1992 World Snooker Championship

Professional snooker tournament May 2020 1992 Embassy World Snooker Championship 1992 04 18 1992 05 4 y Crucible Theatre Sheffield England WPBSA Ranking event £850,000 £150,000 Jimmy White ENG (147) Stephen Hendry SCO Jimmy White ENG 18–14 1991 1993 The 1992 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1992 Embassy World Snooker Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 18 April and 4 May 1992 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, it was the tenth and final ranking event of the 1991–92 snooker season and the sixteenth consecutive World Snooker Championship to be held at the Crucible since the tournament moved to the venue in 1977. Broadcast in the United Kingdom by BBC Television, the tournament was sponsored by the Embassy cigarette brand. The winner received £150,000 from the total prize fund of £850,000. Nine rounds of qualifying for the championship were held. The pre-qualifying competition, which had four rounds with matches played as the best of 11 frames, started on 22 May 1991 at three snooker clubs: Frames Plaza in Sheffield, Spencers in Bolton, and the Royal Hampshire Snooker Lodge in Aldershot. The main qualifying stage was held at Preston Guild Hall from 18 to 29 March 1992. The 16 successful qualifiers joined the 16 seeded players at the main stage at the Crucible. Debutants at the main stage that year were Nigel Bond, Peter Ebdon, Jason Ferguson, Mark Johnston-Allen, Stephen Murphy, Mick Price, Chris Small, and James Wattana. John Parrott was the defending champion, having defeated Jimmy White 18–11 in the final of the previous year's tournament to win his maiden world title. Parrott lost 12–13 to Alan McManus in the quarter-finals, becoming the seventh first-time winner at the Crucible who failed to defend the title, a phenomenon known as the Crucible curse. While playing Tony Drago in the first round, White made the second maximum break in a World Championship match, nine years after Cliff Thorburn made the first in 1983. In addition to the £14,000 highest break prize, White received £100,000 for making a televised maximum at the Crucible. White advanced to the final, where he faced Stephen Hendry. White led 12–6 and 14–8, but Hendry then won 10 successive frames to secure his second World Championship title. It was White's fourth defeat in a World Championship final and his second by Hendry. Overview The World Snooker Championship is an annual professional snooker tournament organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA).Harris 2020 227–237 Founded in the late 19th century by British Army soldiers stationed in India,Williams 2015 286 the cue sport was popular in the British Isles.Harris 2020 227–237 However, in the modern era, which started in 1969 when the World Championship reverted to a knockout format,John Higgins Eyes More Crucible Titles https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/snooker/5276218/John-Higgins-eyes-more-Crucible-titles.html The Telegraph London 5 May 2009 13 April 2020 registration "the modern era, which began in 1969 when the World Championship became a knockout event." https://web.archive.org/web/20100430020307/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/snooker/5276218/John-Higgins-eyes-more-Crucible-titles.html 30 April 2010 live it has become increasingly popular worldwide, especially in East and Southeast Asian nations such as China, Hong Kong and Thailand.The Rise Of China World Snooker Tour 26 February 2018 13 March 2019 http://www.worldsnooker.com/the-rise-of-china/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180419145915/http://www.worldsnooker.com/the-rise-of-china/ 19 April 2018 liveWilson Bill 24 April 2015 Snooker Looks to Cue up More Big Breaks in China https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-32429022 BBC News 9 May 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200305033819/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-32429022 5 March 2020 liveAgence France-Presse 17 March 2018 Snooker World Champion, Hongkonger Ng On-Yee Aims to Change Image of Male-Dominated Game https://hongkongfp.com/2018/03/17/snooker-world-champion-hongkonger-ng-yee-aims-change-image-male-dominated-game/ Hong Kong Free Press 9 May 2020 16 August 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190816141250/https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/17/snooker-world-champion-hongkonger-ng-yee-aims-change-image-male-dominated-game/ live Joe Davis won the first World Championship in 1927, hosted by the Billiards Association and Control Council, the final match being held at Camkin's Hall in Birmingham, England.Everton 2012 23History of Snooker – a Timeline https://www.wpbsa.com/about/history/ wpbsa World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 21 October 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190418140049/https://www.wpbsa.com/about/history/ 18 April 2019 live The 1992 championship featured 32 professional players competing in one-on-one snooker matches in a single-elimination format, each round being played over a pre-determined number of frames, and each match divided into two or more sessions containing a set number of frames.Downer 2026 34–35 These competitors in the main tournament were selected using a combination of the top players in the snooker world rankings and the winners of a pre-tournament qualification stage.Yates Phil Trying to get from Preston to Sheffield Snooker Scene May 1992 4–13 The top 16 players in the world rankings automatically qualified for the event, the remaining 16 players coming through the qualification rounds. It was the tenth and final ranking event of the 1991–92 snooker season, and the sixteenth consecutive World Snooker Championship to be held at the Crucible, the first tournament there having taken place in 1977.Smith 1991 10Crucible Celebrates 40 Years of Hosting Snooker Worlds https://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/crucible-reaches-a-milestone/55590 Sporting Life UK 12 April 2017 16 March 2021 9 November 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231109003024/https://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/crucible-reaches-a-milestone/55590 