Clifford Charles Devlin Thorburn CM (born 16 January 1948) is a Canadian retired professional snooker player. Nicknamed "The Grinder" because of his slow...

as a child. Werbeniuk spent a portion of his youth travelling with Cliff Thorburn and playing pool for money. Werbeniuk won the Amateur Championship in...

Canadian Cliff Thorburn met the 1972 champion Alex Higgins from Northern Ireland in the final, which was a best-of-35-frames match. Thorburn won the match...

final, reached the final of the Benson & Hedges Masters, losing 7–9 to Cliff Thorburn, and won the 1983 International Masters, where he defeated Davis 2–1...

his career, by beating Cliff Thorburn 13–8 in the final. In 1986 Jimmy White won his first ranking tournament by defeating Thorburn 13–12 in the final. In...

1990. He was world championship runner-up to Ray Reardon in 1976 and Cliff Thorburn in 1980. At the 1982 event, Higgins came from 13 to 15 behind to defeat...

Fourteen maximum breaks have been made in the history of the tournament, Cliff Thorburn compiled the first in 1983, and Mark Selby the most recent in 2023,...

Ray Reardon was the first to hold the position, and was followed by Cliff Thorburn, Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, John Higgins, Mark Williams, Ronnie O'Sullivan...

first professional title, the Scottish Masters, beating Cliff Thorburn 9–4 in the final. Thorburn led 3–0 and 4–1 but then White won eight frames in succession...

won one other ranking title at the 1984 Grand Prix, where he defeated Cliff Thorburn 10–2 in the final, and also won the invitational 1987 Masters, defeating...

instead. As a result, Lindrum's title win is sometimes ignored, with Cliff Thorburn (CAN), Ken Doherty (IRL), Neil Robertson (AUS) and Luca Brecel (BEL)...

consecutive wins from 1989 to 1993. Steve Davis, Paul Hunter, Mark Selby, and Cliff Thorburn have won three titles each, and Alex Higgins, John Higgins, Neil Robertson...

which was also the first in a televised match. The following year, Cliff Thorburn became the first player to make a maximum at the World Snooker Championship...

the start of play. Steve Davis played Cliff Thorburn in the second semi-final. With Davis leading 3–2, Thorburn was on course for a maximum break but...

1888–1891 Archibald Thorburn (1860–1935), Scottish bird illustrator Chris Thorburn (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player Cliff Thorburn (born 1948), Canadian...

won the 1987 World Doubles Championship, defeating Dennis Taylor and Cliff Thorburn 12–6 in the final. He reached the quarter-finals of the 1987 World Championship...

Allison Fisher, James Wattana, Silvino Francisco Show 6 (4 June 1991) - Cliff Thorburn, Steve James, Neal Foulds Show 7 (11 June 1991) - Alex Higgins, Ray...

Spencer won his third World Snooker Championship title by defeating Cliff Thorburn by 25 frames to 21 in the final. It was the first time the championship...

 Neal Foulds (ENG)  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 12–9 Trentham Gardens Stoke-on-Trent, England 1986/87 1987  Steve Davis (ENG)  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 12–5 1987/88...

31–37 to Alex Higgins. He won his third world title in 1977, beating Cliff Thorburn 25–21 in the final to become the first player to win the World Championship...

quarter-finals of the 1979 and 1980 championships. The 1980 World Champion, Cliff Thorburn, was ranked second, and Eddie Charlton was placed third, as he had been...

number one, Cliff Thorburn, had eight points and dropped to third position. Also with eight points, Alex Higgins was ranked ahead of Thorburn by virtue...

defeating Cliff Thorburn 18–6 in the final. A total of 18 century breaks were made during the tournament. The highest was made by Thorburn in the fourth...

 Steve Davis (ENG) 1983:  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 1984:  Jimmy White (ENG) 1985:  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 1986:  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 1987:  Dennis Taylor (NIR)...

 Steve Davis (ENG) 1983:  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 1984:  Jimmy White (ENG) 1985:  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 1986:  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 1987:  Dennis Taylor (NIR)...

and top seed in the tournament was Cliff Thorburn, who had defeated Alex Higgins 18–16 in the 1980 final. Thorburn lost by 10 frames to 16 to Steve Davis...

 Steve Davis (ENG) 1983:  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 1984:  Jimmy White (ENG) 1985:  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 1986:  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 1987:  Dennis Taylor (NIR)...

 Steve Davis (ENG) 1983:  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 1984:  Jimmy White (ENG) 1985:  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 1986:  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 1987:  Dennis Taylor (NIR)...

British Open (losing 7–12 to Davis), the Scottish Masters (losing 7–9 to Cliff Thorburn), the Irish Masters (losing 5–9 to Jimmy White) and the Pontins Professional...

by Steve Davis. He was also runner-up at the 1985 Masters losing to Cliff Thorburn, but by 1988 he had dropped out of the top 16. Mountjoy enjoyed a resurgence...