The 2005 Stan James World Matchplay was the 12th staging of the major darts tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation

Professional Darts Corporation

The Professional Darts Corporation is a professional darts organization, established in the United Kingdom during 1992, when a group of leading professional players split from the British Darts Organisation to form what was initially called the World Darts Council...

. It was held at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool

Winter Gardens, Blackpool

The Winter Gardens is a large entertainment complex in the town centre of Blackpool, Lancashire, England. It has twelve different venues, including a theatre, ballroom and conference facilities. Opened in 1878, it is a Grade II* listed building, incorporating various elements built between 1875 and...

 between July 24 and July 30, 2005.

Colin Lloyd

Colin Lloyd

Colin Lloyd , nicknamed Jaws, is an English professional darts player on the Professional Darts Corporation circuit. He is a former world number one ranked player and he has won two major television titles in the PDC - the 2004 World Grand Prix and 2005 World Matchplay...

, the PDC world number one since April 2005, secured his second major televised title adding to his World Grand Prix

PDC World Grand Prix Darts

The World Grand Prix is a PDC darts tournament held in Dublin each October. Its original venue was the Casino Rooms in Rochester, Kent in 1998 and 1999 and then for one year only in 2000 at the Crosbie Cedars Hotel in Rosslare, County Wexford. In 2001 the tournament moved further north to its...

 title from the previous October. He beat John Part

John Part

John Part is a Canadian professional darts player, who is nicknamed Darth Maple.Part is one of only five players in darts history to be a three time World Champion...

 in the final. Part had earlier knocked out World Champion Phil Taylor in the quarter-finals which ended Taylor's successful run at Blackpool. Taylor had won the Matchplay title for five successive years. Taylor had also won the first four major titles of 2005 and was just two tournaments short of an incredible Grand Slam of televised PDC titles.

Lloyd had to overcome a tough quarter-final against rising star Adrian Lewis

Adrian Lewis

Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...

. Lewis, a qualifier and protege of Phil Taylor, led 13-11 before Lloyd won five successive legs to clinch a place in the semi-final where he also came from behind from 3-7 to beat Ronnie Baxter 17-11.

The final saw Lloyd hit 15 maximum 180s and led all the way through the match although Part did manage to peg him back from 0-3 to 4-5 in the early stages. Lloyd stretched his lead to 12-6 and then took five out of six legs to go with one of victory. Although Part took three legs in a row he was too far behind to stage a comeback and Lloyd checked out the highest possible finish of 170 to take the title in style.

Prize money

Winner £25,000

Runner-Up £12,500

Semi-Finals £7,250

Quarter-Finals £5,000

Last 16 £2,500

Last 32 £1,750

Total £120,000

1st Round

best of 19 legs (must win by 2 clear legs)

Sunday 24 July

• Kevin Painter - Adrian Lewis 4 - 10
• Mark Walsh - Mick Manning 10 - 4
• Denis Ovens - Steve Beaton 10 - 6

Monday 25 July

• Alan Warriner - Dave Askew 7 - 10
• Dennis Smith - Ian Whillis 10 - 7
• Ronnie Baxter - Colin Osborne 10 - 5
• John Part - Kelvin Painter 10 - 4
• Colin Lloyd - Paul Williams 10 - 7
• Roland Scholten - Matt Clark 10 - 7
• Phil Taylor - Jamie Harvey 10 - 4
• Wayne Mardle - Lionel Sams 10 - 2

Tuesday 26 July

• Dennis Priestley - Alex Roy 10 - 3
• Andy Jenkins - Darren Webster 10 - 6
• Mark Dudbridge - Alan Caves 10 - 7
• Terry Jenkins - Keith Deller 10 - 8
• Peter Manley - Bob Anderson 10 - 8

2nd Round

best of 25 legs (must win by 2 clear legs)

Tuesday 26 July

• Adrian Lewis - Denis Ovens 16 - 14
• Ronnie Baxter - Dave Askew 13 - 6

Wednesday 27 July

• Colin Lloyd - Mark Walsh 13 - 4
• Roland Scholten - Dennis Smith 10 - 13
• John Part - Andy Jenkins 13 - 8
• Wayne Mardle - Mark Dudbridge 13 - 10
• Phil Taylor - Dennis Priestley 15 - 13
• Peter Manley - Terry Jenkins 13 - 10

Quarter finals

best of 31 legs (must win by 2 clear legs)

Thursday 28 July

• Ronnie Baxter - Dennis Smith 16 - 10
• Wayne Mardle - Peter Manley 14 - 16
• Colin Lloyd - Adrian Lewis 16 - 13
• Phil Taylor - John Part 11 - 16

Semi finals

best of 33 legs (must win by 2 clear legs)

Friday 29 July

• Colin Lloyd - Ronnie Baxter 17 - 11
• John Part - Peter Manley 18 - 16

Final

best of 35 legs (must win by 2 clear legs)

Saturday 30 July

• Colin Lloyd - John Part 18 - 12