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Canadian Cliff Thorburn met the 1972 champion Alex Higgins from Northern Ireland in the final, which was a best-of-35-frames match. Thorburn won the match...

as a child. Werbeniuk spent a portion of his youth travelling with Cliff Thorburn and playing pool for money. Werbeniuk won the Amateur Championship in...

Spencer won his third World Snooker Championship title by defeating Cliff Thorburn by 25 frames to 21 in the final. It was the first time the championship...

Fourteen maximum breaks have been made in the history of the tournament, Cliff Thorburn compiled the first in 1983, and Mark Selby the most recent in 2023 which...

Ray Reardon was the first to hold the position, and was followed by Cliff Thorburn, Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, John Higgins, Mark Williams, Ronnie O'Sullivan...

defeated Cliff Thorburn 13–8. White led 10-6 after the second session, before moving to 12-7 ahead. White went 63 points ahead in frame 20, but Thorburn made...

first professional title, the Scottish Masters, beating Cliff Thorburn 9–4 in the final. Thorburn led 3–0 and 4–1 but then White won eight frames in succession...

and top seed in the tournament was Cliff Thorburn, who had defeated Alex Higgins 18–16 in the 1980 final. Thorburn lost by 10 frames to 16 to Steve Davis...

the start of play. Steve Davis played Cliff Thorburn in the second semi-final. With Davis leading 3–2, Thorburn was on course for a maximum break but...

won one other ranking title at the 1984 Grand Prix, where he defeated Cliff Thorburn 10–2 in the final, and also won the invitational 1987 Masters, defeating...

was the defending champion, having won the 1977 event by defeating Cliff Thorburn 25–21 in the final. Spencer lost 8–13 in the first round to Perrie Mans...

won the 1987 World Doubles Championship, defeating Dennis Taylor and Cliff Thorburn 12–6 in the final. He reached the quarter-finals of the 1987 World Championship...

John Spencer (1969, 1971, and 1977), Alex Higgins (1972 and 1982), Cliff Thorburn (1980) and Terry Griffiths (1979). Four players made their world championship...

defeating Cliff Thorburn 18–6 in the final. A total of 18 century breaks were made during the tournament. The highest was made by Thorburn in the fourth...

his career, by beating Cliff Thorburn 13–8 in the final. In 1986 Jimmy White won his first ranking tournament by defeating Thorburn 13–12 in the final. In...

final, reached the final of the Benson & Hedges Masters, losing 7–9 to Cliff Thorburn, and won the 1983 International Masters, where he defeated Davis 2–1...

1990. He was world championship runner-up to Ray Reardon in 1976 and Cliff Thorburn in 1980. At the 1982 event, Higgins came from 13 to 15 behind to defeat...

consecutive wins from 1989 to 1993. Steve Davis, Paul Hunter, Mark Selby, and Cliff Thorburn have won three titles each, and Alex Higgins, John Higgins, Neil Robertson...

80, which turned out to be his only break above 40 as he won 10–4. Cliff Thorburn, the champion in 1980 and the first player to make a maximum break in...

31–37 to Alex Higgins. He won his third world title in 1977, beating Cliff Thorburn 25–21 in the final to become the first player to win the World Championship...

instead. As a result, Lindrum's title win is sometimes ignored, with Cliff Thorburn (CAN), Ken Doherty (IRL), Neil Robertson (AUS) and Luca Brecel (BEL)...

quarter-finals of the 1979 and 1980 championships. The 1980 World Champion, Cliff Thorburn, was ranked second, and Eddie Charlton was placed third, as he had been...

by Steve Davis. He was also runner-up at the 1985 Masters losing to Cliff Thorburn, but by 1988 he had dropped out of the top 16. Mountjoy enjoyed a resurgence...

Knowles), and reached the semi-finals of the 1985 Classic (losing to Cliff Thorburn). Johnson began the 1986 World Snooker Championship as a 150–1 outsider...

 Steve Davis (ENG) 1983:  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 1984:  Jimmy White (ENG) 1985:  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 1986:  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 1987:  Dennis Taylor (NIR)...

 Steve Davis (ENG) 1983:  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 1984:  Jimmy White (ENG) 1985:  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 1986:  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 1987:  Dennis Taylor (NIR)...

 Steve Davis (ENG) 1983:  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 1984:  Jimmy White (ENG) 1985:  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 1986:  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 1987:  Dennis Taylor (NIR)...

championship for the last time, losing 6–10 in the first round to Ken Doherty. Cliff Thorburn, another former champion making his final World Championship appearance...

Bill Werbeniuk 2–5, but Werbeniuk reached a winning score at 15–9. Cliff Thorburn took a 10–4 lead against Paddy Morgan, gained the win at 15–6, and finished...