1996 World Matchplay

1996 Webster's World Matchplay 28 July–3 August 1996 Winter Gardens Blackpool PDC Legs £48,000 £12,000 ENG Peter Evison 1995 1997 The 1996 Webster's World Matchplay was the third time the World Matchplay darts tournament had been held in the Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool between 28 July–3 August 1996. Phil Taylor was the defending champion, but got knocked out by eventual champion Peter Evison by a convincing scoreline of 8–1 in the second round, with Evison averaging over 100. Evison would go onto to record another ton-plus average in the final against Dennis Priestley (who appeared in his third consecutive - and final - World Matchplay final). Prize money The prize fund was £48,000.1996 World Matchplay Player Prize Money https://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResultsPrize.aspx?EventKey=256 Darts Database 5 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20210509092956/https://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResultsPrize.aspx?EventKey=256 9 May 2021 dead Position (no. of players) Prize money(Total: £48,000)Winner (1) £12,000Runner-Up (1) £7,000Third place (1) £3,750Fourth place (1) £3,250Quarter-finalists (4) £1,650Second round (8) £925First round (16) £500 Seeds There were eight seeds for the competition.World Matchplay 1996 https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-matchplay/1996 Mastercaller 5 February 2024 ENG Phil Taylor ENG Dennis Priestley ENG Alan Warriner SCO Jamie Harvey ENG John Lowe ENG Bob Anderson ENG Rod Harrington ENG Keith Deller Results Players in bold denote match winners.1996 World Matchplay Results http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=256 Darts Database 5 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20120914015756/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=256 14 September 2012 deadResults of World Matchplay 1996 https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-matchplay/1996/results Mastercaller 5 February 2024World Matchplay 1996 – Bracket https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-matchplay/1996/bracket Mastercaller 5 February 2024 Preliminary round (best of 9 legs, but need a 2 leg difference.) Player Score Player Mick Manning ENG 5–0 ENG Garry Haynes Peter Manley ENG 5–2 ENG Paul Cook Jerry Umberger USA 8–6 ENG Darren Peetoom Ritchie Gardner ENG 5–2 ENG Mark Sherwood Phil Gilman ENG 5–3 NED Frans Harmsen Bruce Robbins USA 5–2 ENG John Moore Gary Mawson USA 5–1 ENG Joe Holmes Tom Kirby IRL 7–5 ENG Nigel Justice Last 32 First round (best of 15 legs)29–30 July Second round (best of 15 legs)31 July Quarter-finals (best of 21 legs)1 August Semi-finals (best of 25 legs)2 August Final (best of 31 legs)3 August 200 1 ENG Phil Taylor 89.07 8 Q IRE Tom Kirby 83.34 6   ENG Peter Evison 88.70 8 USA Larry Butler 81.24 3 8 ENG Keith Deller 72.24 7 USA Sean Downs 74.25 9   ENG Cliff Lazarenko 84.30 8 USA Gerald Verrier 81.33 2 5 ENG John Lowe 98.97 8 ENG Shayne Burgess 93.15 6   ENG Dennis Smith 81.69 8 ENG Eric Bristow 76.65 4 4 SCO Jamie Harvey 80.91 8 Q ENG Phil Gilman 83.10 5   USA Dave Kelly 82.89 2 Q ENG Peter Manley 84.48 8 2 ENG Dennis Priestley 79.17 8 Q USA Gary Mawson 77.49 4 Q USA Jerry Umberger 74.91 8 ENG Steve Raw 76.98 5 7 ENG Rod Harrington 87.15 8 Q USA Bruce Robbins 76.41 2 Q ENG Mick Manning 90.15 8 ENG Paul Bratherton 75.24 4 6 ENG Bob Anderson 91.53 8 USA Steve Brown 81.30 3   USA Paul Lim 84.90 10 ENG Kevin Spiolek 83.61 8 3 ENG Alan Warriner 91.17 10 ENG Chris Mason 88.20 8   ENG Graeme Stoddart 79.62 8 Q ENG Ritchie Gardner 77.58 2 1 ENG Phil Taylor 94.65 1 ENG Peter Evison 103.77 8   USA Sean Downs 77.76 8 ENG Cliff Lazarenko 77.40 6 5 ENG John Lowe 89.97 5 ENG Dennis Smith 85.23 8 4 SCO Jamie Harvey 84.84 8 Q ENG Peter Manley 81.30 3 2 ENG Dennis Priestley 92.61 8 Q USA Jerry Umberger 83.37 4 7 ENG Rod Harrington 92.25 8 Q ENG Mick Manning 85.02 3 6 ENG Bob Anderson 87.66 8 USA Paul Lim 85.17 4 3 ENG Alan Warriner 92.01 8 ENG Graeme Stoddart 84.69 3   ENG Peter Evison 90.54 11 USA Sean Downs 78.54 3 ENG Dennis Smith 81.12 6 4 SCO Jamie Harvey 86.07 11 2 ENG Dennis Priestley 92.46 15 7 ENG Rod Harrington 91.08 13 6 ENG Bob Anderson 91.62 11 3 ENG Alan Warriner 87.90 8 ENG Peter Evison 89.16 13 4 SCO Jamie Harvey 84.84 9 2 ENG Dennis Priestley 91.92 13 6 ENG Bob Anderson 87.30 11 ENG Peter Evison 100.51 16 2 ENG Dennis Priestley 96.67 14 Third place playoff (best of 21 legs) SCO (4) Jamie Harvey 10–11 (6) Bob Anderson ENG References Category:World Matchplay (darts) Category:1990s in Lancashire World Matchplay Darts Category:July 1996 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:August 1996 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:1996 in English sport