1 STEPHEN HENDRY; 68 PROFESSIONAL TITLES pounds 8.25M IN PRIZE MONEY 7 WORLD TITLE CROWNS 147 MAXIMUM BREAK 147,000 QUID BONUS..Byline: DARREN LEWIS
STEPHEN HENDRY Stephen Hendry, MBE (born January 13, 1969 in South Queensferry, Edinburgh) is a Scottish professional snooker player, whose achievements make him one of the most successful players of the modern era. He spent a record eight consecutive years at no. rolled back the years with a vintage 147 on the day plans were unveiled for a statue of him outside The Crucible. The 40-year-old claimed the maximum on the way to a 5-3 lead in the first session of his Betfred.com World Championship quarter-final against Shaun Murphy Shaun Murphy may refer to:
This was Hendry's first 147 at snooker's showpiece show·piece n. Something exhibited, especially as an outstanding example of its kind. showpiece Noun 1. anything displayed or exhibited 2. event since the 1995 semi-finals against Jimmy White. It was a statement of intent as the Scot, written off as too old in some quarters, bids to make a mockery of his pretournament odds of 50-1. And it came just hours after tournament sponsors Betfred revealed they have called for Hendry to be immortalised outside the venue in Sheffield where his seven world titles made him a superstar. Betfred boss Fred Done, whose firm signed a fouryear, pounds 2.5million deal to back the event earlier this month, said last night: "I definitely think Stephen needs recognition. "There are statues of Denis Law Denis Law (born February 24 1940, in Aberdeen, Scotland) is a retired Scottish football player, who enjoyed a long and successful career as a striker from the 1950s to the 1970s. Law's career as a football player began at Second Division Huddersfield Town in 1956. , George Best and Bobby Charlton Sir Robert "Bobby" Charlton, CBE (born 11 October 1937 in Ashington, Northumberland) is a former English professional football player who won the World Cup and was named the European Footballer of the Year in 1966. at Old Trafford. And there is a statue of Bobby Moore outside the new Wembley. "Stephen's record of seven world titles will never be beaten, so I think it deserves to be remembered." It is more than four years since Hendry last won a ranking tournament, yet he was a man with a mission as he stormed out of the traps yesterday morning to lead 2005 winner Murphy 4-1 and 5-3. But the pulsating contest saw Murphy hit back in the evening session. He reeled off four frames in a row, running up breaks of 137, 83, 104 and 80 to open up a 7-5 lead. With the crowd firmly behind him, Hendry fought back immediately after the mid-session break to reduce the deficit to a single frame.. Murphy was in no mood to surrender his lead and took the next frame on the black to be 8-6 up. Hendry will pocket pounds 147,000 for his maximum, with another pounds 10,000 for the tournament's highest break. It was the ninth 147 of his career and the ninth at the championship since it began in 1977. The feat has also seen punters pile onto the Scot, now 6-1, who compiled a 140 in his previous match on the way to beating China's Ding Junhui. Betfred will match the cash paid out to Hendry with a donation to Sport Relief. Done added: "It's fantastic that Sport Relief are receiving the donation and I'm delighted it was a true snooker legend in Stephen that made the 147 break." On the other table, Irishman Mark Allen continued his hot streak at the championship by opening up a 6-3 lead over world No.8 Ryan Day. Allen caused the biggest sensation of the tournament so far by sending Ronnie O'Sullivan crashing out at the weekend. But Day responded in style by rattling off four frames in a row to recover and take a 7-6 lead. Far from bring overawed by Day's recovery, Allen - the new favourite at 11-4 - hit back with a break of 119 to make it all level. THE world championship will continue to be played at The Crucible for a minimum of five more years, snooker chief Rodney Walker said yesterday. His statement ended speculation - at least until 2014 - that the event would be moved to Asia. CAPTION(S): PERFECT Hendry sinks the last black. Below, the Scot with the trophy in 1992 |
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