live The defending champion in 1992 was John Parrott, who had defeated Jimmy White 18–11 in the final of the 1991 World Snooker Championship.Holmes Bob Parrott wins battle of the 'nearly' men The Daily Telegraph 7 May 1991 33 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-nearlymen/181204137/ Newspapers.com The tournament was sponsored by cigarette brand Embassy, and was also referred to as the Embassy World Snooker Championship.Embassy Bow out on High Note Snooker Scene June 2005 3Clive Everton Phil Yates The fight for the championship Snooker Scene June 1992 4–21 The championship was broadcast on BBC Television in the UK.A vintage championship Snooker Scene June 1992 3 Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:World Championship 1992 http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-snooker-tournaments-archive-world-championship-1992.asp Global Snooker 28 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110310182301/http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-snooker-tournaments-archive-world-championship-1992.asp 10 March 2011 usurpedDowner 2026 172 Winner: £150,000 Runner-up: £90,000 Semi-final: £45,000 Quarter-final: £22,500 Last 16: £12,000 Last 32: £6,500 Last 48: £5,000 Last 64: £3,000 Last 96: £1,375 Last 128: £750 Last 155: £500 Qualifying stage highest break: £4,000 Televised stage highest break: £14,000 Televised stage maximum break: £100,000 Total: £850,000 Tournament summary Qualifying There were nine rounds matches across the pre-qualifying and qualifying stages.Downer 2026 244–245 The pre-qualifying competition, which had four rounds with matches played as the best of 11 frames, started on 22 May 1991 at three snooker clubs: Frames Plaza in Sheffield, Spencers in Bolton, and the Royal Hampshire Snooker Lodge in Aldershot.Wind of change Snooker Scene May 1991 3Downer 2026 244–245 The main qualifying stage was held at Preston Guild Hall from 18 to 29 March 1992.Embassy World Professional Snooker championship: the draw Pot Black March 1992 17 Matches at Preston were the best of 19 frames.Fine wins for Wallace Snooker Scene September 1991 9–11 During pre-qualifying, Robert Foxall became the first player to make a century break in their first frame as part of a world championship match, when he compiled a 107 against Mike Colquitt in the first of the rounds. Peter Williams lost 0–6 to Kieran McAlinden; it meant that he had competed in ten pre-qualifying events that season without winning a frame. The highest break of the pre-qualifying phase was 136 by Mike Dunn. In the first of the rounds after pre-qualifying, eight-time champion Fred Davis lost 1–10 to first-season professional Peter Daubney. On his 43rd birthday, two-time champion Alex Higgins defeated Wayne Murphy 10–3. The 1974 runner-up Graham Miles misread the date of his match against Sean Lynskey and failed to appear, giving Lynskey a walkover. Chris Brooks had died in a car crash earlier in the year, which gave his scheduled opponent Bill Werbeniuk a walkover to the second round, in which Werbeniuk did not turn up to his match against David Taylor. In round two, Higgins defeated Paul Gibson 10–6 after they had been level at 4–4, while Bjørn L'Orange whitewashed three-time champion John Spencer. In the third round, Higgins was 4–5 down to Alan McManus at the end of their first session and lost 7–10 despite having led 6–5. Stephen Murphy compiled three century breaks as he beat Eugene Hughes 10–5. David Taylor lost 5–10 to 1980 champion Cliff Thorburn in a match that lasted more than eight hours. In the fourth round, Thorburn lost in a match that took eight hours and 50 minutes, 7–10 to Chris Small. Kirk Stevens, twice a world championship semi-finalist, defeated Joe Swail 10–7. James Wattana won the deciding frame against Stevens in their fifth round match. In another fifth round match that went the distance, Mick Price beat 1986 champion Joe Johnson. A break of 141 by Johnson in the third frame was the highest of the qualifying competition. Cliff Wilson, who had forgotten to bring tablets that he took for a heart condition, retired from his match against Peter Ebdon when he was 0–9 behind. First round thumb|alt=Jimmy White standing, wearing a waistcoat|Jimmy White (pictured in 2016) made the second maximum break in the history of the tournament. The first round took place between 18 and 23 April, each match played over two sessions as the best of 19 frames.Downer 2026 34–35 Debutants at the Crucible this year were Nigel Bond, Peter Ebdon, Jason Ferguson, Mark Johnston-Allen, Stephen Murphy, Mick Price, Chris Small, and James Wattana.Everton Clive Worthy Wattana breaks into Crucible club The Guardian https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian/195181265/ Newspapers.com The 10–0 win by defending champion John Parrott over Eddie Charlton in the first round was the first-ever whitewash in Crucible history.1992: Hendry on top https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/2954001.stm BBC Sport 10 June 2012 18 April 2003 1 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130501130920/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/2954001.stm liveMaguire Ends Brecel Crucible Dream http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2745617,00.html World Snooker 23 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120425011547/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2745617,00.html 25 April 2012 There would not be another whitewash until Shaun Murphy's 10–0 defeat of Luo Honghao in 2019.Phillips Owen World Championship 2019: Shaun Murphy records 10–0 win at Crucible https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/48010791 BBC 22 April 2019 22 April 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190422221455/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/48010791 live Tony Knowles established a 4–0 lead against Johnston-Allen and despite losing the next three frames, won the match 10–4. Price eliminated 1985 champion Dennis Taylor 10–6.No ball row as Taylor goes out Irish Independent 22 April 1992 22 https://www.newspapers.com/article/irish-independent-noball/186886025/ Newspapers.com 