1995 World Matchplay

1995 Webster's World Matchplay 31 July–5 August 1995 Winter Gardens Blackpool PDC Legs £42,800 £10,000 ENG Phil Taylor 1994 1996 The 1995 Webster's World Matchplay was the second annual World Matchplay darts tournament organised by the World Darts Council (WDC, which became the Professional Darts Corporation in 1997). The Winter Gardens, Blackpool played host to the event for the second year running, and it took place between 31 July–5 August 1995. Seven former world champions were in the field. Defending champion Larry Butler beat one of them, Eric Bristow, in the first round. Butler's title defence ended with a quarter-final defeat to Dennis Priestley, the man he beat to win the title the previous year. Jocky Wilson made what turned out to be his last appearance in a televised tournament at this event. The two-time former World Champion beat Rod Harrington in the first round, but then lost to Nigel Justice in the second round. Phil Taylor and Dennis Priestley continued their rivalry when they met in another major final. This time it was Taylor who came out on top by 16 legs to 11 to claim his first World Matchplay title. Prize money The prize fund was £42,400.1995 World Matchplay Player Prize Money https://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResultsPrize.aspx?EventKey=257 Darts Database 5 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20210507041514/https://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResultsPrize.aspx?EventKey=257 7 May 2021 dead Position (no. of players) Prize money(Total: £42,400)Winner (1) £10,000Runner-Up (1) £6,000Third place (1) £3,250Fourth place (1) £2,750Quarter-finalists (4) £1,500Second round (8) £800First round (16) £500 Seeds There were eight seeds for the competition.World Matchplay 1995 https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-matchplay/1995 Mastercaller 5 February 2024 ENG Rod Harrington ENG Phil Taylor ENG Bob Anderson ENG Dennis Priestley ENG Peter Evison ENG Kevin Spiolek ENG Alan Warriner ENG Shayne Burgess Results Players in bold denote match winners.1995 World Matchplay Results http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=257 Darts Database 5 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20120914020029/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=257 14 September 2012 deadResults of World Matchplay 1995 https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-matchplay/1995/results Mastercaller 5 February 2024World Matchplay 1995 – Bracket https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-matchplay/1995/bracket Mastercaller 5 February 2024 First round (best of 15 legs)31 July–1 August Second round (best of 15 legs)2 August Quarter-finals (best of 21 legs)3 August Semi-finals (best of 25 legs)4 August Final (best of 31 legs)5 August Third place playoff (best of 21 legs)5 August 200 1 ENG Rod Harrington 77.04 4 SCO Jocky Wilson 77.85 8   BEL Jef Scheyltjens 84.03 4 ENG Nigel Justice 84.72 8 8 ENG Shayne Burgess 89.97 8 ENG John Russell 86.40 5   ENG Dennis Smith 76.56 6 ENG Cliff Lazarenko 78.72 8 5 ENG Peter Evison 90.27 8 ENG Graeme Stoddart 84.15 1   ENG Eric Bristow 78.36 5 USA Larry Butler 91.41 8 4 ENG Dennis Priestley 86.37 8 ENG Mick Manning 81.15 5   USA Steve Brown 80.01 8 ENG Ritchie Gardner 70.62 5 2 ENG Phil Taylor 90.24 8 USA Gary Mawson 81.87 5   SCO Jamie Harvey 90.81 8 USA Jerry Umberger 75.51 3 7 ENG Alan Warriner 79.98 8 USA Gerald Verrier 78.09 4   USA Paul Lim 80.76 12 ENG Kevin Burrows 79.74 10 6 ENG Kevin Spiolek 75.09 10 USA Dave Kelly 71.43 8   ENG Steve Raw 87.39 3 ENG Keith Deller 87.54 8 3 ENG Bob Anderson 80.37 8 ENG John Lowe 86.97 10   USA Sean Downs 74.91 6 IRE Tom Kirby 79.47 8   SCO Jocky Wilson 74.19 5 ENG Nigel Justice 83.46 8 8 ENG Shayne Burgess 75.42 5 ENG Cliff Lazarenko 79.41 8 5 ENG Peter Evison 83.79 5 USA Larry Butler 85.56 8 4 ENG Dennis Priestley 93.21 8 USA Steve Brown 84.45 3 2 ENG Phil Taylor 92.70 8 SCO Jamie Harvey 90.81 6 7 ENG Alan Warriner 85.62 5 USA Paul Lim 90.12 8 6 ENG Kevin Spiolek 72.30 2 ENG Keith Deller 81.48 8   ENG John Lowe 91.17 8 IRE Tom Kirby 87.96 5   ENG Nigel Justice 80.64 6 ENG Cliff Lazarenko 82.02 11 USA Larry Butler 85.26 8 4 ENG Dennis Priestley 85.41 11 2 ENG Phil Taylor 100.38 11 USA Paul Lim 86.19 4   ENG Keith Deller 82.95 10 ENG John Lowe 90.18 12 ENG Cliff Lazarenko 86.28 10 4 ENG Dennis Priestley 85.02 13 2 ENG Phil Taylor 92.88 13 ENG John Lowe 84.45 4 4 ENG Dennis Priestley 87.63 11 2 ENG Phil Taylor 90.72 16 ENG Cliff Lazarenko 3 ENG John Lowe 11 References Category:World Matchplay (darts) Category:1990s in Lancashire World Matchplay Darts Category:July 1995 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:1995 in English sport