Hats off to these guys when they were able to play snooker with just black, grey and white balls. The person who introduced coloured balls certainly made the game significantly easier to play.

@harryinhuahin1272

Жыл бұрын

I remember watching Pot Black, way back and, without colour TV, thinking it was the norm... lol

@TS-1267

Жыл бұрын

... I Know , Look At Those Trousers 👖. I wonder What Neck They Are... Reet Up They Are 😂

@johnnyonenote376

Жыл бұрын

@@harryinhuahin1272 Yes, me too Harry - with the wonderful 'Whispering' Ted Lowe and his famous line: "...and for those of you who are watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green." Ted also said of Joe's brother Fred, who was struggling to stretch for a long shot: "(Fred) is getting on a bit and is having trouble getting his leg over".

@SimonNoina

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣👍

@michaelmcknight3639

Жыл бұрын

@@johnnyonenote376 but that wasn't a slip up, he knew Fred was having trouble satisfying his wife, but didn't know his brother Joe was meanwhile giving Ted's wife a right seeing to you... a bit of a how's your father there if you get my drift...

A fantastic glimpse into the past. You tell how Joe was so successful. A true pro

If you listen carefully at 9.06, you can hear Dennis Taylor talking about his 1985 World Championship win!

@LordFlashheart.11

Жыл бұрын

Did Dennis win it? Funny how nobody ever mentions it......🤔..😂..it literally is year after year it get brought up and replayed

@pwareham61

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@sicksquid3258

Жыл бұрын

Makes a change from talking about Selby's missus!

@michaelmcknight3639

Жыл бұрын

also if you play it backwards at speed 3.0, at about 8:42 you hear what sounds like the classified football results for that day in 1964.

@yep.fishing

23 күн бұрын

"amazin"

I have always wanted to see the great Joe Davis play and now I have , an extra treat to see Jack Warner too 👍thanks very much for posting this .

@thomaseaves7567

Жыл бұрын

What about Frank Callan?????

Didn't even realise there was surviving footage of the great Joe Davis. This is a real treat!

There are not enough superlatives to describe just how good this is.

@thecorbies

7 ай бұрын

Oh yes there are! And one of them was used twice too.

Wow! What a pleasant step back in time. Thank you for the upload

That was a very pleasant snippet into the past, ànd a rare opportunity to see the great Joe Davis.

Brilliant footage, thank you

Best commentary I’ve ever heard

@Staycie313

Жыл бұрын

Back on the black

@terrytownsend5583

Жыл бұрын

For those watching in black and white….

@richardbrown1189

Жыл бұрын

I'm not at all sure about that. All he does is describe what we can already see for ourselves. Nothing about technique or tactics at all.

I remember the Great Joe Davis from when I was a young lad, his brother Fred too.

what i like about old sport is that they didnt pratt about - just straight down to business - like the scrums in rugby and the old cricket bowlers

Joe's cue action is lovely, loose relaxed grip and smooth. Lines up with the other eye. Moves head only after completing the shot (probably playing a bit faster than normal with it being an exhibition). Imagine what he'd have been with modern equipment, training and practice.

@Sgt_Bill_T_Co

Жыл бұрын

Seems fast because it was recorded at 24fps and played here at 30, hence Ted's voice seems a little higher in pitch!

Wow, never seen Joe before , saw Fred often . Remember the famous “ 66 years old and he can still get his leg over “.

Joe was fantastic and a true gentleman too.

@normanno8514

Жыл бұрын

not sure about that one tbf

It was quite funny when the Spurs players started clapping when Jack Warner went in off. I love watching Joe Davis play. It's hard to believe that he only played snooker because crowds got so bored watching him score thousands at billiards! Not bad for a guy with one eye.

Great to see snooker from the past, started playing when i was 11 or 12 in mid sixties, loved it all these years, Joe was great player wíth his brother Fred,

Just great.

Brilliant footage

Ted Lowe, bless him, knew nothing about snooker, he just had a good voice for commentary. All he did was tell you which ball the player was potting next, with the odd ‘well done’ and ‘bad luck’.

@Bloxdio_God

Жыл бұрын

All John Parrot says are the words "absolutely or absolute" every sentence. He's hopeless as a pundit.

@hugohackenbush1554

Жыл бұрын

​@@Bloxdio_God I agree with you about sick as a Parrot. Can't stand his accent or that huge spongy face of his. His head is gargantuan, it's bigger than his pillow.