18 December 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20251218020923/https://www.newspapers.com/article/irish-independent-noball/186886025/ live When Taylor was 4–5 behind, referee Len Ganley called five miss shots in succession, which Taylor said afterwards was "the turning point... There was no way I was trying to miss the red." Mike Hallett lost his place in the top 16 of the rankings as a result of his 8–10 defeat by Alan McManus.Everton 1993 165 A break of 106 in the 16th frame saw Willie Thorne complete a 10–6 win against Gary Wilkinson. Dean Reynolds's total of 38 points in the eighth frame against Jim Wych was the lowest ever recorded in a frame of professional snooker in which all balls were potted.Everton 1993 165 Reynolds recovered from 3–7 behind to 7–7 but then lost the next three frames.Unseeded Canadian surprises Nanaimo Daily News Associated Press 20 April 1992 6 https://www.newspapers.com/article/nanaimo-daily-news-ucs/186885631/ Newspapers.com Bond was 2–6 behind against Alain Robidoux but made a 129 break, missing the final black ball from its spot. Robidoux won the match 10–7. Jimmy White became only the second player ever to compile a maximum break at the Crucible, during his 10–4 first round win over Tony Drago, nine years after Thorburn's maximum in 1983.Turner Chris http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Max.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130210111304/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Max.html 10 February 2013 Maximum Breaks Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 2 April 2010 Steve Davis's 4–10 defeat to qualifier Ebdon was his first loss in the opening round since 1982. It also ended his nine-year streak of reaching at least the semi-finals of the tournament.Steve Davis at the World Championships http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?PlayerKey=1&tourns=WC&plStat=2 https://web.archive.org/web/20160306173625/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/playerdetails.aspx?playerkey=1&plstat=2&tourns=wc#PlayerResults dead 6 March 2016 Snooker Database 11 May 2012 Davis led 4–3 but Ebdon won the next seven frames.Everton 1993 165 Martin Clark and Peter Francisco were level at 5–5 and 7-7- before Clark won 10–7. The match between Griffiths and Chaperon over-ran, and required a third session that was played on the other table; Griffiths won 10–8. The first frame between Neal Foulds and Ferguson took 66 minutes, which was only three minutes shorter than the longest ever recorded at the Crucible. Breaks of 132 in frame six and 117 in frame eight helped Foulds to a 6–2 lead at the end of the first session, and he eventually won 10–8 after a third session was required. Steve James led Dene O'Kane 5–0 but O'Kane recovered to 4–5 at the end of the first session.Everton 1993 165 James went on to lead 9–6, but O'Kane then took four consecutive frames to secure victory.Everton 1993 165 Small, who had won eight matches to emerge from the qualifying tournament, made a break of 110 during the first session against Doug Mountjoy, and having been a frame behind at 4–5, went on to win 10–7.Everton 1993 165 Wattana was 7–2 ahead of Tony Jones after the first session and was still five frames ahead when he won 10–5. Murphy had a 2–1 lead against Stephen Hendry but lost 3–10. In all, eight of the sixteen seeded players exited the tournament in the first round. This did not happen again until 2012.Dirs Ben https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/17849758 World Snooker Championship 2012: Ken Doherty Q&A BBC Sport 26 April 2012 27 April 2012 13 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181013235507/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/17849758 live Second round The second round, which took place between 23 and 27 April, was played as best of 25 frames matches spread over three sessions.Downer 2026 34–35 Parrott defeated Knowles 13–4.Wilson Paul Defiant Hendry stays ahead The Observer 28 April 1992 44 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-observer-defihen/192190159/ Newspapers.com At 4–6 behind, Knowles asked Parrott to replay after the referee Len Ganley had called a miss against Parrott. Ganley inadvertently placed the cue ball in a more favourable position, and Parrott pot potted the ball he was aiming at. After the match, Knowles said "How could I play after that? My cueing and timing went. Any slight upset, with the concentration involved these days, destroys your chances.13 A break of 132 by Price in the 20th frame against McManus saw them level at ten frames each, with McManus then taking the next three frames to win. Wych reached the quarter-finals for the first time since his Crucible debut in 1980. He won eight consecutive frames from 5–6 behind against Thorne. When White and Robidoux were level at 6–6, White accidentally touched the cue ball while lining up a shot, causing a foul, and Robidoux went on to win the frame.Everton Clive Long haul as White and Hendry battle into the quarter-finals The Guardian 28 April 1992 15 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-longhaul/192190202/ Newspapers.com The pair were level again at 10–10. White won the next two frames but lost the next of a re-spotted black, before completing a 13–11 victory. White remarked afterward that "I never found my game. I'm playing so well in practice, maybe I got complacent." Ebdon took nine consecutive frames in building a 12–4 lead against Clark, and added the opening frame of the third session to complete his victory.Everton Clive Ebdon still in full flow The Guardian 25 April 1992 17 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-fullflow/192189919/ Newspapers.com Snooker journalist Clive Everton wrote of Ebdon that, "No more assured start has been made at the Crucible since Terry Griffiths won the title at his first attempt in 1979." Griffiths won seven of the eight frames in the first session of his match against Foulds. Having led Small 6–2 and 9–7 after the first two sessions, O'Kane won 13–10. Wattana trailed Hendry 6–10 after their second session, but then took four of the next five frames. Hendry won the next two frames to secure