Talk:1990 World Snooker Championship

Qualifying

FYI

at Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool on 22nd – 27th January:

1st qualifying round: G Jenkins beat G Foulds 10-5; J Wattana beat J Grech 10-4; A Cairns beat B Bennett 10-4; Stephen Murphy beat B Mikkelsen 10-7; I Brumby beat B Demarco 10-6; B Gollan beat C Everton 10-2; B Morgan beat D Heaton 10-1; P Watchorn beat B Kelly 10-3; N Bond beat B Werbeniuk 10-1; B Pinches beat M Parkin 10-0; N Dyson beat I Black 10-5; D Campbell beat D Greaves 10-3; Jack Rea beat P Burke 10-4; G Rigitano wo E McLaughlin; D Mienie beat J Meadowcroft 10-1

2nd qualifying round: John Rea beat J Smith 10-4; Martin Smith beat F Ellis 10-6; C Edwards beat D Sheehan 10-8; B Harris beat G Jenkins 10-4; L Dodd beat M Watterson 10-3; S Campbell beat Glen Wilkinson 10-2; K Owers beat M Darrington 10-1; J Wattana beat J Dunning 10-2; A Cairns beat G Scott 10-3; T Kearney beat P Medati 10-7; N Terry beat Stephen Murphy 10-4; I Brumby beat F Davis 10-6; B Gollan beat P Gibson 10-5; B Morgan beat I Williamson 10-4; P Watchorn beat V Harris 10-6; N Bond beat B Rowswell 10-1; M Gauvreau beat Jack Rea 10-9; R Marshall beat P Thornley 10-0; B Pinches beat B Oliver 10-8; M Morra wo J Van Rensburg; E Lawlor beat M Gibson 10-6; N Dyson beat M Bradley 10-6; M Price beat T Whitthread 10-6; D Campbell beat J Wright 10-6; E Sinclair beat M Wildman 10-5; M Rowing beat R Foldvari 10-9; G Rigitano beat J Donnelly 10-6; R Grace beat A Harris 10-8; Jim Bear beat J Fitzmaurice 10-5; G Miles beat Dennis Hughes 10-5; P Houlihan beat D Mienie 10-5; T Wilson beat S Meakin 10-8

3rd qualifying round: John Rea beat Tommy Murphy 10-7; D Morgan beat Martin Smith 10-6; A Robidoux beat C Edwards 10-3; R Edmonds beat B Harris 10-4; L Dodd beat W King 10-8; S Campbell beat S Longworth 10-6; J Spencer beat K Owers 10-8; J Wattana beat David Taylor 10-5; A Cairns beat R Reardon 10-8; N Gilbert beat T Kearney 10-6; M Johnston-Allen beat N Terry 10-1; P Browne beat I Brumby 10-6; B Gollan beat K Stevens 10-6; B Morgan beat J O’Boye 10-2; P Watchorn beat M Fisher 10-7; N Bond beat T Jones 10-2; Gary Wilkinson beat M Gauvreau 10-5; R Marshall beat D Martin 10-6; B Pinches beat C Roscoe 10-6; T Chappel beat M Morra 10-8; M Bennett beat E Lawlor 10-3; M Macleod beat N Dyson 10-9; M Price beat S Duggan 10-9; J Campbell beat D Campbell 10-5; I Graham beat E Sinclair 10-3; M Rowing wo J Wych; D Fowler beat G Rigitano 10-6; D Gilbert beat R Grace 10-9; J Chambers beat Jim Bear 10-3; G Miles beat R Bales 10-7; P Houlihan beat J McLaughlin 10-5; T Wilson beat G Cripsey 10-6

