1991 Matchroom League
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | January–May 1991 |
| Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Winner's share | £50,000 |
| Highest break |  John Parrott (ENG) 141[1] |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Stephen Hendry (SCO) |
| Runner-up | Steve Davis (ENG) |
| Score | Round-Robin |
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The 1991 Trust House Forte Matchroom League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from January to May 1991.
Stephen Hendry topped the table and won the tournament.[2]
League phase
| Ranking | HEN |
DAV |
WHI |
THO |
 WAT |
JAM |
FOU |
MEO |
 TAY |
 MOU |
Frame W-L |
Match W-D-L |
Pld-Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Stephen Hendry | x | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 49–23 | 7–1–1 | 9–22 |
| Runner-up | Steve Davis | 4 | x | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 44–28 | 3–6–0 | 9–15 |
| 3 | Jimmy White | 1 | 4 | x | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 39–33 | 4–3–2 | 9–15 |
| 4 | Willie Thorne | 5 | 4 | 3 | x | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 35–37 | 4–2–3 | 9–14 |
| 5 | James Wattana | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | x | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 38–34 | 3–4–2 | 9–13 |
| 6 | Steve James | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | x | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 38–34 | 3–3–3 | 9–12 |
| 7 | Neal Foulds | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | x | 3 | 4 | 3 | 37–35 | 3–3–3 | 9–12 |
| 8 | Tony Meo | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | x | 3 | 5 | 30–42 | 2–2–5 | 9–8 |
| 9 | Dennis Taylor | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | x | 4 | 26–46 | 1–3–5 | 9–6 |
| 10 | Doug Mountjoy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | x | 24–48 | 1–1–7 | 9–4 |
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.
- Tony Meo 5–3 Doug Mountjoy
- Steve Davis 7–1 Dennis Taylor
- Tony Meo 5–3 Neal Foulds
- Steve James 6–2 Doug Mountjoy
- Steve James 7–1 Willie Thorne
- Tony Meo 4–4 Jimmy White
- Stephen Hendry 5–3 Steve James
- James Wattana 5–3 Jimmy White
- Doug Mountjoy 5–3 Neal Foulds
- Steve James 4–4 Steve Davis
- Willie Thorne 5–3 Dennis Taylor
- Neal Foulds 4–4 Jimmy White
- James Wattana 4–4 Tony Meo
- Neal Foulds 4–4 Dennis Taylor
- Dennis Taylor 4–4 Doug Mountjoy
- Jimmy White 5–3 Willie Thorne
- Neal Foulds 7–1 Steve James
- Jimmy White 6–2 Dennis Taylor
- Willie Thorne 4–4 James Wattana
- Stephen Hendry 7–1 Jimmy White
- James Wattana 5–3 Doug Mountjoy
- Stephen Hendry 7–1 Dennis Taylor
- Neal Foulds 5–3 James Wattana
- Willie Thorne 4–4 Steve Davis
- Neal Foulds 5–3 Willie Thorne
- Steve Davis 4–4 James Wattana
- Stephen Hendry 6–2 Tony Meo
- Jimmy White 4–4 Steve Davis
- Willie Thorne 5–3 Stephen Hendry
- Steve Davis 7–1 Doug Mountjoy
- Dennis Taylor 5–3 Tony Meo
- Steve Davis 4–4 Neal Foulds
- Stephen Hendry 6–2 Neal Foulds
- Stephen Hendry 4–4 Steve Davis
- Steve James 4–4 James Wattana
- Steve James 6–2 Tony Meo
- Jimmy White 7–1 Doug Mountjoy
- Stephen Hendry 6–2 Doug Mountjoy
- Willie Thorne 5–3 Doug Mountjoy
- Steve Davis 6–2 Tony Meo
- James Wattana 6–2 Dennis Taylor
- Willie Thorne 5–3 Tony Meo
- Dennis Taylor 4–4 Steve James
- Stephen Hendry 5–3 James Wattana
- Jimmy White 5–3 Steve James
References
- ^ a b "Hendry finishes top of the league". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. July 1991. pp. 5–6.
- ^ "Premier/Matchroom League, Matchroom Championship League". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ Layton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 160.