Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge 1997

International Convention Centre, Birmingham, England (Jan 2-5, 1997)
Invitational tournament

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Stephen Hendry finished of this amazing match with his fourth 147 break in professional competition.

All in all there were 7(!) centuries in this thrilling encounter. Four of them made by the number one Scot. For his win he received �30,000. His charity, the National Playbus Association, collected �100,000, plus a special maximum break donation of �20,000 from the WPBSA. Hendry himself didn't get anything extra for the maximum. O'Sullivan got �20,000 as runner-up.

Prior to the final frame Ronnie O'Sullivan had fought his way back from 8-2 down to level the match at 8-8. But with his concluding maximum the reigning world champion once again showed us all why he is the best player in the world.

Results

(Players are English unless stated)

Final

Stephen Hendry (Scotland) 9-8 Ronnie O'Sullivan

110-25 (110), 59-31, 129-0 (129), 67-46, 10-107 (100+),
129-9, 136-0 (136), 23-66, 82-1, 88-0, 20-106, 1-137 (137),
16-124 (124), 37-91, 9-87, 0-72, 147-0 (147)

Stephen Hendry (Scotland) 6-5 Alan McManus (Scotland)
Ronnie O'Sullivan         6-1 Peter Ebdon

Stephen Hendry (Scotland) 5-3 Nigel Bond 
Alan McManus (Scotland)   5-4 John Higgins (Scotland)
Peter Ebdon               5-2 Ken Doherty (Ireland)
Ronnie O'Sullivan         5-4 John Parrott 

Nigel Bond              5-2 Alain Robidoux (Canada)
Alan McManus (Scotland) 5-1 Darren Morgan (Wales)
Ken Doherty (Ireland)   5-4 Steve Davis 
John Parrott            5-2 Jimmy White 

1996 Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge

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