Majors

1997 World Matchplay

About the Majors

The big televised events: the World Championship (December–January, Alexandra Palace, London), the World Matchplay (July, Blackpool), the UK Open, the World Grand Prix, the Grand Slam, the Players Championship Finals, the European Championship, the World Masters and the World Cup (a team event between nations). Field sizes vary from 32 players to 128 at the World Championship. Guide ›

Dates

Mon 28 Jul 1997 – Sat 2 Aug 1997

Venue

Blackpool

Field

39 players

Talking points

Final

Phil Taylor 16–11 Alan Warriner-Little

Asian players

Paul Lim Last 16

TVTelevised 38 matches Last verified: 4 days ago

Results

Winner

Phil Taylor

Runner-up

£6,000

Alan Warriner-Little

3rd Place Playoff

£2,750

Richie Burnett Rod Harrington

Matches

Final1

Phil Taylor 16–11 Alan Warriner-Little

3rd Place Playoff1

Rod Harrington 11–10 Richie Burnett

Semi-final2

Rod Harrington 9–13 Phil Taylor

Alan Warriner-Little 13–9 Richie Burnett

Quarter-final4

Rod Harrington 11–5 Kevin Spiolek

Bob Anderson 2–11 Phil Taylor

Dennis Priestley 7–11 Alan Warriner-Little

Richie Burnett 11–9 Peter Evison

Last 168

Bob Anderson 8–4 Steve Brown (US)

Dennis Priestley 8–5 Shayne Burgess

Paul Lim 7–9 Richie Burnett

Anthony Ridler 5–8 Peter Evison

Rod Harrington 8–2 Dennis Smith

Alan Warriner-Little 8–1 Peter Manley

Phil Taylor 8–2 Mick Manning

Kevin Spiolek 8–4 Drew O'Neil

Last 3216

Drew O'Neil 8–5 John Ferrell

Bob Anderson 8–5 Dean Allsop

Dennis Smith 8–2 Eric Bristow

Shayne Burgess 15–13 John Lowe

Chris Mason 5–8 Richie Burnett

Keith Deller 4–8 Kevin Spiolek

Steve Brown (US) 8–0 Sean Downs

Peter Evison 8–1 Graeme Stoddart

Darryl Fitton 6–8 Peter Manley

Rod Harrington 8–2 Cliff Lazarenko

Jamie Harvey 6–8 Paul Lim

Dennis Priestley 8–6 Andy Jenkins

Harry Robinson 4–8 Mick Manning

Phil Taylor 8–0 Gary Mawson

Alan Warriner-Little 8–3 Steve Raw

Gerald Verrier 5–8 Anthony Ridler

Preliminary Round6

John Part 4–6 Drew O'Neil

Paul Cook 1–6 John Ferrell

Gerome Vardaro 1–6 Anthony Ridler

Ritchie Gardner 4–6 Darryl Fitton

Avtar Gill 3–6 Andy Jenkins

Richie Burnett 6–1 Colin Monk

Venue location

Winter Gardens, Blackpool

Winter Gardens, 97, Church Street, Foxhall, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, FY1 1HU, United Kingdom

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