article_snippet.sent: One of these lucky chaps will pick up the title, the trophy and £60,000.Steve
article_snippet.sent: No 1, winner the previous two years, and had made the perfect start.
article_snippet.sent: Snooker was in Snooker heyday, with cartoon-book characters such as Hurricane Higgins and Whirlwind White putting Snooker second only to football in national popularity and this frame was the zenith.
article_snippet.sent: But the championship came down to the final four balls.
article_snippet.sent: The final came down to four balls left on the table and Taylor needed them all to claim victory .
article_snippet.sent: Taylor potted a straight forward black to win the final after 14 hours and 50 minutes of snooker .
article_snippet.sent: And so after 14 hours and 50 minutes of snooker, for every second of which Taylor had been behind, Taylor was the champion of the world.