1995 WDC World Darts Championship

Proton Cars World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Venue	Circus Tavern
Location	Purfleet, Essex
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC (WDC)
Format	Sets Final – best of 11
Prize fund	£55,000
Winners share	£12,000
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor

The 1995 Proton Cars World Darts Championships was the second world championship organised by the World Darts Council (now the Professional Darts Corporation) after an acrimonious split from the British Darts Organisation during 1992/93. Proton Cars took over the sponsorship from Skol, who had sponsored the inaugural event in 1994.

Phil Taylor emerged as champion, overcoming John Lowe 5-4 in an epic semi-final before beating Rod Harrington in the final to claim his first PDC title, his third World Championship in all.

Dennis Smith and Shayne Burgess made their debuts at the PDC tournament in 1995. The American contingent was reduced from 7 players to 6 and English player Kevin Burrows was the other player to miss out.

The tournament saw Jocky Wilson's last ever appearance in a World Championship - he had been unfortunate to be drawn in a tough group against John Lowe and Dennis Priestley in the group stages, losing both games. Wilson effectively retired from the sport after the 1995 World Matchplay in Blackpool later that year. Priestley, who was defending champion was also eliminated from this group - former champion Lowe beat him 3-0 and would go on to reach the semi-finals.

Results

1st Round - Group Stages

• Group 1
  • Jerry Umberger - Bob Anderson 1 - 3
  • Richie Gardner - Jerry Umberger 3 - 1
  • Bob Anderson - Richie Gardner 3 - 1

• Group 2
  • Phil Taylor - Gerald Verrier 3 - 2
  • Gerald Verrier - Sean Downs 0 - 3
  • Phil Taylor - Sean Downs 3 - 1

• Group 3
  • Dennis Priestley - John Lowe 0 - 3
  • Jocky Wilson - Dennis Priestley 2 - 3
  • Jocky Wilson - John Lowe 0 - 3

• Group 4
  • Dennis Smith - Alan Warriner 3 - 1
  • Tom Kirby - Alan Warriner 2 - 3
  • Dennis Smith - Tom Kirby 3 - 1

• Group 5
  • Keith Deller - Kevin Spiolek 1 - 3
  • Keith Deller - Larry Butler 2 - 3
  • Larry Butler - Kevin Spiolek 0 - 3

• Group 6
  • Peter Evison - Graeme Stoddart 3 - 2
  • Graeme Stoddart - Cliff Lazarenko 2 - 3
  • Peter Evison - Cliff Lazarenko 3 - 0

• Group 7
  • Jamie Harvey - Steve Brown 3 - 1
  • Steve Brown - Jim Watkins 3 - 0
  • Jamie Harvey - Jim Watkins 3 - 2

• Group 8
  • Rod Harrington - Eric Bristow 3 - 0
  • Eric Bristow - Shayne Burgess 3 - 0
  • Rod Harrington - Shayne Burgess 3 - 2

Knockout Stages

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Final

Group 1 Winner

Bob Anderson 84.45

1

Group 2 winner

Phil Taylor 89.43

4

Phil Taylor 96.27

5

John Lowe 90.84

4

Group 3 winner

John Lowe 96.78

4

Group 4 winner

Dennis Smith 89.22

0

Phil Taylor 94.11

6

Rod Harrington 87.15

2

Group 5 winner

Kevin Spiolek 82.62

1

Group 6 winner

Peter Evison 88.62

4

Peter Evison 83.01

1

Rod Harrington 82.29

5

Group 7 winner

Jamie Harvey 87.42

2

Group 8 winner

Rod Harrington 91.41

4