2005 Cheadle by-election
The Cheadle by-election, in Greater Manchester, England, was caused by the death of Patsy Calton, the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheadle on 29 May 2005. The election was held on 14 July 2005.


2005 Cheadle by-election
The Liberal Democrat candidate succeeding Calton was Stockport council leader Mark Hunter. The  Conservative candidate was Stephen Day (who held the seat from 1987 to 2001, and lost to Calton in the 2005 general election). In his victory speech, Hunter described the campaign of the Conservatives as 'nasty' and 'misleading'.


2005 Cheadle by-election
The campaign was marred by accusations of dirty tricks and ruthless negative campaigning, principally accusing the Conservative campaign. Both the Liberal Democrats and a local newspaper threatened legal action over inaccuracies and defamation in Conservative campaign leaflets. The most significant example was a Conservative leaflet that superimposed a headline about Hunter's voting record on crime with a headline from a local newspaper about a rape, prompting the Liberal Democrats to threaten legal action. With only 4.6% of the vote the Labour Party candidate, Martin Miller, lost his deposit; Labour did not fight an energetic campaign in a seat that was a Liberal Democrat/Conservative marginal.


2005 Cheadle by-election
With the exception of the 1997 Winchester by-election, where the General Election result was annulled, it was the first seat to be defended in a by-election by the Liberal Democrats since their formation in 1988. Their predecessor parties last defended a seat in a by-election at Truro in 1987.


2005 Chechen legislative election
2005 Chechen legislative election took part on November 27 of that year. This was the first parliamentary election in the Chechen Republic since the constitutional referendum that took place in 2003 and resulted in the adoption of the Constitution of the Chechen Republic.


2005 Chechen legislative election, Background
On August 2005 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree "On the election to Parliament of the Chechen Republic of the first convocation" announcing the election were to be held on November 27.


2005 Checker Auto Parts 500
The 2005 Checker Auto Parts 500 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series stock car race held on November 13, 2005 at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps on the 1-mile (1.609 km) asphalt oval, it was the thirty-fifth race of the 2005 Nextel Cup Series season. Kyle Busch of Hendrick Motorsports won the race.


2005 Checker Auto Parts 500, Background
Phoenix International Raceway – also known as PIR – is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It is named after the nearby metropolitan area of Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.


2005 Checker Auto Parts 500, Background
The raceway was originally constructed with a 2.5 mi (4.0 km) road course that ran both inside and outside of the main tri-oval. In 1991 the track was reconfigured with the current 1.51 mi (2.43 km) interior layout. Lights were installed around the track in 2004 following the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend.


2005 Checker Auto Parts 500, Summary
The Checker Auto Parts 500 was held November 13 at Phoenix International Raceway. Denny Hamlin, who hadn't competed in a full season in Nextel Cup at the time, won the pole. The race was surrounded by controversy when defending champion Kurt Busch was cited for reckless driving and was reported by a cop to have "had the whiff of alcohol", although he was below the legal limit of .008 in Arizona, when it was discovered Kurt Busch actually had .0018 in alcohol. Due to his actions, he was suspended by Roush Racing for the rest of the season, and Kenny Wallace took the wheel of the 97 car. Ironically, his brother Kyle won the race, and in victory lane, he criticized the media for their handling of the case.


