1998

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1998 notes

The only year (in the 17-day format) in which no match was behind schedule at the end of a session: http://www.thesnookerforum.com/showthread-t_1197.html

Stephen Hendry and Jimmy White had a record 7th Crucible meeting (equalling Steve Davis and Terry Griffiths): http://www.thesnookerforum.com/showthread-t_1171.html

1998 saw the youngest average age of player: http://www.thesnookerforum.com/showthread-t_1242.html

...and also the youngest combined age of the semi-finalists: http://www.thesnookerforum.com/showthread-t_1238.html

John Higgins scored a record 7,446 points at the Crucible in 1998: http://www.thesnookerforum.com/showthread-t_1222.html

Session schedules

This chart is an index to the scheduled sessions shown in the match reports (below).

For example, if a match's scheduled sessions are 1 and 3, it can be seen that the match was due to be played on Saturday morning and Saturday evening.

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19</td><td>Mon.
20</td><td>Tue.
21</td><td>Wed.
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23</td><td>Fri.
24</td><td>Sat.
25</td><td>Sun.
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4</td></tr><tr><td>Morning</td><td>1</td><td>4</td><td>7</td><td>10</td><td>13</td><td></td><td>18</td><td>21</td><td></td><td>26</td><td>29</td><td>32</td><td></td><td>37</td><td>40</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Afternoon</td><td>2</td><td>5</td><td>8</td><td>11</td><td>14</td><td>16</td><td>19</td><td>22</td><td>24</td><td>27</td><td>30</td><td>33</td><td>35</td><td>38</td><td>41</td><td>43</td><td>45</td></tr><tr><td>Evening</td><td>3</td><td>6</td><td>9</td><td>12</td><td>15</td><td>17</td><td>20</td><td>23</td><td>25</td><td>28</td><td>31</td><td>34</td><td>36</td><td>39</td><td>42</td><td>44</td><td>46</td></tr></table>Mornings: 10:00 start
Afternoons: 2:00 start, 2:30 start, 3:00 start
Evenings: 7:00 start, 8:00 start

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First round

Doherty v. Walker, L.
Scheduled sessions 1, 3
83-18, 96-22, 59-45, 0-83, 2-57, 96-22, 131-0, 59-32, 2-64: 6–3
51-59, 44-57, 134-0, 67-58, 17-91, 20-67, 11-67, 65-18, 69-46: 10–8
Highest breaks: Doherty 134, 131, Walker 83

Lee v. Hicks
Scheduled sessions: 13, 15
82-28, 94-8, 72-22, 0-108, 111-17, 12-84, 27-76, 58-94, 71-38: 5–4
75-51, 57-24, 92-28, 133-0, 71-43: 10–4
Highest breaks: Lee 133, Hicks 95

Robidoux v. Stevens, M.
Scheduled sessions: 14, 16
23-77, 24-81, 23-82, 13-75, 67-45, 90-8, 28-75, 72-50, 59-31: 4–5
54-66, 70-36, 22-74, 67-29, 5-70, 76-22, 21-105, 94-18, 0-82: 8–10
Highest breaks: Robidoux 53, Stevens 64

Bond v. King, M.
Scheduled sessions: 9, 11
28-105, 73-7, 92-25, 56-66, 69-66, 97-4, 38-74, 14-72, 0-64: 4–5
41-63, 53-73, 69-56, 12-75, 49-63, 52-76: 5–10
Highest breaks: Bond 65, King 86

Ebdon v. Murphy, T.
Scheduled sessions: 10, 12
81-41, 109-0, 64-34, 117-16, 83-4, 8-77, 8-88, 47-77, 99-14: 6–3
104-16, 73-9, 68-42, 61-50: 10–3
Highest breaks: Ebdon 117, 109, Murphy 77

Wattana v. O’Brien
Scheduled sessions: 2, 4
74-18, 36-50, 86-9, 21-66, 65-39, 69-34, 14-116, 137-0, 94-22: 6–3
77-8, 31-68, 69-47, 28-68, 0-105, 62-57, 52-55, 64-71 (re-spot), 20-59, 0-102: 9–10
Highest breaks: Wattana 137, O’Brien 104, 100

Davis, S. v. Bedford
Scheduled sessions: 5, 7
69-41, 56-35, 40-75, 55-67, 32-70, 74-0, 73-42, 83-29, 4-123: 5–4
12-73, 34-82, 66-1, 70-17, 94-1, 61-46, 87-1: 10–6
Highest breaks: Davis 93, Bedford 69

Williams, M. v. Hann
Scheduled sessions: 6, 8
44-82, 63-32, 114-0, 8-74, 85-26, 64-16, 42-72, 38-71, 80-8: 5–4
68-65, 68-32, 76-31, 69-1, 39-94, 1-76, 6-72, 24-72, 40-63, 64-55: 10–9
Highest breaks: Williams 92, Hann 74

