1990 Matchroom League

The 1990 Stormseal Matchroom League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from January to May 1990.

Stormseal Matchroom League

Tournament information
Dates	January–May 1990
Organisation(s)	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	£70,000
Final
Champion	Steve Davis
Runner-up	Stephen Hendry
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Steve Davis topped the table and won the tournament.[1]

League phase

[2]

Ranking		DAV	HEN	THO	MOU	TAY	WHI	FOU	MEO	PAR	THO	Frame W-L	Match W-D-L	Pld-Pts
Winner	Steve Davis	x	2	7	5	6	4	5	5	4	6	44–28	6–2–1	9–14
Runner-up	Stephen Hendry	6	x	5	5	4	3	6	3	3	6	41–31	5–1–3	9–11
3	Willie Thorne	1	3	x	4	5	4	5	6	4	6	38–34	4–3–2	9–11
4	Doug Mountjoy	3	3	4	x	4	5	6	5	5	2	37–35	4–2–3	9–10
5	Dennis Taylor	2	4	3	4	x	6	0	6	4	5	34–38	3–3–3	9–9
6	Jimmy White	4	5	4	3	2	x	4	4	5	1	32–40	2–4–3	9–8
7	Neal Foulds	3	2	3	2	8	4	x	3	7	5	37–35	3–1–5	9–7
8	Tony Meo	3	5	2	3	2	4	5	x	2	5	31–41	3–1–5	9–7
9	John Parrott	4	5	4	3	4	3	1	6	x	3	33–39	2–3–4	9–7
10	Cliff Thorburn	2	2	2	6	3	7	3	3	5	x	33–39	3–0–6	9–6

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.

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

Willie Thorne 6–2 Tony Meo Jimmy White 5–3 John Parrott Doug Mountjoy 4–4 Willie Thorne Steve Davis 6–2 Cliff Thorburn Stephen Hendry 6–2 Neal Foulds Neal Foulds 8–0 Dennis Taylor Stephen Hendry 5–3 Doug Mountjoy Willie Thorne 6–2 Cliff Thorburn Dennis Taylor 4–4 John Parrott Steve Davis 5–3 Doug Mountjoy Steve Davis 5–3 Neal Foulds

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

Tony Meo 5–3 Stephen Hendry Doug Mountjoy 5–3 John Parrott Steve Davis 6–2 Dennis Taylor Dennis Taylor 6–2 Jimmy White Willie Thorne 5–3 Dennis Taylor Dennis Taylor 5–3 Cliff Thorburn Jimmy White 5–3 Stephen Hendry Cliff Thorburn 6–2 Doug Mountjoy Tony Meo 4–4 Jimmy White John Parrott 6–2 Tony Meo Stephen Hendry 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 22 January 2018.
2. Layton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 159.