Bunked off school to see him in my local club in the early 80s. Alex was as good as gold. Played a few frames, cracked a few jokes, insulted Steve Davis, then someone drove him off in a Mini. All in an afternoon's work!
@MrPaulc222
29 күн бұрын
That was phenomenal. Good to see the referee get into the spirit of things with his extra-fast respotting.
@Mike20216
28 күн бұрын
Magnificent, the man who made snooker popular
@analogkidabc
29 күн бұрын
I started reading the comments and he'd finished before me. Amazing.
@stuartchapman7934
20 күн бұрын
Alex 'Hurricane Higgins' . . . Absolute Snooker Genius and Legend, this Amazing Century Break in front of a mesmerised crowd tells all about the totally unique talent Alex possessed, Pure Poetry in Motion. 🙂🎯👊💯💯
@jackcalder2937
29 күн бұрын
Brought snooker from back street billiard halls to the mainstream. They all owe Alex
@Mike20216
28 күн бұрын
Yes and he rarely gets a mention today when they talk about the all time greats
@sononekoh
27 күн бұрын
@@Mike20216 sometimes see Jimmy White giving him some love whenever the greats are mentioned.
@NightShooter87
22 күн бұрын
@@Mike20216 That's probably because he wasn't one. He was a great innovator and had genius moments, but he wasn't consistent and lost to better strategic players, but good to watch.
@JohnJaySnookerChannel
Ай бұрын
Alex was a great of the game. Such natural talent and flair and loved the crowds watching. Entertainment was in his blood. RIP Alex 🍀
@MyGallaghers
3 күн бұрын
my hero the one and only
@mickfarrell7630
29 күн бұрын
The footage of this break was actually edited to match the 2mins 55 seconds claimed by a spectator in the 1972 documentary. The break is already on 6 when the footage starts and the part at 25 seconds where the camera scans the crowd edits part of the break. The missing footage can be found on the pathe video channel. The break time is around the 3 mins 24 seconds mark.
@sdrtcacgnrjrc
28 күн бұрын
Thanks for this. Still an amazing clearance 👍🏼
@sdrtcacgnrjrc
28 күн бұрын
Couldn't find the missing footage - do you mean British Pathé? I couldn't find any other ...
@markfellows2268
25 күн бұрын
The modern generation of players have a lot to thank Alex for, he really was an entertainer and brought a new brand of exciting snooker to the masses, that the likes of Jimmy, Ronnie and now Judd took on.
@danielgonzalezmartin3440
21 күн бұрын
You are confused: 3:21 Listen the referee when said: 2 minutes and 55 seconds
@mickfarrell7630
20 күн бұрын
@@danielgonzalezmartin3440 The referee did not say it. The frame was refereed by a scottish gentleman. The guys who said 2mins 55 had Lancastrian accents. The break was incorrectly timed at the exhibition and the footage was edited to match the time called out at the end of it. I think the producers of the documentary would have been better off showing the break in it's entirety - the narrator pointing out the spectator/mc slight timing mistake - then cutting to Alex to ask him what his fastest ever century was or something like that.
@charlespring5296
29 күн бұрын
That first shot to pot the red and jump the white over the pack is miles ahead of its time
@Mike-1000
29 күн бұрын
Very clever shot, in fact I'm playing tonight - might give it a try !!!
@olafhermans
28 күн бұрын
ridiculously good
@tanikazeno3087
28 күн бұрын
Yeah also Alex's iconic super screw back from reds zone back to bulk colors area after a long pot, didn't see others did that in his era. Quite usual for pros nowadays.
@Mike-1000
28 күн бұрын
Didn't try the shot last night as was using my friends Aramith 1G balls. Would have been a bit rude to be jumping them about :)
@oxstorm644
24 күн бұрын
it wasn't played, he was trying to go into the reds
@lorcandonovan3254
28 күн бұрын
Like Georgie Best. An enigma of sport. Everybody waited up till the early hours of the morning to see him play on TV.
@MikeJH82
Ай бұрын
It shows what a rut snooker was in at the time and how Alex helped kick start interest in it with his exciting style of play. The final was played in Selly Park Royal British Legion. Higgins got £480 (about £5500 in today's money) and 6000 cigarettes. 5 years later they were in the Crucible.
@D1SHON0UR
Ай бұрын
Don't forget that he and Spencer both had to pay £100 entrance fee so Alex got £380 technically but right
@Osafune2
28 күн бұрын
6000 cigarettes? Bliss.
