1989 Scottish Professional Championship

1989 Scottish Professional Championship

Tournament information
Dates	1-19 February 1989
Venue	Marco's Leisure Centre
City	Edinburgh
Country	Scotland
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Non-Ranking event
Total prize fund	£6,000
Winner's share	£2,000[1]
Highest break	John Rea (147)
Final
Champion	John Rea
Runner-up	Murdo MacLeod
Score	9–7
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The 1989 Scottish Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament which took place in February 1989 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The tournament featured eight exclusively Scottish professional players. The quarter-final and semi-final matches were contested over the best of 9 frames, the final best of seventeen.

The 1989 tournament was the last for twenty-two years, before its revival in 2011.

John Rea won the event, beating Murdo MacLeod 9–7 in the final.^[2] in his earlier match against Ian Black, Rea had become the first Scottish player ever to compile a 147 maximum break, which was also his first competitive century break.^[3] The title was the first, and only, of Rea's career.

Main draw

	Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames					Semi-finals Best of 9 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
		Murdo MacLeod	5
		Eddie McLaughlin	0				Murdo MacLeod	5
		Matt Gibson	5				Matt Gibson	1
		Eddie Sinclair	4									Murdo MacLeod	7
		John Rea	5									John Rea	9
		Ian Black	3				John Rea	5
		Jim Donnelly	5				Jim Donnelly	1
		Bert Demarco	1

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: unknown. Marco's Leisure Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland, 19 February 1989.[4]
John Rea  Scotland	9–7	Murdo MacLeod  Scotland
19–88(59), 68–41, 74–44, 61–53, 41–69, 28–69(50), 1–73, 73–7, 75(74)–28, 69–21, 18–79, 65–43, 42–73, 59–62(55), 62–31, 71–61
74	Highest break	59
0	Century breaks	0
1	50+ breaks	3

Century breaks

• 147, 142 John Rea
• 109 Ian Black

References