his place in the quarter-finals at 13–10. Quarter-finals thumb|alt=Stephen Hendry playing snooker|Stephen Hendry (pictured in 2011) won the title. The quarter-finals were played as best of 25 frames matches over three sessions on 28 and 29 April.Downer 2026 34–35 McManus and Parrott each won four frames during their first session. McManus want on to lead 6–4 and 7–5 before the pair were level again at 7–7 and then McManus won the next two frames for a 9–7 lead at the end of session two. He won the first two frames of the third session to double his advantage to four frames, but then Parrott won five consecutive frames for a 12–11 lead. In the 24th frame, Parrott was 24 points ahead when he committed a foul by one of his sleeves touching a ball. The frame was eventually won by McManus after the pair had engaged in a lengthy exchange of safety shots on the pink ball pink. In the deciding frame, McManus made a break of 50 and won the frame 79–0. McManus said afterwards that on during the third session he was nervous and that the session was a "dog fight".16 Parrott complimented his opponent, saying that "Alan played exceptionally good snooker. that was the only thing that got to me."16 He became the latest player to fail to successfully defend his title at the Crucible, as all champions since the move to the venue in 1977 had, in what has become known as the "Crucible curse".Hodgson Guy Parrott falls to precedent The Independent 30 April 1992 38 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent-prec/192193142/ Newspapers.com Crucible Curse Strikes Again https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/april/20/Crucible-Curse-Strikes-Again/ https://web.archive.org/web/20240510105445/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/april/20/Crucible-Curse-Strikes-Again/ World Snooker Tour 20 April 2024 10 May 2024 live Ebdon lost each of the first two sessions against Griffiths by margins of 3–5, despite making a 134 break in the fifth frame and a 108 in frame 15. He compiled another 108 break in the second frame of the concluding session, but lost the match 7–13. White and Wych each won two of the first four frames, then White pulled away to lead 6–2 by the end of their first session. Wych recovered to 5–6, before White led by three frames at 8–5. Wych moved to within one frame again at 8–7 then White won frame 16 with a break of 98. A break of 104 in frame 18 gave White an 11–7 lead, and he went on to win 13–9.Everton Clive Ebdon signs off in fine style The Guardian 30 April 1992 17 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian/195353026/ Newspapers.com Hendry took a 5–3 first session lead against O'Kane. O'Kane won two of the next three frames, but lost 6–13. Semi-finals The semi-finals took place between 30 April and 2 May as best of 31 frames matches played over four sessions.Downer 2026 34–35 White lost the first two frames against McManus, but then won the next four, and they ended the first session level at 4–4. White took the last two frames of the second session and carried a 9–6 lead into session three.Holmes Bob Hendry's sweet 16 crushes Griffiths with time to spare The Daily Telegraph 2 May 1992 32 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-s16/184391850/ Newspapers.com In the third session, White won seven of the eight frames, and wrapped up his victory at 16–7 by taking the first frame of session four.Yates Philip White hurries to the final The Observer 3 May 1992 41 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-observer-wh/184392991/ Newspaper.com 17 December 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20251217164430/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-observer-wh/184392991/ live McManus said afterwards that he did not feel under pressure during the match, and commented that "I just went from bad to worse... The game with Parrott took a lot out of me."18 Hendry set a record in the semi-final, when he beat Griffiths 16–4. This was the biggest semi-final victory at the World Championship, until it was superseded by Ronnie O'Sullivan in 2004 when he defeated Hendry 17–4.Yates Phil Unstoppable O'Sullivan https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2004/may/02/snooker.worldsnookerchampionship2004 The Guardian 11 May 2012 London 2 May 2004 It also maintained Hendry's unbeaten record against Griffiths. This was their 13th competitive match.Hodgson Guy Hendry's start shocks Griffiths The Independent 1 May 1992 32 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent/184390837/ Newspapers.com Hodgson 1992a Hendry had two breaks over 50 in winning the first two frames, and took the third after snookers required needing two snookers. He led 7–0 at the end of the first session, having won the fifth frame on a re-spotted black and the seventh after fluke fluking the last red ball. In frame eight, another fluke by Hendry led to him making a 60 break, and two frames later he was 10–0 ahead. Griffiths was 66 points behind in frame 11, but went on to win it. In the next frame, Hendry made a 130 break, failing in his attempt to pot the final pink.Everton Clive McManus put in the shade by White The Guardian 2 May 1992 19 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-shade/184715256/ Newspapers.com The session ended with Hendry 12–2 up. With breaks of 76 and 103, he extended his lead to 14–2, and ran out the winner at 16–4. Final The final between Stephen Hendry and Jimmy White was played as the best of 35 frames across four sessions on 3 and 4 May.Downer 2026 34–35 Hendry trailed 8–14 during the third session, before winning ten consecutive frames to take his second world title with an 18–14 victory.World Snooker Championship: Stephen Hendry & Steve Davis relive Crucible classics https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/52294986 Shamoon Hafez Owen Phillips 17 April 2020 BBC Sport 23 April 2020 22 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200422205555/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/52294986 live Everton Clive Whirlwind Hendry blows White away The Guardian 5 May 1992 14 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-wwh/184230851/ Newspapers.com Hendry's