1992 UK Championship

1992 UK Championship

Tournament information
Dates	13–29 November 1992 (1992-11-13 – 1992-11-29)
Venue	Preston Guild Hall
City	Preston
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Winner's share	£70,000
Highest break	Peter Ebdon  (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion	Jimmy White  (ENG)
Runner-up	John Parrott  (ENG)
Score	16–9
← 1991 1993 →

The 1992 UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The event started on 13 November 1992 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 21 and 29 November 1992.

It was the last UK Final to be staged over two days and to use the best of 31 frames format. ^[1] The highest break of the televised stages was 136 made by James Wattana and the same of the non-televised stages was 147 made by Peter Ebdon.

In a repeat of the previous year's final Jimmy White won his first and only UK Championship title by defeating defending champion John Parrott 16–9 in a reverse of the result in 1991, winning back-to-back ranking events after victory in the Grand Prix a month earlier.

Prize fund

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

• Winner: £70,000
• Runner-up: £35,000
• High break: £5,000

Main draw

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	Last 64 Best of 17 frames					Last 32 Best of 17 frames					Last 16 Best of 17 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 17 frames					Semi-finals Best of 17 frames					Final Best of 31 frames
	1	John Parrott	9
	59	Kirk Stevens	3
						1	John Parrott	9
						21	Ken Doherty	5
	21	Ken Doherty	9
	47	Peter Ebdon	4
											1	John Parrott	9
											19	Dean Reynolds	2
	19	Dean Reynolds	9
	75	Chris Small	6
						19	Dean Reynolds	9
						9	Nigel Bond	7
	9	Nigel Bond	9
	46	Ian Graham	5
																1	John Parrott	9
																53	Joe Swail	3
	12	Martin Clark	9
		Frankie Chan	3
						12	Martin Clark	1
						18	Dene O'Kane	9
	18	Dene O'Kane	9
	85	Anthony Hamilton	8
											18	Dene O'Kane	3
											53	Joe Swail	9
	30	Danny Fowler	3
	53	Joe Swail	9
						53	Joe Swail	9
						74	Billy Snaddon	7
	5	Neal Foulds	3
	74	Billy Snaddon	9
																					1	John Parrott	9
																					4	Steve Davis	5
	6	Terry Griffiths	7
	62	Jason Ferguson	9
						62	Jason Ferguson	9
						124	John Rea	3
	22	Tony Jones	8
	124	John Rea	9
											62	Jason Ferguson	3
											16	Darren Morgan	9
	24	Tony Drago	9
	61	Brian Morgan	6
						24	Tony Drago	6
						16	Darren Morgan	9
	16	Darren Morgan	9
	94	Anthony Davies	3
																16	Darren Morgan	2
																4	Steve Davis	9
	10	Steve James	9
	56	Stephen Murphy	3
						10	Steve James	9
						41	Jason Prince	4
	27	Mark Bennett	6
	41	Jason Prince	9
											10	Steve James	4
											4	Steve Davis	9
	25	Peter Francisco	8
	55	Eugene Hughes	9
						55	Eugene Hughes	0
						4	Steve Davis	9
	4	Steve Davis	9
	34	Wayne Jones	1
																										1	John Parrott	9
																										3	Jimmy White	16
	3	Jimmy White	9
	255	Dylan Leary	1
						3	Jimmy White	9
						32	David Roe	8
	32	David Roe	9
	44	Jonathan Birch	5
											3	Jimmy White	9
											15	Willie Thorne	4
	31	Mark Johnston-Allen	5
	119	Mark Davis	9
						119	Mark Davis	0
						15	Willie Thorne	9
	15	Willie Thorne	9
	43	Jim Wych	1
																3	Jimmy White	9
																7	James Wattana	2
	11	Dennis Taylor	9
	50	Nigel Gilbert	7
						11	Dennis Taylor	3
						17	Mike Hallett	9
	17	Mike Hallett	9
		Stephen Lee	4
											17	Mike Hallett	1
											7	James Wattana	9
	26	Doug Mountjoy	9
	54	Jack McLaughlin	2
						26	Doug Mountjoy	1
						7	James Wattana	9
	7	James Wattana	9
	72	Alex Higgins	3
																					3	Jimmy White	9
																					13	Alan McManus	7
	8	Gary Wilkinson	9
	192	Fergal O'Brien	6
						8	Gary Wilkinson	9
						23	Joe Johnson	1
	23	Joe Johnson	9
	205	Darren Clarke	8
											8	Gary Wilkinson	7
											13	Alan McManus	9
	29	Eddie Charlton	9
		Suriya Suwannasingh	7
						29	Eddie Charlton	3
						13	Alan McManus	9
	13	Alan McManus	9
	120	Shaun Mellish	7
																13	Alan McManus	9
																2	Stephen Hendry	8
	14	Alain Robidoux	7
		Ronnie O'Sullivan	9
							Ronnie O'Sullivan	8
						33	Cliff Wilson	9
	28	Silvino Francisco	6
	33	Cliff Wilson	9
											33	Cliff Wilson	3
											2	Stephen Hendry	9
	20	Tony Knowles	9
	243	Jason Wallace	6
						20	Tony Knowles	5
						2	Stephen Hendry	9
	2	Stephen Hendry	9
		Mark Williams	8

Final

Final: Best of 31 frames. Referee: Len Ganley The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 28 and 29 November 1992.
Jimmy White (3)   England	16–9	John Parrott (1)   England
First session:76–8 (54), 10–66, 77–0, 61–52, 85–36 (65), 49–44, 66–57 (53) Second session: 18–88 (87), 111–9 (110), 0–73 (72), 110–9 (50, 50), 29–66, 114–4 (66), 54–55 Third session:95–10 (74), 95–28 (54), 0–126 (126), 79–0 (71), 29–81 (70), 77–6, 2–94 (90) Fourth session:80–1 (74), 14–57, 73–54, 59–34
110	Highest break	126
1	Century breaks	1
10	50+ breaks	6

Century breaks

All rounds

• 147, 117 – Peter Ebdon ^[4]
• 145, 123, 117, 115, 103, 102 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 140 – Chris Scanlon
• 140 – Michael Valentine
• 136, 110 – James Wattana
• 132, 109, 104 – Steve James
• 132 – Paul Davies
• 130 – Darren Hackeson
• 129, 109 – Peter Francisco
• 128 – Dave Harold
• 126, 103, 103 – John Parrott
• 122, 100 – Darren Morgan
• 120, 119, 104, 103 – Alan McManus
• 119, 109 – Jimmy Michie
• 118, 118, 116, 109, 101 – Stephen Hendry
• 118 – Joe Canny
• 116, 115, 106, 105, 102 – Steve Davis
• 114 – Leigh Griffin
• 111 – John Giles
• 111 – Jimmy White
• 109 – Tony Drago
• 107 – Dominic Dale
• 107 – Noppadon Noppachorn
• 107 – Mark Williams
• 105 – Nick Dyson
• 105 – Will Jerram
• 105 – Wayne Jones
• 105 – Peter Lines
• 105 – Lee Richardson
• 105 – Gary Wilkinson
• 104 – Stephen Lee
• 104 – Alain Robidoux
• 103 – Garry Baldrey
• 102 – Phillip Seaton
• 101 – Dave Gilbert
• 101 – Dene O'Kane
• 101 – John Rees
• 100 – Mark Johnston-Allen
• 100 – Billy Snaddon
• 100 – Joe Swail

References

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