I love that Tony Drago hugged Jimmy after that amazing 147. Aside from being a great snooker player, Drago is a class act as well.

@jamesknox64

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah he's a nice bloke Tony Drago.

@stevehaylett6948

5 жыл бұрын

koyunbaba73 I agree

@ebojfmdboojoh4023

5 жыл бұрын

True but I think all players would have acted the same.

@mauriceilett3948

5 жыл бұрын

koyunbaba73 dd

@ebojfmdboojoh4023

5 жыл бұрын

@@McElhinney65 I've never really got the expression potting them off the lampshades. Why lampshades?? What's the connection with lampshades. It is because snooker is played under table lights

I remember this great moment from 1992 I had a bet anyone to make a 147 break 14/1 with William Hill I got £300 for a £20 stake . Later in October that year my Dad died of lung cancer I looked after him having given up work he was so pleased to see jimmy make this break it really cheered him up God bless r.i.p. dad .

@neilhurn2685

14 күн бұрын

You should have put £147 on it

Tony Drago's smile in the background as White was making the break was delightful. Imagine the generosity of spirit to will your opponent on to make a maximum! Great stuff, really enjoyed!

@Romamb

3 жыл бұрын

Game of gentlemen. Some bad apples along the way but in the main, the classiest professionals of any game.

@vxrdrummer

2 жыл бұрын

What a great sport.

@nathanfarrugia8471

Жыл бұрын

They became good friends when Tony left Malta for England to play professionally (I believe they still are). They trained together too!

@scholesiefirsttime

Жыл бұрын

Two giants of the game. Good ol Drago. With Ronnie, arguably the greatest entertainers snooker has seen.

@johnmc3862

19 күн бұрын

Tony emotion man.

The most fluent cue action in the game

Drago was the perfect oponent, a real gentleman ... Jimmy was just perfect 👏👏

Unbeliveably beautiful naturaL Sooker stroke from Jimmy White...... one fantastic looking snooker player style . probaly the top 3 of all time .

What a player, what a man, there's only 1 whirlwind, we will always love u Jimmy, legend!!!

Nerves of steel. Great sportsmanship from Drago after the last ball.

@deanishere7237

2 жыл бұрын

He was almost a decent guy Tony Drago !!!

@johnmc3862

19 күн бұрын

@@deanishere7237What?

What a top class guy Tony Drago is, he was a great player too. Well done, Jimmy. That was a great maximum break. Bring Tony Drago back as a snooker commentator. He is missed by many snooker fans.

@nuntana2

Ай бұрын

Still holds the fastest ton!

One of Jimmy's moments of perfection. I remember watching this at the time and being nervous as anything. Shot of the championship with the rest. Jumped out of my skin when he sunk the final black. Legend.

The players back then were so happy to see their opponent's do this i remember kirk stevens watching jimmy do this and applauding at his bamana shots, drago was great . More excitement than modern day snooker

Big applause for Drago as well

When snooker was exciting to watch. Now it’s 😐 Only sweet memories left 😊

To me Jimmy White is the greatest snooker player of all time

@garymitrovic2503

5 жыл бұрын

He had the ability, but he was too nice and a victim of his addictions. Hendry was ice cold, dedicated, he had the mentality needed to be ruthless. Jimmy, for all his talent, lacked that extra edge to make him one of the all time greats. Saying all that, he's still the greatest player never to win a world title.

@donl297

5 жыл бұрын

and amazing he's been to the final I think 6 times and didn't win it all? Jimmy Deserved a championship for sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@paulr6881

5 жыл бұрын

Andrew Drabble I think talent wise Jimmy was right up there.Nobody did it quite like him in full flow but as a realist you can't look yourself in the mirror and say he was the greatest because he was nowhere near.On his day he was magic and near unplayable but if he wasn't at his best he struggled to win.

