1988 Matchroom League

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Rothmans Matchroom League
Tournament information
Dates23 January – 15 May 1988 (1988-01-23 – 1988-05-15)
Organisation Matchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund £220,000 [1]
Winner's share£70,000 [2]
Highest break Flag of England.svg Tony Meo (147) [3]
Final
Champion Flag of England.svg Steve Davis
Runner-up Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Hendry
ScoreRound-Robin
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The 1988 Rothmans Matchroom League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 23 January to 15 May 1988. [2]

Contents

Steve Davis topped the table and won the tournament. Tony Meo recorded a maximum break in his match against Stephen Hendry. [4]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: [1]

League phase

[5] [6]

Ranking Flag of England.svg
DAV		 Flag of Scotland.svg
HEN		 Flag of England.svg
THO		 Flag of England.svg
FOU		 Flag of England.svg
WHI		 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg
GRI		 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
THO		 Flag of England.svg
MEO		 Ulster Banner.svg
TAY		 Flag of England.svg
JOH		Frame
W-L		Match
W-D-L		Pld-Pts
Winner Steve Davis x45584555445–276–3–09–21
Runner-up Stephen Hendry 4x2446667746–265–3–19–18
3 Willie Thorne 36x364644541–314–3–29–15
4 Neal Foulds 345x44536640–324–3–29–15
5 Jimmy White 0424x6255634–384–2–39–14
6 Terry Griffiths 42442x455535–373–4–29–13
7 Cliff Thorburn 322364x46737–353–2–49–11
8 Tony Meo 3245334x4634–382–3–49–9
9 Dennis Taylor 31423324x830–421–2–69–5
10 Joe Johnson 413223120x18–540–1–89–1

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.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Rivals in the money" . Hull Daily Mail. 14 March 1988. p. 21.
  2. 1 2 "Super snooker!" . Newcastle Evening Chronicle. 22 December 1987. p. 9.
  3. ↑ "White's hopes wrecked" . Cambridge Daily News. 16 May 1988. p. 24.
  4. ↑ "Premier/Matchroom League, Matchroom Championship League". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Hayton, Eric (2004). Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. p. 155. ISBN   978-0954854904.
  6. ↑ "Second league title for Davis". Snooker Scene. Birmingham. June 1988. p. 19.
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