1992 Matchroom League

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Forte Hotels Matchroom League
Tournament information
Dates12 January – 31 May 1992 (1992-01-12 – 1992-05-31)
Organisation Matchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£50,000 [1]
Highest break Flag of England.svg John Parrott (147)
Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Hendry (147)
Final
Champion Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Hendry
Runner-up Flag of England.svg Steve Davis
Score9–2
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The 1992 Forte Hotels Matchroom League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 12 January to 31 May 1992. [2] [3]

Contents

Stephen Hendry won in the final 9–2 against Steve Davis. [4] Two maximum breaks were achieved during this tournament; the first was by John Parrott in his match with Tony Meo; while the second was recorded by Stephen Hendry against Willie Thorne. [4]

League phase

[5]

Ranking Flag of Scotland.svg
HEN		 Flag of England.svg
DAV		 Flag of Thailand.svg
WAT		 Flag of England.svg
WHI		 Flag of England.svg
PAR		 Flag of England.svg
FOU		 Flag of England.svg
THO		 Flag of England.svg
WIL		 Flag of Malta.svg
DRA		 Flag of England.svg
JAM		 Flag of England.svg
MEO		 Flag of England.svg
FIS		 Flag of England.svg
HAL		Frame
W-L		Match
W-D-L		Pld-Pts
1 Stephen Hendry x63356446656761–358–2–212–26
2 Steve Davis 2x6365445356655–417–2–312–23
3 James Wattana 52x644342666654–426–3–312–21
4 Jimmy White 552x54453416549–476–3–312–21
5 John Parrott 3243x4855656354–426–2–412–20
6 Neal Foulds 23444x725573551–455–3–412–18
7 Tony Drago 23653362x562447–495–1–612–16
8 Gary Wilkinson 4443364x6336450–463–5–412–14
9 Steve James 252423453x37646–504–2–612–14
10 Willie Thorne 445401x42445643–533–6–312–12
11 Tony Meo 3327314525x4342–543–2–712–11
12 Allison Fisher 22222532614x536–603–1–812–10
13 Mike Hallett 122353244253x36–602–2–812–8

Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then 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. [6]

Play-offs

30–31 May (Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England) [6]

Semi-finals
Best of 17 frames 		Final
Best of 17 frames
      
1 Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Hendry 9
4 Flag of England.svg Jimmy White 0
1 Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Hendry 9
2 Flag of England.svg Steve Davis 2
2 Flag of England.svg Steve Davis 9
3 Flag of Thailand.svg James Wattana 5 Third-place (Best of 17 frames)
3 Flag of Thailand.svg James Wattana 9
4 Flag of England.svg Jimmy White 7

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References

  1. ↑ "Hendry lands ninth title". The Daily Telegraph. 1 June 1992. p. 35.
  2. ↑ "Hendrie admits: 'I miss not being introduced as world champion'". Herald Express. 4 January 1992. p. 19.
  3. ↑ "Hearn changes his tune over TV coverage". The Birmingham Post. 30 January 1992. p. 18.
  4. 1 2 "Premier/Matchroom League, Matchroom Championship League". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Maximums for Parrott and Hendry". Snooker Scene . Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. June 1992. p. 34.
  6. 1 2 Layton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 162.
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