@Sqimpz

4 жыл бұрын

Run 68 Completely agree players like hendry, Osullivan, Higgins even when they weren’t playing there best they could find a way to claw themselves past the finishing line, saying that jimmy is a class act and one of the best crowd pleasers I’ve ever seen

@pingpong9656

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed - his style of play was pure excitement - loved the way he lined up his shot, low on the cue ball, then boom.

Two greats. Tony Drago's acceptance and congatulating is heart warming.

A great maximum by a truly great player Jimmy at his best is a joy for any real snooker fan

I never get tired of watching this break,and what a good sportsman Tony Drago is,he didnt hesitate to hug Jimmy for a great bit of cueing.

I was always genuinely upset when Jimmy never won in a final of the world championship

@DarrenWetherilt

4 жыл бұрын

Me too - never have got over that...

@pokeround

4 жыл бұрын

Lots of World Champions but only one player can be the best to have never won it. :)

@neilo2323

4 жыл бұрын

I actually cried when he was well up against Hendry and missed that black....

@bethwoodward4326

3 жыл бұрын

@@neilo2323 yes I remember that, I was gutted for weeks.

@Romamb

3 жыл бұрын

@@frankevans4323 clowns? They beat the entire snooker world to win that trophy. What a sad, sad person you are. You just disrespected the game and every snooker player who entered those tournaments won by those 3 champions. How many world titles have you won?

Yes I used to practice with jimmy in a club in Selly Oak in birmingham, about twenty years ago. Best player never to have won the world snooker title legend.

Fabulous snooker and respect shown in this video....well done jimmy and well done tony....

What a great 147. Always looked forward at watching Jimmy White games during the 80s and 90s.

I remember seeing this on the TV! Was round my nans flat in Stepney and me and my Grandad jumped for joy when he made it. Good times. He made the final 6 times never won the world title. He won multiple UK Championships.

@simonlevett4776

19 күн бұрын

We know.

Every bit as good as O'Sullivan at that time in his career. Beautiful to watch, playing risky shots as if nothing mattered, at a speed a pool game is played.

This was the second time in the space of a few months that Drago was on the receiving end of a 147 break. James Wattana did it a couple of months earlier and he did so with the knowledge that his father was gravely ill in hospital after being shot the previous day (Wattana wasn't told his father had died 'till after the match).

this was my lovely dad refereeing. xx

@Romamb

3 жыл бұрын

❤ and a fine referee he was ❤

WOW its great 2 see that again, i think people forget how good jimmy was & in 1992 is was in the best form of his life he should have won the embassy world championship that year but as always with jimmy ever the bridesmaid never the bride, jimmy white in my mind is the best player in the world to never win the world championship & my all time favourite player, he had less hair in those days too & drago is a better pool player than he is a snooker player jimmy is a legend & still loved by fans

Incredible talent from JW matched by the same level of humility and sportsmanship from Drago. Love this

Remember like it was yesterday, one of the best 147's in snooker history.

Jimmy was kind enough to play me at 8-ball pool. It made my day. Top man.

jimmy's got to be one of, if not the most fluid player ever !!

Was watching this at night at Dartington college, Devon in '92. Only one in the tv room as it was shown late. Fucking amazing.

Ah! back in the days when Jimmy could still play👍

Such a great player!! Joy to watch....jimmy white

Fantastic player,probably my favourite of all time,golden era of snooker!!!!

Fucking love the whirlwind

@anthonyoneill3144

8 жыл бұрын

+Gary Corfield was gonna write exactly the same comment...what a legend! funny story i met him in Marbella in 2004 and he was buying drinks with a €50 note and every time he kept saying keep the change... i wish i had money like that to throw away... my favourite of all time!!

@skeletalwreck

6 жыл бұрын

Wow - that is crazy... I can't imagine having that much money and still choosing to go to Marbella above all places! lol

For all the brilliance of the Higginses, O'Sullivan, Hendry etc, I still don't think there's ever been a better sight in snooker than Jimmy, amongst the balls, in full flow. Such a unique cue action, such swagger, and those shots that he made his own. The outrageous amount of side he could generate, those classic deep screw shots, awesome play with the rest - all of them Jimmy's trademark calling cards, and all on show here. Fantastic break.

