He who dares, wins!
Snooker has had to go into sporting hibernation during this pandemic but thankfully the BBC has filled the seventeen day, World Championship void with airings of previous finals. As an avid fan, this is great way of being able to relive these sporting moments, much of which I spent behind a cushion or the sofa when my nerves couldn’t take the pressure. One such example was the 1992 World Championship final between Stephen Hendry and Jimmy White. Having watched all the clashes between these players, I had to cast aside my Jimmy White t shirt and pretend this was being played from scratch and what a belter of a match it was.
However and it is a big however, usually in a classic match, there is always what is called a “turning point” and in this epic it came in frame 24 when Hendry 14-9 up and had to pot the brown off the side cushion across the nap. This was probably one of the greatest shots seen on live snooker but for some reason the BBC cut it out of their highlights of the match shown on the 24/04/2020. Stephen Hendry was quick to point this out and was quickly pointing it out on his Twitter feed.
These crucible reruns have been excellent from
but I was looking forward to watching the pivotal 24th frame in the final today which contained one of best shots I’ve ever played,brown to yellow #justsaying
Perhaps this was not in the same league as Alex Higgins’ 69 clearance against White in the 1982 World Championship semi-final but this shot was definitely pivotal and should have aired again as it defined the path of Hendry’s classic, 18-14 victory. Stephen doesn’t often dish out praise but to say that this was “one of the best shots I’ve ever played “ shows the difficulty and enormity of the shot in relation to the frame and in the course of the match. Had he missed it, he would have lost the frame and John Virgo when asked about by David Vine after the match said “ it was a tremendous clearance “ and stopped the match from going to 15-10 and instead went to 14-9. Virgo also said that it was the “bravest pot that I have ever seen” and he would have “rolled to the black and played a snooker”. This caused a four frame gap to occur between the two players and “inspired” Stephen Hendry to bridge the White lead. Ironically Jimmy compiled a maximum, 147 break in his first round 10-4 victory against Tony Drago. This was nine years after Cliff Thorburn made the first maximum at the Crucible in 1983. In the qualifying stages of the 1992 World Championship, Joe Johnson made a 141 clearance.
This shot omission is unfortunately a classic faux pas by the BBC where transmission time has outweighed play excellence. Of course if you have never seen this final, you would be forgiven to not have known that it occurred but to rob the audience the chance to see it again, is a cardinal sin. Perhaps after this error was pointed out by Stephen Hendry, the BBC VT editor will think again before compiling the final version of a snooker match in the editing suite.
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However and it is a big however, usually in a classic match, there is always what is called a “turning point” and in this epic it came in frame 24 when Hendry 14-9 up and had to pot the brown off the side cushion across the nap. This was probably one of the greatest shots seen on live snooker but for some reason the BBC cut it out of their highlights of the match shown on the 24/04/2020. Stephen Hendry was quick to point this out and was quickly pointing it out on his Twitter feed.
These crucible reruns have been excellent from
but I was looking forward to watching the pivotal 24th frame in the final today which contained one of best shots I’ve ever played,brown to yellow #justsaying
Perhaps this was not in the same league as Alex Higgins’ 69 clearance against White in the 1982 World Championship semi-final but this shot was definitely pivotal and should have aired again as it defined the path of Hendry’s classic, 18-14 victory. Stephen doesn’t often dish out praise but to say that this was “one of the best shots I’ve ever played “ shows the difficulty and enormity of the shot in relation to the frame and in the course of the match. Had he missed it, he would have lost the frame and John Virgo when asked about by David Vine after the match said “ it was a tremendous clearance “ and stopped the match from going to 15-10 and instead went to 14-9. Virgo also said that it was the “bravest pot that I have ever seen” and he would have “rolled to the black and played a snooker”. This caused a four frame gap to occur between the two players and “inspired” Stephen Hendry to bridge the White lead. Ironically Jimmy compiled a maximum, 147 break in his first round 10-4 victory against Tony Drago. This was nine years after Cliff Thorburn made the first maximum at the Crucible in 1983. In the qualifying stages of the 1992 World Championship, Joe Johnson made a 141 clearance.
This shot omission is unfortunately a classic faux pas by the BBC where transmission time has outweighed play excellence. Of course if you have never seen this final, you would be forgiven to not have known that it occurred but to rob the audience the chance to see it again, is a cardinal sin. Perhaps after this error was pointed out by Stephen Hendry, the BBC VT editor will think again before compiling the final version of a snooker match in the editing suite.
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