Steve Davis v Steve James 1990 World Championship

[@danielmarcbrooks568]

Nice to see a James match. There are surprisingly few of them on KZbin, considering how good a player he was. You wouldn't happen to have his quarter-final match against Thorburn in 1988 would you? He almost made a 147 in that match, but came short on the last red to the middle and had to try potting it into the yellow pocket to get back for the black. It was a pretty big deal at the time, because I don't think anyone else had come that close since Thorburn's in 83. There was so little snooker on Canadian TV back then and I taped the few frames of that match that were shown. Watched that frame so many times, I practically memorized Clive Everton's commentary: "The Demon Potter of Seville" (Thorburn's description of James at the time.) Would love to see that match again, but this time in its entirety. Anyway, thanks for these great uploads.

[@mjt_snooker1704]

sadly, I've only a couple of frames, both won by Thorburn.

[@danielmarcbrooks568]

@@mjt_snooker1704 No worries. I just rechecked on Wikipedia, and I got my matches mixed up. The 147 attempt by James was in his first-round win over Rex Williams. He also made a 140 in that match. Canadian TV just showed certain frames from different matches in its highlight packages, which is probably why I remembered it incorrectly. Cheers:)

[@digeme69]

@@danielmarcbrooks568 I've posted the final session of James v Thorburn tonight from the Sportsnight episode.kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6img6eBoJWXnNUI also have the 140 break you mention v Williams but not the 147 attempt. I'll upload the 140 at some point, which was the tournament high break.

[@danielmarcbrooks568]

@@digeme69 I watched it earlier today, thanks:) Enjoyed the greyhound race as well. That was a nice bonus. The dog I was cheering for won too:)

[@peterwatters6633]

Thanks for uploading, love how MC Alan Hughes introduced Doug Mountjoy as the 91 runner-up instead of 81.....

[@micko8370]

Haha, i miss Alan Hughes he was great.

[@peterwatters6633]

@@micko8370 definitely a showman was Alan Hughes part of the fabric of the game in that era

[@micko8370]

@@peterwatters6633 totally agree its never been the same since he left. His introductions were super.

[@tylerhay6560]

I reckon that’s what John Street had a joke with Mountjoy about. 91 hadn’t even happened yet…what a plonker he often was!

[@MampsUK]

Thanks for this upload I remember watching this back in 1990 at the time I remember Steve James losing that 2nd session 6-2 to fall 11-5 down I was feeling well gutted for him though I used to be a steve Davis fan before that match.

[@dvidclapperton]

Steve James was hard to read when assessing those who could cause a major upset at the Crucible.

[@MampsUK]

@@dvidclapperton So what did u think of Steve James back then I thought he was one of the most entertaining. I loved some of his rocket shots especially one which was in the top 3 shot of the championship in the 1990 world championship

[@ajs41]

To describe frame 12 as "scrappy" would be an understatement!

[@johnp515]

Aah, nice to see the Messiah while he was presenting Snooker on the BBC

[@flohilde3677]

Hey guys, i've followed your channel several years and would say that I couldn't find words to express my appreciation since it was so hard to look for these old VHS and old matches. Not many people have them and neither did they want to upload them. I have some 90s and early 2000s match bits got throughout the years via friends/internet which no longer preserve them. Let me know if you'd be interested in. Hope I can help a bit :)

[@mjt_snooker1704]

Hi, yes you can email me at [e-mail]

[@mattlast4093]

errr what happened @13:49 ?

[@johnmc3862]

It amazing how little James won in the game. He only won 1 ranking tournament. Got 2 centuries on his crucible debut. Unfortunately the drink got the better of him.

[@simatbirch]

James was a really great player to watch. Often capable of something a bit special.

[@dvidclapperton]

People claiming Robidoux winning 7 frames in the first round was incredible. How was Neil Foulds suddenly ranked world number 30 when a year earlier he was world number 3? Did they deduct a shed load of ranking points off him or something?

[@tullymurrytoff1497]

He didnt have the best of seasons, there was only 6 or 7 ranking tournaments in them days. He did get back into the top 16 the next season. He would go onto win the scottish masters and the 1992 pot black tournament.

[@peterwatters6633]

I remember in around 1988 he got some bad press in the tabloids regarding taking prescription beta-blockers for some sort of heart complaint.....the bad press affected his game understandably for a couple of years,hence his nose-dive down the rankings, it would only have been in 1990 his game started to get back to somewhere were it should have been

[@tullymurrytoff1497]

@@peterwatters6633 Indeed correct Peter, as he was suffering from a very fast heart rate. In my opinion he was scapegoated by those in charge, and humiliated by the press. However he did pick himself up, and wasnt afraid to defend himself. Infact looking at the size of him these days, I wouldnt like to get on the wrong side of him.

[@peterwatters6633]

@@tullymurrytoff1497 💯% he was definitely a victim of the witch hunt culture of the tabloids at that time with the drug issues eg- Kirk Stevens and his coke habit around the same time......they were looking for any excuse to print propaganda and false information regardless.of the circumstances and unfortunately Neal was a victim of that through no fault of his own

[@dvidclapperton]

@@peterwatters6633 But not at world number 3 level, more at the level whst people thought he would have been had he never taken those beta blockers.

[@petervankas1352]

David Icke the legend? . I watched this championship

[@tullymurrytoff1497]

Legend.... never

[@petervankas1352]

@@tullymurrytoff1497 I disagree and with good reason he has millions that follow him, and if we compare icke to you he most definitely is a legend !

[@tullymurrytoff1497]

@@petervankas1352 He has no followers. Only gullible fools like yourself. He was even banned from twitter for spewing his theories around Covid. The BBC got well rid.

[@aloysiussnailchaser272]

@@tullymurrytoff1497 He certainly is a legend, but perhaps not in the way he feels he should be :-)

[@blex5579]

@@tullymurrytoff1497 didn`t age too well, did it...

[@blex5579]

David Icke lmao

[@GwladYrHaf]

That's only funny to the ignorant

[@johnp515]

@@GwladYrHafdon’t be a moron