@paulbrowne132

7 жыл бұрын

RihannasBikeSeat you have just summed up the man that would have the biggest fan base in snooker, and the greatest to hold a cue in his hand, a magician with a cue,snooker was so exciting to watch when jimmy and the hurricane playing, so so sad that jimmy near win a world championship, even just one of the six finals!! so many memories of this great man in action, the whirlwind from London town.

@paulbrowne132

7 жыл бұрын

RihannasBikeSeat you have just summed up the man that would have the biggest fan base in snooker, and the greatest to hold a cue in his hand, a magician with a cue,snooker was so exciting to watch when jimmy and the hurricane playing, so so sad that jimmy near win a world championship, even just one of the six finals!! so many memories of this great man in action, the whirlwind from London town.

Fell in love watching Jimmy back in the early 90's. But watch that super-casual spin of the cue at 9:39 ... such a classy act and natural showman.

Fantastic !!! Jimmy White a true snooker legend. I enjoyed watching this :-) Higgins White O'Sullivan I enjoyed watching them all.

That long red and then the rest to pot the black amazing.

You could see the excitement in his eyes before the last black...thinking how much coke £100,000 would get him. Poor Jimmy, I watched every one of those bloody finals. I sometimes think Ronnie is taking revenge on Hendry for Jimmy's sake. Wiping nearly all of his records away. I'm not sure Ronnie will win 2 more Worlds to equal Hendry but I think he's got a few more ranking events left in him as he breezes to a 1000 centuries. C'MON RONNIE

@matthewhill6483

6 жыл бұрын

Harry Munter I'm thinking he's got 1 more world and get 40 ranking titles and around 1,250 century's he said he hopefully can go to 50 the other week fingers crossed!

@peterjongsma2754

5 жыл бұрын

It was 1000 pounds.Not 100,000 pounds.

@Shaun742

5 жыл бұрын

@@peterjongsma2754 9:26

@billyd3925

5 жыл бұрын

@@peterjongsma2754 jimmy got one hundred and sixty five thouands pounds for that break 147 for the 147 and 18 grand on top for highest break

@christschinwon

5 жыл бұрын

he wasn't called Jimmy 'White' for nothing!

Never seen such brave player hits the ball so sweetly never mind you can't have everything in life no doubts he is a legend

I remember this match, it was all over in 39 minutes, the cue ball had multiple scorch marks on it and had to be replaced, five reds and the blue ball had cracks in them, the table was beyond reusing, even the carpet had burn holes in it, amazing match, come on Jimmy, Tony was a true gent, great character.

@mr.miller5041

4 ай бұрын

Can't believe you don't have many more up thumbs for this great post...😀

lol the ref telling an audience member to "shut up" wow

@WillieDines1

5 жыл бұрын

only just noticed that after you had commented and couldn't help laughing, but of course John Street didn't want the crowd to risk distracting Jimmy from completing the maximum and so, the old school "Shut up" was nicely timed lol

@paulr6881

5 жыл бұрын

William Dines I think the referee shouting shut up would have put me off more than what was going on in the audience

i love watching this guy play.

thumbs up if you played Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker

£100’000 up his hooter ✊🏽 legend

Tony drago celebrating jimmy whites 147 was just as good as the 147 itself.

Thanks for the upload : )

Classic Jimmy White. Made so many brilliant shots to keep the maximum on. Definitely one of the top ten players of all time.

awesome! I drink with Jimmy quite often I had forgotten about this 147 until now thanks for posting

It would have been nice to see Jimmy win at least one world title. He certainly deserved to.

amazing cue power..

A pleasure to watch....it reminds me of when I used to play Pool in Sean O'gs!!!

Perfection!!

