1989 Matchroom League

The 1989 Matchroom League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from January to May 1989.

Matchroom League

Tournament information
Dates	January–May 1989
Organisation(s)	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	£70,000
Highest break	Cliff Thorburn (147)
Final
Champion	Steve Davis
Runner-up	John Parrott
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Steve Davis topped the table and won the tournament. Cliff Thorburn recorded a maximum break in his match against Jimmy White.[1]

League phase

[2]

Ranking		DAV	PAR	HEN	THO	WHI	MEO	FOU	THO	GRI	HIG	Frame W-L	Match W-D-L	Pld-Pts
Winner	Steve Davis	x	5	5	6	2	6	5	7	7	5	48–24	8–0–1	9–16
Runner-up	John Parrott	3	x	3	7	4	6	5	5	5	7	45–27	6–1–2	9–13
3	Stephen Hendry	3	5	x	3	6	5	4	5	6	5	42–30	6–1–2	9–13
4	Cliff Thorburn	2	1	5	x	7	4	5	5	3	5	37–35	5–1–3	9–11
5	Jimmy White	6	4	2	1	x	3	1	4	5	5	31–41	3–2–4	9–8
6	Tony Meo	2	2	3	4	5	x	4	4	5	4	33–39	2–4–3	9–8
7	Neal Foulds	3	3	4	3	7	4	x	4	2	5	35–37	2–3–4	9–7
8	Willie Thorne	1	3	3	3	4	4	4	x	5	5	32–40	2–3–4	9–7
9	Terry Griffiths	1	3	2	5	3	3	6	3	x	5	31–41	3–0–6	9–6
10	Alex Higgins	3	1	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	x	26–46	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 5–3 Neal Foulds Tony Meo 4–4 Cliff Thorburn John Parrott 5–3 Terry Griffiths Cliff Thorburn 5–3 Stephen Hendry Willie Thorne 4–4 Jimmy White Neal Foulds 4–4 Willie Thorne Tony Meo 5–3 Terry Griffiths John Parrott 5–3 Willie Thorne John Parrott 5–3 Neal Foulds Cliff Thorburn 7–1 Jimmy White Cliff Thorburn 5–3 Alex Higgins Jimmy White 5–3 Alex Higgins

Jimmy White 5–3 Terry Griffiths Steve Davis 6–2 Tony Meo Steve Davis 7–1 Willie Thorne Steve Davis 5–3 Stephen Hendry Steve Davis 6–2 Cliff Thorburn Neal Foulds 4–4 Stephen Hendry Neal Foulds 7–1 Jimmy White Terry Griffiths 5–3 Cliff Thorburn Stephen Hendry 5–3 John Parrott Stephen Hendry 5–3 Tony Meo John Parrott 6–2 Tony Meo

Willie Thorne 5–3 Terry Griffiths Willie Thorne 5–3 Alex Higgins Steve Davis 5–3 John Parrott Steve Davis 7–1 Terry Griffiths Neal Foulds 4–4 Tony Meo Neal Foulds 5–3 Alex Higgins Stephen Hendry 5–3 Willie Thorne Stephen Hendry 5–3 Alex Higgins Tony Meo 5–3 Jimmy White John Parrott 7–1 Alex Higgins Cliff Thorburn 5–3 Neal Foulds

Steve Davis 5–3 Alex Higgins Terry Griffiths 5–3 Alex Higgins Terry Griffiths 6–2 Neal Foulds Stephen Hendry 6–2 Jimmy White Stephen Hendry 6–2 Terry Griffiths Alex Higgins 4–4 Tony Meo Tony Meo 4–4 Willie Thorne John Parrott 4–4 Jimmy White John Parrott 7–1 Cliff Thorburn Cliff Thorburn 5–3 Willie Thorne Jimmy White 6–2 Steve Davis

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. 157.