| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 17 January – 17 May 1987 |
| Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Winner's share | £53,600 |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Steve Davis |
| Runner-up | Neal Foulds |
| Score | Round-Robin |
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The 1987 Rothmans Matchroom League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from January to May 1987.
Steve Davis topped the table and won the tournament.[1]
| Ranking | DAV |
FOU |
 GRI |
 TAY |
WHI |
MEO |
 THO |
THO |
Frame W-L |
Match W-D-L |
Pld-Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Steve Davis | x | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 36–20 | 4–1–2 | 7–13 |
| Runner-up | Neal Foulds | 2 | x | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 31–25 | 3–3–1 | 7–12 |
| 3 | Jimmy White | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | x | 1 | 4 | 4 | 27–29 | 3–2–2 | 7–11 |
| 4 | Terry Griffiths | 4 | 4 | x | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 28–28 | 2–3–2 | 7–9 |
| 5 | Dennis Taylor | 2 | 3 | 4 | x | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28–28 | 2–2–3 | 7–8 |
| 6 | Tony Meo | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | x | 4 | 6 | 26–30 | 2–2–3 | 7–8 |
| 7 | Cliff Thorburn | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | x | 5 | 25–31 | 2–2–3 | 7–8 |
| 8 | Willie Thorne | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | x | 23–33 | 1–3–3 | 7–6 |
The table points were decided by frame wins, followed by match wins to determine players' positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 4–4 then the player who got to four first was higher.