightful. Imagine the generosity of spirit to will your opponent on to make a maximum! Great stuff, really enjoyed!
What a top class guy Tony Drago is, he was a great player too. Well done, Jimmy. That was a great maximum break. Bring Tony Drago back as a snooker commentator. He is missed by many snooker fans.
One of Jimmy's moments of perfection. I remember watching this at the time and being nervous as anything. Shot of the championship with the rest. Jumped out of my skin when he sunk the final black. Legend.
The players back then were so happy to see their opponent's do this i remember kirk stevens watching jimmy do this and applauding at his bamana shots, drago was great . More excitement than modern day snooker
He had the ability, but he was too nice and a victim of his addictions. Hendry was ice cold, dedicated, he had the mentality needed to be ruthless. Jimmy, for all his talent, lacked that extra edge to make him one of the all time greats. Saying all that, he's still the greatest player never to win a world title.
Andrew Drabble I think talent wise Jimmy was right up there.Nobody did it quite like him in full flow but as a realist you can't look yourself in the mirror and say he was the greatest because he was nowhere near.On his day he was magic and near unplayable but if he wasn't at his best he struggled to win.
Run 68 Completely agree players like hendry, Osullivan, Higgins even when they weren’t playing there best they could find a way to claw themselves past the finishing line, saying that jimmy is a class act and one of the best crowd pleasers I’ve ever seen
Yes I used to practice with jimmy in a club in Selly Oak in birmingham, about twenty years ago. Best player never to have won the world snooker title legend.
@@frankevans4323 clowns? They beat the entire snooker world to win that trophy. What a sad, sad person you are. You just disrespected the game and every snooker player who entered those tournaments won by those 3 champions. How many world titles have you won?
I remember seeing this on the TV! Was round my nans flat in Stepney and me and my Grandad jumped for joy when he made it. Good times. He made the final 6 times never won the world title. He won multiple UK Championships.
WOW its great 2 see that again, i think people forget how good jimmy was & in 1992 is was in the best form of his life he should have won the embassy world championship that year but as always with jimmy ever the bridesmaid never the bride, jimmy white in my mind is the best player in the world to never win the world championship & my all time favourite player, he had less hair in those days too & drago is a better pool player than he is a snooker player jimmy is a legend & still loved by fans
This was the second time in the space of a few months that Drago was on the receiving end of a 147 break. James Wattana did it a couple of months earlier and he did so with the knowledge that his father was gravely ill in hospital after being shot the previous day (Wattana wasn't told his father had died 'till after the match).
+Gary Corfield was gonna write exactly the same comment...what a legend! funny story i met him in Marbella in 2004 and he was buying drinks with a €50 note and every time he kept saying keep the change... i wish i had money like that to throw away... my favourite of all time!!
I remember this match, it was all over in 39 minutes, the cue ball had multiple scorch marks on it and had to be replaced, five reds and the blue ball had cracks in them, the table was beyond reusing, even the carpet had burn holes in it, amazing match, come on Jimmy, Tony was a true gent, great character.
Every bit as good as O'Sullivan at that time in his career. Beautiful to watch, playing risky shots as if nothing mattered, at a speed a pool game is played.
You could see the excitement in his eyes before the last black...thinking how much coke £100,000 would get him. Poor Jimmy, I watched every one of those bloody finals. I sometimes think Ronnie is taking revenge on Hendry for Jimmy's sake. Wiping nearly all of his records away. I'm not sure Ronnie will win 2 more Worlds to equal Hendry but I think he's got a few more ranking events left in him as he breezes to a 1000 centuries. C'MON RONNIE
Harry Munter I'm thinking he's got 1 more world and get 40 ranking titles and around 1,250 century's he said he hopefully can go to 50 the other week fingers crossed!
For all the brilliance of the Higginses, O'Sullivan, Hendry etc, I still don't think there's ever been a better sight in snooker than Jimmy, amongst the balls, in full flow. Such a unique cue action, such swagger, and those shots that he made his own. The outrageous amount of side he could generate, those classic deep screw shots, awesome play with the rest - all of them Jimmy's trademark calling cards, and all on show here. Fantastic break.
RihannasBikeSeat you have just summed up the man that would have the biggest fan base in snooker, and the greatest to hold a cue in his hand, a magician with a cue,snooker was so exciting to watch when jimmy and the hurricane playing, so so sad that jimmy near win a world championship, even just one of the six finals!! so many memories of this great man in action, the whirlwind from London town.
RihannasBikeSeat you have just summed up the man that would have the biggest fan base in snooker, and the greatest to hold a cue in his hand, a magician with a cue,snooker was so exciting to watch when jimmy and the hurricane playing, so so sad that jimmy near win a world championship, even just one of the six finals!! so many memories of this great man in action, the whirlwind from London town.
I never feel sad for jimmy,, he won all the big titles apart from the world and got to 6 finals,, made a living from the game he loves and still more popular than some of the world champs from the past.... come on Jimmy!!!!!!!!!!!!
only just noticed that after you had commented and couldn't help laughing, but of course John Street didn't want the crowd to risk distracting Jimmy from completing the maximum and so, the old school "Shut up" was nicely timed lol
Amazing 147,Jimmy was the people's champion,we all loved him and still do,but now we have Ronnie O'Sullivan,the greatest ever,6 worlds,7 u.k.s,7 masters,20 triple crowns,37 ranking events,1,100 and odd centuries,15 147s,these are mind blowing stats,c'mon Ronnie at least one more world title
Miss these days and David Vine like crazee. Moved to the US so haven't followed the game since '91. Just learned of Hurricane's passing. Jimmy, cool as ice here and kudos to Drago for the love. I wish Jim just had that 1 trophy under his belt. Still the most popular of them all.
Tony Drago was smiling all the way through this frame, and hugged Jimmy at the end. Like when a 9 dart finish happens in darts, sportsmanship and appreciation shown.
The cheer when the last pink & Black goes in is the loudest cheers ever heard at the crucible. This was the year when jimmy was at his most consistent. This year he made a maximum, won the UK Championship, got to the final of the WC, & was playing brilliantly all season. He had Hendry for the taking but at 14-8 ahead, he thought he’d already won it & would breeze through to win another 4 Frames, therefore started playing recklessly instead of carrying on & playing somewhat of a percentage game as he had done up to that point of the final. People always refer to 1994 & that missed black off the spot as Jimmy’s best chance, but it wasn’t. This (1992 WC final) was his best chance because of how far ahead he was & how well he was playing. Such a shame.
I remember 92 well , i thought jimmy had finally done it but sadly it wasn't to be he got complacent then hendry smelt blood anyone else and im sure jimmy would have got over the line
I agree: you can see Tony Drago's true sportsmanship by the magnanimous way he takes defeat in his stride and congratulates Jimmy White. That's what I call class.