break of 105 in the first frame was the first century break in the opening frame of a world championship final.Everton 1993 169 Breaks of 70 and 47 saw White take frame two, then Hendry re-took the lead at 2–1, before a break of 100 from White equalised the match at 2–2.Clive Everton Phil Yates Final Snooker Scene June 1992 20–21 They were again level at 3–3; White won the seventh frame to hold the lead at the close of the first session. A clearance of 63 in the first frame of the second session meant White was two frames ahead at 5–3. He led by the same margin at 6–4 and 7–5, then doubled this advantage to four frames by winning the next two. Hendry won the 15th frame, a break of 70 by White left him 10–6 ahead at the end of the first day. In the first frame of the third session, White made breaks of 40 and 50, then followed this in frame 18 with a total clearance of 134 to lead 12–6, having scored 294 points since Hendry had last scored any. Hendry compiled a break of 86 to take the 19th frame, and then won frame 20 with breaks of 30 and 45. The next two frames both featured breaks over 60 by White as he re-established a six-frame lead. Snooker journalist and historian David Hendon wrote in 2025 that "at 12–6 it seemed as if White's coronation as world champion was guaranteed", and that this still seemed very likely when the score reached 14–8.Hendon 2025 135 During the 24th frame, Hendry potted a brown off the spot from the last red and gained position to pot the yellow. In 2020 he called this "one of the best shots of my career". Brendan Cooper, author of Deep Pockets: Snooker and the Meaning of Life (2023), described the shot as "a quintessential moment of ice-cold Hendry guts."Cooper 2023 58 Hendry went on to clear the table and win the frame; Cooper described this as "the beginning of the end" for White.Cooper 2023 58 Everton wrote that while Hendry "kept his nerve and his resolve", White was "strangely unfocused".Everton 2012 164 Hendry compiled three century breaks during the concluding five frames and won 18–14. It was the fourth time that White had lost in a world championship final, and the third consecutive year that he had done so. Hendry said in a post-match interview that he felt it was the "best snooker [he] had ever played", adding that he did "feel sorry for Jimmy. If he wasn't playing me, I would have wanted him to win". White praised the standard of Hendry's play, and said "every time I made a mistake, he kept punching me. This is the only time I've lost here when I don't feel sick." The final attracted 11.6million television viewers, the highest viewing figure for the championship final for six years.Everton 1993 163-4 This match was reshown on BBC Two on 24 April 2020, one of the "Crucible Classics" shown in place of the 2020 World Snooker Championship which was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Main draw Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).Embassy World Championship http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=36 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071753/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=36 24 January 2013 Snooker Scene 14 June 2012Downer 2026 34–35 numbered First roundBest of 19 frames Second roundBest of 25 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 25 frames Semi-finalsBest of 31 frames FinalBest of 35 frames 18 April John Parrott ENG (1) 10 Eddie Charlton AUS 0 18 & 19 April Tony Knowles ENG (16) 10 Mark Johnston-Allen ENG 4 20 & 21 April Dennis Taylor NIR (9) 6 Mick Price ENG 10 19 & 20 April Mike Hallett ENG (8) 8 Alan McManus SCO 10 21 April Gary Wilkinson ENG (5) 6 Willie Thorne ENG 10 19 & 20 April Dean Reynolds ENG (12) 7 Jim Wych CAN 10 22 & 23 April Alain Robidoux CAN (13) 10 Nigel Bond ENG 7 22 April Jimmy White ENG (4) 10 Tony Drago Malta 4 19 April Steve Davis ENG (3) 4 Peter Ebdon ENG 10 18 April Martin Clark ENG (14) 10 Peter Francisco SAF 1982 7 21 & 22 April Terry Griffiths WAL (11) 10 Bob Chaperon CAN 8 20 & 21 April Neal Foulds ENG (6) 10 Jason Ferguson ENG 8 21 & 22 April Steve James ENG (7) 9 Dene O'Kane NZL 10 22 & 23 April Doug Mountjoy WAL (10) 7 Chris Small SCO 10 20 April Tony Jones ENG (15) 5 James Wattana THA 10 18 & 19 April Stephen Hendry SCO (2) 10 Stephen Murphy IRE 3 23, 24 & 25 April John Parrott ENG (1) 13 Tony Knowles ENG (16) 4 24 & 25 April Mick Price ENG 10 Alan McManus SCO 13 26 & 27 April Willie Thorne ENG 6 Jim Wych CAN 13 25, 26 & 27 April Alain Robidoux CAN (13) 11 Jimmy White ENG (4) 13 23 & 24 April Peter Ebdon ENG 13 Martin Clark ENG (14) 4 24 & 25 April Terry Griffiths WAL (11) 13 Neal Foulds ENG (6) 7 26 & 27 April Dene O'Kane NZL 13 Chris Small SCO 10 25, 26 & 27 April James Wattana THA 10 Stephen Hendry SCO (2) 13 28 & 29 April John Parrott ENG (1) 12 Alan McManus SCO 13 28 & 29 April Jim Wych CAN 9 Jimmy White ENG (4) 13 28 & 29 April Peter Ebdon ENG 7 Terry Griffiths WAL (11) 13 28 & 29 April Dene O'Kane NZL 6 Stephen Hendry SCO (2) 13 30 April, 1 & 2 May Alan McManus SCO 7 Jimmy White ENG (4) 16 30 April & 1 May Terry Griffiths WAL (11) 4 Stephen Hendry SCO (2) 16 3 & 4 May Jimmy White ENG (4) 14 Stephen Hendry SCO (2) 18 (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 3 & 4 May 1992Referee: John Street ENG Jimmy White ENG (4) player seeding 1418 Stephen Hendry SCO (3) player seeding 43 63 (106) 44 (1410) 08 (1418) 134 134 2 4 10 11 Stephen Hendry wins the 1992 World Snooker ChampionshipBreaks over 50 are shown in parentheses. White Hendry 0 117frame winner (70) 57 101frame winner (100) 69frame winner 8 68frame winner (68) N/A 67frame winner (63) 29 92frame winner 47 62frame winner 128frame winner (72) 71frame winner 11 83frame winner (70) 90frame winner (50) 134frame winner (134) 0 7 76frame winner (65) 86frame winner (63) 35 53 61 56 19 0 30 26 0 5 N/A N/A 107frame winner (105) 16 70frame winner 15 54 76frame winner 53 (53) N/A 65 (53) 75frame winner 9 63frame winner 54 6 8 70frame winner 28 0 0 86frame winner (86) 76frame winner 8 52 77frame winner 65frame winner (64) 63frame winner 70frame winner (52) 70frame winner (56) 128frame winner (128) 59frame winner 81frame winner (52) 134frame winner (134) 112frame winner (112) N/A