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Higgins was born in Belfast on 18 March 1949. The only son of Alexander and Elizabeth Higgins, he grew up on Abingdon Street with his sisters Isobel, Ann and Jean. [16] [17] The family lived near the Jam Pot, a snooker and billiards hall in the Sandy Row estate, which Higgins frequented from age 10, running bets for his father and doing odd jobs. [8]
A break greater than 147 has happened only once in professional competition, when Jamie Burnett made a break of 148 at the qualifying stage of the 2004 UK Championship. [1] [2] Jamie Cope compiled a break of 155 points, the highest possible free‑ball break, during practice in 2005. [38] Alex Higgins is said to have attained the same feat by ...
By the close of day two, Higgins was 14–12 ahead, having made a break of 121 in the 22nd frame. [28] [30] Charlton was only one frame behind at 16–17. [28] but Higgins took the next two frames, and Charlton took the two after that. [28] Higgins won 20–18, to progress to his first world championship final since his victory in 1972. [4]
[38] [a] Spencer made three century breaks during the final, [38] while the highest break by Higgins was the 94 in the decisive frame. [8]: 85 The trophy was presented to Higgins by Pulman. [39] Higgins, who was required to win two qualifying matches to reach the tournament proper, became the first qualifier to win the world snooker championship.
Higgins narrowed his deficit to one frame with a break of 72. [39] In the 30th frame, White was 59 points ahead when he missed a mid distance red with the rest. [ 40 ] Higgins then made a break of 69, showing excellent potting but poor positional play that is described in the book Masters of the Baize (2005) as "arguably the greatest clearance ...
Alex Higgins staged a dramatic comeback, recovering from 0–7 down to beat Steve Davis 16–15 in the final, [2] [3] to win his only UK Championship title. [1] The highest break of the tournament was a 139 made by Tony Meo .
Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 874 goals and needs 21 to set a new record. Ovechkin entered the ...
In the last 16, Alex Higgins was level at 2–2 with Cliff Thorburn, then made a total clearance of 142, the highest break of the tournament, and went on to win 5–2. [5] In the match between Eugene Hughes and Murdo MacLeod, neither player made a break of 30 or over as Hughes won 5–2. [5] [13]