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British Car Rental World Cup
Tournament information
Dates21–24 March 1990 (1990-03-21 – 1990-03-24)
VenueBournemouth International Centre
CityBournemouth
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£135,000
Winner's share£48,000
Highest breakCanada Alain Robidoux (124)
Final
ChampionCanada Canada
Runner-upNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland
Score9–5
1989
1996

The 1990 Snooker World Cup was a team snooker tournament played at the Bournemouth International Centre. British Car Rental sponsored this last one in its original form.[citation needed].

England with Steve Davis, Jimmy White and John Parrott lost their first round match to the Republic of Ireland, who then lost to Northern Ireland in the semi-finals. The Northern Ireland team of captain Dennis Taylor, Alex Higgins and Tommy Murphy experienced infighting between Higgins and Taylor fighting over the captaincy that erupted into a number of arguments, culminating in Higgins infamously threatening to have Taylor shot; this incident, along with a number of offences at the World Championship a month later, resulted in Higgins being banned from the game for the rest of 1990 and all of 1991.[citation needed] They went on to lose 5–9 in the final to the Canada team of Cliff Thorburn, Bob Chaperon and Alain Robidoux. Robidoux won the last frame with a 124 break, the highest of the championship.

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Tournament Summary

Background

Sine the 1979 World Challenge Cup, a professional team tournament had been run every year except 1984; during the 1984–85 snooker season, the event was moved from early to late in the season.[1] There had previously been an All Ireland Team, which won the tournament from 1985 to 1987. Alex Higgins, Dennis Taylor and Eugene Hughes were the team members for those three years.[1] Later, there had been separate Ireland and Northern Ireland teams, neither of which had won a match at the competition since the change.[2]

Teams

The participating teams for 1990 were:[3]

Team Player 1 (Captain) Player 2 Player 3
 England Steve Davis Jimmy White John Parrott
 Wales Terry Griffiths Doug Mountjoy Cliff Wilson
 Canada Cliff Thorburn Bob Chaperon Alain Robidoux
Rest of the World South Africa Silvino Francisco Malta Tony Drago New Zealand Dene O'Kane
 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor Alex Higgins Tommy Murphy
 Scotland Stephen Hendry Murdo MacLeod John Rea
 Australia Eddie Charlton John Campbell Warren King
 Ireland Eugene Hughes Paddy Browne Anthony Kearney

First round

Defending champions England led Ireland 4-1 but were defeated 4-5. Steve Davis and Anthony Kearney each won a frame when they played each other, then Jimmy White won both frames against Paddy Browne. Parrott won the next frame, against Hughes, and had a 58-4 points advantage in the sixth frame, which Hughes went on to win. Hughes and Parrott played the following two frames, which were both taken by Hughes. In the deciding frame, Browne defeated Davis.[4] The match between Canada and Scotland was level after each of the first three pair of frames, as Bob Chaperon and John Rea, Cliff Thorburn and Murdo MacLeod, and Alain Robidoux and Stephen Hendry all drew 1-1. Robidoux won the next two frames, against Hendry, to secure a 5-3 win.[4]

Higgins won three consecutive frames against Tony Drago to move Northern Ireland Team from 2-2 against the Rest of the World to a 5-2 win. Taylor and Silvino Francisco each won a frame in the opening pairing, and then Tommy Murphy and Dene O'Kane each took a frame when they played.[2]

Semi-finals

Canada eliminated Australia 5-1 in the first semi-final, with only King, against Thorburn, winning a frame for Australia. Taylor gave Northern Ireland a 2-0 lead by defeating Browne, making the highest break of the tournament so far, 71, in the second frame. After Hughes had equalised, Higgins defeated Kearney 2-0 and then won the deciding frame against Hughes, to complete a 5-4 victory.[5]

Final

Canada defeated Northern Ireland 9-5 to win the title. Robidoux won five frames of the six he played, and concluded the match with a total clearance of 124, the highest break of the tournament, in the 14th frame.[6] At previous tournaments, Higgins had insisted that any of the team members winning the highest break prize should keep it for themselves rather than divide it between the team members. Taylor had recorded the highest break in the 1990 tournament to that point, a 71. Higgins was angered by Taylor's insistence that he would keep the £6,000 highest break prize for himself if he won it. At the press conference Higgins said "In my estimation, Dennis Taylor is not a snooker person. He is a money person . . . He put money before country. He belongs back in Coalisland. He's not fit to wear this badge, the red hand of Ulster."[7] Backstage during the match, Higgins threatened Taylor that he would arrange for him to be shot the next time that Taylor was back in Northern Ireland.[7][8] The presentation of the prizes to the Canadian team was interrupted by a streaker protesting against the poll tax whilst wearrting only two blue balloons.[8]

Main draw

Results for the tournament are shown below.[3]

Country Player 1 (Captain) Player 2 Player 3
 England Steve Davis Jimmy White John Parrott
 Wales Terry Griffiths Doug Mountjoy Cliff Wilson
 Canada Cliff Thorburn Bob Chaperon Alain Robidoux
Rest of the World South Africa Silvino Francisco Malta Tony Drago New Zealand Dene O'Kane
 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor Alex Higgins Tommy Murphy
 Scotland Stephen Hendry Murdo MacLeod John Rea
 Australia Eddie Charlton John Campbell Warren King
 Ireland Eugene Hughes Paddy Browne Anthony Kearney
Quarter-finals
Best of 9 Frames
Semi-finals
Best of 9 Frames
Final
Best of 17 Frames
England England 4
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 5 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 2
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 5 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 5
Rest of the World 2 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 5
Wales Wales 3 Canada Canada 9
Australia Australia 5 Australia Australia 1
Canada Canada 5 Canada Canada 5
Scotland Scotland 3

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referees:
Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England. 24 March 1990.
 Canada
Cliff Thorburn, Bob Chaperon, Alain Robidoux
9–5  Northern Ireland
Dennis Taylor, Alex Higgins, Tommy Murphy
Chaperon v Taylor: 1–1
Thorburn v Murphy: 2–0
Robidoux v Higgins: 1–1
Robidoux v Higgins: 2–0
Chaperon v Taylor: 1–1
Thorburn v Higgins: 0–2
Robidoux v Murphy: 2–0 ( last frame 124–8 (124))
124 Highest break
1 Century breaks 0
50+ breaks

References

  1. ^ a b Morrison, Ian (1989). Snooker: records, facts and champions. Enfield: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 98–99. ISBN 9780851123646.
  2. ^ a b Acteson, Steve (23 March 1990). "Higgins is the difference". The Times. p. 43.
  3. ^ a b "Canada regain world cup". Snooker Scene. April 1990. pp. 5–9.
  4. ^ a b "Irish eyes are smiling as England slip". The Times. 22 March 1990. p. 43.
  5. ^ Acteson, Steve (24 March 1990). "Higgins and Taylor fall out after win". The Times. p. 42.
  6. ^ "Canada tops in snooker". Globe & Mail. Toronto. 26 March 1990. p. C1.
  7. ^ a b Everton, Clive (26 March 1990). "Snooker: I'll have you shot, Higgins tells teammate Taylor". The Guardian. p. 17.
  8. ^ a b Acteson, Steve (26 March 1990). "Threat by Higgins may lead to life ban". The Times. p. 42.