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Shoot-Out
Tournament information
Dates26–28 September 1990 (1990-09-26 – 1990-09-28)
VenueTrentham Gardens
CityStoke-on-Trent
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£40,000
Winner's share£5,000
Highest break Tony Knowles (ENG) (120)
Final
ChampionWales Darren Morgan
Runner-upEngland Mike Hallett
Score2–1
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Snooker tournament

The 1990 Shoot-Out was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 26 to 28 September 1990 at Trentham Gardens in Stoke-on-Trent, England.

Darren Morgan won the tournament, defeating Mike Hallett 2–1 in the best of three frames final. All other matches were decided by a single frame.

Jimmy White, the fourth seed, withdrew from the tournament at short notice, explaining that he had broken his cue. Bill Oliver was injured in a road traffic incident collision whilst driving to the venue on 27 September and withdrew from the tournament; Hallett, his passenger, was uninjured. The reigning world champion, Stephen Hendry, was eliminated by Alan McManus in the first round. Hallett, who was seventh in the Snooker world rankings 1990/1991, was the highest-ranked player to progress through to the third round; only Hallett, Dean Reynolds and Neal Foulds from the top 16 in the rankings progressed into the last-16 round.

Both losing semi-finalists were in their debut season as a professional player. Jason Whittaker, who at 18 was the youngest professional player at the time, was eliminated by Morgan. McManus, the other losing semi-finalist, had progressed after requiring his opponents in both the last-16 and quarter-final to concede penalty points when only the final pink and black were left on the table.

Hallet won the first frame of the final, and led by 22 points in the next frame, but Morgan made a break of 53 and drew level. During the deciding frame, Hallett accidentally forced the final brown ball off the table; Morgan went on to win the frame 65–32 and take the title. After his victory, Morgan commented that "In a tournament like this, there is a lot of luck involved, and I had mine at exactly the right time."

Prize fund

The winner of the event received £5,000 from a total prize fund of £40,000. The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below.

  • Winner: £5,000
  • Runner-up: £3,000
  • Semi-finalists: £2,000
  • Quarter-finalists: £1,250
  • Last 16: £750
  • Last 32: £500
  • Last 64: £250
  • Highest break: £1,000

Tournament draw

Match winners are shown in bold.
Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walk-over

The following 12 players received byes from round-one into the last-64:

Round one

Group one

Group two

Group three

Group four

Last 64

Group one

Group two

Last 32

Last 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Final: Best of 3 frames
Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent, England, 28 September 1990
Darren Morgan
 Wales 		2–1 Mike Hallett
 England
28–97, 72–35 (53), 65–32

Century breaks

Only one century break was made during the tournament. The second-highest break was 93, compiled by Willie Thorne.

References

  1. "One Frame Shoot-Out". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  2. "I'm quitting". Grimsby Evening Telegraph. 20 September 1990. p. 24.
  3. "Morgan's big pay night". South Wales Echo. 29 September 1990. p. 59.
  4. ^ "International one-frame shoot-out". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. November 1990. pp. 6–7.
  5. Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 158.
  6. "Famous five go through in the Stoke shoot-out". Grimsby Evening Telegraph. 27 September 1990. p. 26.
  7. "Hallet in driving seat after car scare". Grimsby Evening Telegraph. 28 September 1990. p. 22.
  8. Holmes, Bob (26 September 1990). "Hendry falls in snooker's shoot out". Evening Standard. p. 56.
  9. Smith, Terry, ed. (1991). Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Eighth ed.). London: Pelham Books. pp. 58–59. ISBN 978-0-7207-1983-3.
  10. Acteson, Steve (29 September 1990). "Morgan wins his second big title – Snooker". The Times. London.
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