Joe Davis First TV Century

[joeeiz1337]

just found out my great grandad beat him in a game of snooker and joe gave him his cue :D

[JohnRagoon]

Not bad for a 61 year old. A very Fluent player and left eye prominent which is interesting.

[Darass5]

poziom jaki jest pokazany na tym filmie jest na wysokości dzisiejszych mistrzów a może i Wyżej . 10/10 ___________PERFECT____________­__

[jaybenny100]

magic... :)

[eblanaken]

Cracking upload. Delighted that the footage was archived/

[jesusfreak1975]

yep class act. who says the old generation couldnt play...?

[GuitarHeroAddict001]

R.I.P TED!

[Appplegate]

R.I.P. Ted Lowe.

[LadyFlusterbustle]

He taught me how to hold a cue at my father's billiard hall! He was very smartly dressed, I remember, with a waistcoat and brilliantined hair. We went up some stairs, away from the other tables to a quiet room with a light flooding the table and he stepped forward into the light's glow.

[charlesaymard]

an all so sad loss for snooker

[gasperagacy]

@charlesaymard for every commentry listener mate no matter of which sport it is. Ted Lowe and Brain Johnston could make every sports interesting to watch and both r still alive between us with their voice. they will never die

[queball147]

R.I.P. Ted Lowe the great voice of the commentator of the first tv century. Joe was amazing.

[takharov1]

Sad loss. One of the great BBC sports commentators.And a lovely gentleman.

RIP.

[boing123a]

Made snooker enjoyable, RIP Whispering Ted.

[tonester09]

RIP Ted. A lovely gentleman from an era that demanded that men be gentleman. You will be sadly missed.

[dazoo77]

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam

"May his soul be on God's right side"

[ribhkum]

darts has sid waddell , f1 had murray walker , snooker had ted lowe , will be missed !

[LatinPercussion]

looks like the pockets back then were slightly bigger... was it so?

RIP Ted Lowe.

[jeandeff]

Requiem in Pace Ted

[Darral290]

RIP Ted

[planetkitchen]

Rest in Peace Ted

[tapper137]

R.I.P Ted

[hazzagawa]

Rip ted

[8mystic]

RIP Ted Lowe, just heard of his death

[emirates247]

"and there we have a century on television" Its a shame the stupid cameraman didnt get a shot of the ball actually going in the pocket. You can only hear it go in. I wonder what the first video is of a century where you actually see the ball being potted to make it over 100.

[7hs3beat]

if there are true legends, you just saw the birth of them all!!!

[cd150155youification]

0:00 this song is from game World Championship Snooker 2004!

[dingwei7]

@cd150155youification It's the BBC old version theme tune...

[pix042]

If Ted Lowe commentated the way some people who have posted comments here might think he should commentate he would say something like: 'Joe blasts the fucking black in the fucking hole. The black is the cunt's fave colour an' all. For all yu sad cunts who can't tell wot ball is wot in black an white the blue is the fucker in the mddle of the bleedin' table. Durr.' No, i will take Ted's commentary any day over these oinks who post here.

[Doderhultarn89]

Ted Lowe has to be the greatest commentator of all times.

[serratop]

You can see here very good how much bigger the pockets were that time

[Davewise1965]

It's a shame that the rubbish of society have to come on here with their filthy language. They should have their mouths washed out with washing up liquid.

[asadhaider1000]

nice 100 break by joe, thanks for uploading

[edward6000]

left handed right handed like Ronnie O'Sullivan :)

[LeonFleisherFan]

What a great and legendary player! Thanks so much!

[GuitarHeroAddict001]

"OMG" the commentating is o boring!

[pistolpeeroy]

@GuitarHeroAddict001 WATCH THE SNOOKER INSTEAD THEN DICKHEAD

[GuitarHeroAddict001]

@pistolpeeroy I WAS IM JUST SAYING ITS BORING BECAUSE HE KEEPS STATING THE OBVIOUS

[pistolpeeroy]

@GuitarHeroAddict001 WELL SOME PEEPS MIGHT NOT KNOW THE RULES, OR WOT SHOT 2 PLAY N MIGHT FIND THE COMMENTRY USEFULL, U SELFISH CUNT ALL U THINK ABOUT IS URSELF DONT U?

GuitarHeroCunt001...

...WHY NOT JUST LEARN THE GUITAR?