@benarcher7411

Жыл бұрын

And like every scouser he’s under the impression he’s funny Dennis Taylor needs to go “he’s just snicked it in”

@AR-dn6kh

Жыл бұрын

And that hmmmm nosie he constantly makes.😮

@hugohackenbush1554

Жыл бұрын

@@AR-dn6kh Those were 36 AAA batteries you needed to work your Ted Lowe commentator in those days. Of course, by the 80s the boffins had already developed the first prototype “fi” system to operate your Ted (which was actually named after the man himself, a little bit of boffin humour there) and thus Lowe-fit, shortened to lo-fi was born.

wow, never seeen this before, nice upload

Those balls sound so much heavier that modern ones.

@michaelcripwell1724

Жыл бұрын

I believe that was the case.

Great seeing the legend doing his stuff. How young was Ted Lowe, bless em both.

@justthetruth1

Жыл бұрын

Not Ted?

@sdrtcacgnrjrc

Жыл бұрын

​@@justthetruth1 someone saying he was the ref here

@justthetruth1

Жыл бұрын

@@sdrtcacgnrjrc he sounds different maybe it's just the technology and the sound of that era. I honestly didn't think it was him.

@TimothyTaylorson

Жыл бұрын

Pleasantly surprised to see how Joe was such a speedy player

Trip down memory lane.

The balls are different , they make a different sound. 1920 to the 1950, one of the fathers of Snooker!

Brilliant

Nice to see, never knew Joe Davis was left eye dominant (bit of a handicap for a right handed player). Thanks for sharing!

@kenthomson9562

Жыл бұрын

Well spotted.

@michaelcripwell1724

Жыл бұрын

I think he was practically blind in one eye.

@michaelmcknight3639

Жыл бұрын

it was caused by excessive masturbation

Last time i heard commentary like that i was gripped in an episode of Button Moon

@bob23301

Жыл бұрын

Ok that made me chuckle. Lol

"And for those of you who are watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green.." (Ted Lowe - 'Pot Black'). Interesting to see Joe Davis breaking off by playing the white cue-ball off the side and top cushions into the back of the reds.

@henrikhyrup3995

Жыл бұрын

0:24 he broke off by playing the white directly into the top cushion and into the back of the reds.

Didn’t chalk the cue much back then, great way to eliminate kicks

Grayson and Cholmondley-Warner on commentary.

@ftumschk

Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking :)

Uncanny that Joe played his shots so simular to the top modern day players head down pot move on thats why he is a legand of snooker Jack Warner ie dixon of dock green was reduced to saying evening all

"Evenin' all."

@peterwoodward1382

Жыл бұрын

Loved watching him when I was a kid, Dixon of Dock Green great show.

@rw8733

Жыл бұрын

A legend.

Commentary has come a long way

Joe Davis the Alex Higgins of his day.

Jack Warner looks cool

@rw8733

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely loved him. Evening all.

Dixon of dock green

For those of you watching in black and white, the blues behind the brown

There was a 147 this night , not points though , THATS the amount of woodbines smoked during this frame 😅 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Those balls were heavy in those days i have two heavy balls now🤣🤣

The great Ted Lowe

@CountMackula

Жыл бұрын

Doesn't sound like him

@benarcher7411

Жыл бұрын

This is that old his balls probably hadn’t dropped yet

@lemongrass9070

Жыл бұрын

He is the referee!!!

@terrytownsend5583

Жыл бұрын

Naked probably

Joe Huggett , Meet the Huggetts.

If ever there was a sport that needed colour tv! Great video though

How on earth did they figure out which colour was which

Listen to the clanking noise of ivory balls

Joe Davis was awesome - the guy was blind in one eye, but it didn’t effect him at all

What year was this? I wonder what the training and practice regime was in those days. I can't imagine it would have been as disciplined as it is today. (Because there wouldn't have been any financial inducement to undertake gruelling practice sessions).

Im studying Joes action here. Everyone else has...Ronnie and Steve...I wonder what the secret is? The only thing I did notice is he lifts his cue up right at the end of the backswing?

@ClassicGolfClubs

Жыл бұрын

He wrote the definitive book; "How I Play Snooker". It's worth looking out as he explains his action very clearly, a great read and he talks about his left eye dominance too.

... And for those watching in Black & White.... Joe is potting the Blue,.... which is next to the yellow ball!...

On TV in the 1960’s Joe Davis put the cue ball on TOP of the cushion and sent the ball all around the table finally dropping it into the pocket where he started it from. How did he do it? Was the table rigged?

Ted Lowe was the ref here.

After this , Jack decided not to give up the day job.

On the bleck....

what year was this?

Bobbled a bit

Is this a lost episode of Harry Enfield and Chums?

And if your watching in black and white, the red is behind the pink. Lol

Buckets

No pause on the back swing- weird...

Feel like.dennis talyor.should be there talking about patsy fagan and the old war stories.😂😂

Love how nobody is filming it on their phones. Just enjoying the moment. Bet they were tempted though.

