The remarkable performance is mentioned by The Sheffield Telegraph of August 19, of Jesse James, aged 16, who is employed at the Howard Billiard Saloon, Chapel Walk, Sheffield, and who made a break of 70 at snooker in a game with a local player. The Sheffield Telegraph adds: As the world record stands at 72, the performance is a very remarkable one, especially as being made by a boy on a full-size table."
The professional Snooker break record is 73, and this figure stands to the credit both of John Roberts and James Harris. But the head marker at the Grand Hotel, Bristol, made 83 in October 1909 and the Manager of the Clarendon Hotel, Nottingham, 87 at about the same time.