1987 Matchroom League
{{Infobox individual snooker tournament
|tournament_name={{Nowrap|Rothmans Matchroom League}}
|dates={{Start and end dates|1987|01|17|1987|05|17|df=y}}
|country=
|organisation=Matchroom Sport
|format=Non-ranking event
|winners_share=£53,600
|highest_break=
|winner={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis
|runner_up={{flagicon|ENG}} Neal Foulds
|score=Round-Robin
|previous=1984
|next=1988
}}
The 1987 Rothmans Matchroom League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from January to May 1987.
Steve Davis topped the table and won the tournament.{{cite web|title=Premier/Matchroom League, Matchroom Championship League|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/league.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216154905/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/league.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 February 2012|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=23 January 2018}}
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League phase
{{cite book|last=Layton|first=Eric|title=Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker|page=154}}{{cite magazine |author= |title=Davis halfway to £150,000 Jackpot |magazine=Snooker Scene |publisher=Everton's News Agency |location=Birmingham |date=July 1987 |page=12}}
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| width=60 | Ranking
! class="unsortable" width=110| ! width=60| {{flagicon|ENG}} | width=60 | {{flagicon|ENG}} FOU | width=60 |{{flagicon|WAL}} GRI | width=60 | {{flagicon|NIR}} TAY | width=60 | {{flagicon|ENG}} WHI | width=60 | {{flagicon|ENG}} MEO | width=60 |{{flagicon|CAN}} THO | width=60 | {{flagicon|ENG}} THO | width=60 | Frame W-L | width=60 | Match W-D-L | width=60 | Pld-Pts |
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| Winner | align="left" | Steve Davis | x | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7
| 36–20 | 4–1–2 | 7–13 | |
| style="background:#f2ecce;"
| {{nowrap|Runner-up}} | align="left" | Neal Foulds | 2 | x | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4
| 31–25 | 3–3–1 | 7–12 | |
| 3
| align="left" | Jimmy White | 5 || 2 || 6 || 5 || x || 1 || 4 || 4 | 27–29 || 3–2–2 || 7–11 | ||||||||||
| 4
| align="left" | Terry Griffiths | 4 || 4 || x || 4 || 2 || 5 || 6 || 3 | 28–28 || 2–3–2 || 7–9 | ||||||||||
| 5
| align="left" | Dennis Taylor | 2 || 3 || 4 || x || 3 || 7 || 5 || 4 | 28–28 || 2–2–3 || 7–8 | ||||||||||
| 6
| align="left" | Tony Meo | 1 || 4 || 3 || 1 || 7 || x || 4 || 6 | 26–30 || 2–2–3 || 7–8 | ||||||||||
| 7
| align="left" | Cliff Thorburn | 5 || 2 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 4 || x || 5 | 25–31 || 2–2–3 || 7–8 | ||||||||||
| 8
| align="left" | Willie Thorne | 1 || 4 || 5 || 4 || 4 || 2 || 3 || x | 23–33 || 1–3–3 || 7–6 |
The table points were decided by frame wins, followed by match wins to determine players' 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.
- 17 January – Torbay Leisure Centre
- Dennis Taylor 4–4 Terry Griffiths
- Steve Davis 7–1 Willie Thorne
- 18 January – St David's Hall, Cardiff
- Dennis Taylor 7–1 Tony Meo
- Steve Davis 4–4 Terry Griffiths
- 24 January – Central Hall, York
- Terry Griffiths 5–3 Tony Meo
- Jimmy White 5–3 Dennis Taylor
- 14 February – Granby Halls Leisure Centre, Leicester
- Neal Foulds 6–2 Cliff Thorburn
- Willie Thorne 4–4 Jimmy White
- 14 March – Woodford Leisure Centre, Kingston-upon-Hull
- Neal Foulds 4–4 Terry Griffiths
- Steve Davis 7–1 Tony Meo
- 15 March – Mansfield Leisure Centre
- Willie Thorne 5–3 Terry Griffiths
- Steve Davis 6–2 Neal Foulds
- 4 April – Brighton Centre
- Cliff Thorburn 5–3 Willie Thorne
- Steve Davis 6–2 Dennis Taylor
- 5 April – Derngate, Northampton
- Neal Foulds 5–3 Dennis Taylor
- Cliff Thorburn 5–3 Steve Davis
- 11 April – Richard Dunn Sports Centre, Bradford
- Neal Foulds 4–4 Willie Thorne
- Tony Meo 7–1 Jimmy White
- 12 April – Fairfield Halls, Croydon
- Jimmy White 6–2 Terry Griffiths
- Dennis Taylor 5–3 Cliff Thorburn
- 9 May – Gloucester Leisure Centre
- Tony Meo 6–2 Willie Thorne
- Cliff Thorburn 4–4 Jimmy White
- 10 May – Assembly Rooms, Derby
- Terry Griffiths 6–2 Cliff Thorburn
- Jimmy White 5–3 Steve Davis
- 16 May – Cleethorpes Leisure Centre
- 'Tony Meo 4–4 Cliff Thorburn
- Neal Foulds 6–2 Jimmy White
- 17 May – Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool
- Neal Foulds 4–4 Tony Meo
- Dennis Taylor 4–4 Willie Thorne