@barath4545
28 күн бұрын
6000 cigs or probably 70-80 days worth for Alex :)
@sdrtcacgnrjrc
28 күн бұрын
Crazy they had to pay so much to enter
@MikeJH82
27 күн бұрын
@@sdrtcacgnrjrc Just no real sources of revenue. Playing to small audiences in social clubs with no TV coverage or mainstream publicity, trying to wangle whatever they could out of sponsors based on very limited advertising potential.
@hurricane155
Ай бұрын
I played Alex, he was always my idol so it was a dream come true, and as luck would have it, met him 3 or 4 times after, the last time we met and spoke I could obviously see he wasn't great, but we'd a great afternoon regardless ,most of it me moaning at him to be the people's champion again,and contrary to what the tabloids printed,he Was really trying to eat,he hadn't given up,his fans meant everything to him, my last conversation with him was about a month before he passed, on the phone ,his last words to me were, be lucky babe. Rest in peace Hurricane, you'll never know how much we miss you ❤
@djknox2
29 күн бұрын
I had the privilege of watching Alex play every summer in Toronto back in the mid to late 70s. He had some great battles with folks like John Spencer or Cliff Thorburn. To get his autograph however, my dad knew where to find him: at the bar concession inside the CNE pavilion.
@user-gr6og9dj7l
27 күн бұрын
He did an exhibition match, at my old golf club, back in the 90's. He couldn't make a 40 break he was that drunk, he insulted the club captain and got kicked out of his hotel for being disorderly. It was sad to see what he had become actually.
@juchetony1910
26 күн бұрын
amazing stuff. He slowed down quite a lot as he got older.
@vule-ll8zu
Жыл бұрын
That’s why they call him the hurricane
@whatsrememberedlives1526
Жыл бұрын
WE
@MichaelParkinson-wz1nh
24 күн бұрын
I wonder if, the person that invented snooker, had Alex Higgins in his vision when he came up with the game, the first genius i ever saw, and was probably the reason I took the game up, in fact definitely the reason. RIP hurricane. 💙.
@ecosse1982
23 күн бұрын
When snooker halls charge by the hour and you are a skint wee boy, you don't hang about.
@ericmilligan3
29 күн бұрын
I watched him pot all Reds all Blacks, Yellow, Green and missed the Brown, 125, so close to a 147. Worthing 1981 against Davis.
@pavarotti744
Ай бұрын
at that time he had an unmatched brilliance all his own. Perhaps more natural ability than any player ever has, past, present or, future....that's my opinion based not only on what he did and the way he did it but, contrary to any other of the great players you care to mention, Higgins had no technique to really speak of, just an instinctive feel given him by nature.
@Dat-yi4iz
23 күн бұрын
Snooker is a tv sport because of this guy he made a potentially boring game into pure entertainment man in the street can relate to him heart on his sleeve just amazing then white O’Sullivan etc kept it going this old footage always good to see
@darrenleelayton6052
25 күн бұрын
That guy's groan at the beginning is wonderful! 😂
@tanikazeno3087
28 күн бұрын
1972.. He was 22 and just won his first World Champion. A record (youngest world champ) holds until Hendry breaks it in 1990 (age 21).
@heerkojohanneskooistra6708
18 күн бұрын
This is great stuff ! it was harder in those days to make a 100 plus break , balls were a lttle bigger and heavier, cue,s were not as good.
@Matthew-vx5pm
19 күн бұрын
Absolutely sensational stuff 🙏🏻
@iainmacleod3593
Ай бұрын
Legend
@tommystrong
29 күн бұрын
A wonderful entertainer and a good snooker player.
@ZillianZilch
27 күн бұрын
Alex made a lot of money for a lot of boring players that followed him. He made snooker a TV sport.
@philbryntirion
29 күн бұрын
I have a BBC Pot Black book compiled by Reg Perrin that states Alex Higgins made a break of 122 against Patsy Fagan during the Irish Professional Championship at the Ulster Hall Belfast in 2 minutes 45 seconds.
@barath4545
28 күн бұрын
I wouldn't even question that fact, given that we right here have video evidence within 10 seconds of that claim.
@eltonjohntributedeantorkin197
28 күн бұрын
Big pockets compared to now
@thomas-fq1wi
27 күн бұрын
@@eltonjohntributedeantorkin197its a club table slow as a week in jail you try it
@JJmoony
27 күн бұрын
As far as I’m concerned this man was the greatest to ever pick up a cue! Thanks for sharing this gem of a vid.
@ngc-fo5te
26 күн бұрын
No. Just no.
