1997 Scottish Masters

Scottish Masters 1997 09 30 1997 10 5 y Motherwell Civic Centre Motherwell Scotland WPBSA Non-ranking event £180,000 £60,000 SCO Alan McManus (140) ENG Nigel Bond SCO Alan McManus 9–8 1996 1998 http://www.cuetracker.net/pages/tournaments.php?ID=361 Triggered by \bcuetracker\.net\b on the local blacklist Cyberbot II false The 1997 Regal Scottish Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 30 September and 5 October 1997 at the Motherwell Civic Centre in Motherwell, Scotland. Nigel Bond recovered from 6–8 down to defeat local favorite Alan McManus 9–8. Main draw Regal Scottish Masters 1997 https://www.snooker.org/trn/9798/sm97_res.shtml Snooker.org 4 May 2013 Round 1Best of 9 Frames Quarter-finals Best of 11 Frames Semi-finals Best of 11 Frames Final Best of 17 Frames SCO Alan McManus 5 WAL Mark Williams 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 CAN Alain Robidoux 1 ENG John Parrott 5 ENG Jimmy White 2 ENG Nigel Bond 5 ENG Steve Davis 4 SCO Alan McManus 6 ENG Peter Ebdon 3 SCO John Higgins 6 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 2 ENG John Parrott 6 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 ENG Nigel Bond 6 IRL Ken Doherty 5 SCO Alan McManus 6 SCO John Higgins 5 ENG John Parrott 3 ENG Nigel Bond 6 SCO Alan McManus 8 ENG Nigel Bond 9 Final Final: Best of 17 frames.Motherwell Civic Centre, Motherwell, Scotland, 5 October 1997. Alan McManus 8–9 Nigel Bond 64–26 (63), 102–17 (66), 4–99 (51), 74–5 (62), 53–84, 0–77 (55), 28–78 (66), 29–58, 0–128 (128), 93–24 (61) 69–44, 112–12 (63), 74–2 (74), 90–12 (85), 61(56)–67(67), 14–72, 30–67 85 Highest break 126 0 Century breaks 1 8 50+ breaks 5 Qualifying Event Qualifying for the tournament took place amongst 6 players at the Spencer's Snooker Centre in Stirling from 9 to 11 September 1997.Masters' ticket rush https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002401/19970815/182/0026 subscription Lennox Herald 15 August 1997 26 In the first round, 1985 World Champion Dennis Taylor beat Anthony Hamilton 5–4, while former Irish Masters champion Darren Morgan whitewashed Billy Snaddon.Snooker https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19970910/654/0028 subscription Aberdeen Press and Journal 10 September 1997 28 In the semi-finals, former Masters champion Alan McManus defeated Morgan 5–1,https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001730/19940203/516/0062 subscription Super McManus 11 September 1997 Evening Herald (Dublin) 77 while world number 11 Tony Drago won 5–3 over Taylor.Drago through The Times 11 September 1997 20 https://archive.org/details/NewsUK1997UKEnglish/Sep%2011%201997%2C%20The%20Times%2C%20%2365992%2C%20UK%20%28en%29/page/n41/mode/2up In the final McManus defeated Drago 5–2, making five half-century breaks in the match, to earn a place at the main draw.Ronnie aims to be top of the pots https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19970912/791/0040 subscription Aberdeen Press and Journal 12 September 1997 40 All matches were played to the best-of-nine frames and players in bold indicate match winners. Round 1Best of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 9 frames FinalBest of 9 frames no NIR Dennis Taylor 5 ENG Anthony Hamilton 4 WAL Darren Morgan 5 SCO Billy Snaddon 0 Malta Tony Drago 5 NIR Dennis Taylor 3 SCO Alan McManus 5 WAL Darren Morgan 1 Malta Tony Drago 2 SCO Alan McManus 5 Century breaks 1997 Scottish Masters http://www.cuetracker.net/pages/tournaments.php?ID=361 CueTracker: Snooker Results & Statistics database 4 May 2013 5 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141205173032/http://www.cuetracker.net/pages/tournaments.php?ID=361 dead 140, 119 Alan McManus 128 Nigel Bond 120, 105 Ronnie O'Sullivan 119 John Parrott 114 John Higgins 111 Anthony Hamilton References 1997 Scottish Masters Masters Scottish Masters