Impressive Chris Wakelin dumps maximum man Mark Allen out of World Championship

Asked how proud he was of his place in history, Allen told BBC4: “I would swap it in a heartbeat to still be in the tournament."

Mark Allen scored a maximum 147 break on his way to a second round defeat by Chris Wakelin at the World Snooker Championship (Mike Egerton/PA)

Mark Allen missed out on a place in the World Snooker Championship quarter-finals despite compiling the 15th Crucible 147 as qualifier Chris Wakelin powered his way to victory.

In an extraordinary second session, Allen fired his maximum in the 13th frame – in the process becoming the first player to do so in all three Triple Crown events – having failed to pot a single ball in any of the previous three as Wakelin turned a 6-2 overnight lead into an almost irretrievable 10-2 advantage by the mid-session interval.