Dennis Taylor potted the final black at 12:23am to beat Steve Davis 18-17 in the World Snooker Championship final at the Crucible. It was the last ball of the last frame of the entire match. An estimated 18.5 million British viewers — a third of the population — were watching at midnight.
The most watched moment in snooker history and the greatest finish in any individual sport championship final.
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