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1990 Shoot-Out

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{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=Shoot-Out

|logo=

|dates={{Start and end dates|1990|09|26|1990|09|28|df=y}}

|venue=Trentham Gardens

|location=Stoke-on-Trent

|country=England

|organisation=WPBSA

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=£40,000

|winners_share=£5,000

|highest_break={{flagathlete|Tony Knowles|ENG}} (120)

|winner={{flagicon|WAL}} Darren Morgan

|runner_up={{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Hallett

|score=2–1

|previous=

|next= 2011

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The 1990 Shoot-Out was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 26 to 28 September 1990 at Trentham Gardens in Stoke-on-Trent, England.{{cite web|title=One Frame Shoot-Out|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Shootout.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313150057/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Shootout.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 March 2012|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=5 August 2018}}{{cite news |title=I'm quitting |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/grimsby-evening-telegraph-im-quitting/134943040/ |newspaper=Grimsby Evening Telegraph |date=20 September 1990 |page=24}}

Darren Morgan won the tournament, defeating Mike Hallett 2–1 in the best of three {{cuegloss|frame|frames}} final.{{cite news |title=Morgan's big pay night |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-wales-echo-morgans-big-pay-night/134943288/ |newspaper=South Wales Echo |date=29 September 1990 |page=59 }} All other matches were decided by a single frame.{{cite book|last=Hayton|first=Eric|title=Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker|page=158}}

Jimmy White, the fourth seed, withdrew from the tournament at short notice, explaining that he had broken his {{cuegloss|cue}}.{{cite news |title=Famous five go through in the Stoke shoot-out |newspaper=Grimsby Evening Telegraph |date=27 September 1990 |page=26 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/grimsby-evening-telegraph-famous-five-go/134953018/ }} Bill Oliver was injured in a road traffic incident collision whilst driving to the venue on 27 September and withdrew from the tournament; Hallett, his passenger, was uninjured.{{cite news |title=Hallet in driving seat after car scare |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/grimsby-evening-telegraph-hallett-in-dri/134954576/ |newspaper=Grimsby Evening Telegraph |date= 28 September 1990 |page=22 }} The reigning world champion, Stephen Hendry, was eliminated by Alan McManus in the first round.{{cite news |last=Holmes |first=Bob |title=Hendry falls in snooker's shoot out |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-hendry-falls/134953542/ |newspaper=Evening Standard |date=26 September 1990 |page=56}} Hallett, who was seventh in the Snooker world rankings 1990/1991, was the highest-ranked player to progress through to the third round; only Hallett, Dean Reynolds and Neal Foulds from the top 16 in the rankings progressed into the last-16 round.{{cite book |editor-last=Smith |editor-first=Terry |date=1991 |title=Benson and Hedges Snooker Year |edition=Eighth|location=London |publisher=Pelham Books |isbn=978-0-7207-1983-3 |pages=58–59}}

Both losing semi-finalists were in their debut season as a professional player. Jason Whittaker, who at 18 was the youngest professional player at the time, was eliminated by Morgan. McManus, the other losing semi-finalist, had progressed after requiring his opponents in both the last-16 and quarter-final to concede penalty points when only the final {{cuegloss|pink ball|pink}} and {{cuegloss|black ball|black}} were left on the {{cuegloss|snooker table|table}}.

Hallet won the first frame of the final, and led by 22 {{cuegloss|point|points}} in the next frame, but Morgan made a break of 53 and drew level. During the {{cuegloss|deciding frame}}, Hallett accidentally forced the final {{cuegloss|brown ball}} off the table; Morgan went on to win the frame 65–32 and take the title. After his victory, Morgan commented that "In a tournament like this, there is a lot of luck involved, and I had mine at exactly the right time."

Prize fund

The winner of the event received £5,000 from a total prize fund of £40,000. The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below.

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  • Winner: £5,000
  • Runner-up: £3,000
  • Semi-finalists: £2,000
  • Quarter-finalists: £1,250
  • Last 16: £750
  • Last 32: £500
  • Last 64: £250
  • Highest break: £1,000

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Tournament draw

Match winners are shown in bold.{{cite magazine |title=International one-frame shoot-out |work=Snooker Scene |date=November 1990 |publisher=Everton's News Agency |pages=6–7}}
Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walk-over

The following 12 players received byes from round-one into the last-64:

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=Round one=

==Group one==

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==Group two==

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==Group three==

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==Group four==

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=Last 64=

==Group one==

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==Group two==

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=Last 32=

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=Last 16=

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=Quarter-finals=

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=Semi-finals=

=Final=

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colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 3 frames
Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent, England, 28 September 1990{{cite magazine |title=International one-frame shoot-out |work=Snooker Scene |date=November 1990 |publisher=Everton's News Agency |pages=6–7}}{{cite news |last=Acteson | first=Steve |title=Morgan wins his second big title – Snooker |work=The Times |location=London |date=29 September 1990}}
width="230" align="right" | Darren Morgan
{{WAL}}

| width="100" align="center" | 2–1

| width="230" | Mike Hallett
{{ENG}}

colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | 28–97, 72–35 (53), 65–32

Century breaks

Only one century break was made during the tournament. The second-highest break was 93, compiled by Willie Thorne.

References

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{{Snooker season 1990/1991}}

{{Snooker Shoot Out}}

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Category:Sport in Stoke-on-Trent