You can see Davis has a certain swagger, a young man in the prime of his game. That long red he purposefully left himself. A golden generation of snooker.
This was a great 147, a double, a few break outs, a beautiful shot off the rest, and a nail biter or two, Steve was really the model of a Professional, the absolute best of his era.
Absolutely - I love how pure emotion takes over his commentary towards the end when he’s just willing the shots to go in. You certainly couldn’t blame him for excitedly interrupting Pullman’s ponderous remarks when Steve was on the last ball!
Sooooo coool 3 things that are cool about this break in ascending order 3) The ancient long stuff 2) The double on 33 1) His posture leaning against the table after the sparkles have flown
Lovely played each & every shot, unbelievable 147. Steive Davis looking confident on his game grip. He is the school for the players reached 147 subsequently.
Steve Davis was as fine a Pro as they get, he did it all, 147, World, UK, Masters, etc, etc. O Sullivan modeled his whole persona and game off of Steve, see his bio.
The confidence of youth. He didn't even look nervous until the last 3 balls. He started to show a little bit of concern only from when his positional shot on the blue came up short.
You could tell he really did have nerves the way he had to steady himself on the table afterwards - hell of an effort for an era when just 100 breaks were a great achievement
Amazed that no one has mentioned the black to last red positional shot. When you are just so supremely confident that you purposefully leave yourself a long pot for your 15th red. Cliff Thorburn did the same on his 15th black to yellow position. Wonderful.
Im watching this im memory of my mum,she was in love with the ginger wizard, and she gave me a love fir snooker,i remember watching snooker with her 40 yeats ago ,as a wee nipper....of course im a steve davis fan 😅😅,im from belfast btw ,higgy neck of the woods 😅😅
This is the first ever "official" televised 147 break ! And not the one that was achieved the following year by Cliff Thorburn against Terry Griffiths at the World Championships !
The Q-Continuum ironically shortley before this John Spencer in a tournament shown by ITV only in London and the south east made a 147 unfortunately the cameras were all turned off as the crew had taken a break. Dang!
Most hardest pink ever when your on the last two balls of a 147 and Ronnie O Sullivan had Steve as his hero and look how great Ronnie has become already the greatest player ever
The first televised 147 was also a very special one a superb double on the 5th red a great long pot on the 15th red and to dispatch that pink to hold for the black to complete the maximum was why they rightfully call him “The Nugget “
If it wasn’t for Alex Higgins Snooker would not have been popular at all. The rivalry between Higgins and Davis ignited Snooker to its peak throughout the 1980’s. Hendry modelled his personality on Davis and his potting ability on Jimmy White. Ronnie is simply the best of all of them.
He he, yeah, from what I remember Lada cars were absolutely horrendous in the 80s, right up there with skoda for the worst ones on the market. Steve really got short changed for such a big achievement when you think modern tournaments often give enough prize money to buy 10 cars for a 147 !
At the most, he lost control of the cue ball twice. But nailed both shots with full confidence. It's like he knew he was going to make it. It wasn't until he went for the black it hit him regarding what he was going for. Davis was just a picture of concentration the entire frame.
Depends what you judge his prime by. He'd won the world title for the first time the year before, but got stuffed in the first round of it this year, before winning another five and being finalist twice before the end of the decade. He'd also just become world number 1 the year before and wouldn't relinquish that for another nine years.
Стив Дэвис красавчик! Еще увидел рекламу автомобилей LADA, а это минуточку 1982-ой год:) СССР значит являлся одним из спонсоров снукера тогда. Cars LADA пытались в Англию продвинуть и поставить.
0:34 Keep an eye on the woman in the front row of the audience who is second in from the right. She doesn't once applaud during this break, and she doesn't give a standing ovation when the break is completed. At 12:04 she can be seen trying to get her (presumably) husband to sit down.
It was overshadowed by Cliff Thorburn doing it in the world championship the year after. I do remember it being a big deal at the time as ITV showed it again in a special programme afterwards as this tournament was not high profile.
@@t147han I mean I'm not authority, I was born in 1979 so I'm not speaking from memory, but didn't Cliff Thorburn get a maximum at the WC in 1983? Given that, why are the commentators saying this is the first televised maximum?
@@ongbonga9025 i will have to check up on this.i was at the lada classic in warrington in the vip area waiting to go sit and watch werbinuck and kirk stevens.it came over that davis had made a 147.i always thought this was 1984.spencer had made a 147 in canada.but for some reason it was not televised.maybe it was 1982.maybe for some reason wilki are getting dates wrong.it would not be the first time.
@@ongbonga9025 I was wrong .it was 1982.maybe in my old age .spencer was also beaten by davis in earlier round in 1984 and davis won it again.there is also a clip on on youtube saying it was 1984.maybe it was this that threw me.thanks for correcting me.