N/A Qualifying results Results for the qualifying rounds are shown below.Downer 2026 244–245 Round 1 +Round 1 (Preliminary round) Winner Score Loser Chris Achilles ENG6–0Michael Eaves ENGKevin Ashby ENG6–0Michael Leach ENGJonathan Bagley ENGw.o.Russell Toombes ENGGarry Baldrey ENG6–5Mark Faulkner ENGRoy Bigg ENG6–2John Burns ENGAntony Bolsover ENG6–3Graham Stevens ENGChristopher Booth ENG6–5Russell Gough ENGAlex Borg MLT6–2Foizur Rahman ENGMark Boyd ENG6–3Anthony Buckley ENGKarl Broughton ENG6–0Chris Archer ENGTerrance Burke ENG6–2Craig Kerry CANKarl Burrows ENG6–0Andreas Ahmed ENGAmrik Cheema IND6–4Brian Cassidy ENGSam Chong MYS6–5Anthony O'Connor IREJohn Clouden ENG6–5Robert Harrhy WALKaren Corr NIR6–3Patrick Mahon IREPaul Davies WAL6–5Drew Henry SCOAnthony Davies WALw.o.Paul Riley ENGPaul Dawkins WAL6–1Neil Martin SCOJoe Delaney IRE6–2Trevor Holtby ENGFrank Dezi ENGw.o.Stephen Webster ENGRobert Dickson ENG6–2David Singh INDAnn-Marie Farren ENG6–4Mark Jervis ENGDavid Finbow ENG6–2Sacha Journet ENGTom Finstad CAN6–2Ahimar Bjarnsson ISLAllison Fisher ENG6–2Adrian Rosa ENGGraham Fisken ENG6–3Thomas McKenna ENGRobert Foxall ENG6–0Mike Colquitt IOMSurinder Gill ENGw.o.Paul Strafford ENGMichael Gold ENG6–5John Harrop ENGJulian Goodyear ENGw.o.Kirk Byers ENGMartin Grainger ENG6–2Andrew Clark ENGGeoff Grennan ENG6–1Barry Zee SINDarren Guest ENG6–5Sergio Beggiato ENGDarren Hackeson ENGw.o.Neil Shaw ENGDavid Hamson ENG6–5Karl Townsend ENGDave Harold ENGw.o.Fred Richardson ENGJason Hawen ENG6–2Dave Andrew ENGPaul Hefford ENG6–0John Mulready IREJohn Herbert WAL6–3Pat Horne ENGMehmet Husnu CYP6–5Darren Clarke ENGWill Jerram ENG6–1Chris Milner ENGNick Jones WAL6–4Iwan Jones WALSteve Judd ENGw.o.Phil Mumford ENGPat Kenny ENG6–2Jason Pegram ENGOliver King ENG6–0Kevin Brown ENGSean Lanigan ENG6–3Alex Coutts SCOGary Lees ENG6–1Barry O'Loughlin IRERoger Leighton ENG6–4Sukhbir Grewal ENGStuart Mann ENG6–3Paul Gavey WALPaul Maskell ENGw.o.Sean Seymour ENGFrank Maskell ENG6–4Lyndon Smith ENGVince McCluskey ENG6–5Steve Elliott ENGDavid McDonnell IRE6–2Karl Payne ENGDermot McGlinchey NIR6–4Tony Pierucci ENGDavid McLellan SCO6–0Maureen McCarthy NIRSteve Mifsud AUS6–2David Wright ENGPhilip Minchin ENG6–2Lawrence Lillie ENGSimon Morris ENG6–0Stan Haslam ENGColin Morton ENG6–1Dylan Leary NIRAidan Murphy IRE6–3Nick Walker ENGChris Nicholson ENG6–1Nicholas Segal ENGFergal O'Brien IRE6–2Mark Elliott ENGStephen O'Connor IRE6–4Chris Carpenter ENGJimmy O'Shea ENGw.o.David Hoggarth ENGDaryl Peach ENG6–0Stephen Sanders ENGStuart Pegrum ENG6–3Andrew Alexandrou ENGRichard Pincott ENG6–0Ronnie Shakespeare ENGStuart Reardon ENG6–4Michael Stocks ENGJohn Rees ENG6–2Gareth Esprit ENGDavid Rice ENG6–1Ian Barry Stark ENGJamie Rous ENG6–3Stuart Henderson ENGBilly Snaddon SCO6–2Gaye Burns IRELuke Spiller ENG6–1Claudio Ravagnani ITASean Storey ENG6–1Alan Trigg ENGJoe Swail NIR6–2Gary Hill ENGRobert Tavagna AUS6–2Kevin Johnstone ENGRobert Thallon SCOw.o.Kostas Andreou ENGMartin Unsworth ENG6–5Gregg Tugby ENGHassan Vaizie ENG6–4Justin Buckingham ENGDarryn Walker ENG6–5Steve Ventham ENGJason Walton ENG6–1Mark Witts ENGSimon Westcott ENGw.o.Joe Baines IREJason Weston ENG6–0Ian Gerrard ENGJohn White CAN6–4Wayne Lloyd WALKevin Young ENGw.o.Paul Vallance ENG Round 2 +Round 2 (Pre-qualifying round) Winner Score Loser Shokat Ali PAK6–2Elliott Clark ENGKevin Ashby ENG6–2Timothy Paling ENGJonathan Bagley ENG6–3Anton Bishop ENGGarry Baldrey ENG6–0Andrew Photiou ENGNic Barrow ENG6–2Stuart Mann ENGAntony Bolsover ENG6–2Peter Oakley ENGAlex Borg MLTw.o.Eddie Galati CANChristian Brooks ENGw.o.Norman Maher WALKarl Broughton ENG6–5Jamie Woodman ENGKarl Burrows ENG6–2David Grimwood ENGBrian Cakebread ENG6–5Daniel Murphy ENGMarcus Campbell SCOw.o.Jason Peplow MLTMartin Carolan ENG6–0Tony Bolahood CANAmrik Cheema IND6–0Michael Burke ENGSam Chong MYS6–2Peter Gilchrist ENGPaul Clutterbuck CAN6–4Paul Maskell ENGRoy Connor ENG6–2Chris Achilles ENGJeff Cundy ENG6–2Steve Mifsud AUSPeter Daubney ENG6–3John Rees ENGAnthony Davies WAL6–0John Benton IREPaul Davies WAL6–4Richy McDonald SCOPaul Dawkins WAL6–3Russell Burgess ENGFrank Dezi ENG6–0Clive Bernstone ENGRobert Dickson ENG6–1Paul Lovegrove ENGPeter Donegan ENG6–2David Lazenby ENGMike Dunn ENG6–1Jason Curtis ENGJason Dunworth ENGw.o.Neville Atkins ENGPeter Ebdon ENG6–1Dermot McGlinchey NIRTony Emmott ENG6–4Geoff Grennan ENGAnn-Marie Farren ENG6–4Norman MacLachlan SCOMark Farrimond ENG6–1Robert Thallon SCONeil Figgins ENGw.o.Stuart Green ENGGary Filtness ENG6–5Darren Lennox IRETom Finstad CAN6–1Tim Dunphy IREGraham Fisken ENG6–3Paul Smith ENGFrank Fitzgerald ENG6–0Steve Harrison ENGMark Flowerdew ENG6–3Christopher Booth ENGNick Fruin ENG6–3Mukesh Parmar ENGMichael Gold ENG6–0Graham Bradley ENGJulian Goodyear ENG6–5Dale Milton ENGLee Grant ENG6–2Mark Boyd ENGLeigh Griffin ENG6–1David Cheung HKGCarl Groves ENG6–2Alex Peart JAMDarren Guest ENG6–2David Athorn ENGSimon Haggerty SCO6–4Philip Seaton ENGAnthony Hamilton ENG6–5Nick Jones WALDave Harold ENGw.o.Stephen Wylie SCOJason Hawen ENG6–5Paul Cavney ENGEuan Henderson SCO6–4Richard Pincott ENGJohn Herbert WAL6–2Steven Cook ENGAndy Hicks ENG6–2Chris Capel ENGStacey Hillyard ENG6–4Steve Prest ENGGraham Horne SCO6–2Karen Corr NIRMichael Huntingdon ENG6–2David Brabiner JERWill Jerram ENG6–0Richard King (II) ENGCraig Johnston-Allen ENG6–5Steve Lemmens BELBradley Jones ENG6–1Nick Stanfield ENGGerry Jones IRE6–4John Leahy IRESteve Judd ENG6–1Jerry Williams ENGPat Kenny ENG6–2Steve Hornby WALMark King ENG6–4David Boon CANOliver King ENG6–1Douglas French ENGBjorn L'Orange NOR6–4Philip Minchin ENGHitesh Lakhani ENG6–3Terrance Burke ENGSean Lanigan ENG6–5Jimmy Long IRENicky Lazarus ENG6–4Martin Unsworth ENGRoger Leighton ENG6–2David Langton ENGPeter Lines ENG6–3Martin Grainger ENGSean Lynskey ENG6–2Marc Devon ENGCraig MacGillivray SCO6–2John Timson ENGJohn Manley ENG6–2Luke Spiller ENGEddie Manning ENG6–4Stuart Reardon ENGWayne Martin ENG6–3Cary Kikis ENGFrank Maskell ENG6–4Robert Ritchie SCOStefan Mazrocis ENG6–0Johangir Khan ENGKieran McAlinden NIRw.o.Ted Guerreri CANPeter McCullagh ENG6–2Barry Bunn ENGDavid McDonnell IRE6–3Chris Barnett ENGDavid McLellan SCO6–1Mark Evans ENGPaul McPhillips