1988 Matchroom League

The 1988 Rothmans Matchroom League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from January to May 1988.

Rothmans Matchroom League

Tournament information
Dates	January–May 1988
Organisation(s)	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	£70,000
Highest break	Tony Meo (147)
Final
Champion	Steve Davis
Runner-up	Stephen Hendry
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Steve Davis topped the table and won the tournament. Tony Meo recorded a maximum break in his match against Stephen Hendry.[1]

League phase

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Ranking		DAV	HEN	THO	FOU	WHI	GRI	THO	MEO	TAY	JOH	Frame W-L	Match W-D-L	Pld-Pts
Winner	Steve Davis	x	4	5	5	8	4	5	5	5	4	45–27	6–3–0	9–15
Runner-up	Stephen Hendry	4	x	2	4	4	6	6	6	7	7	46–26	5–3–1	9–13
3	Willie Thorne	3	6	x	3	6	4	6	4	4	5	41–31	4–3–2	9–11
4	Neal Foulds	3	4	5	x	4	4	5	3	6	6	40–32	4–3–2	9–11
5	Jimmy White	0	4	2	4	x	6	2	5	5	6	34–38	4–2–3	9–10
6	Terry Griffiths	4	2	4	4	2	x	4	5	5	5	35–37	3–4–2	9–10
7	Cliff Thorburn	3	2	2	3	6	4	x	4	6	7	37–35	3–2–4	9–8
8	Tony Meo	3	2	4	5	3	3	4	x	4	6	34–38	2–3–4	9–7
9	Dennis Taylor	3	1	4	2	3	3	2	4	x	8	30–42	1–2–6	9–4
10	Joe Johnson	4	1	3	2	2	3	1	2	0	x	18–54	0–1–8	9–1

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.

Steve Davis 4–4 Stephen Hendry Steve Davis 5–3 Neal Foulds Terry Griffiths 4–4 Cliff Thorburn Tony Meo 5–3 Neal Foulds Cliff Thorburn 6–2 Dennis Taylor Jimmy White 6–2 Terry Griffiths Steve Davis 5–3 Cliff Thorburn Neal Foulds 4–4 Terry Griffiths Neal Foulds 5–3 Cliff Thorburn Terry Griffiths 5–3 Dennis Taylor Willie Thorne 5–3 Joe Johnson Jimmy White 5–3 Dennis Taylor

Jimmy White 5–3 Tony Meo Steve Davis 5–3 Tony Meo Neal Foulds 5–3 Willie Thorne Stephen Hendry 6–2 Tony Meo Dennis Taylor 4–4 Willie Thorne Dennis Taylor 8–0 Joe Johnson Willie Thorne 6–2 Stephen Hendry Jimmy White 6–2 Joe Johnson Steve Davis 4–4 Terry Griffiths Steve Davis 5–3 Dennis Taylor Neal Foulds 4–4 Stephen Hendry

Neal Foulds 4–4 Jimmy White Neal Foulds 6–2 Joe Johnson Terry Griffiths 4–4 Willie Thorne Terry Griffiths 5–3 Joe Johnson Stephen Hendry 7–1 Dennis Taylor Stephen Hendry 7–1 Joe Johnson Tony Meo 4–4 Dennis Taylor Tony Meo 4–4 Cliff Thorburn Tony Meo 4–4 Willie Thorne Cliff Thorburn 6–2 Jimmy White Willie Thorne 6–2 Cliff Thorburn

Steve Davis 4–4 Joe Johnson Steve Davis 5–3 Willie Thorne Steve Davis 8–0 Jimmy White Neal Foulds 6–2 Dennis Taylor Terry Griffiths 5–3 Tony Meo Stephen Hendry 4–4 Jimmy White Stephen Hendry 6–2 Terry Griffiths Stephen Hendry 6–2 Cliff Thorburn Tony Meo 6–2 Joe Johnson Cliff Thorburn 7–1 Joe Johnson Willie Thorne 6–2 Jimmy White

References

1. "Premier/Matchroom League, Matchroom Championship League". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
2. Layton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 155.