1992 Matchroom League

The 1992 Forte Hotels Matchroom League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from January to May 1992.

Forte Hotels Matchroom League

Tournament information
Dates	January–May 1992
Organisation(s)	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	£50,000
Highest break	John Parrott (147) Stephen Hendry (147)
Final
Champion	Stephen Hendry
Runner-up	Steve Davis
Score	9–2
← 1991 1993 →

Stephen Hendry won in the final 9–2 against Steve Davis.[1] 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.[1]

League phase

Ranking		HEN	DAV	WAT	WHI	PAR	FOU	THO	WIL	DRA	JAM	MEO	FIS	HAL	Frame W-L	Match W-D-L	Pld-Pts
1	Stephen Hendry	x	6	3	3	5	6	4	4	6	6	5	6	7	61–35	8–2–2	12–18
2	Steve Davis	2	x	6	3	6	5	4	4	5	3	5	6	6	55–41	7–2–3	12–16
3	James Wattana	5	2	x	6	4	4	3	4	2	6	6	6	6	54–42	6–3–3	12–15
4	Jimmy White	5	5	2	x	5	4	4	5	3	4	1	6	5	49–47	6–3–3	12–15
5	John Parrott	3	2	4	3	x	4	8	5	5	6	5	6	3	54–42	6–2–4	12–14
6	Neal Foulds	2	3	4	4	4	x	7	2	5	5	7	3	5	51–45	5–3–4	12–13
7	Willie Thorne	4	4	5	4	0	1	x	4	2	4	4	5	6	43–53	3–6–3	12–12
8	Gary Wilkinson	4	4	4	3	3	6	4	x	6	3	3	6	4	50–46	3–5–4	12–11
9	Tony Drago	2	3	6	5	3	3	6	2	x	5	6	2	4	47–49	5–1–6	12–11
10	Steve James	2	5	2	4	2	3	4	5	3	x	3	7	6	46–50	4–2–6	12–10
11	Tony Meo	3	3	2	7	3	1	4	5	2	5	x	4	3	42–54	3–2–7	12–8
12	Allison Fisher	2	2	2	2	2	5	3	2	6	1	4	x	5	36–60	3–1–8	12–7
13	Mike Hallett	1	2	2	3	5	3	2	4	4	2	5	3	x	36–60	2–2–8	12–6

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.[2]

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) [2]

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

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. 162.