1997 World Matchplay

August 2024 1997 Webster's World Matchplay 28 July–2 August 1997 Winter Gardens Blackpool PDC Legs £46,000 £12,000 164 ENG Phil Taylor ENG Phil Taylor 1996 1998 The 1997 Webster's World Matchplay was the fourth time the World Matchplay darts tournament had been held in the Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool from 28 July to 2 August 1997. Two Preliminary round ties were decided even before the players could even reach the oche, with the USA's Larry Butler and Holland's Raymond Barneveld being disqualified for failing to arrive at the venue in enough time to play their rivals, allowing Dean Allsop and Mick Manning an easy passage to the first round. This was brewery Samuel Webster's third and final year as tournament sponsor. The tournament was won by Phil Taylor. Prize money The prize fund was £46,000.World Matchplay 1997 https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-matchplay/1997 Mastercaller 5 February 2024 Position (no. of players) Prize money(Total: £46,000)Winner (1) £12,000Runner-Up (1) £6,000Third place (1) £3,250Fourth place (1) £2,750Quarter-finalists (4) £1,700Second round (8) £900First round (16) £500 Seeds There were eight seeds for the tournament. ENG Phil Taylor ENG Peter Evison ENG Dennis Priestley ENG Rod Harrington ENG Keith Deller ENG Alan Warriner SCO Jamie Harvey ENG Bob Anderson Results Players in bold denote match winners.1997 World Matchplay Results http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=255 Darts Database 5 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20120914015843/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=255 14 September 2012 deadResults of World Matchplay 1997 https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-matchplay/1997/results Mastercaller 5 February 2024World Matchplay 1997 – Bracket https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-matchplay/1997/bracket Mastercaller 5 February 2024 Preliminary round Player Score Player John Ferrell ENG 6–1 ENG Paul Cook Anthony Ridler WAL 6–1 USA Gerome Vardaro Darryl Fitton ENG 6–4 ENG Ritchie Gardner Andy Jenkins ENG 6–3 CAN Avtar Gill Drew O'Neill SCO 6–4 CAN John Part Richie Burnett WAL 6–1 ENG Colin Monk Mick Manning ENG bye NED Raymond van Barneveld Dean Allsop ENG bye USA Larry Butler Last 32 First round (best of 15 legs)28–29 July Second round (best of 15 legs)30 July Quarter-finals (best of 21 legs)31 July Semi-finals (best of 25 legs)1 August Final (best of 31 legs)2 August 200 1 ENG Phil Taylor 113.43 8 USA Gary Mawson 95.22 0 Q ENG Mick Manning 76.20 8 ENG Harry Robinson 78.21 3 8 ENG Bob Anderson 85.62 8 Q ENG Dean Allsop 78.15 5   USA Steve Brown 86.49 8 USA Sean Downs 73.35 0 5 ENG Keith Deller 75.84 4 ENG Kevin Spiolek 81.30 8 Q SCO Drew O'Neill 80.40 8 Q ENG John Ferrell 77.88 5 4 ENG Rod Harrington 101.22 8 ENG Cliff Lazarenko 89.37 2   ENG Dennis Smith 86.07 8 ENG Eric Bristow 81.15 2 2 ENG Peter Evison 89.37 8 ENG Graeme Stoddart 73.17 1 Q WAL Anthony Ridler   8 USA Gerald Verrier   5 7 SCO Jamie Harvey 87.57 6 USA Paul Lim 89.13 8 Q WAL Richie Burnett 93.57 8 ENG Chris Mason 88.05 5 6 ENG Alan Warriner 96.57 8 ENG Steve Raw 82.89 3   ENG Peter Manley 84.63 8 Q ENG Darryl Fitton 83.55 6 3 ENG Dennis Priestley 85.77 8 Q ENG Andy Jenkins 84.51 6   ENG Shayne Burgess 93.36 15 ENG John Lowe 95.13 13 1 ENG Phil Taylor 92.01 8 Q ENG Mick Manning 74.91 2 8 ENG Bob Anderson 88.23 8 USA Steve Brown 85.50 4   ENG Kevin Spiolek 79.50 8 SCO Drew O'Neill 68.85 4 4 ENG Rod Harrington 86.07 8 ENG Dennis Smith 82.59 2 2 ENG Peter Evison   8 Q WAL Anthony Ridler   5 USA Paul Lim 84.54 7 Q WAL Richie Burnett 86.13 9 6 ENG Alan Warriner 92.91 8 ENG Peter Manley 87.00 1 3 ENG Dennis Priestley 94.77 8 ENG Shayne Burgess 90.06 5 1 ENG Phil Taylor 97.29 11 8 ENG Bob Anderson 88.92 2 ENG Kevin Spiolek 83.88 5 4 ENG Rod Harrington 93.51 11 2 ENG Peter Evison 91.11 9 Q WAL Richie Burnett 96.00 11 6 ENG Alan Warriner 101.55 11 3 ENG Dennis Priestley 97.23 7 1 ENG Phil Taylor 99.21 13 4 ENG Rod Harrington 95.31 9 Q WAL Richie Burnett 87.60 9 6 ENG Alan Warriner 91.05 13 1 ENG Phil Taylor 106.32 16 6 ENG Alan Warriner 98.43 11 Third place playoff (best of 21 legs) ENG (4) Rod Harrington 11–10 Richie Burnett WAL References Category:World Matchplay (darts) Category:1990s in Lancashire World Matchplay Darts Category:July 1997 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:August 1997 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:1997 in English sport