4th qualifying round: D Morgan beat John Rea 10-7; A Robidoux beat R Edmonds 10-6; S Campbell beat L Dodd 10-7; J Wattana beat J Spencer 10-8; N Gilbert beat A Cairns 10-6; M Johnston-Allen beat P Browne 10-2; B Gollan beat B Morgan 10-6; N Bond beat P Watchorn 10-2; Gary Wilkinson beat R Marshall 10-7; T Chappel beat B Pinches 10-3; M Bennett beat M Macleod 10-1; M Price beat J Campbell 10-6; I Graham beat M Rowing 10-8; D Fowler beat D Gilbert 10-3; J Chambers beat G Miles 10-5; T Wilson beat P Houlihan 10-6

Final qualifying round at Preston Guild Hall on 25th – 26th March:

D Morgan beat R Chaperon 10-9; A Robidoux beat D O’Kane 10-2; N Foulds beat S Campbell 10-7; A Higgins beat J Wattana 10-6; N Gilbert beat D Roe 10-6; P Francisco beat M Johnston-Allen 10-7; B Gollan beat E Hughes 10-7; S Newbury beat N Bond 10-6; Gary Wilkinson beat S Francisco 10-7; T Chappel beat M Clark 10-9; M Bennett beat R Williams 10-9; E Charlton beat M Price 10-5; T Drago beat I Graham 10-7; D Fowler beat B West 10-9; W Jones beat J Chambers 10-6; C Wilson beat T Wilson 10-6

188.29.8.15 (talk) 01:58, 2 May 2013 (UTC) Ralph

GA review

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Nominator: BennyOnTheLoose (talk · contribs) 13:30, 9 July 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: A.Cython (talk · contribs) 23:36, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

I will review this one. A.Cython(talk) 23:36, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

I enjoyed reading the article about the 1990 snooker championship, which had some 'fireworks'. Overall, the article is well written, structured, and sourced. It is ready for GA provided some minor issues addressed. A.Cython(talk) 07:13, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Various

• No edit wars
• Figures look ok with appropriate justification and figure captions.
• No copyright violations detected, Earwig's Copyvio Detector gave 9.9% mostly on phrases often used in the game.

Prose

• WPBSA avoid using non obvious acronyms at the infobox whenever possible, keep the rest, e.g., ENG, etc.
• Qualifying rounds highest break: £3,000. Drop the dot at the end.
• Stephen Hendry who add comma before "who"
• Hendry received £120,000 from the total prize fund of £620,800. Avoid repeating information in the lead, i.e., award prizes. Consider rewriting. You could say, but you are not obliged to follow,
  • "There was a total prize fund of £620,800." and then at the end "Hendry received £120,000 out of the total prize fund."
• clearance of 135 the break add comma after 135
• consecutive frames leaving Hendry add comma after leaving
• the day he perceived that White that showed comma after "day" and remove one of the "that" (second one)
• (also referred to as the 1990 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) I feel this is a longer than usual parenthesis, which breaks the reading flow. We want the reader to easily read the first sentence. Consider placing it as a note with efn template or something similar.
• Franciso fluked fix name spelling, i.e., Francisco
• Founded in the late 19th century by British Army soldiers stationed in India,[2] the cue sport was popular in the British Isles.[1] However, in the modern era, which started in 1969 when the World Championship reverted to a knockout format,[3] it has become increasingly popular worldwide, especially in East and Southeast Asian nations such as China, Hong Kong and Thailand. Consider rewriting as I was getting confused. For example, I assume you mean:
  • Founded in the late 19th century by British Army soldiers stationed in India,[2] since the cue sport was popular in the British Isles.[1]
  • In 1969, the World Championship changed to a knockout format and since then it has become increasingly popular worldwide, especially in East and Southeast Asian nations such as China, Hong Kong and Thailand. (add appropriate wikilinks, e.g., China, Hong Kong etc)
• United Kingdom by the BBC add wikilink to United Kingdom and BBC (add wikilink to United Kingdom at the lead too)
• British Isles add wikilink
• Joe Davis won the first World Championship in 1927, hosted by the Billiards Association and Control Council, the final match being held at Camkin's Hall in Birmingham, England. This looks a bit out of place since the rest of the paragraph describes the 1990 tournament. I suspect the intention was to briefly describe the history of the tournament. Either expand its history or remove it. Having the a brief history of the tournament is FA material not GA. However, consistency is needed for GA.
• "professional attitude ha[d]" been diabolical" why there are three quotation marks? Also, I think you need to provide a little more context as to what this means.

