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	17 January–14 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

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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.

• 17 January – Reykjavik
  • Steve Davis 5–3 Neal Foulds
• January – Dolphin Centre, Darlington
  • John Parrott 5–3 Terry Griffiths
• 19 January – Queensway Hall, Dunstable
  • Cliff Thorburn 5–3 Stephen Hendry
• 20 January – Warwick University
  • Willie Thorne 4–4 Jimmy White
• 21 January – Torbay Lesuire Centre, Paignton
  • Tony Meo 4–4 Cliff Thorburn, Thorburn replaced Higgins
• 6 March –Spa Grand Hall, Scarborough
  • Tony Meo 5–3 Terry Griffiths
• 7 March – Grantham
  • John Parrott 5–3 Willie Thorne
• 8 March – Crawley
  • Cliff Thorburn 7–1 Jimmy White
• 9 March – Watford Leisure Centre
  • John Parrott 5–3 Neal Foulds
• 10 March – Aston Villa Sports and Leisure Centre, Birmingham
  • Jimmy White 5–3 Alex Higgins
• 11 March – Central Hall, York
  • Jimmy White 5–3 Terry Griffiths
• 12 March – Newark
  • Neal Foulds 4–4 Willie Thorne
• 12 March – Greenhills Sports Centre, Drogheda
  • Cliff Thorburn 5–3 Alex Higgins
• 13 March – Civic Theatre, Barnsley
  • John Parrott 6–2 Tony Meo
• 14 March – Swansea Leisure Centre, Swansea
  • Steve Davis 6–2 Tony Meo
• 15 March – Merthyr Tydfil
  • Willie Thorne 5–3 Terry Griffiths
• 16 March – Hereford
  • Neal Foulds 4–4 Stephen Hendry
• 18 March – Perdiswell Sports Centre, Worcester
  • Steve Davis 7–1 Willie Thorne
• 19 March – Fairfield Halls, Croyden
  • Stephen Hendry 5–3 John Parrott
• 19 March – Ostend
  • Neal Foulds 7–1 Jimmy White
• 23 March – Dundonald Ice Bowl, Dundonald
  • Willie Thorne 5–3 Alex Higgins
• 25 March – Sands Centre, Carlisle
  • Steve Davis 5–3 Stephen Hendry
• 27 March – Sunderland
  • Steve Davis 6–2 Cliff Thorburn
• 27 March – Amsterdam
  • Stephen Hendry 5–3 Tony Meo
• 4 April – Halifax
  • Tony Meo 5–3 Jimmy White
• 5 April – Wigan
  • Steve Davis 5–3 John Parrott
• 6 April – Thornaby Pavilion, Thornaby-on-Tees
  • Neal Foulds 5–3 Alex Higgins
• 7 April – Mansfield
  • John Parrott 7–1 Alex Higgins
• 7 April – Finland
  • Terry Griffiths 5–3 Cliff Thorburn
• 8 April – New Victoria Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • Stephen Hendry 5–3 Willie Thorne
• 9 April – Harrogate
  • Stephen Hendry 5–3 Alex Higgins
• 9 April – Monte Carlo
  • Steve Davis 7–1 Terry Griffiths
• 10 April – Colne
  • Cliff Thorburn 5–3 Neal Foulds
• 4 May – Newbury
  • Alex Higgins 4–4 Tony Meo
• 5 May – Bath
  • John Parrott 4–4 Jimmy White
• 6 May – Leicester
  • Stephen Hendry 6–2 Jimmy White
• 6 May – Germany
  • Tony Meo 4–4 Willie Thorne
• 7 May – Poole
  • Stephen Hendry 6–2 Terry Griffiths
• 8 May – St David's Hall, Cardiff
  • Terry Griffiths 5–3 Alex Higgins
• 9 May – Burton upon Trent
  • Cliff Thorburn 5–3 Willie Thorne
• 11 May – Nottingham
  • Steve Davis 5–3 Alex Higgins
• 13 May – Norwich
  • Terry Griffiths 6–2 Neal Foulds
• 13 May – Marseille
  • John Parrott 7–1 Cliff Thorburn
• 14 May – Brentwood
  • Jimmy White 6–2 Steve Davis
• Unknown
  • Neal Foulds 4–4 Tony Meo

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. Hayton, Eric (2004). Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. p. 157. ISBN 978-0954854904.