Forte Hotels Matchroom League
Tournament information
Dates12 January – 31 May 1992 (1992-01-12 1992-05-31)
OrganisationMatchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£50,000[1]
Highest breakEngland John Parrott (147)
Scotland Stephen Hendry (147)
Final
ChampionScotland Stephen Hendry
Runner-upEngland Steve Davis
Score9–2
1991
1993

The 1992 Forte Hotels Matchroom League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 12 January to 31 May 1992.[2][3]

Stephen Hendry won in the final 9–2 against Steve Davis.[4] Two maximum breaks were achieved during this tournament; the first was by John Parrott in his match with Tony Meo; while the second was recorded by Stephen Hendry against Willie Thorne.[4]

League phase

[5]

Ranking Scotland
HEN
England
DAV
Thailand
WAT
England
WHI
England
PAR
England
FOU
England
THO
England
WIL
Malta
DRA
England
JAM
England
MEO
England
FIS
England
HAL
Frame
W-L
Match
W-D-L
Pld-Pts
1 Stephen Hendry x633564466567 61–358–2–212–26
2 Steve Davis 2x63654453566 55–417–2–312–23
3 James Wattana 52x6443426666 54–426–3–312–21
4 Jimmy White 552x544534165 49–476–3–312–21
5 John Parrott 3243x48556563 54–426–2–412–20
6 Neal Foulds 23444x7255735 51–455–3–412–18
7 Tony Drago 23653362x5624 47–495–1–612–16
8 Gary Wilkinson 4443364x63364 50–463–5–412–14
9 Steve James 252423453x376 46–504–2–612–14
10 Willie Thorne 445401x424456 43–533–6–312–12
11 Tony Meo 3327314525x43 42–543–2–712–11
12 Allison Fisher 22222532614x5 36–603–1–812–10
13 Mike Hallett 122353244253x 36–602–2–812–8

Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then 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.[6]

  • Stephen Hendry 5–3 John Parrott
  • James Wattana 4–4 Gary Wilkinson
  • Tony Drago 6–2 Willie Thorne
  • Neal Foulds 5–3 Steve James
  • Stephen Hendry 6–2 Steve James
  • James Wattana 6–2 Mike Hallett
  • Gary Wilkinson 6–2 Neal Foulds
  • Tony Meo 7–1 Jimmy White
  • James Wattana 6–2 Steve James
  • Steve Davis 6–2 Allison Fisher
  • Steve Davis 6–2 John Parrott
  • Tony Drago 5–3 Steve James
  • Neal Foulds 7–1 Tony Meo
  • Willie Thorne 5–3 James Wattana
  • Jimmy White 5–3 Steve Davis
  • Mike Hallett 4–4 Tony Drago
  • Jimmy White 6–2 Allison Fisher
  • John Parrott 5–3 Tony Drago
  • Steve Davis 6–2 Mike Hallett
  • Stephen Hendry 6–2 Neal Foulds
  • Tony Meo 4–4 Willie Thorne
  • Gary Wilkinson 6–2 Allison Fisher
  • Jimmy White 5–3 John Parrott
  • James Wattana 5–3 Stephen Hendry
  • Steve Davis 5–3 Tony Meo
  • Gary Wilkinson 4–4 Willie Thorne
  • Neal Foulds 5–3 Tony Drago
  • Allison Fisher 4–4 Tony Meo
  • Gary Wilkinson 4–4 Stephen Hendry
  • Tony Drago 5–3 Jimmy White
  • Mike Hallett 4–4 Gary Wilkinson
  • Tony Meo 5–3 Steve James
  • Steve Davis 5–3 Neal Foulds
  • Steve James 7–1 Allison Fisher
  • Stephen Hendry 5–3 Tony Meo
  • Stephen Hendry 6–2 Steve Davis
  • John Parrott 5–3 Gary Wilkinson
  • Jimmy White 4–4 Willie Thorne
  • Neal Foulds 5–3 Mike Hallett
  • Allison Fisher 5–3 Neal Foulds
  • Steve Davis 4–4 Gary Wilkinson
  • Stephen Hendry 6–2 Allison Fisher
  • Jimmy White 5–3 Stephen Hendry
  • Steve James 6–2 Mike Hallett
  • Tony Drago 6–2 Tony Meo
  • John Parrott 8–0 Willie Thorne
  • Steve James 5–3 Gary Wilkinson
  • James Wattana 6–2 Allison Fisher
  • Steve Davis 5–3 Tony Drago
  • Jimmy White 5–3 Mike Hallett
  • James Wattana 6–2 Tony Meo
  • Neal Foulds 4–4 John Parrott
  • Allison Fisher 5–3 Mike Hallett
  • Tony Drago 6–2 James Wattana
  • John Parrott 5–3 Tony Meo
  • Willie Thorne 6–2 Mike Hallett
  • James Wattana 4–4 John Parrott
  • Steve James 4–4 Jimmy White
  • Willie Thorne 4–4 Steve Davis
  • Stephen Hendry 7–1 Mike Hallett
  • Jimmy White 5–3 Gary Wilkinson
  • Steve James 4–4 Willie Thorne
  • James Wattana 4–4 Neal Foulds
  • James Wattana 6–2 Jimmy White
  • Stephen Hendry 6–2 Tony Drago
  • Mike Hallett 5–3 John Parrott
  • Steve James 5–3 Steve Davis
  • Tony Meo 5–3 Gary Wilkinson
  • Neal Foulds 7–1 Willie Thorne
  • John Parrott 6–2 Allison Fisher
  • Allison Fisher 6–2 Tony Drago
  • John Parrott 6–2 Steve James
  • Gary Wilkinson 6–2 Tony Drago
  • Steve Davis 6–2 James Wattana
  • Stephen Hendry 4–4 Willie Thorne
  • Jimmy White 4–4 Neal Foulds
  • Mike Hallett 5–3 Tony Meo
  • Willie Thorne 5–3 Allison Fisher

Play-offs

30–31 May (Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England) [6]

Semi-finals
Best of 17 frames
Final
Best of 17 frames
      
1 Scotland Stephen Hendry 9
4 England Jimmy White 0
1 Scotland Stephen Hendry 9
2 England Steve Davis 2
2 England Steve Davis 9
3 Thailand James Wattana 5 Third-place (Best of 17 frames)
3 Thailand James Wattana 9
4 England Jimmy White 7

References

  1. "Hendry lands ninth title". The Daily Telegraph. 1 June 1992. p. 35.
  2. "Hendrie admits: 'I miss not being introduced as world champion'". Herald Express. 4 January 1992. p. 19.
  3. "Hearn changes his tune over TV coverage". The Birmingham Post. 30 January 1992. p. 18.
  4. 1 2 "Premier/Matchroom League, Matchroom Championship League". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  5. "Maximums for Parrott and Hendry". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. June 1992. p. 34.
  6. 1 2 Layton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 162.
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