I never feel sad for jimmy,, he won all the big titles apart from the world and got to 6 finals,, made a living from the game he loves and still more popular than some of the world champs from the past.... come on Jimmy!!!!!!!!!!!!

I miss those days.

Wow! Spectacular play!

Fantastic it’s perfection when you see a 147

There was some serious tricky shots in this great break.

Favourite ever player

Two great players.. Nuff said !!

watched this during my college days in london.. what memories.. london was a much better and safer place back then also

velfortjent 147 til jimmy White.dengang den aller beste med kø forlenger i verden.

A beast !!

Love both these players

Beautiful stuff.

my hero

It looks that Jimmy is in form this season he have qualified for 3 ranking tournaments and hope he will continue :) legend...

9:44 what great sportsmanship ... great move by drago

Great cue ball control. Very enjoyable to watch.

my idol

drago played often those unforced shots in his career... he liked the "fast game"

Jimmy is great man to watch playing snooker and has defo got talent

In Essex, a 16 year old boy who had just turned pro thought, "That's the way to play snooker."

The cheer when the last pink & Black goes in is the loudest cheers ever heard at the crucible. This was the year when jimmy was at his most consistent. This year he made a maximum, won the UK Championship, got to the final of the WC, & was playing brilliantly all season. He had Hendry for the taking but at 14-8 ahead, he thought he’d already won it & would breeze through to win another 4 Frames, therefore started playing recklessly instead of carrying on & playing somewhat of a percentage game as he had done up to that point of the final. People always refer to 1994 & that missed black off the spot as Jimmy’s best chance, but it wasn’t. This (1992 WC final) was his best chance because of how far ahead he was & how well he was playing. Such a shame.

@karlwells9992

5 жыл бұрын

I remember 92 well , i thought jimmy had finally done it but sadly it wasn't to be he got complacent then hendry smelt blood anyone else and im sure jimmy would have got over the line

maybe jimmy never won in sheffield but for me and most people he will stay as the most popular and beloved snooker player in the history.

Tony Drago was smiling all the way through this frame, and hugged Jimmy at the end. Like when a 9 dart finish happens in darts, sportsmanship and appreciation shown.

legend

just finishing his book on a beach with a beer in mallorca-legend

Legend

Amazing

Miss these days and David Vine like crazee. Moved to the US so haven't followed the game since '91. Just learned of Hurricane's passing. Jimmy, cool as ice here and kudos to Drago for the love. I wish Jim just had that 1 trophy under his belt. Still the most popular of them all.

what a genius and what a great sportsman this drago is here!!!

What a shot with the rest.

Amazing 147,Jimmy was the people's champion,we all loved him and still do,but now we have Ronnie O'Sullivan,the greatest ever,6 worlds,7 u.k.s,7 masters,20 triple crowns,37 ranking events,1,100 and odd centuries,15 147s,these are mind blowing stats,c'mon Ronnie at least one more world title

@frankpinmtl

2 жыл бұрын

So asked, so done...

the look on Jimmy's face walking into the last shot. fully focused

It's fair to say Drago was erratic with his snooker. Certainly the Whirlwind outclassed the tornado here

i have to live 1000 years to defeat this monster... Salute JM!!

Lol, the second 147 against Drago that year! Crazy to think he still (at least recently) plays, while he wasn't even the youngest back then!

insane . woww

amazing spirit from tony drago!

20 people need a slap!

£100K was a lot of money in 1992! Well, it still is now obviously, but you know what I mean.

I love Tony. He gets so emotional. I wish he was on the snooker tour.

Nice one, Jimmy 👏👍❤️

pure artistry - the Georgie best of snooker

i love this guys... fuck yeah!... awes0me man!

The People's Champion and bad boy of snooker in a nice way ....If only he had won more in his career .....Loved the way Tony congratulated him too

Love Drago's sportsmanship. He was grinning the whole way.

The best player who never won the world championship.

@Hanamy7777

25 күн бұрын

He had his chances. Vastly inferior players like Taylor and Doherty have won it. Something missing between his ears.