@Kate31415

Жыл бұрын

Before the frame they have to remind them to turn their telegraph machines off

@tonyspencer2205

Жыл бұрын

Most likely that was because iPhones didn't exist back then 🤷‍♂️

@alcoholicsementhrower6021

Жыл бұрын

@@tonyspencer2205 They should have brought their Samsungs then.

How on earth did Jack Warner win 10 world titles playing like that

@thecorbies

7 ай бұрын

Presumably because EVERYBODY else was a worse player. But seriously, by today's standards (2023) or even a few years ago (2000), these players aren't even the beginnings of a threat to the like of O'Sullivan, Trump etc. JD seemed good at the time, because everything was relative.

Which one is the blue

@rw8733

Жыл бұрын

It's behind the green.

@radiogramgramophonetoons5802

Жыл бұрын

@@rw8733 ………. Ah ha ok thanks

Where is Harry Enfield

@johngreenhorn8853

Жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly when I heard him commentating,was it Mr Chumlee Warner or something,might have been Jack Warners brother.😊

JOE WAS THE MAN, WHEN THE SPORT WAS FOR GENTLEMEN, NO CHEATING,OR FRAUDULENT BEHAVIOUR, LIKE TODAY.

@alcoholicsementhrower6021

Жыл бұрын

Not much cheating in snooker. Players calling fouls on themselves and helping the ref replace balls even if it makes the shot harder for themselves. Weird comment really.

@keithdavies1395

Жыл бұрын

​@Alcoholic Semen Thrower where have you been recently,,,no

@keithdavies1395

Жыл бұрын

​@Alcoholic Semen Thrower where have you been recently,,,no

@alcoholicsementhrower6021

Жыл бұрын

@@keithdavies1395 I was watching the world championships and the players were as well behaved as ever. If you're talking about the Chinese players betting scandal, that has always gone on, its just a lot easier to get caught now with betting sites being monitored.

@billybonkers94

Жыл бұрын

​@@alcoholicsementhrower6021 Joe Davis was a regular drug user and wife beater if you do your research. Him and Fred regularly used to trash hotel rooms!

When Joe potted all of the grey balls and grey balls it was great to watch✌️

hhow did he play 2 pinks in a row ? kzread.info/dash/bejne/jH-OxZR-fpnAorw.html

No women there shocking, do you think jack went for a line at breaks

The ref scored 1,7,1,2 as ten and then after the next red said 12 lol oops.

I think jack should stick to acting lol

Joe Davis would be a B class player today against the likes of O'Sullivan, Trump or any of the top players, he was world champion when nobody played snooker.

They knew nothing about something called "safety play" it's almost like didn't exist lol they just go for whatever shot they got from whatever position they are in lol but still great to watch 👍👍

@johnp515

Жыл бұрын

It’s a pro playing against a celebrity in an exhibition especially for the cameras. He’s not going to play safety.

Those watching in black white the greens behind the brown just above the blue

@nectafarious8842

Жыл бұрын

Not as daft as it sounds if the brown is on it's spot....

Dixon of Dock Green? More like Dixon of Pot Green! Ah ha ha ha haaaaa

It's no wonder why the"modern era" is the only recognized world championship record. Players like Ronnie and Selby would have absolutely destroyed the older players. I don't think the first 147 was officially recorded until about 1979?

@Jtuesday51

Жыл бұрын

Don’t know what you’re talking about. The balls were double the weight of super crystalight used today .Joe world champ for 25 years never saw him but did see Fred make my first live century

@peterwoodward1382

Жыл бұрын

A lot has changed since the days of pot black. Joe Davis pioneered snooker, without him we would not have what we have today. Many things change with time, and many will not like where the world is going.

@Fightladsnet

Жыл бұрын

Balls were heavier and the baize was far less smooth than it is today. Taking shots across the table and against the "nap" of the cloth was almost unheard of as the balls would run off line. Also, remember that some world championship matchers were played over the best of 125+ frames across numerous days - they needed great stamina back then.

@GrimUpNorth_yt

Жыл бұрын

Today's success is built on the shoulders of previous generations. There is no comparison.

@Camberwell86

Жыл бұрын

First maxi was in 1955. The bloke who did it? I'll give you a clue, he's in this video. ;)

😂😂 who is this joe davis fella... almost useless player..

@StockportJambo

Жыл бұрын

World champion 15 times. Literally wrote the book on snooker.

@damianjblack

5 ай бұрын

Joe Davis and his brother Fred dominated snooker for 30 years. Fred was still playing professional until he was almost 80; he played against Ronnie O'Sullivan in 1992.

The only good thing here was the commentary

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