1988 Matchroom League

Rothmans Matchroom League 1988 01 23 1988 05 15 y Matchroom Sport Non-ranking event £220,000 £70,000 ENG Tony Meo (147)White’s hopes wrecked https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003740/19880516/024/0024 subscription Cambridge Daily News 16 May 1988 24 ENG Steve Davis SCO Stephen Hendry Round-Robin 1987 1989 The 1988 Rothmans Matchroom League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 23 January to 15 May 1988.Super snooker! https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000726/19871222/135/0009 subscription Newcastle Evening Chronicle 22 December 1987 9 It featured by now eight players under contract from Barry Hearn's Matchroom stable which Cliff Thorburn had now joined.Cliff joins Matchroom https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.com/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0002139%2F19880120&page=35&article=035&stringtohighlight=cliff+thorburn+matchroom subscription Birmingham Evening Mail 20 January 1988 35 Non Matchroom players this year were former world snooker champion Joe Johnson and Grand Prix champion Stephen Hendry who celebrated his 19th birthday just before the league started. Matches were played mostly around sports and leisure centres and town halls across the UK and also some overseas countries with Ostend in Belgium for the first weekend before some other matches taking place in Luxembourg, Monaco and Spain and a return to Belgium later on. Steve Davis topped the table and won the tournament. Tony Meo recorded a maximum break in his match against Stephen Hendry at Chesterfield on 20th February.Premier/Matchroom League, Matchroom Championship League http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/league.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216154905/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/league.html dead 16 February 2012 Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 23 January 2018MEO MY! Tony pockets 147 break https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.com/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0005103%2F19880226&page=68&article=692&stringtohighlight=tony+meo subscription Derbyshire Times 26 February 1988 68 Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Rivals in the money https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003600/19880314/021/0021 subscription Hull Daily Mail 14 March 1988 21 Winner: £70,000 Runner-up: £30,000 3rd place: £25,000 4th place: £20,000 5th Place: £17,000 6th Place: £15,000 7th Place: £13,000 8th Place: £11,000 9th Place: £9,000 10th Place: £5,000 Highest break: £5,000 Total: £220,000 League phase Hayton Eric Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker 155 2004 Rose Villa Publications Lowestoft 978-0954854904Second league title for Davis Snooker Scene Birmingham June 1988 19 Ranking ENG DAV SCO HEN ENG THO ENG FOU ENG WHI WAL GRI CAN THO ENG MEO NIR TAY ENG JOH FrameW-L MatchW-D-L Pld-Pts Winner Steve Davis x 4 5 5 8 4 5 5 5 4 45–27 6–3–0 9–21 Runner-up Stephen Hendry 4 x 2 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 46–26 5–3–1 9–18 3 Willie Thorne 3 6 x 3 6 4 6 4 4 5 41–31 4–3–2 9–15 4 Neal Foulds 3 4 5 x 4 4 5 3 6 6 40–32 4–3–2 9–15 5 Jimmy White 0 4 2 4 x 6 2 5 5 6 34–38 4–2–3 9–14 6 Terry Griffiths 4 2 4 4 2 x 4 5 5 5 35–37 3–4–2 9–13 7 Cliff Thorburn 3 2 2 3 6 4 x 4 6 7 37–35 3–2–4 9–11 8 Tony Meo 3 2 4 5 3 3 4 x 4 6 34–38 2–3–4 9–9 9 Dennis Taylor 3 1 4 2 3 3 2 4 x 8 30–42 1–2–6 9–5 10 Joe Johnson 4 1 3 2 2 3 1 2 0 x 18–54 0–1–8 9–1 If points were level then match wins, followed by most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 4–4 then the player who got to four first was higher. 23 January – Thermae Palace Hotel, Ostend Cliff Thorburn 6–2 Dennis Taylor 24 January – Thermae Palace Hotel, Ostend Steve Davis 4–4 Stephen Hendry 24 January – St David's Hall, Cardiff Tony Meo 5–3 Neal Foulds Jimmy White 6–2 Terry Griffiths 13 February – Ritz Billiard Club, Helsinki Willie Thorne 5–3 Joe Johnson 13 February – Antrim Forum, Antrim Terry Griffiths 4–4 Cliff Thorburn Steve Davis 5–3 Neal Foulds 14 February – The George and Dragon Pub, Luxembourg Jimmy White 5–3 Tony Meo 14 February – Newry Leisure Centre, Newry Neal Foulds 5–3 Cliff Thorburn Terry Griffiths 5–3 Dennis Taylor 19 February – Aston Villa Sports and Leisure Centre, Birmingham Jimmy White 5–3 Dennis Taylor 20 February – The Winding Wheel, Chesterfield Stephen Hendry 6–2 Tony Meo Dennis Taylor 4–4 Willie Thorne 20 February – Beach Plaza Hotel. Monte Carlo Neal Foulds 4–4 Terry Griffiths 21 February – Gateshead Lesuire Centre, Gateshead Willie Thorne 6–2 Stephen Hendry Jimmy White 6–2 Joe Johnson 21 February – Beach Plaza Hotel, Monte Carlo Steve Davis 5–3 Cliff Thorburn 20 March – Central Hall, York Steve Davis 5–3 Tony Meo 20 March – Woodford Leisure Centre, Kingston-upon-Hull Neal Foulds 5–3 Willie Thorne Dennis Taylor 8–0 Joe Johnson 2 April – New Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent Tony Meo 4–4 Willie Thorne Steve Davis 5–3 Dennis Taylor 3 April – The Hotel Andalucia Plaza Casino, Marbella Neal Foulds 6–2 Joe Johnson 4 April – The Hotel Andalucia Plaza Casino, Marbella Stephen Hendry 7–1 Dennis Taylor 4 April – Corn Exchange, Cambridge Willie Thorne 6–2 Cliff Thorburn Terry Griffiths 5–3 Joe Johnson 9 April – Cleethorpes Leisure Centre, Cleethorpes Tony Meo 4–4 Dennis Taylor Steve Davis 4–4 Terry Griffiths 9 April – Northgate Arena Leisure Centre, Chester Neal Foulds 4–4 Stephen Hendry Cliff Thorburn 6–2 Jimmy White 10 April – Thornaby Pavilion Leisure Centre, Thornaby-on-Tees Tony Meo 4–4 Cliff Thorburn Stephen Hendry 7–1 Joe Johnson 10 April – Victoria Community Centre, Crewe Willie Thorne 4–4 Terry Griffiths Jimmy White 4–4 Neal Foulds 7 May – Perdiswell Sports Centre, Worcester Tony Meo 6–2 Joe Johnson Jimmy White 4–4 Stephen Hendry 7 May – Granby Halls Leisure Centre, Leicester Steve Davis 5–3 Willie Thorne 8 May – Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham Steve Davis 8–0 Jimmy White 8 May – Swansea Leisure Centre, Swansea Cliff Thorburn 7–1 Joe Johnson Stephen Hendry 6–2 Terry Griffiths 13 May – Brighton Centre, Brighton Steve Davis 4–4 Joe Johnson 14 May – Crest Hotel, Antwerp Terry Griffiths 5–3 Tony Meo 14 May – The Court Centre, Peterborough Stephen Hendry 6–2 Cliff Thorburn 15 May – Fairfield Halls, Croydon Neal Foulds 6–2 Dennis Taylor Willie Thorne 6–2 Jimmy White References Category:Premier League Snooker Category:1988 in snooker Category:1988 in British sport