Higgins, J. v. Ferguson
Scheduled sessions: 2, 6
120-0, 69-38, 84-7, 26-104, 86-0, 88-40, 88-18, 8-115, 44-63: 6–3
71-78, 87-1, 72-20, 26-69, 0-95, 15-75, 1-69, 92-0, 86-0: 10–8
Highest breaks: Higgins 86, Ferguson 91

Hamilton v. Harold
Scheduled sessions: 1, 4
20-72, 1-70, 84-7, 114-0, 0-110, 73-12, 107-17, 100-0, 1-85: 5–4
23-84, 82-0, 71-46, 16-75, 61-16, 125-1, 0-137, 55-65, 72-66: 10–8
Highest breaks: Hamilton 108, 102, 100, Harold 137

Drago v. Burden
Scheduled sessions: 3, 5
96-2, 8-75, 58-6, 34-64, 45-62, 24-70, 100-6, 86-14, 85-31: 5–4
45-71, 0-105, 76-31, 0-72, 103-12, 62-53, 66-49, 0-123, 57-55: 10–8
Highest breaks: Drago 95, Burden 115, 105

Parrott v. Lines
Scheduled sessions: 8, 10
76-31, 4-83, 0-141, 65-47, 101-0, 81-0, 6-99, 88-0, 120-7: 6–3
83-21, 102-0, 38-66, 83-0, 77-49: 10–4
Highest breaks: Parrott 120, 102, Lines 141
Records concerning this match: http://www.thesnookerforum.com/showthread-t_1303.html
http://www.thesnookerforum.com/showthread-t_1301.html

O’Sullivan v. Swail
Scheduled sessions: 12, 14
92-14, 76-15, 72-4, 68-8, 20-62, 69-24, 4-94, 89-43, 67-71: 6–3
62-8, 80-38, 1-64, 15-72, 75-5, 75-5: 10–5
Highest breaks: O’Sullivan 72, Swail 94
Records concerning this match: http://www.thesnookerforum.com/showthread-t_1216.html

McManus v. Gray
Scheduled sessions: 7, 9
99-29, 77-19, 0-140, 62-73, 83-0, 67-27, 48-70, 111-10, 70-29: 6–3
27-50, 38-67, 0-107, 111-19, 72-28, 5-90, 68-1, 27-72, 71-36: 10–8
Highest breaks: McManus 111, Gray 140, 107

Morgan, D. v. Prince
Scheduled sessions: 11, 13
79-29, 49-57, 75-19, 71-39, 1-72, 43-55, 17-61, 20-76, 71-50: 4–5
94-1, 70-57, 76-12, 17-65, 96-15, 128-0, 7-79, 26-61, 76-1: 10–8
Highest breaks: Morgan 82, Prince 64

Hendry v. White
Scheduled sessions: 15, 17
12-106, 67-70, 7-78, 23-103, 2-71, 0-84, 21-56, 91-2, 18-79: 1–8
72-59, 82-26, 71-54, 29-79, 39-62: 4–10
Highest breaks: Hendry 76, White 106

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Second round

Doherty v. Lee
Scheduled sessions: 18, 20, 22
80-17, 76-36, 89-28, 95-0, 6-110, 84-37, 60-33, 0-72: 6–2
137-0, 88-0, 25-76, 69-29, 90-0, 50-62, 1-85, 52-66: 10–6
44-80, 4-80, 103-11, 77-12, 54-24: 13–8
Highest breaks: Doherty 137, Lee 109

Stevens, M. v. King, M.
Scheduled sessions: 24, 26, 28
83-38, 33-57, 0-67, 92-4, 60-67, 63-54, 82-8, 30-63: 4–4
68-43, 89-16, 75-32, 9-106, 26-104, 84-1, 19-64, 26-63: 8–8
87-26, 74-0, 0-75, 61-46, 136-0, 94-16: 13–9
Highest breaks: Stevens 100, King 103, 100

Ebdon v. O’Brien
Scheduled sessions: 23, 25, 27
62-11, 35-71, 132-0, 0-114, 108-0, 18-72, 84-0, 60-30: 5–3
65-1, 71-0, 78-40, 60-43, 102-8, 113-16, 21-55, 71-26: 12–4
33-95, 131-10: 13–5
Highest breaks: Ebdon 124, 108, 108, 104, O’Brien 67

Davis, S. v. Williams, M.
Scheduled sessions: 17, 19, 21
21-71, 71-37, 44-77, 62-18, 6-100, 8-76, 64-52, 0-77: 3–5
33-70, 56-58, 6-107, 4-102, 47-71, 29-70, 83-0, 72-54: 5–11
71-27, 1-83, 27-76: 6–13
Highest breaks: Davis 75, Williams 102

Higgins, J. v. Hamilton
Scheduled sessions: 16, 18, 20
60-51, 0-75, 70-19, 64-67, 6-88, 1-82, 0-126, 23-65: 2–6
131-0, 65-53, 30-75, 71-39, 52-6, 8-103, 65-5, 81-1: 8–8
88-32, 31-65, 114-13, 71-5, 131-0, 110-1: 13–9
Highest breaks: Higgins 131, 114, 111, 109, Hamilton 115

