Scottish Masters 1992
Scottish Masters 1992 Regal Masters 1992
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Tournament type: | Invitation tournament |
Attendees: | 12 |
Venue: | Civic Center, Motherwell , Scotland |
Opening: | September 23, 1992 |
Endgame: | September 27, 1992
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Winner: | Neal Foulds |
Finalist: | Gary Wilkinson |
Highest Break: | 137 ( James Wattana ) |
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The Regal Scottish Masters 1992 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 1992/93 season . The invitational tournament was held September 23-27 at Motherwell's Civic Center . The small town near Glasgow was the venue for the third time.
Defending champion Mike Hallett lost his opening match against Neal Foulds . The Englishman then made his way to the final, where he defeated his compatriot Gary Wilkinson 10: 8. For Foulds it was the fifth and final professional title of his career.
Prize money
£ 20,000 more was distributed this year. After the expansion from 10 to 12 participants, the largest share went to the two additional players. But all professionals could look forward to higher prize money. The plus ranged from £ 1,000 for first-round participants to £ 3,000 for the winner.
placement | Prize money |
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winner | £ 40,000 |
final | £ 20,000 |
Semifinals | £ 11,000 |
Quarter finals | £ 6,250 |
Round 1 | £ 3,500 |
Highest Break (Final Round) | £ 4,000 |
All in all | £ 125,000 |
Final round
For the first time the Scottish Masters was held with 12 participants. The top 8 in the world rankings were represented, plus defending champion Mike Hallett . The remaining three places went to Scottish players: Alan McManus , Chris Small and tour newcomer John Higgins . In round 1, the players placed 5th to 12th competed against each other. The 4 winners then competed against the top 4 in the quarterfinals.
Round 1 (Best of 9) |
Quarter Finals (Best of 11) |
Semi-finals (Best of 11) |
Final (Best of 19) |
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1 | Mike Hallett | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
6th | Neal Foulds | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
6th | Neal Foulds | 6th | ||||||||||||||||
11 | Chris Small | 1 | 6th | Neal Foulds | 6th | |||||||||||||
8th | James Wattana | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
4th | Jimmy White | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
8th | James Wattana | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
8th | James Wattana | 6th | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Alan McManus | 3 | 6th | Neal Foulds | 10 | |||||||||||||
9 | Gary Wilkinson | 8th | ||||||||||||||||
3 | John Parrott | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Steve Davis | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Steve Davis | 6th | ||||||||||||||||
12 | John Higgins | 2 | 5 | Steve Davis | 4th | |||||||||||||
9 | Gary Wilkinson | 6th | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Stephen Hendry | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
7th | Terry Griffiths | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Gary Wilkinson | 6th | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Gary Wilkinson | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
final
Gary Wilkinson had only risen to the top 8 in the world rankings in the last two years and was faced with the task of defending what had been achieved. With the World Matchplay he had already won an invitation tournament last year. Neal Foulds , on the other hand, had been one of the best snooker players since the mid-1980s and had won a total of four professional tournaments. Foulds had won all of the pair’s playoffs so far, with Wilkinson only once being successful in a Matchroom League group game .
However, it was a balanced, albeit changeable first session, in which Foulds led 3-1 in the meantime, but Wilkinson came out with a 5-4 lead. After splitting the first two frames that evening, Foulds had a run and turned a 5-6 deficit into a 9-6 lead. Wilkinson would have had to win five frames in a row and he managed to shorten them twice, but then Neal Foulds won the next frame and decided the match 10: 8 for himself. Although both players were still active as professionals into the 2000s, neither of them reached a professional final after that.
Final: Best of 19 Frames Civic Center, Motherwell , Scotland , 26th September 1993 |
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Neal Foulds | 10 : 8 | Gary Wilkinson |
Afternoon : 35: 62 , 61 : 22, 78 : 0 (78), 91 : 0 (91), 36: 68 , 49: 69 , 0: 118 (86), 93 : 1 (93), 0: 136 ( 66, 70); Evening : 75 : 63, 30: 68 , 71 : 26 (63), 74 : 6, 122 : 8 (66, 56), 84 : 7 (58), 18: 106 (106), 18: 66 , 62 : 37 |
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93 | Highest break | 106 |
- | Century breaks | 1 |
7th | 50+ breaks | 4th |
Century breaks
Players managed to break more than 100 points four times during the tournament. James Wattana managed 137 points in a row in the semifinals and exceeded Neal Foulds' quarter-final break by one point . For this, the Thai got the special bonus of £ 4,000 for the highest tournament break.
James Wattana | 137 |
Neal Foulds | 136 |
Alan McManus | 114 |
Gary Wilkinson | 106 |
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- ^ Scottish Masters. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on December 5, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c 1992 Scottish Masters - Finishes. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 5, 2018 .
- ↑ 1992 Scottish Masters. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Rankings - 1992-1993. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 5, 2018 .