Matchroom League 1989

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Matchroom League 1989
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Tournament type: league
Venue: different
Opening: January 1989
Endgame: May 14, 1989

Winner: EnglandEngland Steve Davis
Finalist: EnglandEngland John Parrott
Highest Break: CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn ( 147 )
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The 1989 Matchroom League was a snooker tournament belonging to the 1988/89 snooker season . The league was played from January 1989 to May 14, 1989 without a sponsor. First place went to Steve Davis , and second place went to John Parrott . The Canadian Cliff Thorburn played the eighth officially recognized maximum break in his group game against Jimmy White in the fourth frame on March 8, 1989 .

Prize money

There was a total of ₤ 215.00 in prize money, of which ₤ 70,000 went to the winner. There was no premium for the highest break.

Prize money
1st place 70,000 ₤
place 2 30,000 ₤
place 3 25,000 ₤
4th place 20,000 ₤
5th place 17,000 ₤
Rank 6 15,000 ₤
7th place 13,000 ₤
8th place 11,000 ₤
9th place 9,000 ₤
Place 10 5,000 ₤
All in all 215,000 ₤

competition

Games

In each of the 45 games 8 frames were played, so there could be a tie.

game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 Jimmy White EnglandEngland 4: 4 EnglandEngland Willie Thorne
2 Jimmy White EnglandEngland 26 : 26th EnglandEngland Steve Davis
3 Jimmy White EnglandEngland 35 : 35 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins
4th Jimmy White EnglandEngland 35 : 35 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths
5 Jimmy White EnglandEngland 4: 4 EnglandEngland John Parrott
6th Willie Thorne EnglandEngland 35 : 35 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths
7th Willie Thorne EnglandEngland 35 : 35 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins
8th Tony Meo EnglandEngland 4: 4 EnglandEngland Willie Thorne
9 Willie Thorne EnglandEngland 4: 4 EnglandEngland Neal Foulds
10 Cliff Thorburn CanadaCanada 17 : 17th EnglandEngland Jimmy White
11 Cliff Thorburn CanadaCanada 35 : 35 EnglandEngland Neal Foulds
12 Cliff Thorburn CanadaCanada 35 : 35 EnglandEngland Willie Thorne
13 Cliff Thorburn CanadaCanada 35 : 35 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins
14th Cliff Thorburn CanadaCanada 35 : 35 ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry
15th John Parrott EnglandEngland 17 : 17th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins
16 John Parrott EnglandEngland 17 : 17th CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn
17th John Parrott EnglandEngland 26 : 26th EnglandEngland Tony Meo
18th John Parrott EnglandEngland 35 : 35 EnglandEngland Neal Foulds
19th John Parrott EnglandEngland 35 : 35 EnglandEngland Willie Thorne
20th John Parrott EnglandEngland 35 : 35 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths
21st Tony Meo EnglandEngland 4: 4 CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn
22nd Tony Meo EnglandEngland 35 : 35 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths
23 Tony Meo EnglandEngland 35 : 35 EnglandEngland Jimmy White
game Player 1 Result Player 2
24 Tony Meo EnglandEngland 4: 4 EnglandEngland Neal Foulds
25th Alex Higgins Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 4: 4 EnglandEngland Tony Meo
26th Stephen Hendry ScotlandScotland 26 : 26th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths
27 Stephen Hendry ScotlandScotland 26 : 26th EnglandEngland Jimmy White
28 Stephen Hendry ScotlandScotland 35 : 35 EnglandEngland Willie Thorne
29 Stephen Hendry ScotlandScotland 35 : 35 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins
30th Stephen Hendry ScotlandScotland 35 : 35 EnglandEngland John Parrott
31 Stephen Hendry ScotlandScotland 35 : 35 EnglandEngland Tony Meo
32 Stephen Hendry ScotlandScotland 4: 4 EnglandEngland John Parrott
33 Terry Griffiths WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 26 : 26th EnglandEngland Neal Foulds
34 Terry Griffiths WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 35 : 35 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins
35 Terry Griffiths WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 35 : 35 CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn
36 Neal Foulds EnglandEngland 17 : 17th EnglandEngland Jimmy White
37 Neal Foulds EnglandEngland 35 : 35 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins
38 Steve Davis EnglandEngland 17 : 17th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths
39 Steve Davis EnglandEngland 17 : 17th EnglandEngland Willie Thorne
40 Steve Davis EnglandEngland 26 : 26th EnglandEngland Tony Meo
41 Steve Davis EnglandEngland 26 : 26th CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn
42 Steve Davis EnglandEngland 35 : 35 ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry
43 Steve Davis EnglandEngland 35 : 35 EnglandEngland John Parrott
44 Steve Davis EnglandEngland 35 : 35 EnglandEngland Neal Foulds
45 Steve Davis EnglandEngland 35 : 35 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins

table

Swell:

Item player opponent Lots Frames Points
EnglandEngland DAV EnglandEngland PAR ScotlandScotland HEN CanadaCanada THO EnglandEngland WHI EnglandEngland MEO EnglandEngland FOU EnglandEngland THO WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg
GRI 		Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland
HIG
1 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 5 5 6th 2 6th 5 7th 7th 5 8: 0: 1 48:24 16
2 EnglandEngland John Parrott 3 3 7th 4th 6th 5 5 5 7th 6: 1: 2 45:27 13
3 ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 3 5 3 6th 5 4th 5 6th 5 6: 1: 2 42:30 13
4th CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 2 1 5 7th 4th 5 5 3 5 5: 1: 3 37:35 11
5 EnglandEngland Jimmy White 6th 4th 2 1 3 1 4th 4th 5 3: 2: 4 31:41 8th
6th EnglandEngland Tony Meo 2 2 3 4th 5 4th 4th 5 4th 2: 4: 3 33:39 8th
7th EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 3 3 4th 3 7th 4th 4th 2 5 2: 3: 4 35:37 7th
8th EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 1 3 3 3 4th 4th 4th 5 5 2: 3: 4 32:40 7th
9 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 1 3 2 5 3 3 6th 3 5 3-0: 6 31:41 6th
10 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 3 1 3 3 3 4th 3 3 3 0: 1: 8 26:46 1

Century Breaks

The highest break was played by Cliff Thorburn with a maximum break , which was the eighth officially recognized maximum. A total of 21 Centurys were played by nine players, only Stephen Hendry was unsuccessful.

CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 147 , 119, 112
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 137
EnglandEngland John Parrott 137, 104
EnglandEngland Tony Meo 135, 120, 109, 105
EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 127, 125, 107
EnglandEngland Steve Davis 119 (2 ×), 103
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 115, 100
EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 110, 109
EnglandEngland Jimmy White 104

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Ron Florax: 1989 Matchroom League. Cuetracker.net, archived from the original on July 24, 2018 ; accessed on July 24, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c Ron Florax: 1989 Matchroom League - Finishes. Cuetracker.net, archived from the original on July 24, 2018 ; accessed on July 24, 2018 (English).