1987 Matchroom Professional Championship

1987 Matchroom Professional Championship 1987 11 04 1987 11 07 y Cliffs Pavilion Southend-on-Sea England Matchroom Sport Non-ranking event £125,000Smith Terry Taylor banks £50,000 The Daily Telegraph London 9 November 1987 13 £50,000 Dennis Taylor NIR (141)Smith, Terry 1988 Benson and Hedges Snooker Year Aylesbury Pelham Books 0720718309 Matchroom Champion of Champions Results 77 Fifth Dennis Taylor NIR Willie Thorne ENG 10–3 1986 1988 The 1987 Matchroom Professional Championship was the second edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament which took place between 4 and 7 November 1987 in Southend-on-Sea, England.Other Non-Ranking and Invitation Events http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc2.html#MatchPro https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160458/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc2.html#MatchPro dead 16 February 2012 Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 21 October 2018Davis shapes up to Meo London Evening Standard London 51 3 November 1987 The tournament featured seven professional players, all part of Barry Hearn's Matchroom Sport stable. The tournament was won by Dennis Taylor, who defeated reigning champion Willie Thorne 10–3 in the final.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yCtWAAAAIBAJ&pg=4377%2C7785318 Taylor pockets title Sydney Morning Herald 48 10 November 1987http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=718 1987 Matchroom Professional Championship Results snookerdatabase.co.uk 21 October 2017 17 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200617125914/https://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=718 dead Dennis Taylor beat Steve Davis 6–3 in the semi-finals after trailing 1–3.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xDY1AAAAIBAJ&pg=5062%2C2115512 Snooker The Glasgow Herald 20 7 November 1987 Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: £50,000 Runner-up: £25,000 Semi-final: £12,500 Quarter-final: £7,500 Highest break: £2,500 Total: £125,000 Tournament draw main 3 high 200 yes yes yes 1 Quarter-finalsBest of 11 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 19 Frames Neal Foulds ENG 6 Terry Griffiths WAL 2   Jimmy White ENG 2 Dennis Taylor NIR 6 Steve Davis ENG 6 Tony Meo ENG 5 Willie Thorne ENG 6 ENG Neal Foulds 5 NIR Dennis Taylor 6 ENG Steve Davis 3 ENG Willie Thorne 3 NIR Dennis Taylor 10 References Category:Matchroom Professional Championship Matchroom Professional Championship Matchroom Professional Championship Matchroom Professional Championship