Snooker Match - Frame 22

by Alex Holowczak

Here is the continuation of the final day of the match between Stephen Hendry and Jimmy White, the 1992 World Snooker Championship Final.

So far

1. Hendry made a 105 break to lead 1-0.
2. White made breaks of 70 and 47 to level the match at 1-1.
3. The closest frame of the match as Hendry won a black ball game after both players missed chances. He lead 2-1.
4. White made a 100 break to level at 2-2.
5. A tight frame that took over half an hour with a lot of safety exchanges. Foul and a Miss rule came into play before White went into a 3-2 lead.
6. Hendry touched the black and called a foul on himself, but White missed his chance and Hendry won the frame to level at 3-3.
7. A close frame that White won on the pink to lead 4-3.
8. Poor play from Hendry - nervous misses from him handed the frame to White, who led 5-3.
9. Good start from Hendry. White fought back, but Hendry closed the frame out, to trail 5-4.
10. Another win for White, a break of 43 took him over the line, to go into a 6-4 lead.
11. Hendry was behind all the way, but an error from White at the end gave Hendry a chance, that he took, to be only 6-5 down at the mid-session interval.
12. Hendry was winning the frame, until White fluked the yellow and position on the green. It won him the frame and gave him a 7-5 lead.
13. White dominated the frame after bad play from Hendry to lead 8-5.
14. White made two 30 breaks to extend his lead to four frames at 9-5.
15. Hendry took advantage of a mistake from White to reduce his deficit to 9-6.
16. A strong break from White who won to extend his lead to 4, and a 10-6 lead.
17. A 40 break from White to start, and then a consolidation break of 50, to give himself a 5 frame lead at 11-6.
18. A 134 break from White gave him a 6 frame advantage to lead 12-6.
19. Hendry fights back with an 86 break, to reduce his deficit to 12-7.
20. Another frame won by Hendry, and he is back within four at 12-8.
21. White won the frame comfortably to extend his lead to 5 at 13-8.

Frame 22