SCO6–4Sean Storey ENGShaun Mellish ENGw.o.Peter Delaney ENGJimmy Michie ENG6–4Vince McCluskey ENGHarry Morgan NIR6–1Paul McDonald ENGPaul Morgan ENG6–3David Hamson ENGSimon Morris ENG6–2John Dobson WALColin Morton ENG6–2Paul Hurren ENGAidan Murphy IRE6–4Chris Palmer ENGTerry Murphy NIR6–5Rory McLeod ENGCraig Newson ENG6–3John Clouden ENGChris Nicholson ENG6–2Damon Zeid ENGTim Norris ENG6–3Matthew McGrotty ENGFergal O'Brien IRE6–2Louis Fazekas CANJimmy O'Shea ENG6–1Richard Pipe ENGSimon Parker ENG6–5Steve Whalley ENGDaryl Peach ENG6–3David Young ENGAlan Peacock ENG6–2Paul Webb ENGMark Pugh ENG6–2Shane Haines ENGTony Rampello ENG6–1Hassan Vaizie ENGPaul Raulston ENG6–5Robert Foxall ENGJohn Read ENG6–3Stephen O'Connor IREWayne Rendle ENG6–3Mehmet Husnu CYPDavid Rice ENG6–2Stuart Parnell ENGDavid Rippon ENG6–4Surinder Gill ENGJamie Rous ENG6–5Micky Roughan IRESteve Russell ENG6–1Ralph Mason ENGPete Seager ENG6–2Richard Davis ENGNeil Selman ENG6–2John Jorgensen CANGeet Sethi IND6–2John Fox ENGTroy Shaw ENG6–2Richard McHugh IREJohn Shilton ENG6–3Stuart Pegrum ENGJimmy Singh ENG6–2Roy Bigg ENGChris Small SCO6–4Allison Fisher ENGMike Smith ENG6–4Lee Richardson ENGBilly Snaddon SCO6–4Mark Davis ENGJoe Swail NIR6–0Robert Chapman ENGStuart Swinburn ENG6–2Mike Henson GERPaul Tanner ENG6–4Gary Lees ENGRobert Tavagna AUS6–4Peter Peratikou ENGAnthony Taylor ENG6–2Ahmed Hussein Gamal EGYGary Thomas SCO6–2Leigh Robinson ENGDean Venables ENG6–5Joe Delaney IREDarryn Walker ENG6–0Fjolnir Thorgeirsson ISLJason Wallace ENG6–1David Finbow ENGJason Walton ENG6–4Kevin Lownds ENGJohn Welsh ENG6–3Darren Hackeson ENGJason Weston ENG6–5Richard Moore ENGJohn White CAN6–3Micky Wareham ENGGeoff Williams ENG6–4Paul Hefford ENGPeter Williams WALw.o.Anthony Gorman ENGGeorge Wood ENG6–1Navid Khan ENGKevin Young ENG6–4John Cahill CANRobert Yule ENG6–4Simon Westcott ENG Rounds 3, 4 and 5 +Round 3 (Pre-qualifying round) Winner Score Loser Kevin Ashby ENG6–1Frank Fitzgerald ENGAlex Borg MLT6–3Simon Morris ENGChristian Brooks ENG6–3Stacey Hillyard ENGKarl Broughton ENG6–2Robert Yule ENGKarl Burrows ENG6–3Jason Hawen ENGAmrik Cheema IND6–3Geoff Williams ENGJeff Cundy ENG6–5Jonathan Bagley ENGPeter Daubney ENG6–4Graham Fisken ENGAnthony Davies WAL6–3Michael Gold ENGFrank Dezi ENG6–4Billy Snaddon SCORobert Dickson ENG6–2Jimmy Singh ENGPeter Donegan ENG6–5Craig Newson ENGJason Dunworth ENG6–2Craig MacGillivray SCOPeter Ebdon ENG6–3Kevin Young ENGNeil Figgins ENG6–2Marcus Campbell SCOGary Filtness ENG6–5Shokat Ali PAKTom Finstad CAN6–1Wayne Rendle ENGMark Flowerdew ENG6–5Paul Morgan ENGNick Fruin ENG6–2Paul McPhillips SCOJulian Goodyear ENG6–5Dean Venables ENGLeigh Griffin ENG6–1Brian Cakebread ENGCarl Groves ENG6–5Mark King ENGDarren Guest ENG6–3Paul Clutterbuck CANSimon Haggerty SCO6–5Peter McCullagh ENGAnthony Hamilton ENG6–0Tony Emmott ENGEuan Henderson SCO6–5Nic Barrow ENGAndy Hicks ENG6–5John Shilton ENGGraham Horne SCO6–4John White CANWill Jerram ENG6–4John Welsh ENGSteve Judd ENG6–0John Read ENGPat Kenny ENG6–4Lee Grant ENGOliver King ENG6–3Sam Chong MYSBjorn L'Orange NOR6–5John Herbert WALSean Lanigan ENG6–5Antony Bolsover ENGSean Lynskey ENG6–5Bradley Jones ENGJohn Manley ENG6–4Garry Baldrey ENGWayne Martin ENG6–5Michael Huntingdon ENGFrank Maskell ENG6–3Jimmy O'Shea ENGStefan Mazrocis ENG6–5Gary Thomas SCOKieran McAlinden NIR6–0Peter Williams WALDavid McDonnell IRE6–5Roger Leighton ENGDavid McLellan SCO6–2Mark Farrimond ENGShaun Mellish ENG6–3Mike Dunn ENGJimmy Michie ENG6–5Dave Harold ENGColin Morton ENG6–5Tony Rampello ENGTerry Murphy NIR6–4Martin Carolan ENGChris Nicholson ENG6–3Jamie Rous ENGFergal O'Brien IRE6–0Eddie Manning ENGSimon Parker ENG6–5Tim Norris ENGAlan Peacock ENG6–4Craig Johnston-Allen ENGMark Pugh ENG6–5Mike Smith ENGPaul Raulston ENG6–4Aidan Murphy IREDavid Rippon ENG6–2Paul Dawkins WALSteve Russell ENG6–3Gerry Jones IREPete Seager ENG6–4Harry Morgan NIRNeil Selman ENG6–5Stuart Swinburn ENGTroy Shaw ENG6–4Geet Sethi INDChris Small SCO6–3Nicky Lazarus ENGJoe Swail NIR6–3Roy Connor ENGPaul Tanner ENG6–3Paul Davies WALRobert Tavagna AUS6–2David Rice ENGAnthony Taylor ENG6–4George Wood ENGDarryn Walker ENG6–4Daryl Peach ENGJason Wallace ENG6–5Peter Lines ENGJason Walton ENG6–4Hitesh Lakhani ENGJason Weston ENG6–2Ann-Marie Farren ENG +Round 4 (last round of pre-qualifying competition) Winner Score Loser Jimmy Michie ENG 6–0 Chris Nicholson ENG Pat Kenny ENG 6–3 Frank Dezi ENG Jeff Cundy ENG 6–2 Alex Borg MLT Kieran McAlinden NIR 6–5 Gary Filtness ENG Sean Lynskey ENG 6–4 Carl Groves ENG Alan Peacock ENG 6–3 Steve Russell ENG David McDonnell IRL 6–5 Steve Judd ENG Wayne Martin ENG 6–3 Stefan Mazrocis ENG Karl Broughton ENG 6–3 John Manley ENG Leigh Griffin ENG 6–2 Peter Donegan IRL Andy Hicks ENG 6–4 Neil Figgins ENG Mark Pugh ENG 6–2 Anthony Taylor ENG Darryn Walker ENG 6–1 Frank Maskell ENG Kevin Ashby ENG 6–5 Pete Seager ENG Euan Henderson SCO 6–3 Colin Morton ENG David Rippon ENG 6–5 Mark Flowerdew ENG Anthony Hamilton ENG 6–1 Paul Tanner ENG Peter Ebdon ENG 6–1 Darren Guest ENG Jason Wallace ENG 6–0 Paul Raulston ENG Karl Burrows ENG 6–3 Jason Weston ENG Will Jerram ENG 6–3 Jason Walton ENG Robert Tavagna AUS 6–5 Amrik Cheema IND Fergal O'Brien IRL 6–1 Nick Fruin ENG Oliver King ENG 6–2 Julian Goodyear ENG Simon Haggerty SCO 6–5 Troy Shaw ENG Shaun Mellish ENG 6–2 Neil Selman ENG Simon Parker ENG 6–3 Jason Dunworth ENG Chris Small SCO 6–3 David McLellan SCO Christian Brooks ENG 6–4 Terry Murphy NIR Joe Swail NIR 6–2 Anthony Davies WAL Peter Daubney ENG 6–2 Tom Finstad CAN Bjorn L'Orange NOR 6–5 Graham Horne SCO Robert Dickson ENG 6–2 Sean Lanigan ENG +Round 5 (start of main qualifying competition) Winner Score Loser Pat Kenny ENG 10–9 Jimmy Michie ENG Malcolm Bradley ENG 10–9 Jeff Cundy ENG Kieran McAlinden NIR 10–3 Jack Fitzmaurice IRL Sean Lynskey ENG w.o. Graham Miles ENG Alan Peacock ENG 10–3 Jim Donnelly SCO David McDonnell IRL 10–4 Anthony Harris ENG Alex Higgins NIR 10–3 Wayne Martin ENG Karl Broughton ENG 10–2 Mick Fisher ENG Leigh Griffin ENG w.o. Billy Kelly IRL Andy Hicks ENG 10–3 Graham Cripsey ENG Mark Pugh ENG w.o. Terry Whitthread ENG Chris Cookson ENG 10–8 Darryn Walker ENG Kevin Ashby ENG 10–4 Matt Gibson SCO