@CornishTigerTV
20 күн бұрын
After ronnie
@ericmaldonado6374
27 күн бұрын
Alex ... the real deal 👏🎱👏👏👏 , a true people's Champion 🏆🏆🏆🏆
@yankorusev
15 күн бұрын
Genius😮
@neilcarpenter2669
19 күн бұрын
Amazing snooker player maybe the most talented to ever play the game, terrible human being when he had too much to drink which he often did .
@sebastianolivier768
27 күн бұрын
Amazing
@user-wv2wy8jx6y
20 күн бұрын
Amazing 🎱
@sj460162
28 күн бұрын
Awesome. Never seen this
@theanaesthetist1
27 күн бұрын
You still haven't. Who's the fucking cameraman?
@sj460162
27 күн бұрын
?? Sorry bud I didnt understand your comment..@@theanaesthetist1
@theanaesthetist1
26 күн бұрын
@@sj460162 the camera work is so poor you can't see most of the shots
@sj460162
26 күн бұрын
@@theanaesthetist1 lol im with you bud...shocking work
@ibbotsoni
25 күн бұрын
Incredible
@JK-tr2mt
20 күн бұрын
Close up is better than todays tournaments. Was he quicker to his 100 than O'Sullivan when he made his 147 in 5 minutes? I must watch that to see! Just checked Ronnie's 100 came in 3 minutes 55 seconds! Wow. Higgins was quicker!
@davegonnaway6007
29 күн бұрын
Awesome.
@edisonsubandi7231
25 күн бұрын
Just like Ronnie…. 👌👌only incredible cue action Alex 👍👍
@paulbennett4009
18 күн бұрын
Except twice as quick and on slow tables as well
@TheProf62
29 күн бұрын
Fantastic century, and ridiculously quick, but certainly not under three minutes, as the first red we see is actually the third or possibly fifth ball of the break, as it takes the break to seven points. Still, absolutely insane talent.
@sdickinson5234
28 күн бұрын
Nobody can beat that time. The referees are too slow now.
@sdrtcacgnrjrc
28 күн бұрын
Very true. Same with Ronnie's fastest 147 (5 min 8 Seconds?) - no ref would be able to keep up with that today.
@deanwalker9605
26 күн бұрын
Astonishing footage
@seanmccombie6379
14 күн бұрын
Always thought Drago had world record for fastest century in just over 3mins
@peteromalley1548
27 күн бұрын
The show man
@porkyparry1
Ай бұрын
I was at a pro celebrity charity golf event at walton hall in warrinton, following Bill Roach from corrie, pretty boring stuff really. Then on the third tee we heard a commotion further up the fairway, so we went to see what was going on. Higgins was in the bunker taking swipe after swipe at his ball plugged in the sand and swearing like a trouper.
@Rdg____
20 күн бұрын
The hurricane baby !
@TheSnookerGym
29 күн бұрын
Fantastic refereeing
@gwyn111
29 күн бұрын
Never knew this footage existed! I remember seeing on a snooker documentary it mentioned Alex regularly get centuries in "under three minutes" and thought it was a mistake until now. I thought they meant to say under 4 minutes, given the record for a century was Tony Drago's 3 mins 33 seconds, however looks like they got it from this footage, with the example to back it up. Obviously he never did it this fast in a tournament though, as Tony has the record for that.
@francisfox9171
12 күн бұрын
He re-invented snooker for the modern age..we wouldn't have had Jimmy or Ronnie without him. But even John Virgo, one of very few in the game still talking to him by the late 90s, admits in his book that Higgins was often an utter pain in the a###, assaulting, insulting, ripping-off or letting down just about everyone prominent in the game during his career. If he could've kept his awful personality in check, he could've been the greatest player of all time. But he couldn't..so he wasn't. However....the 69 break against Jimmy in 1982 will NEVER be surpassed...utter wizardry.
@bartonbank2531
Ай бұрын
Raw talent
@SheffieldSteve791
28 күн бұрын
Im 55 now been playing full size since 1986 in 2006 aged 37 got my first century 118 break.. but no one ever hss made it look this easy even on a club table this is brilliance
@MatthewBluefox
29 күн бұрын
The sentry in under three minutes, just like Ronnie. :)
@topneorej
29 күн бұрын
I heared a rumour that he once finshid a bottle of wodka in under 3 minutes...
@richardedwards9389
24 күн бұрын
Big pockets but still amazing to watch.
@johnswarbrick2365
Ай бұрын
He wasted time chalking his cue.
