Over $5000.00 Added (in addition to entry fees)
Date May 20 - May 23, Toronto, Ont, Canada
Prize money after winning 1 match
High Break Prize & Plaque
Top Amateur Prize and Plaque
Re-Draw for out of province players who draw opponent from same locn
No Seeded players
All Matches are 5/9 Frames
Scotland 8-3 England
Wales 8-3 Ireland
N.Ireland 6-5 England
Scotland 8-3 Wales
Ireland 6-5 N.Ireland
Wales 6-5 N.Ireland
England 9-2 Ireland
Scotland 7-4 N.Ireland
Wales 7-4 England
Scotland 9-2 Ireland
David Gray 9-6 Dave Harold
122-0 93-22 6-79 14-68 66-61 14-73 11-81
4-105 38-42 80-38 28-70 72-61 64-48 61-51 71-5
The youngster David Gray wins his first professional title and now receives a wild card for the
1999 Benson & Hedges Masters.
Semi-finals
Dave Harold 6-2 Nick Walker
David Gray 6-2 Marcus Campbell (Scotland)
Quarter-finals
Nick Walker 5-4 Graham Horne (Scotland)
Dave Harold 5-3 Robin Hull (Finland)
David Gray 5-4 Patrick Wallace (N.Ireland)
Marcus Campbell (Scotland) 5-4 Alan Burnett (Scotland)
Last 16
Graham Horne (Scotland) 5-4 Jeff Cundy
Nick Walker 5-4 Michael Holt
Robin Hull (Finland) 5-1 Darren Morgan (Wales)
Dave Harold 5-3 Terry Murphy (N.Ireland)
Patrick Wallace (N.Ireland) 5-4 Paul Davies (Wales)
David Gray 5-0 Dominic Dale (Wales)
Alan Burnett (Scotland) 5-4 Fergal O'Brien (Ireland)
Marcus Campbell (Scotland) 5-0 Neal Foulds
Luke Simmonds (Wngland) 11-2 Robert Murphy (Ireland)
Semi-finals
Luke Simmonds (England) 8-5 Johl Younger (Australia)
Robert Murphy (Ireland) 8-3 Roy Stolk (Netherlands)
Quarter-finals
Luke Simmonds (England) def Brian Salmon (England)
Johl Younger (Australia) def Ricky Walden (England)
Robert Murphy (Ireland) def Rodney Goggins (Ireland)
Roy Stolk (Netherlands) def Ian Barber (Australia)
Last 16
Luke Simmonds (England) 5-4 Tom Forde (England)
Brian Salmon (England) 5-3 Brendan O'Donoghue (Ireland)
Johl Younger (Australia) 5-0 Jonathan Lewis (Wales)
Robert Murphy (Ireland) 5-2 Ari Toropainen (Finland)
Rodney Goggins (Ireland) 5-0 Charl Jonck (South Africa)
Roy Stolk (Netherlands) 5-1 Ian Preece (Wales)
Ian Barber (Australia) 5-2 Robert Redmond (Ireland)
Former world champion Ken Doherty, who expressed his concern for Alex's
health after a recent phone call in which Higgins "could hardly speak," attributed
his own entry into the sport to the Hurricane, someone who "has given pleasure
to millions."
In recent years, Higgins has slipped down the rankings and was seen by many as
a sad reflection of the player who was better than the rest in the 70s and much of
the 80s but whose matchless talents were never reflected in a host of major titles.
Ken Doherty, who was originally beaten 9-3 by
Ronnie in the final, has now been awarded the winner's cheque and the trophy. Doherty's runner-up
prize of �27,712 will probably be returned to the sponsor.
Ken Doherty won the 1998 Doc Martens Premier
League by beating Jimmy White 10-2 in the
final. The victory earned him �60,000 and it was his second success in this tournament.
In the semi-finals White defeated
John Higgins 6-4 and Doherty beat
Stephen Hendry 6-5, despite a 147 by the
Scot. This was Hendry's record fifth competitive maximum.