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What's the greater achievement?
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Coldeanseagull
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9 precise darts against 36 very precise snooker shots.
Dorset Seagull
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atfc village
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147 a lot harder . I play Darts in a decent League on a Monday Night and have managed 5 perfect darts from the off ,where as in Snooker my highest break is 24 . Darts you are throwing at a fixed target in Snooker its the luck of the balls.
HantsSeagull
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147 much harder - as anyone who has played snooker on a full size table will know. I think my highest break was 15 and that was the pink and black!
Yes, sorry, miss wrote that.Plenty of people have got 180 with 9 darts
147 harder by miles and miles if my experience is anything to go by. Used to play loads of both - have got within 2 darts of a 9 dart finish a couple of times and would expect to get 180s reasonably often, but only had two breaks of more than 50 at snooker despite 100s of hours playing, and both of those had several lucky shots. Anything over 20 was good !
Either that or I'm sh&t at snooker [emoji23][emoji23]
Either that or I'm sh&t at snooker [emoji23][emoji23]
Dorset Seagull
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Pretty good going as they are only worth 13!
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I've scored 147 with 3 darts...
Brok
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I'm lucky to score 3 with 147 darts...
HantsSeagull
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The 147 is harder. Putting on 20 stone and checking out with 9 darts seems difficult if you ask me.
A shaved monkey could eventually throw a treble 20, it's impossible for it to make a 50 break, in snooker
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Bob'n'weave
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Used to play for the Amex (Edward St) snooker team years ago and averaged in single figures. Got a break of 49 one match and it was like an out of body experience, never even come close since. Remember the first televised 147 by Cliff Thorburn, amazing.
Stand corrected, just looked it up to check and it was Steve Davies.
Higgins recorded a 155 apparently but it was not officially recorded being because it was not a regular match. Also famous for a 3 min 100 break, most entertaining player ever in my book.
Stand corrected, just looked it up to check and it was Steve Davies.
Higgins recorded a 155 apparently but it was not officially recorded being because it was not a regular match. Also famous for a 3 min 100 break, most entertaining player ever in my book.
Dick Swiveller
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Try telling a quiz master that the maximum break in snooker is 155. It doesn't end well. Bug bear of mine - just because it is theoretical, doesn't make it impossible and it is therefore the correct answer.
In exactly the same way as '36' is not technically the correct answer to 'The most runs that can be scored from an over in cricket' - an infringement (free ball / no ball) leading to an additional scoring opportunity.
Oh, and the answer to this question, as most seem to agree, is DEFINITELY the 147. I'm bang average at both sports, but even I can throw a 180 occasionally. The 9 darter is no harder than throwing three of those back to back. Statistically slim, but not DIFFICULT. Any semi-competent thrower stood in front of a board for a couple of days, would eventually do it.
Snooker that is fundamentally not the case. You'd get absolutely nowhere remotely close, unless you were a very, very good player.
Snooker that is fundamentally not the case. You'd get absolutely nowhere remotely close, unless you were a very, very good player.