CUNT

[GuitarHeroAddict001]

@pistolpeeroy YEAH WELL I CAN PLAY GUITAR I KNOW U CANT PLAY SNOOKER OR GUITAR SO SHUT UR MOUTH M8 AND WHAT I WAS SAYING WAS I DON'T LIKE THE COMMENTATING I DINT SAY THAT SHOULD TAKE IT OUT

[pistolpeeroy]

@GuitarHeroAddict001 N HOW DU KNOW I CANT PLAY GUITAR OR SNOOKER?! HA YOUR A FOOL...

[JohnLennon4King]

@GuitarHeroAddict001 he has to state the obvious because nobody knows what the colours are except those in the room

[snookerjam]

video never starts??

[pistolpeeroy]

@snookerjam UR COMPUTER SHIT I RECK SKIII

[Valdinsh]

I adore the English spoken by the vintage commentators of such sports events as snooker or pool, golf and other gentlemen type of events. There is this graceful and tolerant, and very exquisite mood all around. It all seems so highly rated and appreciated. The black and white picture, in a certain way, dramatizes the overall setting.

I would say that modern day snooker has retained most of the classical and strictly traditional approach.

Joe Davis - his personality and grandeur are memorable

[LorcanDMeath]

the greatest ever. the stats back it up

[xgs724]

Joe Davis = genius

[MikeJS57]

A couple of nice loop bridges in there. Joe was quite fond of those. Thanks for posting this, haven't seen it for years.

[avvidezzi]

Brilliant video. Thanks for uploading this!

[michaelstansbury]

I learned to play pool from Joe's books, but I never got to see him play. This was a real treat!

[irishrazorhogan]

why did the old timers "detest" the rest?

what did they use?

[michaelstansbury]

They used the rest, they just didn't like using it. We don't love using it today either.

[kizzel1212]

tis nice to watch abit of history :P

[golsno147]

You only have to look at the technological improvements in golf equipment allowing longer distance, minimal rough and putting on "Bowling green" type surfaces to see that thousands of rounds in the mid 60s are commonplace to-day. Like snooker this creates an illusion, for the benefit of TV audiences, of enhanced skills. That is not to say that Woods, O'Sullevan would not be great stars under

old conditions- only that we are not comparing like with like.

[golsno147]

Don't want to detract from skills of contemporary greats but the game is substantially easier. Having played refereed and watched them all since the 1940s you simply cannot compare. If you put any current top player on a table with

properly cut slates at pocket entrabces and a set of old composition balls he would find it difficult to make a 50 break- until acclimatising.(Which of course would not be allowed to happen)a 147 would again be the extreme rarity it was in the old days.

[markyboy1704]

would love to see todays players on this kind of table with heavy cloth, plenty of nap, pockets cut differently and some good heavy ivory balls.

[gymboy99]

judging from the progress of the game from this point to the present, i think that within the next ten to twenty years more or less every frame will be a century break minimum and 147's will be something you will expect rather than be in awe of.

[mozart579]

Amazing to watch from the father of modern snooker!. I wonder what Joe would think of modern snooker players?

[Supersash1]

@mozart579

He would be stunned... but then nod knowingly...!!!

The man, and his brother lest we forget, ARE SNOOKER!!!

[connorchapman1]

The different composition of the balls since Davis's era together with a more generous slate cutting of the pocket entrances "for viewers to see more century breaks" makes it impossible to compare Joe with contemporary

players. Most are no longer with us but just

ask the few who have played under both sets of conditions and they will admit it is much easier now. Steve Davis, Hendry and O'Sullevan -at their best-are the best since Joe retired.

O'Sullevan the best cueman but worst temperament.

[charlotte214]

very good player he waz 15 times unbeaten wow =]

[thurstons]

Great movement of positional play from Joe at 3:50 and again on 4:40 (to get on the next red after the pink). What always impresses me is not just his great cue ball control but his speed, considering he was 61 when he made this break! I'd love to see todays players playing with the old heavy balls. They'd need to adapt their technique's I feel. Joe, Fred, Horace Lindrum et al, all had very powerful stances and their cue arm went fully through each stroke.

[pschroell]

Pockets look 3" as well. Very good hitting.

[kevinleverne]

Joe Davis to Steve Davis to Hendry and now O'sullivan. It amazes me how the far this game has come in terms of strategy in the last 50 yrs.A century not to mention a 147 was a big deal back then.Now from watching the tactics of these players and "evolving" they have become so much easier.Playing position for several reds instead of one like joe might have done,gives players more chance of getting on the black Its like the 5 minute mile though,until someone does it,everyone thinks its impossible.

