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1990 Matchroom League
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Stormseal Matchroom League 1990 01 25 1990 05 20 y Matchroom Sport Non-ranking event £220,000 £70,000 John Parrott ENG (142) Steve Davis ENG Stephen Hendry SCO Round-Robin 1989 1991
The 1990 Stormseal Matchroom League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 25 January to 20 May 1990.Matchroom fixtures Chatham News 26 January 1990 68-69 It featured ten players with seven from the Matchroom stable minus Terry Griffiths after being relegated the previous year along with Alex Higgins. Dennis Taylor returned to the league this year along with Doug Mountjoy who competed for the first time. Matches were played around sports and leisure centres and town halls exclusively across the UK this year while there was a Matchroom International League played across venues in some European countries which featured six players competing including Higgins and Griffiths.
Steve Davis topped the table and won the tournament for the fourth time.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 22 January 2018
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Terry Smith 1990 Benson and Hedges Snooker Year Stormseal Matchroom League Aylesbury Pelham Books 0720719550 92 Seventh
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 159 2004 Rose Villa Publications Lowestoft 978-0954854904 Davis wins Matchroom league again Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham June 1990 25 Hendry beats Davis to take second place Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham July 1990 8
Ranking ENG DAV SCO HEN ENG THO WAL MOU NIR TAY ENG WHI ENG FOU ENG MEO ENG PAR CAN THO FrameW-L MatchW-D-L Pld-Pts Winner Steve Davis x 2 7 5 6 4 5 5 4 6 44–28 6–2–1 9–20 Runner-up Stephen Hendry 6 x 5 5 4 3 6 3 3 6 41–31 5–1–3 9–16 3 Willie Thorne 1 3 x 4 5 4 5 6 4 6 38–34 4–3–2 9–15 4 Doug Mountjoy 3 3 4 x 4 5 6 5 5 2 37–35 4–2–3 9–14 5 Dennis Taylor 2 4 3 4 x 6 0 6 4 5 34–38 3–3–3 9–12 6 Neal Foulds 3 2 3 2 8 4 x 3 7 5 37–35 3–1–5 9–10 6 Jimmy White 4 5 4 3 2 x 4 4 5 1 32–40 2–4–3 9–10 8 Tony Meo 3 5 2 3 2 4 5 x 2 5 31–41 3–1–5 9–10 9 Cliff Thorburn 2 2 2 6 3 7 3 3 5 x 33–39 3–0–6 9–9 10 John Parrott 4 5 4 3 4 3 1 6 x 3 33–39 2–3–4 9–9
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.
25 January – The Hawth, Crawley
Stephen Hendry 5–3 Willie Thorne
27 January – Medway Arts Centre, Chatham
Neal Foulds 5–3 Cliff Thorburn
Doug Mountjoy 5–3 Tony Meo Hendry sets the early pace Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham March 1990 15
28 January – St David's Hall, Cardiff
Tony Meo 5–3 Neal Foulds
Steve Davis 7–1 Willie Thorne
2 February – Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
Dennis Taylor 4–4 Stephen Hendry
3 February – Gateshead Lesuire Centre, Gateshead
Dennis Taylor 6–2 Tony Meo
Stephen Hendry 6–2 Cliff Thorburn
14 February – Central Hall, York
Jimmy White 4–4 Willie Thorne
15 February – Town Hall, St Helens
Cliff Thorburn 5–3 John Parrott
17 February – Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Aberdeen
Neal Foulds 7–1 John Parrott
Jimmy White 4–4 Steve Davis
23 March – The Dome, Morecambe
Willie Thorne 6–2 Tony Meo
25 March – Sands Centre, Carlisle
Doug Mountjoy 4–4 Willie Thorne
Jimmy White 5–3 John Parrott
5 April – Thornaby Pavilion, Thornaby-on-Tees
Steve Davis 6–2 Cliff Thorburn
6 April – Parr Hall, Warrington
Stephen Hendry 6–2 Neal Foulds
7 April – Metrodome Leisure Complex, Barnsley
Neal Foulds 8–0 Dennis Taylor
Stephen Hendry 5–3 Doug Mountjoy
8 April – Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Willie Thorne 6–2 Cliff Thorburn
Dennis Taylor 4–4 John Parrott
2 May – The Bowl, Redcar
Steve Davis 5–3 Doug Mountjoy
3 May – Northgate Arena Leisure Centre, Chester
Steve Davis 5–3 Neal Foulds
4 May – Castle Leisure Centre, Bury
John Parrott 5–3 Stephen Hendry
5 May – The Dome, Doncaster
Willie Thorne 5–3 Neal Foulds
Steve Davis 5–3 Tony Meo
6 May – Fairfield Halls, Croydon
Tony Meo 5–3 Cliff Thorburn
Steve Davis 4–4 John Parrott
7 May – New Victoria Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Willie Thorne 4–4 John Parrott
Cliff Thorburn 7–1 Jimmy White
8 May – Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea University, Swansea
Doug Mountjoy 4–4 Dennis Taylor
10 May – Walsall Council House, Walsall
Jimmy White 4–4 Neal Foulds
11 May – Queensway Hall, Dunstable
Doug Mountjoy 5–3 Jimmy White
12 May – Meadowside Centre, Burton upon Trent
Doug Mountjoy 6–2 Neal Foulds
Tony Meo 5–3 Stephen Hendry
13 May – Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate
Doug Mountjoy 5–3 John Parrott
Steve Davis 6–2 Dennis Taylor
14 May – Oldham Sports Centre, Oldham
Jimmy White 5–3 Stephen Hendry
16 May – The Floral Hall, Southport
Dennis Taylor 6–2 Jimmy White
17 May – Burnley Mechanics Theatre, Burnley
Willie Thorne 5–3 Dennis Taylor
18 May – Stoke Rochford Hall, near Grantham
Dennis Taylor 5–3 Cliff Thorburn
19 May – Watford Town Hall, Watford
Cliff Thorburn 6–2 Doug Mountjoy
Tony Meo 4–4 Jimmy White
20 May – Brentwood International Centre, Brentwood
John Parrott 6–2 Tony Meo
Stephen Hendry 6–2 Steve Davis
References
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