The 1990 Stormseal Matchroom League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 25 January to 20 May 1990. It featured ten players with seven from the Matchroom stable minus Terry Griffiths after being relegated the previous year along with Alex Higgins. Dennis Taylor returned to the league this year along with Doug Mountjoy who competed for the first time. Matches were played around sports and leisure centres and town halls exclusively across the UK this year while there was a Matchroom International League played across venues in some European countries which featured six players competing including Higgins and Griffiths.
Steve Davis topped the table and won the tournament for the fourth time.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: £70,000 Runner-up: £30,000 3rd place: £25,000 4th place: £20,000 5th Place: £17,000 6th Place: £15,000 7th Place: £13,000 8th Place: £11,000 9th Place: £9,000 10th Place: £5,000 Highest break: £5,000 Total: £220,000
League phase
Ranking DAV HEN THO MOU TAY WHI FOU MEO PAR THO FrameW-L MatchW-D-L Pld-Pts Winner Steve Davis x 2 7 5 6 4 5 5 4 6 44–28 6–2–1 9–20 Stephen Hendry 6 x 5 5 4 3 6 3 3 6 41–31 5–1–3 9–16 3 Willie Thorne 1 3 x 4 5 4 5 6 4 6 38–34 4–3–2 9–15 4 Doug Mountjoy 3 3 4 x 4 5 6 5 5 2 37–35 4–2–3 9–14 5 Dennis Taylor 2 4 3 4 x 6 0 6 4 5 34–38 3–3–3 9–12 6 Neal Foulds 3 2 3 2 8 4 x 3 7 5 37–35 3–1–5 9–10 6 Jimmy White 4 5 4 3 2 x 4 4 5 1 32–40 2–4–3 9–10 8 Tony Meo 3 5 2 3 2 4 5 x 2 5 31–41 3–1–5 9–10 9 Cliff Thorburn 2 2 2 6 3 7 3 3 5 x 33–39 3–0–6 9–9 10 John Parrott 4 5 4 3 4 3 1 6 x 3 33–39 2–3–4 9–9
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.
25 January – The Hawth, Crawley Stephen Hendry 5–3 Willie Thorne 27 January – Medway Arts Centre, Chatham Neal Foulds 5–3 Cliff Thorburn Doug Mountjoy 5–3 Tony Meo 28 January – St David's Hall, Cardiff Tony Meo 5–3 Neal Foulds Steve Davis 7–1 Willie Thorne 2 February – Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry Dennis Taylor 4–4 Stephen Hendry 3 February – Gateshead Lesuire Centre, Gateshead Dennis Taylor 6–2 Tony Meo Stephen Hendry 6–2 Cliff Thorburn 14 February – Central Hall, York Jimmy White 4–4 Willie Thorne 15 February – Town Hall, St Helens Cliff Thorburn 5–3 John Parrott 17 February – Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Aberdeen Neal Foulds 7–1 John Parrott Jimmy White 4–4 Steve Davis 23 March – The Dome, Morecambe Willie Thorne 6–2 Tony Meo 25 March – Sands Centre, Carlisle Doug Mountjoy 4–4 Willie Thorne Jimmy White 5–3 John Parrott 5 April – Thornaby Pavilion, Thornaby-on-Tees Steve Davis 6–2 Cliff Thorburn 6 April – Parr Hall, Warrington Stephen Hendry 6–2 Neal Foulds 7 April – Metrodome Leisure Complex, Barnsley Neal Foulds 8–0 Dennis Taylor Stephen Hendry 5–3 Doug Mountjoy 8 April – Octagon Theatre, Bolton Willie Thorne 6–2 Cliff Thorburn Dennis Taylor 4–4 John Parrott 2 May – The Bowl, Redcar Steve Davis 5–3 Doug Mountjoy 3 May – Northgate Arena Leisure Centre, Chester Steve Davis 5–3 Neal Foulds 4 May – Castle Leisure Centre, Bury John Parrott 5–3 Stephen Hendry 5 May – The Dome, Doncaster Willie Thorne 5–3 Neal Foulds Steve Davis 5–3 Tony Meo 6 May – Fairfield Halls, Croydon Tony Meo 5–3 Cliff Thorburn Steve Davis 4–4 John Parrott 7 May – New Victoria Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme Willie Thorne 4–4 John Parrott Cliff Thorburn 7–1 Jimmy White 8 May – Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea University, Swansea Doug Mountjoy 4–4 Dennis Taylor 10 May – Walsall Council House, Walsall Jimmy White 4–4 Neal Foulds 11 May – Queensway Hall, Dunstable Doug Mountjoy 5–3 Jimmy White 12 May – Meadowside Centre, Burton upon Trent Doug Mountjoy 6–2 Neal Foulds Tony Meo 5–3 Stephen Hendry 13 May – Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate Doug Mountjoy 5–3 John Parrott Steve Davis 6–2 Dennis Taylor 14 May – Oldham Sports Centre, Oldham Jimmy White 5–3 Stephen Hendry 16 May – The Floral Hall, Southport Dennis Taylor 6–2 Jimmy White 17 May – Burnley Mechanics Theatre, Burnley Willie Thorne 5–3 Dennis Taylor 18 May – Stoke Rochford Hall, near Grantham Dennis Taylor 5–3 Cliff Thorburn 19 May – Watford Town Hall, Watford Cliff Thorburn 6–2 Doug Mountjoy Tony Meo 4–4 Jimmy White 20 May – Brentwood International Centre, Brentwood John Parrott 6–2 Tony Meo Stephen Hendry 6–2 Steve Davis
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