Tony Kearney IRL 10–9 Euan Henderson SCO David Rippon ENG 10–6 George Scott ENG Anthony Hamilton ENG 10–0 Bernard Bennett ENG Peter Ebdon ENG 10–2 Derek Heaton ENG Nick Terry ENG 10–8 Jason Wallace ENG Karl Burrows ENG 10–3 Bert Demarco SCO Dave Martin ENG 10–8 Will Jerram ENG Eric Lawlor ENG 10–8 Robert Tavagna AUS Ian Williamson ENG 10–7 Fergal O'Brien IRL Jason Ferguson ENG 10–2 Oliver King ENG Simon Haggerty SCO 10–5 John Dunning ENG Shaun Mellish ENG 10–4 Mike Darrington ENG John Rea SCO 10–7 Simon Parker ENG Chris Small SCO 10–6 Steve Meakin ENG Bill Werbeniuk CAN w.o. Christian Brooks ENG Joe Swail NIR w.o. Paddy Morgan AUS Peter Daubney ENG 10–1 Fred Davis ENG Bjorn L'Orange NOR 10–6 Paul Watchorn ENG Steve Longworth ENG 10–9 Robert Dickson ENG Rounds 6 to 9 high 4 16 auto 4 4 2 2 no yes yes Round 6Best of 19 frames Round 7Best of 19 frames Round 8Best of 19 frames Round 9Best of 19 frames Dave Gilbert ENG 8 Pat Kenny ENG 10 Joe O'Boye IRE 10 Malcolm Bradley ENG 3 Robby Foldvari AUS 10 Kieran McAlinden NIR 8 Murdo MacLeod SCO 10 Sean Lynskey ENG 5 Mick Price ENG 10 Alan Peacock ENG 7 Andrew Cairns ENG 10 David McDonnell IRE 7 Paul Gibson ENG 6 Alex Higgins NIR 10 Brian Rowswell ENG 10 Karl Broughton ENG 8 Tony Wilson IOM 9 Leigh Griffin ENG 10 Jason Smith ENG wd withdrew Andy Hicks ENG w.o. Paul Medati ENG 10 Mark Pugh ENG 8 Steve Campbell ENG 10 Chris Cookson ENG 6 Ray Edmonds ENG 8 Kevin Ashby ENG 10 Tommy Murphy NIR 7 Tony Kearney IRE 10 Mario Morra CAN 8 David Rippon ENG 10 Duncan Campbell SCO 9 Anthony Hamilton ENG 10 Bob Harris ENG 1 Peter Ebdon ENG 10 Barry Pinches ENG 10 Nick Terry ENG 5 Gary Natale CAN 10 Karl Burrows ENG 4 Ian Brumby ENG 10 Dave Martin ENG 5 Jon Wright ENG 10 Eric Lawlor ENG 7 Jason Whittaker ENG 10 Ian Williamson ENG 9 Paddy Browne IRE 0 Jason Ferguson ENG 10 Joe Grech MLT 10 Simon Haggerty SCO 5 Marcel Gauvreau CAN 4 Shaun Mellish ENG 10 Roger Bales ENG 6 John Rea SCO 10 Ken Owers ENG 8 Chris Small SCO 10 David Taylor ENG w.o. Bill Werbeniuk CAN wd withdrew Bill Oliver ENG 1 Joe Swail NIR 10 Martin Smith ENG 6 Peter Daubney ENG 10 John Spencer ENG 0 Bjørn L'Orange NOR 10 Stephen Murphy IRE 10 Steve Longworth ENG 6 Darren Morgan WAL 10 Pat Kenny ENG 7 David Roe ENG 10 Joe O'Boye IRE 7 Brian Morgan ENG 8 Robby Foldvari AUS 10 Mark Johnston-Allen ENG 10 Murdo MacLeod SCO 7 Nigel Gilbert ENG 1 Mick Price ENG 10 Warren King AUS 9 Andrew Cairns ENG 10 Alan McManus SCO 10 Alex Higgins NIR 7 Robert Marshall ENG 7 Brian Rowswell ENG 10 John Campbell AUS 0 Leigh Griffin ENG 5 Brady Gollan CAN 1 Andy Hicks ENG 10 Steve Duggan ENG 10 Paul Medati ENG 8 Jim Wych CAN 10 Steve Campbell ENG 9 Craig Edwards ENG 10 Kevin Ashby ENG 5 Jack McLaughlin NIR 10 Tony Kearney IRE 8 Barry West ENG 10 David Rippon ENG 7 Mark Rowing ENG 8 Anthony Hamilton ENG 10 Nick Dyson ENG 5 Peter Ebdon ENG 10 Jonathan Birch ENG 10 Barry Pinches ENG 7 Ken Doherty IRE 10 Gary Natale CAN 1 Franky Chan HKG 8 Ian Brumby ENG 10 Rex Williams ENG 2 Jon Wright ENG 10 Jim Chambers ENG 7 Jason Whittaker ENG 10 Colin Roscoe WAL 1 Jason Ferguson ENG 10 Tony Meo ENG 10 Joe Grech MLT 1 Les Dodd ENG 6 Shaun Mellish ENG 10 Tony Chappel WAL 10 John Rea SCO 6 Rod Lawler ENG 8 Chris Small SCO 10 Cliff Thorburn CAN 10 David Taylor ENG 5 Jason Prince NIR 9 Joe Swail NIR 10 Kirk Stevens CAN 10 Peter Daubney ENG 4 Ian Graham ENG 10 Bjørn L'Orange NOR 7 Eugene Hughes IRE 5 Stephen Murphy IRE 10 Darren Morgan WAL 7 David Roe ENG 10 Robby Foldvari AUS 4 Mark Johnston-Allen ENG 10 Mick Price ENG 10 Andrew Cairns ENG 7 Alan McManus SCO 10 Brian Rowswell ENG 6 John Campbell AUS 9 Andy Hicks ENG 10 Steve Duggan ENG 8 Jim Wych CAN 10 Craig Edwards ENG 9 Jack McLaughlin NIR 10 Barry West ENG 10 Anthony Hamilton ENG 9 Peter Ebdon ENG 10 Jonathan Birch ENG 7 Ken Doherty IRE 10 Ian Brumby ENG 6 Jon Wright ENG 10 Jason Whittaker ENG 6 Jason Ferguson ENG 10 Tony Meo ENG 9 Shaun Mellish ENG 10 Tony Chappel WAL 1 Chris Small SCO 10 Cliff Thorburn CAN 7 Joe Swail NIR 1 Kirk Stevens CAN 10 Ian Graham ENG 6 Stephen Murphy IRE 10 Eddie Charlton AUS 10 David Roe ENG 5 Steve Newbury WAL 2 Mark Johnston-Allen ENG 10 Joe Johnson ENG 9 Mick Price ENG 10 Mark Bennett WAL 9 Alan McManus SCO 10 Willie Thorne ENG 10 Andy Hicks ENG 5 John Virgo ENG 3 Jim Wych CAN 10 Nigel Bond ENG 10 Jack McLaughlin NIR 2 Tony Drago MLT 10 Barry West ENG 5 Cliff Wilson WAL 0 Peter Ebdon ENG 10 Peter Francisco SAF 10 Ken Doherty IRE 7 Bob Chaperon CAN 10 Jon Wright ENG 3 Silvino Francisco SAF 6 Jason Ferguson ENG 10 Dene O'Kane NZL 10 Shaun Mellish ENG 4 Danny Fowler ENG 6 Chris Small SCO 10 James Wattana THA 10 Kirk Stevens CAN 9 Wayne Jones WAL 8 Stephen Murphy IRE 10 Century breaks There were 25 century breaks in the main championship. The highest break of the tournament was 147 made by Jimmy White.Downer 2026 197 147, 135, 134, 104, 101, 100 Jimmy White 134, 108, 108 Peter Ebdon 134, 130, 128, 112, 105, 103 Stephen Hendry 132, 117 Neal Foulds 132 Mick Price 129 Nigel Bond 114, 107 Dene O'Kane 114 Dean Reynolds 114 Chris Small 108 Tony Knowles 106 Willie Thorne References 30em Books Cooper Brendan Deep Pockets: Snooker and the Meaning of Life 2023 Constable London 978-1-4087-1777-6 Downer Chris Crucible Almanac. 2025 edition 2026 Bournemouth self-published Everton Clive 1993 The Embassy Book of World Snooker Bloomsbury London 978-0-7475-1610-1 Everton Clive 2012 Black Farce and Cue Ball Wizards Mainstream Edinburgh 978-1-78057-568-1 John Nauright Sarah Zipp Routledge Handbook of Global Sport Luke J. Harris 21. 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Williams Weird Sports and Wacky Games around the World: From Buzkashi to Zorbing https://books.google.com/books?id=lpDdBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA286 2015 ABC-CLIO Santa Barbara 978-1-61069-639-5 286 3 September 2020 5 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200905220523/https://books.google.com/books?id=lpDdBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA286 live June 2012 Category:World Snooker Championships Category:1990s in Sheffield World Championship World Snooker Championship Category:Sports competitions in Sheffield World Snooker Championship World Snooker Championship