| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25 January – 20 May 1990 |
| Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Winner's share | £70,000 |
| Highest break |  John Parrott (ENG) (142) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Steve Davis (ENG) |
| Runner-up |  Stephen Hendry (SCO) |
| Score | Round-Robin |
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The 1990 Stormseal Matchroom League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 25 January to 20 May 1990. [1]
Steve Davis topped the table and won the tournament. [2]
| Ranking | DAV | HEN | THO |  MOU |  TAY | WHI | FOU | MEO | PAR |  THO | Frame W-L | Match W-D-L | Pld-Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Steve Davis | x | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 44–28 | 6–2–1 | 9–20 |
| Runner-up | Stephen Hendry | 6 | x | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 41–31 | 5–1–3 | 9–16 |
| 3 | Willie Thorne | 1 | 3 | x | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 38–34 | 4–3–2 | 9–15 |
| 4 | Doug Mountjoy | 3 | 3 | 4 | x | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 37–35 | 4–2–3 | 9–14 |
| 5 | Dennis Taylor | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | x | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 34–38 | 3–3–3 | 9–12 |
| 6 | Neal Foulds | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | x | 3 | 7 | 5 | 37–35 | 3–1–5 | 9–10 |
| 6 | Jimmy White | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | x | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 32–40 | 2–4–3 | 9–10 |
| 8 | Tony Meo | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | x | 2 | 5 | 31–41 | 3–1–5 | 9–10 |
| 9 | Cliff Thorburn | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | x | 33–39 | 3–0–6 | 9–9 |
| 10 | John Parrott | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | x | 3 | 33–39 | 2–3–4 | 9–9 |
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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