1990 Shoot-Out

November 2019 Shoot-Out 1990 09 26 1990 09 28 y Trentham Gardens Stoke-on-Trent England WPBSA Non-ranking event £40,000 £5,000 Tony Knowles ENG (120) WAL Darren Morgan ENG Mike Hallett 2–1 2011 The 1990 Shoot-Out was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 26 to 28 September 1990 at Trentham Gardens in Stoke-on-Trent, England.One Frame Shoot-Out http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Shootout.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120313150057/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Shootout.html dead 13 March 2012 Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 5 August 2018I'm quitting https://www.newspapers.com/article/grimsby-evening-telegraph-im-quitting/134943040/ Grimsby Evening Telegraph 20 September 1990 24 Darren Morgan won the tournament, defeating Mike Hallett 2–1 in the best of three frame frames final.Morgan's big pay night https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-wales-echo-morgans-big-pay-night/134943288/ South Wales Echo 29 September 1990 59 All other matches were decided by a single frame.Hayton Eric Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker 158 Jimmy White, the fourth seed, withdrew from the tournament at short notice, explaining that he had broken his cue.Famous five go through in the Stoke shoot-out Grimsby Evening Telegraph 27 September 1990 26 https://www.newspapers.com/article/grimsby-evening-telegraph-famous-five-go/134953018/ Bill Oliver was injured in a road traffic incident collision whilst driving to the venue on 27 September and withdrew from the tournament; Hallett, his passenger, was uninjured.Hallet in driving seat after car scare https://www.newspapers.com/article/grimsby-evening-telegraph-hallett-in-dri/134954576/ Grimsby Evening Telegraph 28 September 1990 22 The reigning world champion, Stephen Hendry, was eliminated by Alan McManus in the first round.Holmes Bob Hendry falls in snooker's shoot out https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-hendry-falls/134953542/ Evening Standard 26 September 1990 56 Hallett, who was seventh in the Snooker world rankings 1990/1991, was the highest-ranked player to progress through to the third round; only Hallett, Dean Reynolds and Neal Foulds from the top 16 in the rankings progressed into the last-16 round.Smith Terry 1991 Benson and Hedges Snooker Year Eighth London Pelham Books 978-0-7207-1983-3 58–59 Both losing semi-finalists were in their debut season as professional players. Jason Whittaker, who at 18 was the youngest professional player at the time, was eliminated by Morgan. McManus, the other losing semi-finalist, had progressed after requiring his opponents in both the last-16 and quarter-final to concede penalty points when only the final pink ball pink and black ball black were left on the snooker table table. Hallet won the first frame of the final, and led by 22 point points in the next frame, but Morgan made a break of 53 and drew level. During the deciding frame, Hallett accidentally forced the final brown ball off the table; Morgan went on to win the frame 65–32 and