[beastyboy1990]

leicester square hall is in...leicester i guess! lol.

[stevieeng34]

Leicester Square is incredibly in a place called Leicester Square in London. London is a city in the south of the UK.

[thurstons]

Leicester Square Hall (previously Thurston's)was in Leicester Square, London. It was the home of profesional billiards and snooker. Owned by the Automobile Association, it was closed shortly after Joe's 147 (against Willie Smith in 1955). Fred Davis made the last century break (against Joe) there, which was in fact televised. Shame the camera's weren't there a couple of weeks before!

[beastyboy1990]

it is interesting to see this and to see the comparisons between joe and ronnie o'sullivan. watch this video, watch how joe moves the white ball, it could easily be ronnie playing this frame.

and ted lowe is the worst commentator in the history of snooker.

[beastyboy1990]

as far as i know joe made a 147 in 1955, but that wasn't televised.

[vanhalen2005]

What an honor to watch this man

[rastamon93]

comentator is too depressing

[STEPASAUR]

thankyou Priam231, i watched this thinking it was 'fred' davis, what a great surprise! i never thought i'd get to see the great man himself playing, AMAZING!!!

[Haleyboy007]

He was a right handed player, however the first shot shown in this clip has him playing a left handed shot.

Not just Ronnie who can do it then heh!

[JudgeSkid]

Can't believe I'm finally watching the World's greatest ever Snooker player, the granddaddy of them all, Joe Davis.

[GinjaKev]

the master

[thekezzer]

joe davis was one of my distant cousins lol

[thatwilldonicely]

very interesting he was the originator of the modern game, stunning and screwing the white around as opposed to just rolling with top spin

very stylish player with that very straight arm

thanks for posting

[Roflaids]

The balls are big, the table is fucking small, what's so fantastic about this? I did loads of century breaks before at the age of 14..

[geekyviking]

What's so fantastic about this, "Roflaids", is that the game of snooker in its current form wouldn't exist without this man, let alone century breaks for you to make.

[morning3jack]

Hi cue ball control is a masterclass!

[jackr88]

Why are people so hostile about videos?...Joe is an absolute legend. If it wasn't for him all the modern players wouldnt even exist..he was the original snooker genius

[copperpotbaby]

@jackr88 Join my Patsy Houlihan facebook page to read more about a true legend!

[thefrick1987]

very good. the crowd act like they've just witnessed a 155 break lol. the standard has changed so much and this man started it all

[fw23q]

has the standard been better or worse in recent years ? i've only started playing not long ago so forgive me for my ignorant question...

[thefrick1987]

its definately got better. in previous decades the game was dominated by certain players. nowadays anyone can win a tournament

[achooton]

Idiot.

[marney89]

i will cut your guts out if you dont shut the fuck up and shut your ass! o sorry then you will not be able to make any money asshole!! burn in hell

[Seanjose]

I'm glad we have some decent footage of Joe. Thanks for posting this.

[Reaer25]

thanks for posting this your a star

[thurstons]

Awesome. That Joe could do such a century at 61 was first class! Just look at his position at 73... what a player!

[thestringer79]

That was quality to watch!

[purdie05]

cheers m8 quality

[holeocross]

I wonder what Joe would make of the game that he was revolutionary in if he saw it today.

[lsbrother]

Born in 1901 and playing at that speed in 1962! We all think it's unusual that Steve Davis is still playing now - I bet he won't be in 2028!

[holeocross]

Joe's brother Fred was still playing in the 1990s. He was born in 1913. Fred was World Billiards Champion at the age of 67 in 1980. Both aged well.

[beastyboy1990]

i heard that fred was playing professionally at the age of 79.

[sam4145]

12 whole seconds and about half a shot! Good stuff. All I want to do is hear the legendary voice of Ted Lowe. "Oh good luck mate!" anyone got something with his voice that actually plays?

[cf1970]

Great stuff this. Thank you for posting this classic video. Take care.

[kmarxse]

Amazing! Colour TV really made a lot for snooker though.

[biff67uk]

thanks for posting a bit of history.

[147mike147]

absolute legend! quality break

[Qmaster147]

How vintage can you get?? thanks for the upload

[adriansj]

you suck priam. you cant kill in cs baddy.

[muffindeingles]

ripoff? its not like u made this video, im sure we downloaded it from the same place

[plumddvp]

Absolutely a classic scene of Snooker. Memorable and admirable, thank you for posting!!!