@jamesbarlow9755
27 күн бұрын
👌
@laganas2008
Ай бұрын
Great video. I'd love to see footage of the world final in this year when he won, but I dont think there is any.
@Robc--jd6yh
29 күн бұрын
Which one? 1972 or 1982? There is plenty of 1982
@laganas2008
29 күн бұрын
@@Robc--jd6yh I meant 1972. It would be great to see footage of the final session and final frame but I don't think it was ever recorded.
@SMITH-lw3rv
19 күн бұрын
All the players at that time were boring old farts,,, Alex was lightyears in front of them and in a different galaxy.
@georgebolam-gb2lg
Ай бұрын
I remember as a young man instead of going our on the town we would stay in if Alex was playing ....snooker owes him a lot for what he got paid back in the day...for the money that was made for the crowds he brought into the arena. ..people made a lot of money out of him.....
@MS45636
29 күн бұрын
wow thats some footage that
@neiledwards9140
29 күн бұрын
The most natural player of all time 👍
@FlameFlickers
28 күн бұрын
Well, with the exception of Peter Ebdon obviously.
@stoolpigeon4285
28 күн бұрын
@@FlameFlickers Ebdon was a great player. Just looks at his stats. Just coz he was slow at times doesn't make him sh1t
@barath4545
28 күн бұрын
@@stoolpigeon4285 The problem people have with Ebdon is not raw skills - It is that he played slow ON PURPOSE to irritate Ronnie, Hendry and others that naturally played faster and thus got pissed off about the overall speed of play and even that little anger made them play 1-3% worse than normal and gave Ebdon an advantage. At the expense of all audience who got less stellar play and more "lets get it over with" play.
@sdrtcacgnrjrc
28 күн бұрын
@@barath4545 true, he was never forgiven for that. Selby neither. Gets a bit tiresome though, the bashing of the one, or two (+Selby) and the glorifying of the other (Ronnie).
@neiledwards9140
28 күн бұрын
@@FlameFlickers 😂😂😂
@nigelclark3272
22 күн бұрын
Was it filmed by Stevie Wonder?
@blehoo1
21 күн бұрын
in an era when the balls were heavier and the baize slower
@hihelloh
21 күн бұрын
@2:39 This is one of the technique I also use in my game.
@ianwilliamson2980
Ай бұрын
he wasent even running round table amazing fellow.
@Alberts_Stuff
5 күн бұрын
Flow state: UNLOCKED
@jason22spurs
18 күн бұрын
Fantastic but big old pockets
@garypritchett8136
29 күн бұрын
Referee couldn’t get them out the pockets quick enough!!
@sdrtcacgnrjrc
28 күн бұрын
True. Would have taken a minute longer though with today's refereeing...
@WillyEckaslike
24 күн бұрын
when pockets were half the size
@soniaellis163
26 күн бұрын
Wernt the balls klonkie back then , trouble was Alex did not make enough big breaks in the tournaments , he's positional play was not the best, which is why he did not win as much as he should .
@KP-oe8sk
8 ай бұрын
I played Alex in 1977 at a RC Legion in Toronto!!! He drank more than he made!!! The table was a Borroughs and Watts Steel rail and it was dead level!! very hard to make anything over a 50 run!!! He was a very nice Fellow.
@ianwilliamson2980
Ай бұрын
nice wouldent be a word i would use for alex.he was all but that .
@KP-oe8sk
Ай бұрын
@@ianwilliamson2980 HAHAHAH!!I was being kind!!!! He had his ass handed to him here in Toronto as there where tons of Guys who could beat him like a British Mule!!!
@rayfinkle2805
Ай бұрын
@@ianwilliamson2980knew him personally did you?
@Gurualvin
Ай бұрын
@@rayfinkle2805 good question.
@Mike-1000
29 күн бұрын
@@rayfinkle2805 It's well documented and spoke about that Alex could be a right pain. An absolute Snooker legend though - of that there is no doubt.
@jakobtoftfrandsen3416
29 күн бұрын
How many people have walked on that table with boots on?
@mddistribution30
27 күн бұрын
This almost rivals O'Sullivan's 147 in just over 5 minutes
@jumbo8996
29 күн бұрын
He has such a quick brain. This makes O’Sullivan look like Cliff Thorburn…
@sdrtcacgnrjrc
28 күн бұрын
Lol
@ronaldbear1
26 күн бұрын
The red was pulling the balls before they dropped
@colz4r454
23 күн бұрын
I’ve never understood the need to chalk the cue after every shot.
