Scottish Masters 1992

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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

Winner: EnglandEngland Neal Foulds
Finalist: EnglandEngland Gary Wilkinson
Highest Break: 137 ( James Wattana ) ThailandThailand
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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
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)
                                   
  1  EnglandEngland Mike Hallett  1    
6th  EnglandEngland Neal Foulds  5
6th  EnglandEngland Neal Foulds  6th    
11  ScotlandScotland Chris Small  1   6th  EnglandEngland Neal Foulds  6th
  8th  ThailandThailand James Wattana  2    
4th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White  1
8th  ThailandThailand James Wattana  5
8th  ThailandThailand James Wattana  6th  
10  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus  3   6th  EnglandEngland Neal Foulds  10
  9  EnglandEngland Gary Wilkinson  8th
3  EnglandEngland John Parrott  4th
5  EnglandEngland Steve Davis  5
5  EnglandEngland Steve Davis  6th    
12  ScotlandScotland John Higgins  2   5  EnglandEngland Steve Davis  4th
  9  EnglandEngland Gary Wilkinson  6th  
2  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry  3
7th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths  3
9  EnglandEngland Gary Wilkinson  6th  
9  EnglandEngland 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
EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 10 : 8 EnglandEngland 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
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.

ThailandThailand James Wattana 137
EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 136
ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 114
EnglandEngland Gary Wilkinson 106

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  1. ^ Scottish Masters. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on December 5, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c 1992 Scottish Masters - Finishes. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 5, 2018 .
  3. ↑ 1992 Scottish Masters. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 5, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Rankings - 1992-1993. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 5, 2018 .