2005 Checker Auto Parts 500, Summary
Jerry Robertson would make his only NASCAR Nextel Cup Series start in this event.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
The 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy was the 4th Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, an English county cricket tournament, held between 3 May and 3 September 2005. The competition was contested by all 18 first-class counties, as well as 10 minor counties and the national teams of Scotland, Ireland, the Netherlands and Denmark, to make up a full 32-team tournament. The final was won by the Hampshire Hawks, who beat the Warwickshire Bears by 18 runs at Lord's on 3 September 2005.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
This would be the final year that the competition used a purely knockout format, and was also the final year to date in which the minor counties also participated. It would be the first year white balls and coloured clothing were used, although red balls and white clothing were still used in the early stages in matches between first class counties and the minor counties.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Format
The eighteen first-class counties were joined by ten minor counties – Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Devon, Northumberland, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Wales Minor Counties and Wiltshire – as well as the national teams of Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands and Scotland. Teams who won in the first round progressed to the second round, those who won in the second round progressed to the quarter-finals. Winner from the quarter-finals progressed to the semi-finals and winners from that round progressed to the final at Lord's, which was held on 3 September 2005.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, First Round
The first round was held on 3–5 May. While some upsets looked possible at times, with teams such as the Netherlands, Berkshire and Staffordshire threatening their first-class opponents, there were no first round surprises. Two of the games featured two first-class sides: Durham lost to Derbyshire by one wicket off the last ball; Somerset were edged out by Leicestershire in a very low-scoring thriller.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, First Round
Northamptonshire's Charl Pietersen took 7 for 10 at Svanholm Park, Brøndby as Denmark fell to the competition's second lowest score in its history, for 56 all out. 24 of those runs were extras, with no Dane scoring more than 8 with the bat. Pietersen, who was playing in his debut match for the Northants first team said, "The ball was swinging about and they were perfect conditions for bowling. I just concentrated on getting the ball in the right areas and the conditions did the rest. I'm grateful for the opportunity I've been given by Northants. I'm here to learn and try to get myself in the first team on a regular basis. No cricketer wants to play second-team cricket and I'm no different. But one performance won't get me in, I've got to be consistent with my wicket-taking and my economy."


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, First Round
It took Northamptonshire one ball less than 17 overs to make 59 for 2 to win the match just before lunch as the Danes were humbled. Afterwards the Danish coach said, "We knew it was going to be difficult. We are short of money but we are trying to develop every time we play against different opposition. We have a lot of young players and it was good for them to test themselves against the professionals."


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, First Round
Nick Knight made 108 in Rotterdam to take Warwickshire to 237 for 5, despite five maidens being bowled by the Dutch. In reply Holland were 101 for 4 off 27 overs when rain prevented play for the first day, leaving them 137 to win off 23 overs on the second day. Daan van Bunge was doing well with 37 off 37 balls at close.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, First Round
Van Bunge was the mainstay of the reply on the second day, and the Dutch looked good as long as he and Billy Stelling were at the crease, and they led the way to 205 for 5 before Stelling was caught off Neil Carter. That precipitated a collapse, as the last 4 wickets went for 9 runs, and Warwickshire managed a 23-run victory.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, First Round
Berkshire did well at their home ground in Reading. Despite 80 from Phil Weston, Gloucestershire only made 223 from 49.3 overs. Apart from a second-wicket partnership worth 118 between Weston and Chris Taylor, wickets fell regularly, leaving the minor county in with a clear chance. Berkshire progressed well in reply, reaching 69 for 2 off 14 overs when rain halted play for the day. On the second day, however, Berkshire soon capitulated for 138, as Sri Lankan spinner Upul Chandana took 4 for 27. The last eight wickets fell for 26 runs.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, First Round
Andrew Crook scored freely for Lancashire at Sir Paul Getty's Ground at Wormsley as he broke Lancashire's one-day record with his 162 not out. Glen Chapple gave support as he scored the competition's fastest ever half-century, making 55 in just 16 balls as the first-class team finished on 370 for 4. They were denied the chance to wrap up the win on the first day though, as rain halted play with Buckinghamshire on 39 for 2. No play was possible on the second day, and with 10.3 overs of Buckinghamshire's innings bowled, a decision was possible on the Duckworth-Lewis method.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, First Round
No play was possible on the first day at Exmouth because of rain. When play started on what was a wettish pitch with a slow outfield Essex hit over the top and ended on 264 for 5 off their 50 overs, with Andy Flower and Ravinder Bopara recording half-centuries. Devon were not competitive in reply and soon succumbed, making only 84, although that could be seen as a recovery from 23 for 6 - a position they were in thanks to Essex pacers Andre Adams and Darren Gough, who took three wickets each with the new ball. Neil Hancock, who turned out in two Twenty20 games and one National League match for Somerset in 2004, top scored with 40 despite batting at seven.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, First Round
Ireland, trying to emulate their success in this competition against Surrey the previous year, fared poorly on the first day at Belfast. After being put into bat by Yorkshire, the visitors' fast bowler Matthew Hoggard took two wickets to help reduce them to 33 for 3 when rain put an end to proceedings for the day after 12.3 overs. After the play that was possible, Irish vice-captain Kyle McCallan said, "It was disappointing losing our top three batsmen so early on. But our strength is in our depth of batting. It's not the end of the world at the moment and we're still hoping to post a total of around 200."