@paulhiggins1577
20 күн бұрын
the break took 7 minutes
@david-sn1yl
29 күн бұрын
Those pockets look like buckets.
@sdrtcacgnrjrc
28 күн бұрын
They do look big. I'd have to look at it again but he seems to be hitting everything in the middle of the pocket
@LinktoLinkGamer
26 күн бұрын
The balls were bigger back then however, they were carom balls, so bigger than an American pool ball as well. So of course the pockets were bigger realtively.
@ScratchyBaws
26 күн бұрын
Amazing, shame we never got to see it properly due to a shite cameraman.
@anguslamont167
28 күн бұрын
These pockets look pretty generous
@JalandharShere
28 күн бұрын
Balls look big though
@tomwalsh6655
8 күн бұрын
Anyone know where this is?
@orosioinc
23 күн бұрын
Didnt Higgins score a 155 break once?
@D1SHON0UR
23 күн бұрын
No however there wasn't a 155 break achieved in professional competition only in practice by Jamie Cope and some other players
@ikvangalen6101
Ай бұрын
How about that ref though?! Speedy for the needy!
@ikvangalen6101
Ай бұрын
Thanks, nice to know, and same ref as Ronnie’s record wow! Sought after speed!
@npc3po301
29 күн бұрын
@@stephenobrien1358 I thought that too, sounds like Ganley, the brief glimpse doesn't look like him tho, I've always maintained that Len was an unsung hero in Ronnies quickest maxi, it's also no surprise than Jan was ref on possibly the majority of Ronnies big moments, it's like Torville and bloody Dean those two lol
@Mike-1000
29 күн бұрын
Nowadays the problem is that the refs try to stand behind the player whenever they can. I don't know if they've been told to do that but it adds extra seconds. Doubt Ronnie's record will ever be beaten now.
@ikvangalen6101
29 күн бұрын
Ronnie’s fastest 147 was actually faster than 5:20. Saw a video once here on yt that recalculated it.
@sdrtcacgnrjrc
28 күн бұрын
@@ikvangalen6101 5:08 I believe
@billyCREIGHTON44
25 күн бұрын
Ffs has the footsteps been dubbed in …
@markdonnelly1810
27 күн бұрын
Hardly see anything for the smoke 😂
@mcollins9676
Ай бұрын
So Tony Drago's 3:33 century isn't the fastest!
@tommystrong
29 күн бұрын
I think Drago's was in a tournament, this was just an exhibition.
@mcollins9676
28 күн бұрын
@tommystrong Ah right. I thought this might have been the 1972 world championship 🤔
@hatesitrick
28 күн бұрын
More gangsta than Ronnie could ever be
@simonlevett4776
26 күн бұрын
?
@magpie7154
27 күн бұрын
Worst filming of any snooker break ever. Saw more of the audience and close ups of his tip than anything else.
@James-C-Callan
29 күн бұрын
Look like bucket pockets lol
@morriszachrisson8359
25 күн бұрын
Good player with totally wrong technique.
@mikesmith1485
7 күн бұрын
DISGRACE TO THE GAME. LUNATIC.
@pelcenglishcourses1841
11 күн бұрын
Lousy footage. I expected 8K or something.
@user-nb7mz3fb5p
10 күн бұрын
This break brought to you by...Cocaine.
@DUPEVR1
28 күн бұрын
Alex higgins was a good club player nothing more he was too pissed to be anything more . professional was never a word in his same sentence .talent was .he wasted it to his own demise .but by fuck he enjoyed the journey x😊
@a.tanner8524
28 күн бұрын
And you are?
@jsquire5pa
21 күн бұрын
He was much more than a club player ffs
@DaveMitchell100
28 күн бұрын
I can't stand Higgins, the cheating git. Oh hold on, that's John Higgins! Who's this Alex bloke?
@billfrater1948
26 күн бұрын
Imagine Alex using the Balls of today on the tables of today. Brilliant!.
@s13hgp
Ай бұрын
Look how tight those pockets were compared to todays.
@charlespring5296
29 күн бұрын
Quite the opposite
@a.tanner8524
28 күн бұрын
Are you blind?
@sdrtcacgnrjrc
28 күн бұрын
:D
@s13hgp
28 күн бұрын
@@a.tanner8524 Partially sighted yes
@raskolnjikov1
26 күн бұрын
And all of it on those pretty shitty tables and with shitty balls and tip compared to 20 years later, let alone today where the equipment alone brings your game up momentarily by 30% at least.
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