Stevenson Champion Record Break cue

The Stevenson Champion Record Break cue.

The cue is hand spliced.

Using Bonzoline balls, Stevenson surpassed all his previous records with a break of 1,016 against William Cook in October 1912. It required some initiative to claim this as a “world record” as George Gray was at that time racking up thousand breaks almost every week with his red-ball play.

It was nevertheless a monumental achievement and was described at the time as “a world’s record under present conditions, the specialised Gray-stroke alone excepted“.

Peradon produced a “Champion” cue recording Stevenson’s massive break. The writing on the badge of the cue was “Stevenson” Champion Cue, Record Break” and would be read holding the cue vertically.

As Peradon would supply these cues to other companies for retail, examples will sometimes be stamped “Kent & Co.” or “Kent & Cline”.

Andy Hunter & David Smith
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