The 1989 Matchroom League was a professional non-

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snooker tournament that was played from January to May 1989.

Steve Davis Steve Davis (born 22 August 1957) is an English retired professional snooker player who is currently a commentator, musician, DJ, and author. He is best known for dominating professional snooker during the 1980s, when he reached eight World S ...

topped the table and won the tournament.

Cliff Thorburn Clifford Charles Devlin Thorburn (born 16 January 1948) is a Canadian retired professional snooker player. Nicknamed "The Grinder" because of his slow, determined style of play, he won the World Snooker Championship in 1980, defeating Alex Hi ...

recorded a maximum break in his match against

Jimmy White James Warren White (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player who has won three seniors World titles. Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" because of his fluid, attacking style of play, White is the 1980 World Amateur Champion, 2009 ...

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League phase

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. * 17 January – The Iceland Hotel,

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** Steve Davis 5–3 Neal Foulds * January – Dolphin Centre, Darlington ** John Parrott 5–3 Terry Griffiths * 19 January – Queensway Hall,

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** Cliff Thorburn 5–3 Stephen Hendry * 20 January –

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** ''Willie Thorne 4–4 Jimmy White'' * 21 January – Torbay Lesuire Centre,

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** ''Tony Meo 4–4 Cliff Thorburn'', Thorburn replaced Higgins * 6 March – Spa Grand Hall,

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** Tony Meo 5–3 Terry Griffiths * 7 March –

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** John Parrott 5–3 Willie Thorne * 8 March –

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, Crawley ** Cliff Thorburn 7–1 Jimmy White * 9 March –

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Leisure Centre,

** John Parrott 5–3 Neal Foulds * 10 March – Aston Villa Sports and Leisure Centre,

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** Jimmy White 5–3 Alex Higgins * 11 March – Central Hall,

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** Jimmy White 5–3 Terry Griffiths * 12 March – The Dome,

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** ''Neal Foulds 4–4 Willie Thorne'' * 12 March – Greenhills Sports Centre, Drogheda ** Cliff Thorburn 5–3 Alex Higgins * 13 March – Civic Theatre, Barnsley ** John Parrott 6–2 Tony Meo * 14 March – Swansea Leisure Centre, Swansea ** Steve Davis 6–2 Tony Meo * 15 March – Merthyr Tydfil ** Willie Thorne 5–3 Terry Griffiths * 16 March – Hereford Leisure Centre, Hereford ** ''Neal Foulds 4–4 Stephen Hendry'' * 18 March – Perdiswell Sports Centre,

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** Steve Davis 7–1 Willie Thorne * 19 March –

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** Stephen Hendry 5–3 John Parrott * 19 March –

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** Neal Foulds 7–1 Jimmy White * 23 March – Dundonald Ice Bowl, Dundonald ** Willie Thorne 5–3 Alex Higgins * 25 March – Sands Centre, Carlisle ** Steve Davis 5–3 Stephen Hendry * 27 March – Crowtree Leisure Centre, Sunderland ** Steve Davis 6–2 Cliff Thorburn * 27 March –

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** Stephen Hendry 5–3 Tony Meo * 4 April – North Bridge Leisure Centre, Halifax ** Tony Meo 5–3 Jimmy White * 5 April – Howebridge Leisure Centre,

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** Steve Davis 5–3 John Parrott * 6 April – Thornaby Pavilion,

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** Neal Foulds 5–3 Alex Higgins * 7 April – Mansfield Leisure Centre, Mansfield ** John Parrott 7–1 Alex Higgins * 7 April – Finland ** Terry Griffiths 5–3 Cliff Thorburn * 8 April –

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, Newcastle-under-Lyme ** Stephen Hendry 5–3 Willie Thorne * 9 April –

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** Stephen Hendry 5–3 Alex Higgins * 9 April –

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** Steve Davis 7–1 Terry Griffiths * 10 April – Municipal Hall,

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** Cliff Thorburn 5–3 Neal Foulds * 4 May – Northcroft Recreation Centre, Newbury ** ''Alex Higgins 4–4 Tony Meo'' * 5 May – Bath Sports and Leisure centre, Bath ** ''John Parrott 4–4 Jimmy White'' * 6 May – Granby Halls Leisure Centre, Leicester ** Stephen Hendry 6–2 Jimmy White * 6 May – Germany ** ''Tony Meo 4–4 Willie Thorne'' * 7 May – Towngate Theatre, Poole Arts Centre, Poole ** Stephen Hendry 6–2 Terry Griffiths * 8 May – St David's Hall,

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** Terry Griffiths 5–3 Alex Higgins * 9 May – Meadowside Centre,

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** Cliff Thorburn 5–3 Willie Thorne * 11 May – Royal Centre,

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** Steve Davis 5–3 Alex Higgins * 13 May – Norwich Sports Village,

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** Terry Griffiths 6–2 Neal Foulds * 13 May –

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** John Parrott 7–1 Cliff Thorburn * 14 May – Brentwood International Centre, Brentwood ** Jimmy White 6–2 Steve Davis * Unknown date and venue ** ''Neal Foulds 4–4 Tony Meo''

References

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