1986 Matchroom Professional Championship

1986 Matchroom Professional Championship 1986 09 17 1986 09 21 y Cliffs Pavilion Southend-on-Sea England Matchroom Sport Non-ranking event £100,000 £50,000 Willie Thorne ENG (137)Smith Terry Thorne hits back to pip sad Davis The Daily Telegraph London 22 September 1986 30 Willie Thorne ENG Steve Davis ENG 10–9 1987 The 1986 Matchroom Professional Championship was the inaugural edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament which took place from 17 to 21 September 1986 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 2018Riviere Tony On cue Mansfield & Sutton Recorder 17 July 1986 35 The tournament featured six professional players, all part of Barry Hearn's Matchroom Sport stable. The tournament was won by Willie Thorne, who defeated Steve Davis 10–9 in the final.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JbZAAAAAIBAJ&pg=6344%2C5562795 Blue night for Thorburn as Higgins cools The Glasgow Herald 9 22 September 1986Hayton Eric Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker 154http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=717 1986 Matchroom Professional Championship Results snookerdatabase.co.uk 21 October 2017 21 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181021232117/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=717 dead Thorne made a break of 137 in his opening match against Neal Foulds.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IrZAAAAAIBAJ&pg=3260%2C4732138 Snooker The Glasgow Herald 24 18 September 1986 The event was played at the same time as the 1986 Scottish Masters. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Terry Smith 1987 Benson and Hedges Snooker Year Aylesbury Pelham Books 0720717973 Matchroom Trophy 54 Fourth Winner: £50,000 Runner-up: £20,000 Semi-final: £10,000 Quarter-final: £5,000 Total: £100,000 Tournament draw main 3 high 200 yes yes yes 1;3 Quarter-finalsBest of 11 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 19 Frames Terry Griffiths WAL 6 Tony Meo ENG 3 Willie Thorne ENG 6 Neal Foulds ENG 3 Steve Davis ENG 6 WAL Terry Griffiths 3 Dennis Taylor NIR 5 ENG Willie Thorne 6 ENG Willie Thorne 10 ENG Steve Davis 9 References Category:Matchroom Professional Championship Matchroom Professional Championship Matchroom Professional Championship Matchroom Professional Championship