100 break

[archalf1471]

maybe statman can answer this one for me? Or anyone else. I have an answer to this but am totally unsure if it is true or not

who was the first player to make a 100 break on TV?

[Forman]

joe davis, i have a video of it and i think its on youtube somewhere as well

[archalf1471]

sure that is on TV??? I grant you taped but on TV?

[bongo]

Yes, Joe Davis made the first century snooker break on television. There is a video on YouTube. Joe was playing against John Pulman and when he potted the blue to get to 100, the commentator Ted Lowe said "And now we have a century on television".

[Wity]

Lets make the question a bit harder eh?

How many black and white centuries were there?

[archalf1471]

I agree with you guys, or at least I did until i read the article below that i found at lunchtime.

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/cabsahistory/

Now i knew Jonathan was a great player in his time. ( little bit of history for you Bongo young fella) but was not aware of this "fact" unless they have got it wrong????

[stjimmy18-1991]

what about the first person EVER to make a century full stop?

scrap that....first person to make a maximum?

[Forman]

sure that is on TV??? I grant you taped but on TV?

its on the "century breakers video" put out by the bbc, well before my time

[bongo]

what about the first person EVER to make a century full stop?

scrap that....first person to make a maximum?

First to make a maximum, I think it was Willie Smith.

[Jlaix]

maybe statman can answer this one for me? Or anyone else. I have an answer to this but am totally unsure if it is true or not

who was the first player to make a 100 break on TV?

Yea, was Joe Davis. Managed to get on tape -

which you're welcome too.

[jon]

Joe Davis was the first pro to make a century on TV and the first player to make a century on the BBC.

The first century on TV was by Mark Wildman in an amateur tournament on ITV.

When Alison Fisher became the first woman to make a televised century, Wildman was the commentator.

[crucible77]

Here is the first ever televised break made by Joe Davis against John Pulman in 1962, LINK

[SD147]

First to make a maximum, I think it was Willie Smith.

I believe the first officially recognised maximum was made by Joe Davis. He was playing Willie Smith in London, 1955.
I think there were a few 147's made prior to that, however not officially recognised.