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, First Round
On the second day they achieved this, reaching 201 thanks to half-centuries from Eoin Morgan and Peter Gillespie, but it was never going to be enough against Yorkshire. Half-centuries from Ian Harvey, Michael Vaughan and Phil Jaques saw the visitors home with 15 balls to spare as they made 202 for 4.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, First Round
Rain meant there was no play on the first day at Jesmond. On a second day where plenty of runs were available, Northumberland put on 206 for 8 with Stephen Humble making an unbeaten 88 from number 8 in the batting order. Middlesex in the shape of Ed Smith and Paul Weekes knocked them off in just 31.3 overs. Weekes ended up with 106, Middlesex' first List A century of the season.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, First Round
Kent came close to being humiliated by the minor county Wiltshire at Salisbury as they were bowled out for 160, with Kevin Nash taking 4 for 46. In reply, Wiltshire were always in with a chance, but lost wickets regularly, with Simon Cook taking 4 for 22. However, with 10 runs needed off the last over, Nash was run out to seal a Kent win.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, First Round
Bedfordshire batted first at Luton. They progressed slowly, making their first 50 in the 23rd over. Whilst they improved to 143 for 9 in their 50 overs, it was never going to be enough. By way of comparison, it took Sussex six overs to reach their first 50, with Ian Ward (65 off 44) scoring most of the early runs, although admittedly batting was easier on the drying pitch. Sussex overhauled their modest target with 31.3 overs to go - almost two thirds of their allotted quota.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, First Round
Durham put on 234 in their 50 overs at Chester-le-Street, mostly thanks Paul Collingwood, who scored 82 from 83 balls. Spin bowler Ant Botha took 4 for 44. In reply, Steve Harmison performed well, trapping Michael Di Venuto lbw with his third ball and, in a hostile and accurate spell, had Hassan Adnan caught at first slip. He ended with three for 45. Derbyshire were wobbling, but anchored by Chris Bassano who eked out 57 from 104 balls. This, along with 50 from Graeme Welch, kept Derbyshire in the game, but it needed a tenth wicket partnership of 16 between Botha and Kevin Dean to see them through on the last ball of the game.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, First Round
It was an unusual game at Grace Road, which was all done by 3.30pm. The ball swung greatly, and there was seam movement, and Charl Willoughby of Leicestershire made the most of them first, taking 6 for 16 as Somerset were dismissed for 94 - though it could have been much worse, as they were 58 for 9 before Ian Blackwell and Simon Francis attacked and added 36 for the last wicket. Marcus Trescothick, the Somerset captain, who only made 11 said, "Conditions were not conducive to one-day cricket, that's for sure. Unfortunately, we lost the toss and had the worst of it, but we still thought we could win because we have more consistent length bowlers. Even 130 or so could have been a great score."


