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Originally Posted by davis_greatest
.......Why? 
cos he knew Jimmy deserved a win?(was there a free ball really?)
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no idea cos he knew Jimmy deserved a win?
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Haha!Originally Posted by April madnessno idea cos he knew Jimmy deserved a win?
OK, elaborate....Originally Posted by April madness
"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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that's not what I expected to readOriginally Posted by davis_greatestOK, elaborate....
if that was a free ball, and Jimmy is 8 points behind, he can name black as a free ball and pot the pink and then pot the final black, and he's the winner anyway... ?ZIPPIE FOR CHAIRMANComment
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So why didn't he?"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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because the referee didn't call a free ball? (this is getting embarrassingOriginally Posted by davis_greatest
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Warmer and warmer
OK... big clue in the first paragraph."If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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no sound? that's the clue?Comment
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Yep!!! One of them!Originally Posted by Monique"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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did Davis have the free ball then and therefore went for the black?Comment
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Yes and yes!!! And so...?Originally Posted by snookersfun"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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thanks, but digging this one up on the old BBC messageboard would be cheetingOriginally Posted by davis_greatestWarmer and warmer
OK... big clue in the first paragraph.
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therefore he was still 15 points ahead, as he hadn't fouled. White on the other hand couldn't use the free ball even, as he would knock the pink in anyway... So Davis wins.....Comment
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Well Davis is still 15 ahead ... OK too late!Comment
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Congratulations snookersfun!!Originally Posted by snookersfun
Jimmy White had fouled just before I re-entered the room. With the sound off, my friend either did not know that Davis had nominated black as a free ball, or perhaps did not even know that he had the option of a free ball. (She might not even have known that White had fouled!)
My friend therefore did not realise that Davis had played a legal shot in striking the black, and snookering White on the pink. She thinks that White is now only 8 points behind and thinks that he can nominate black as a free ball, hit the black to knock the pink in, and leave the black over the pocket to seal frame, match and championship. She then believes that Davis has conceded the frame and match without forcing White to play these two easy shots, and dances in the room, believing Jimmy to be World Champion.
In fact, Davis remains 15 points in front. White is bound to foul on his next shot, and would then require 2 snookers. Jimmy, realising that his position is hopeless, has no option but to concede his 7th World Final. Davis, it will be no surprise to learn, becomes World Snooker Champion, for the 9th time.
Scoreboard to follow!
Edited in italics to correct typo that April points out below
"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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Wasn't Davis 15 points in front?Originally Posted by davis_greatest
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