take the title. After his victory, Morgan commented that "In a tournament like this, there is a lot of luck involved, and I had mine at exactly the right time." Prize fund The winner of the event received £5,000 from a total prize fund of £40,000. The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below. Winner: £5,000 Runner-up: £3,000 Semi-finalists: £2,000 Quarter-finalists: £1,250 Last 16: £750 Last 32: £500 Last 64: £250 Highest break: £1,000 Tournament draw Match winners are shown in bold.International one-frame shoot-out Snooker Scene November 1990 Everton's News Agency 6–7Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walk-over The following 12 players received byes from round-one into the last-64: Mark Bennett WAL Pascal Burke IRL Ray Edmonds ENG Dave Gilbert ENG Nigel Gilbert ENG Vic Harris ENG Tommy Murphy NIR Joe O'Boye IRL Jason Prince NIR Mark Rowing ENG Terry Whitthread ENG Gary Wilkinson ENG Round one Group one Roger Bales ENG 62–50 Barry Pinches ENG Jonathan Birch ENG 77–33 Rex Williams ENG Ian Black SCO 65–21 Ian Graham ENG Nigel Bond ENG 61–47 Jon Wright ENG Paddy Browne IRL 70–26 Jim Chambers ENG Ian Brumby ENG 48–47 Matt Gibson SCO Andrew Cairns ENG 60–28 Derek Heaton ENG Duncan Campbell SCO 63–24 Paul Medati ENG Eddie Charlton AUS 97–4 Barry West ENG Martin Clark ENG 67–43 Nick Terry ENG Graham Cripsey ENG 64–22 John Rea SCO Steve Davis ENG 75–0 Stephen Murphy IRL Les Dodd ENG 54–24 Eugene Hughes IRL Group two Ken Doherty IRL 86–13 Bernard Bennett ENG Jim Donnelly SCO w/o–w/d John Spencer ENG Tony Drago MLT 108–16 Martin Smith ENG Steve Duggan ENG 70–53 Joe Johnson ENG Nick Dyson ENG 73–48 John Campbell AUS Craig Edwards ENG 63–33 Mark Wildman ENG Jason Ferguson ENG 68–37 Steve James ENG Jack Fitzmaurice ENG 64–54 Joe Grech MLT Robby Foldvari AUS 58–37 Billy Kelly IRL Neal Foulds ENG 68–1 George Scott ENG Danny Fowler ENG 62–52 Steve Campbell ENG Peter Francisco RSA 1982 65–19 Tony Jones ENG Marcel Gauvreau CAN w/o–w/d James Wattana THA Group three Paul Gibson ENG 63–25 Steve Longworth ENG David Greaves ENG w/o–w/d Patsy Fagan IRL Mike Hallett ENG 115–0 Terry Griffiths WAL Dennis Hughes ENG w/o–w/d Jimmy White ENG Mark Johnston-Allen ENG 74–40 Warren King AUS Wayne Jones WAL 65–43 Anthony Harris ENG Tony Knowles ENG 87–30 Eddie Sinclair SCO Rod Lawler ENG 80–33 Brian Morgan ENG Murdo MacLeod SCO 67–43 Dennis Taylor NIR Robert Marshall ENG 71–28 Graham Miles ENG Alan McManus SCO 60–38 Stephen Hendry SCO Steve Meakin ENG 103–17 Brady Gollan CAN Darren Morgan WAL 61–35 John Dunning ENG Group four Steve Newbury WAL 59–52 Doug Mountjoy WAL Dene O'Kane NZL 73–39 Silvino Francisco RSA 1982 Bill Oliver ENG 61–27 Chris Cookson ENG Ken Owers ENG w/o–w/d Bob Harris ENG Mick Price ENG 81–7 Tony Kearney IRL Dean Reynolds ENG 60–25 Tony Meo ENG David Roe ENG w/o–w/d Gino Rigitano CAN Colin Roscoe WAL 92–15 Cliff Wilson WAL Brian Rowswell ENG w/o–w/d Tony Chappel WAL Cliff Thorburn CAN 75–5 David Taylor ENG Willie Thorne ENG 93–13 Jack McLaughlin NIR Jason Whittaker ENG 69–42 Jason Smith ENG Tony Wilson IOM 62–58 Ian Williamson ENG Last 64 Group one Nigel Bond