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, First Round
Leicestershire themselves struggled in reply, and Somerset took wickets regularly, reducing the hosts to 70 for 7. However, they were not able to take another, as Leicestershire ended on 96 for 7 - Ottis Gibson and Claude Henderson adding 26 for the eighth wicket, Leicestershire's highest partnership of the match.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, First Round
The first day at The Grange saw no play because of rain. After losing the toss, Scotland were put in, and the bowlers immediately made it very difficult for Scotland. It took them six overs to make their first ten runs, and every time they tried to accelerate, they lost wickets. In the end, they could only muster 134 all out in 46.5 overs. Vikram Solanki and Stephen Moore made this target look easy, passing the required 135 runs without losing a wicket in 5 balls fewer than 20 overs. Both batsmen made half-centuries.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, First Round
Shropshire batted first at Whitchurch, making only 132 as Shane Warne and Richard Logan took 3 wickets each. This was never a big enough target to hold off Hampshire. The crowd were treated to a powerful innings by England's new star one-day performer, Kevin Pietersen, who had been promoted to No. 1 in the batting order. He scored 76 off 49 balls in an innings that included six sixes and seven fours as Hampshire racked up 133 for 3 off 21.1 overs.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, First Round
Last year, Surrey were knocked out in Round One of this Trophy by Ireland, and so they would have come to Leek determined to avoid the same ignominy this time round. Staffordshire did push them hard, however. Staffordshire batted first, and made 186, with 23 wides showing how inaccurate the Surrey bowling was. In reply, ex-Middlesex bowler, David Follett, took 3 for 13 to reduce Surrey to a worrying 47 for 4.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, First Round
Then Mark Ramprakash came in, who steaded the Surrey ship with 49, before he was run out, leaving Surrey 45 to win off 62 balls with 4 wickets left. Rikki Clarke and Martin Bicknell got most of them, as Surrey won with 192 for 7 with 7 balls to go, Bicknell winning the game with a six.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, First Round
After rain, play only began at 3pm at Bury St Edmunds with Glamorgan batting first. The highlight of their innings was an undefeated 100 from Matthew Elliott in 104 balls, with his partners contributing usefully as the visitors racked up an imposing 320 for 5. Suffolk were never in contention, and to spare the need for the match going into a second day, play continued in near-darkness to 8.40pm, with Glamorgan bowling their last 32 overs (all with spin, in order to make conditions playable for batsmen) in 80 minutes. Staffordshire finally finished on 177 for 8 off their 50 overs, recovering from 69 for 6.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, First Round
After a four-and-a-half hour rain delay, Wales Minor Counties batted first at Swansea, and fared poorly. The only score of any note came from Willy Bragg, an 18-year-old left-hander, currently in the middle of his A-Level exams. He made an undefeated 41 runs, as Wales Minor Counties were dismissed for 119. Mark Ealham took 4 for 28 and Andrew Harris 3 for 31. Nottinghamshire were never really threatened, but did lose 4 wickets in making 121 off 26.2 overs.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, Second Round
The Second Round was played on 17 and 18 May. The surprise of the round was the elimination of defending champions Gloucestershire by a Surrey team that had lost all four of its one-day games against first-class counties up to that point in the season.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, Second Round
At Derby, Derbyshire won the toss and chose to field against Kent, who scored 257 for 4 after healthy contributions from the entire top order, Geraint Jones top-scoring with 70 while Derbyshire's South African all-rounder Ant Botha took three for 40 with his left-arm spin. Martin Saggers (three for 21), Amjad Khan (one for 12) and Simon Cook (one for 22) then reduced Derbyshire to 27 for 5, and Derbyshire were never in the match from there. Eventually they were bowled out for 130 in 42.5 overs.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, Second Round
