Editing Maximum break (section)

===First maximums===
The first known maximum break in practice was made by Murt O'Donoghue at [[Griffith, Australian Capital Territory|Griffith]], [[Australian Capital Territory]], Australia, on 26 September 1934.<ref name="snooker.org_Records" /><ref>{{cite book |title=British Phrasebook |first1=Elizabeth |last1=Bartsch-Parker |first2=Roibeard |last2=O'Maolalaigh |first3=Stephen |last3=Burger |year=1999 |publisher=Lonely Planet |location=Hawthorn, Vic. |isbn=0-86442-484-1 |page=146 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qcR7uwgf5BEC&pg=PA146 |edition=1st |access-date=17 November 2012}}</ref><ref name="GS_147club">{{cite web |url=http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/History/history_147.htm |title=The 147 Club |date=2008 |access-date=19 January 2009 |website=Global Snooker Centre |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119143019/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/History/history_147.htm |archive-date=19 January 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article235328595 |title=The Possible |newspaper=[[The Young Chronicle]] |volume=60 |issue=84 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=2 October 1934 |access-date=23 January 2025 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> [[Joe Davis]] compiled the first official 147 against [[Willie Smith (billiards player)|Willie Smith]] in an exhibition match on 22 January 1955 at Leicester Square Hall, London.<ref name="Guinness_WR_147">{{cite web |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-9000/first-official-147-break-in-snooker/ |title=First official 147 break in snooker |work=[[Guinness World Records]] |access-date=3 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304012625/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-9000/first-official-147-break-in-snooker/ |archive-date=4 March 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Davis |first=Joe |year=2002 |orig-year=First published 1976 |author-link=Joe Davis |title=The breaks came my way |publisher=[[English Amateur Billiards Association]] |chapter=Chapter 20 : The elusive 147 |url=http://www.eaba.co.uk/books/davis/chapter20.html |access-date=15 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823020524/http://www.eaba.co.uk/books/davis/chapter20.html |archive-date=23 August 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Rex Williams]] made the first maximum break in a competitive match against [[Manuel Francisco]], Professionals v. Amateurs, on 23 December 1965 in [[Cape Town]].<ref name="GS_147club" /><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=24 December 1965 |page=3 |title=Williams achieves break of 147}}</ref>

[[John Spencer (snooker player)|John Spencer]] made the first maximum compiled in professional competition on 13 January 1979 at the Holsten Lager Tournament against [[Cliff Thorburn]], but it was not officially [[Ratification|ratified]] due to oversized pockets.<ref name="snooker.org_Records" /> The break was not caught on video as the television crew were away on a tea break.<ref name="GS_147club" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.co.uk/onthisday/sport/story/28.html |title=A legend makes his first mark – The sporting events of January 13 down the years |work=[[ESPN]] |access-date=2 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122210925/http://www.espn.co.uk/onthisday/sport/story/28.html |archive-date=22 January 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The first official maximum break in professional competition was made by [[Steve Davis]] in the [[1982 Classic (snooker)|1982 Lada Classic]] against Spencer.<ref name="snooker.org_Records" /> This was also the first televised 147.<ref name="Guinness_WR_147" /> Thorburn became the first player to make a maximum break at the [[World Snooker Championship]].<ref name="Max 002" /> There have been 15 maximums made at the World Championship, by 11 players. Thorburn was followed by [[Jimmy White]],<ref name="Max 012" /> [[Stephen Hendry]] (three times),<ref name="Max 017" /><ref name="Max 068" /><ref name="Max 088" /> [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]] (three times),<ref name="Max 020" /><ref name="Max 046" /><ref name="Max 062" /> [[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]],<ref name="Max 051" /> [[Ali Carter]],<ref name="Max 063" /> [[John Higgins]],<ref name="Max 157" /> [[Neil Robertson]],<ref name="Max 176" /> [[Kyren Wilson]],<ref name="Max 188" /> [[Mark Selby]],<ref name="Max 189" /> and [[Mark Allen (snooker player)|Mark Allen]].<ref name="Max 217" />

In March 1989, Thorburn also became the first player to make two competitive maximum breaks. In November 1995 Hendry became the first player to make two televised maximum breaks.<ref name="CT_Archive_Max">{{cite web |last=Turner |first=Chris |url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Max.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221010336/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Max.html |archive-date=21 February 2013 |title=Maximum Breaks |website=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive |access-date=2 April 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="GS_MaxFiles">{{cite web |url=http://www.global-snooker.com/cuefacts-snooker-statistics-the-max-files.asp |title=Cuefacts – The 'Max' files |website=Global-Snooker.com |access-date=2 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124080225/http://www.global-snooker.com/cuefacts-snooker-statistics-the-max-files.asp |archive-date=24 November 2011 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> [[Mink Nutcharut]] made a 147 in a March 2019 practice match, believed to be the only maximum break achieved by a woman in any match.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wpbsa.com/mink-makes-maximum-break/ |title=Mink Makes maximum break |date=12 March 2019 |work=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|WPBSA]] |access-date=7 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407160354/https://www.wpbsa.com/mink-makes-maximum-break/ |archive-date=7 April 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>