ENG 94–0 Pascal Burke IRL Paddy Browne IRL 81–61 Wayne Jones WAL Ian Brumby ENG 76–15 Ian Black SCO Andrew Cairns ENG 61–45 Jim Donnelly SCO Duncan Campbell SCO 81–18 Ken Owers ENG Eddie Charlton AUS 100–6 Jack Fitzmaurice ENG Graham Cripsey ENG 76–51 Robby Foldvari AUS Ken Doherty IRL 73–49 Jonathan Birch ENG Steve Duggan ENG w/o–w/d Bill Oliver ENG Nick Dyson ENG 64–2 Rod Lawler ENG Ray Edmonds ENG 68–18 Steve Davis ENG Neal Foulds ENG 78–0 Dene O'Kane NZL Peter Francisco RSA 1982 63–60 Murdo MacLeod SCO Marcel Gauvreau CAN 60–22 Brian Rowswell ENG Paul Gibson ENG 67–25 Roger Bales ENG Dave Gilbert ENG 59–40 Tommy Murphy NIR Group two Mike Hallett ENG 77–52 Gary Wilkinson ENG Tony Knowles ENG 120–0 Martin Clark ENG Alan McManus SCO w/o–w/d Vic Harris ENG Steve Meakin ENG 60–21 Nigel Gilbert ENG Darren Morgan WAL 60–46 Willie Thorne ENG Steve Newbury WAL 70–1 Danny Fowler ENG Joe O'Boye IRL 67–32 David Greaves ENG Mick Price ENG 106–1 Les Dodd ENG Dean Reynolds ENG 67–47 Jason Prince NIR David Roe ENG 77–9 Mark Johnston-Allen ENG Colin Roscoe WAL 72–40 Mark Bennett WAL Mark Rowing ENG 84–24 Robert Marshall ENG Cliff Thorburn CAN 58–9 Tony Drago MLT Jason Whittaker ENG 78–12 Dennis Hughes ENG Terry Whitthread ENG 65–32 Craig Edwards ENG Tony Wilson IOM 96–13 Jason Ferguson ENG Last 32 Ian Brumby ENG 60–9 Steve Meakin ENG Graham Cripsey ENG 64–30 Peter Francisco RSA 1982 Ken Doherty IRL 66–32 Ray Edmonds ENG Nick Dyson ENG 86–11 Duncan Campbell SCO Neal Foulds ENG 74–27 Mark Rowing ENG Marcel Gauvreau CAN 77–16 Colin Roscoe WAL Paul Gibson ENG 62–50 Paddy Browne IRL Mike Hallett ENG 79–34 Terry Whitthread ENG Tony Knowles ENG 76–64 Cliff Thorburn CAN Alan McManus SCO 71–69 Tony Wilson IOM Darren Morgan WAL 74–38 Andrew Cairns ENG Steve Newbury WAL 67–36 Nigel Bond ENG Joe O'Boye IRL 79–4 Eddie Charlton AUS Dean Reynolds ENG 69–42 Mick Price ENG David Roe ENG 62–52 Steve Duggan ENG Jason Whittaker ENG 63–25 Dave Gilbert ENG Last 16 Ian Brumby ENG 72–17 Neal Foulds ENG Graham Cripsey ENG 68–47 Marcel Gauvreau CAN Mike Hallett ENG 68–46 Ken Doherty IRL Tony Knowles ENG 66–16 Dean Reynolds ENG Alan McManus SCO 62–38 Joe O'Boye IRL Darren Morgan WAL 68–9 Steve Newbury WAL David Roe ENG 77–43 Nick Dyson ENG Jason Whittaker ENG 56–14 Paul Gibson ENG Quarter-finals Mike Hallett ENG 50–37 Tony Knowles ENG Alan McManus SCO 66–62 Graham Cripsey ENG Darren Morgan WAL 78–2 David Roe ENG Jason Whittaker ENG 69–29 Ian Brumby ENG Semi-finals Mike Hallett ENG 66–21 Alan McManus SCO Darren Morgan WAL 77–14 Jason Whittaker ENG Final Final: Best of 3 framesTrentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent, England, 28 September 1990International one-frame shoot-out Snooker Scene November 1990 Everton's News Agency 6–7Acteson Steve Morgan wins his second big title – Snooker The Times London 29 September 1990 Darren Morgan 2–1 Mike Hallett 28–97, 72–35 (53), 65–32 Century breaks Only one century break was made during the tournament. The second-highest break was 93, compiled by Willie Thorne. 120 Tony Knowles References 1990 Snooker Shoot-Out Snooker Shoot-Out Category:Sport in Stoke-on-Trent