I didn't wikilink countries, per MOS:OL. I changed "diabolical" to "poor". Hopefully everything else has been addressed. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 16:11, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Neutrality

Overall it is ok, except for one:

• and abused the media. this is a bit vague and easy to misinterpret. Either clarify exactly what were his actions (i.e., abuse of media) with appropriate WP:RS or remove it. This also does not appear to be relevant for the tournament. The previous actions are appear ok as they are specific enough. Note that citation #37 says that Higgins accused the organization of corruption, should this be part of the description, if we go?
  • I've amended the text and added online citations. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 13:36, 16 February 2026 (UTC)
  • Oh, and it is mentioned in multiple books alongside the tournament, so I think it is relevant here. Happy to discuss. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 15:14, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

    My concern is not whether something happened, but rather how to present the info in a neutral way. Note that this incident involves living people and so we need to be more careful than usual. Also, when you add sources please make sure that the references do not generate new errors: I see a new error related to Harv error: duplicate target for CITEREFSmith1990. A.Cython(talk) 16:05, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

    • Are further changes needed on this? The short BBC Sport article on 1990 also includes material about Higgins. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:34, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Sources

Spot check: 8, 19, 29, 35, 36, 37, 39, 48

• Citation #8 should it not wpbsa be in capitals?

I've tweaked the citation. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 15:09, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

• Fourth qualifying round losers: £2062.50 This is an odd number compared to the other award figures. Could you please confirm this. Note that citations #36 & #19 do not provide this. Unfortunately, I do not have access to citation #18.

I found more dteails in Smith 1990, which confirms that amount. By my reckoning, the sum of prize moneys now adds up to the expected total. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 15:09, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

• Is Downer 2019 a reliable source? It says self-published, which is avoided in WP. Is there not an alternative source?
  • Just to jump in on this, Chris Downer is a SPS, indeed, but is the lede historian of snooker (along with maybe Clive Everton and Mike Shamos, maybe) who did statistics for the BBC and Eurosport. We've had this discussion a few times at FAC and always deemed as ok. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 14:49, 16 February 2026 (UTC)
    • Lee Vilenski do you have a source for Chris Downer doing work for the BBC? Are you perhaps confusing him with Chris Turner? Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 15:10, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

      oh, I meant that Downer's Almanac is used by the BBC and Eurosport. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:36, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

  • The Crucible Almanac is one of the best sources, but hard to get hold of. See this WST article which mentions Downer and his book. It has been accepted by editors as a source at featured article reviews including Terry Griffiths (when it was still a BLP article). In 2010, snooker jounrnalist David Hendon wrote that the Almanac was "A major undertaking for Downer, whose efforts should be applauded. The almanac has become indispensible during the championship and is as comprehensive a reference resource as any sporting event could hope for." ("New Almanac ready", Snooker Scene, September 2010 p.30) The list of Crucible centruries at snooker.org mentions that it was "Verified (in 2012) against the excellent Crucible Almanac by Chris Downer." BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 15:01, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

    Thank you for sharing this info. That's what I gathered as well, but as a reviewer I had to ask. The info that you provided will be useful in future if someone challenges the particular source. For me what you provided is sufficient. A.Cython(talk) 16:02, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Numbers

• Fix the total prize fund number at the infobox, 620,000 → 620,800

Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 15:25, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

• Should the inflation adjusted number be included, e.g., in notes? e.g., using Bank of England calculator

I've added the inflation template for the winner's share and the total. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 15:25, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Final comments

Thank you for making the changes and answering my questions. Congratulations for bringing a snooker related article to GA family! A.Cython(talk) 02:35, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.