1988 Kent Cup

Kent Cup 1988 04 6 1988 04 9 y Beijing Indoor Stadium Beijing China Framework and WPBSA Non-ranking event £120,000The Daily Telegraph London Hearn and Kruger at daggers drawn 30 January 1988 26 £35,000 107, ENG John Parrott ENG John Parrott ENG Martin Clark 5–1 1987 1989 The 1988 Kent Cup was an invitational non-ranking snooker tournament held in Beijing from 6 to 9 April 1988.Parrott's China victory https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000271/19880409/963/0061 subscription Liverpool Echo 9 April 1988 61Turner Chris Other Non-Ranking and Invition Events http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc2.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160458/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc2.html 16 February 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 3 November 2020 The invited competitors were eight professionals, six Chinese and two Hong Kong amateur players. Nine hours of nationwide coverage in China led to viewing figures of 200 million.John's Trip To China "Just Fab" https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000271/19880412/526/0035 subscription Liverpool Echo 12 April 1988 35 John Parrott won the tournament, defeating Martin Clark 5–1 in the final.Reds lead way to Wembley as Parrott pots a first success https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000271/19880411/438/0036 subscription Liverpool Echo 11 April 1988 36 Parrott compiled the highest break of the tournament, 107, in the final frame of his match against Jin Weheng. Main draw Results of the tournament are shown below, with winning players indicated in bold.Parrott shows Chinese snooker Snooker Scene May 1998 17 First roundBest of 3 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 5 frames Semi-finalsBest of 7 frames FinalBest of 9 frames 180 ENG John Parrott 2 CHN Jin Weheng 0 MLT Tony Drago 2 HKG 1959 Gary Kwok 0 ENG Dean Reynolds 2 CHN Zhong Minwon 0 NIR Alex Higgins 2 CHN Wang Lin 0 ENG Martin Clark 2 CHN Sun Linbo 0 IRL Eugene Hughes 2 HKG 1959 Franky Chan 1 ENG Tony Knowles 2 CHN Li Yuanhai 0 ENG Joe Johnson 2 CHN Li Baoying 0 ENG John Parrott 3 MLT Tony Drago 1 ENG Dean Reynolds 3 NIR Alex Higgins 2 ENG Martin Clark 3 IRL Eugene Hughes 1 ENG Tony Knowles 3 ENG Joe Johnson 0 ENG John Parrott 4 ENG Dean Reynolds 2 ENG Martin Clark 4 ENG Tony Knowles 3 ENG John Parrott 5 ENG Martin Clark 1 References Category:Kent Cup (snooker) Kent Cup Kent Cup Kent Cup