1990 Shoot-Out

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Shoot-Out
Tournament information
Dates26–28 September 1990 (1990-09-26 – 1990-09-28)
Venue Trentham Gardens
City Stoke-on-Trent
Country England
Organisation WPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund £40,000
Winner's share£5,000
Highest breakFlag of England.svg  Tony Knowles  (ENG) (120)
Final
Champion Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Darren Morgan
Runner-up Flag of England.svg Mike Hallett
Score2–1
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The 1990 Shoot-Out was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 26 to 28 September 1990 at Trentham Gardens in Stoke-on-Trent, England. [1] [2]

Contents

Darren Morgan won the tournament, defeating Mike Hallett 2–1 in the best of three frames final. [3] All other matches were decided by a single frame. [4] [5]

Jimmy White, the fourth seed, withdrew from the tournament at short notice, explaining that he had broken his cue . [6] Bill Oliver was injured in a road traffic incident collision whilst driving to the venue on 27 September and withdrew from the tournament; Hallett, his passenger, was uninjured. [4] [7] The reigning world champion, Stephen Hendry, was eliminated by Alan McManus in the first round. [8] Hallett, who was seventh in the Snooker world rankings 1990/1991, was the highest-ranked player to progress through to the third round; [4] only Hallett, Dean Reynolds and Neal Foulds from the top 16 in the rankings progressed into the last-16 round. [9]

Both losing semi-finalists were in their debut season as a professional player. Jason Whittaker, who at 18 was the youngest professional player at the time, was eliminated by Morgan. McManus, the other losing semi-finalist, had progressed after requiring his opponents in both the last-16 and quarter-final to concede penalty points when only the final pink and black were left on the table . [4]

Hallet won the first frame of the final, and led by 22 points in the next frame, but Morgan made a break of 53 and drew level. During the deciding frame , Hallett accidentally forced the final brown ball off the table; Morgan went on to win the frame 65–32 and take the title. After his victory, Morgan commented that "In a tournament like this, there is a lot of luck involved, and I had mine at exactly the right time." [4]

Prize fund

The winner of the event received £5,000 from a total prize fund of £40,000. The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below. [4]

Tournament draw

Match winners are shown in bold. [4]
Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walk-over

The following 12 players received byes from round-one into the last-64:

Round one

Group one

Group two

Group three

Group four

Last 64

Group one

Group two

Last 32

Last 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Final: Best of 3 frames
Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent, England, 28 September 1990 [4] [10]
Darren Morgan
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 		2–1 Mike Hallett
Flag of England.svg  England
28–97, 72–35 (53), 65–32

Century breaks

Only one century break was made during the tournament. The second-highest break was 93, compiled by Willie Thorne. [4]

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References

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  2. ↑ "I'm quitting". Grimsby Evening Telegraph. 20 September 1990. p. 24.
  3. ↑ "Morgan's big pay night". South Wales Echo. 29 September 1990. p. 59.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "International one-frame shoot-out". Snooker Scene . Everton's News Agency. November 1990. pp. 6–7.
  5. ↑ Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 158.
  6. ↑ "Famous five go through in the Stoke shoot-out". Grimsby Evening Telegraph. 27 September 1990. p. 26.
  7. ↑ "Hallet in driving seat after car scare". Grimsby Evening Telegraph. 28 September 1990. p. 22.
  8. ↑ Holmes, Bob (26 September 1990). "Hendry falls in snooker's shoot out". Evening Standard. p. 56.
  9. ↑ Smith, Terry, ed. (1991). Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Eighth ed.). London: Pelham Books. pp. 58–59. ISBN   978-0-7207-1983-3.
  10. ↑ Acteson, Steve (29 September 1990). "Morgan wins his second big title – Snooker". The Times . London.
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