Hendry hits 147 maximum at world snooker championship

SHEFFIELD, England, April 28 -- Snooker great Stephen Hendry

scored a maximum 147 break in the seventh frame of his World Championship

quarterfinal against Shaun Murphy at the Crucible Theatre here on Tuesday.

Seven-time champion Hendry's clearance of 15 reds and 15 blacks plus all

the colors, lifted him to a 5-2 lead over Murphy in their best of 25-frame

contest.

The Scot's maximum break was his second at the tournament after his 1995

effort against Jimmy White.

Hendry, bidding for his first world title since 1999, will pocket 157,000

pounds (229,193 dollars) for this break alone provided no one else in this

tournament manages a maximum clearance, in which case the prize money for the

highest break of the championship will be shared.