1990 Matchroom League

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name={{Nowrap|Stormseal Matchroom League}}

|dates={{Start and end dates|1990|01|25|1990|05|20|df=y}}

|country=

|organisation=Matchroom Sport

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=£220,000

|winners_share=£70,000

|highest_break={{flagathlete|John Parrott|ENG}} (142)

|winner={{flagathlete|Steve Davis|ENG}}

|runner_up={{flagathlete|Stephen Hendry|SCO}}

|score=Round-Robin

|previous=1989

|next=1991

}}

The 1990 Stormseal Matchroom League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 25 January to 20 May 1990.{{cite news |title=Matchroom fixtures |work=Chatham News |date=26 January 1990 |pages=68-69 }}

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=22 January 2018}}

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Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:{{cite book |editor=Terry Smith |date=1990 |title=Benson and Hedges Snooker Year |chapter=Stormseal Matchroom League |location=Aylesbury |publisher=Pelham Books |isbn=0720719550 |page=92 |edition=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

{{cite book|last=Hayton|first=Eric|title=Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker|page=159 |date=2004 |publisher=Rose Villa Publications |location=Lowestoft |isbn=978-0954854904}}{{cite magazine |author= |title=Davis wins Matchroom league again |magazine=Snooker Scene |publisher=Everton's News Agency |location=Birmingham |date=June 1990|page=25}}{{cite magazine |author= |title=Hendry beats Davis to take second place |magazine=Snooker Scene |publisher=Everton's News Agency |location=Birmingham |date=July 1990|page=8}}

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DAV

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HEN
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THO
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MOU
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TAY
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WHI
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FOU
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MEO
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PAR
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THO
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W-L
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W-D-L
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| Winner

| align="left" | Steve Davis

| x

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| 44–28

6–2–19–20
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| {{nowrap|Runner-up}}

| align="left" | Stephen Hendry

| 6

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| 41–31

5–1–39–16
3

| align="left" | Willie Thorne

| 1 || 3 || x || 4 || 5 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 4 || 6

| 38–34 || 4–3–2 || 9–15

4

| align="left" | Doug Mountjoy

| 3 || 3 || 4 || x || 4 || 5 || 6 || 5 || 5 || 2

| 37–35 || 4–2–3 || 9–14

5

| align="left" | Dennis Taylor

| 2 || 4 || 3 || 4 || x || 6 || 0 || 6 || 4 || 5

| 34–38 || 3–3–3 || 9–12

6

| align="left" | Neal Foulds

| 3 || 2 || 3 || 2 || 8 || 4 || x || 3 || 7 || 5

| 37–35 || 3–1–5 || 9–10

6

| align="left" | Jimmy White

| 4 || 5 || 4 || 3 || 2 || x || 4 || 4 || 5 || 1

| 32–40 || 2–4–3 || 9–10

8

| align="left" | Tony Meo

| 3 || 5 || 2 || 3 || 2 || 4 || 5 || x || 2 || 5

| 31–41 || 3–1–5 || 9–10

9

| align="left" | Cliff Thorburn

| 2 || 2 || 2 || 6 || 3 || 7 || 3 || 3 || 5 || x

| 33–39 || 3–0–6 || 9–9

10

| align="left" | 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.

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Premier League Snooker}}

{{Snooker season 1989/1990}}

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Category:1990 in snooker

Category:1990 in British sport