1992 World Matchplay (snooker) explained

Tournament Name:World Matchplay
Venue:The Dome Leisure Centre
Location:Doncaster
Country:England
Format:Non-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:£160,000[1]
Winners Share:£70,000[2]
Highest Break: (141)[3]
Winner: James Wattana
Runner Up: Steve Davis
Score:9–4
Previous:1991

The 1992 Coalite World Matchplay was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4 and 12 December 1992 at The Dome Leisure Centre in Doncaster, England.[4] This was the final year the tournament was held as ITV which televised this event from 5 December were soon to be ending their snooker coverage on the channel.[5] James Wattana won the event, defeating Steve Davis 9–4 in the final which was reduced to a two session best of 17 frames final as it was for the first final 4 years earlier.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Money to burn. subscription. Derby Daily Telegraph. 30 September 1992. 36.
  2. News: Gary is top seed for World Matchplay defence. subscription. Mansfield & Sutton Recorder. 8 October 1992. 30.
  3. News: Wattana is too hot for Davis. subscription. Sunday Life. 13 December 1992. 66.
  4. News: World warm-up. subscription. Burton Daily Mail. 30 September 1992. 22.
  5. Web site: World Matchplay. https://web.archive.org/web/20120228200020/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/matchplay.html. dead. 28 February 2012. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. 21 October 2018.
  6. Book: Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. 163.