Drago v. Parrott
Scheduled sessions: 19, 21, 23
77-45, 0-120, 49-63, 25-53, 88-43, 19-60, 58-66, 74-43: 3–5
20-104, 0-83, 22-62, 38-71, 13-65, 72-51, 60-58, 26-47: 5–11
64-29, 14-58, 54-33, 7-65: 7–13
Highest breaks: Drago 67, Parrott 108, 104

O’Sullivan v. McManus
Scheduled sessions: 24, 27, 28
58-50, 83-4, 55-60, 66-34, 77-35, 105-8, 69-22, 72-9: 7–1
16-77, 100-22, 95-26, 0-88, 77-64, 33-68, 98-0, 64-46: 12–4
134-0: 13–4
Highest breaks: O’Sullivan 134, 100, McManus 71

Morgan, D. v. White
Scheduled sessions: 22, 25, 26
16-92, 4-101, 24-78, 65-56, 16-76, 0-63, 0-143, 120-2: 2–6
0-142, 7-76, 9-92, 75-1, 48-61, 0-78, 1-118, 31-79: 3–13
Highest breaks: Morgan 112, White 143, 138, 118

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Quarter-finals

Doherty v. Stevens, M.
Scheduled sessions: 29, 31, 33
83-34, 53-75, 59-19, 93-59, 1-70, 9-68, 32-69, 125-0: 4–4
60-56, 33-78, 92-40, 68-22, 38-67, 4-127, 113-8, 69-47: 9–7
53-67, 58-13, 1-66, 66-27, 70-1, 17-61, 78-0: 13–10
Highest breaks: Doherty 85, Stevens 127

Ebdon v. Williams, M.
Scheduled sessions: 30, 32, 34
62-59, 16-71, 23-109, 98-0, 50-52, 0-83, 68-1, 60-61: 3–5
54-44, 0-75, 75-59, 8-85, 15-60, 85-8, 68-59, 39-50: 7–9
65-36, 77-17, 30-58, 37-72, 70-23, 113-6, 53-76, 30-73: 11–13
Highest breaks: Ebdon 82, Williams 67

Higgins, J. v. Parrott
Scheduled sessions: 29, 31, 32
7-82, 70-4, 71-29, 24-70, 78-1, 17-56, 50-59, 65-21: 4–4
76-1, 0-83, 36-55, 78-12, 0-76, 60-37, 44-56, 106-0: 8–8
143-0, 139-0, 0-84, 0-66, 25-82, 69-19, 108-3, 59-39: 13–11
Highest breaks: Higgins 143, 139, 102, Parrott 60
Records concerning this match: http://www.thesnookerforum.com/showthread-t_1305.html

O’Sullivan v. White
Scheduled sessions: 30, 33, 34
110-0, 0-72, 85-0, 60-36, 65-26, 66-50, 92-0, 83-48: 7–1
56-62, 50-81, 84-33, 31-70, 70-58, 16-88, 43-70, 56-22: 10–6
72-30, 64-47, 0-84, 118-21: 13–7
Highest breaks: O’Sullivan 118, 104, White 80

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Semi-finals

Doherty v. Williams, M.
Scheduled sessions: 35, 37, 39, 41
89-2, 67-47, 92-52, 38-85, 54-47 (re-spot), 10-52, 71-54, 73-69: 6–2
54-55, 115-2, 0-110, 49-53, 90-1, 40-79, 53-57, 35-66: 8–8
11-81, 1-79, 39-84, 33-74, 74-51, 79-4, 63-60, 41-65: 11–13
62-39, 64-50, 10-66, 71-30, 62-7, 73-5, 79-0: 17–14
Highest breaks: Doherty 79, Williams 78

Higgins, J. v. O’Sullivan
Scheduled sessions: 36, 38, 40, 42
0-95, 50-65, 72-49, 104-0, 106-21, 0-141, 109-32, 44-67: 4–4
68-54, 70-51, 75-12, 79-38, 84-0, 132-0, 122-1, 96-1: 12–4
64-66, 20-69, 85-8, 39-64, 59-64, 79-55, 68-66, 46-75: 15–9
69-0, 119-9: 17–9
Highest breaks: Higgins 119, 104, O’Sullivan 141
Records concerning this match: http://www.thesnookerforum.com/showthread-t_1301.html

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Final

Doherty v. Higgins, J.
Scheduled sessions: 43, 44, 45, 46
73-34, 20-80, 7-86, 1-71, 0-113, 52-73, 0-130, 89-0: 2–6
112-0, 66-7, 97-18, 2-66, 4-103, 5-86, 0-138, 82-70: 6–10
90-39, 0-89, 61-6, 0-130, 90-0, 99-1, 48-58, 82-44: 11–13
14-60, 0-128, 58-71, 78-41, 16-66, 8-119: 12–18
Highest breaks: Doherty 112, Higgins 130, 130, 128, 118, 103
Records concerning this match: http://www.thesnookerforum.com/showthread-t_1310.html