Jack Lisowski has missed the ultimate black for a 147 break – coming only a day after Joe O’Connor did the very same factor at Championship League Snooker in Leicester.
The pair of Englishmen be a part of an unique membership of gamers who’ve been denied the utmost achievement on the final ball.
O’Connor was heading in the right direction to make his second profession most break throughout his round-robin fixture with Tom Ford in Group 6 of CLS on Wednesday.
The previous Scottish Open runner-up efficiently potted all 15 reds with blacks and continued to look robust as he proceeded to down the preliminary colors.
However the 29 year-old didn’t land completely on the pink ball, which was subsequent to the underside cushion close to the yellow pocket.
O’Connor dispatched the pink however overscrewed the cue ball, leaving himself a difficult reduce on the ultimate black that he knocked in opposition to the jaws earlier than sighing closely in utter disappointment.
Extremely, Jack Lisowski has – a day later – added his title to the record of gamers who’ve tousled a 147 break try proper on the very finish.
The 33 year-old started to run barely out of place on the inexperienced however proceeded to pot the remaining colors till he discovered himself on the improper aspect of the pink.
Pressured to go out and in of baulk, Lisowski potted the pink however crashed the cue ball in opposition to the center jaw and was left with a nightmare skinny snick the size of the desk on the black.
The weird state of affairs drew laughs from opponent Jak Jones and referee Rob Spencer, however Lisowski sadly couldn’t pull off a miracle pot.
O’Connor had made the 2 hundredth skilled 147 break in final yr’s version of Championship League Snooker, the place he ended up because the runner-up to Mark Selby.
Selby, by the way, is without doubt one of the different few notable gamers who’ve botched the ultimate black whereas making an attempt to finish a most break.
The four-time world champion suffered the heartache throughout his victory over Mark King on the 2013 China Open.
Ken Doherty is the participant who lots of people consider when the subject of missed blacks for a most arises.
The Irishman price himself a sports activities automobile value £80,000 when he despatched a routine black off the spot vast of the goal within the last of the 2000 Masters on the Wembley Convention Centre.
Thailand’s Thepchaiya Un-Nooh is arguably essentially the most well-known proponent of missed blacks throughout 147 makes an attempt, nonetheless.
Un-Nooh has extremely produced the second thrice in his profession on the World Snooker Tour.
The previous Shoot Out champion missed the ultimate ball on the 2015 UK Championship, costing him £44,000 in prize cash.
Un-Nooh then repeated the error in qualifying matches for the next yr’s World Championship and once more at this season’s Worldwide Championship.
Liang Wenbo, Barry Pinches, Michael White, and Robin Hull are additionally identified to have missed the ultimate blacks on 147 break makes an attempt previously.
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