1987 Matchroom League
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | January–May 1987 |
| Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Winner's share | £53,600 |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Steve Davis |
| Runner-up | Neal Foulds |
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The 1987 Rothmans Matchroom League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from January to May 1987.
Steve Davis topped the table and won the tournament.[1]
League phase
| Ranking | DAV |
FOU |
 GRI |
 TAY |
WHI |
MEO |
 THO |
THO |
Frame W-L |
Match W-D-L |
Pld-Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Steve Davis | x | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 36–20 | 4–1–2 | 7–36 |
| Runner-up | Neal Foulds | 2 | x | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 31–25 | 3–3–1 | 7–31 |
| 3 | Terry Griffiths | 4 | 4 | x | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 28–28 | 2–3–2 | 7–28 |
| 4 | Dennis Taylor | 2 | 3 | 4 | x | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28–28 | 2–2–3 | 7–28 |
| 5 | Jimmy White | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | x | 1 | 4 | 4 | 27–29 | 3–2–2 | 7–27 |
| 6 | Tony Meo | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | x | 4 | 6 | 26–30 | 2–2–3 | 7–26 |
| 7 | Cliff Thorburn | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | x | 5 | 25–31 | 2–2–3 | 7–25 |
| 8 | Willie Thorne | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | x | 23–33 | 1–3–3 | 7–23 |
The table points were decided by frame wins, followed by match wins to determine players' 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.
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References
- ^ "Premier/Matchroom League, Matchroom Championship League". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ Layton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 154.