World Snooker Championship: Mark Allen makes 147 maximum break at Crucible

Northern Ireland’s Mark Allen compiled an incredible 147 maximum break during his World Championship last-16 match against Chris Wakelin.

Allen was trailing 10-2 at the time after losing all four previous frames in the morning session on Friday.

He went straight to the practice table in the mid-session interval and then produced snooker’s moment of perfection in the first frame after the restart.

Allen became only the 11th player to make a 147 at the Crucible. This was the 15th maximum in the main draw stage of the tournament and the first since Mark Selby’s clearance in the 2023 final.

More to follow.