Zimbabwean all-rounder Sean Ervine and veteran wicket-keeper Nic Pothas made the most important contributions as Hampshire overpowered Glamorgan at Cardiff. Only Michael Powell showed some sort of resistance, scoring 56 in Glamorgan's 214, while Ervine took five for 50 from his ten overs - admittedly mostly tail-enders, but he got the most wickets. Chris Tremlett also took three for 32. Pothas then notched up the first limited-over century of the Hampshire season, scoring 114 not out off 127 balls and standing tall while Glamorgan's fast bowlers Andrew Davies and Simon Jones made inroads with the ball. England prospect Kevin Pietersen continued his fine form with 69 off 64 balls, including four sixes, as he shared a 130-run partnership with Pothas. Thanks to the quick scoring of Pothas and Pietersen, Hampshire won with nearly 11 overs to spare.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, Second Round
Surrey overcame their poor one-day form, with four losses in four National League games, to reach the quarter-finals in a close game at Bristol against Gloucestershire. Surrey won the toss and fielded first, restricting Gloucestershire to 230 for 8 after most of the Surrey bowlers got wickets. Chris Taylor made 74 and top-scored, but it was the all-rounder Alex Gidman who managed to keep his head calm, scoring 58 not out while the tail crashed to single figure scores around him. In reply, Surrey struggled to 110 for 4, losing wickets at key moments, but Rikki Clarke (62 not out) stood tall towards the end, taking the winning runs off James Averis with three balls and three wickets remaining in the innings.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, Second Round
Andrew Flintoff took 4 for 26 in helpful bowling conditions as Essex made only 195 for 9 at Old Trafford. In reply, Lancashire's opening partnership of Mal Loye and Stuart Law put on 53 in 10.1 overs, before Alex Tudor dismissed them both. Brad Hodge, however, kept the run rate up. Hodge was dropped on 32, and Lancashire might have been put under pressure if it had been taken, but instead he went on to make 82 off 102 balls, as Lancashire made there target with 6 wickets and 6 overs to spare.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, Second Round
Northamptonshire batted first at Lord's. Their top order performed well, with Usman Afzaal making 75 off 120 balls, and useful contributions from Bilal Shafayat (46) and David Sales (40). However, once they were out, 7 wickets fell for 40 runs, leaving them on 215 for 9, before Robert White smacked 36 to lift the visitors to 238. Middlesex got off to a good start, reaching 148 for 2 and 168 for 3, as opener Paul Weekes scored a century. However, then Damien Wright took 4 wickets for 1 in 7 balls, as Middlesex collapsed in more spectacular fashion than the visitors, losing their last 6 wickets for 8 runs.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, Second Round
Dougie Brown took a wicket in each of his first three overs to help a poor Warwickshire one-day side to victory at Edgbaston. Warwickshire batted first, and the hosts were on 78 for two after 15 overs, with Nick Knight (69) and Ian Bell (35) in control. Then Bell was stumped attacking a ball from Claude Henderson leaving the score on 116 for 3 in the 22nd over. There then was a collapse as 5 fell for 64, before Heath Streak and Tony Frost put on 55 in the last 9 overs to lift Warwickshire to 235.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, Second Round
In Leicestershire's innings immediately faltered as Brown's wickets reduced them to 16 for 3. Brown was helped by good tight bowling from Heath Streak at the other end, which meant they chose to attack Brown. Leicestershire tried to rebuild, but never managed it, finally being dismissed for 152 with 6.3 overs to go.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, Second Round
Yorkshire batted first at Headingley and fared poorly at first, slumping to 88 for 4 when Michael Vaughan cut the ball from Zander de Bruyn onto his stumps. Craig White and Anthony McGrath then put on 83 in 22 overs, and late hitting gave Yorkshire a defendable total of 241 for 9 with 52 off the last 5 overs. The Worcestershire innings followed a similar course. First they were reduced to 50 for 3, and then Kabir Ali (67) and Zander de Bruyn (82) came together, putting on 117. White then interrupted them, taking three wickets. The run-chase was thus effectively curtailed, and Worcestershire finished well behind on 227 for 8.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, Second Round
Nottinghamshire got off to a bad start at Hove by losing their first 3 wickets for only 12 runs. They continued to lose wickets at regular intervals until the score moved on to 111 for 8, when Samit Patel (61) and Gareth Clough (22) came together and lifted the total to 195 for 9 off the 50 overs. Three Nottinghamshire batsmen were run out. Sussex immediately lost Ian Ward and Mike Yardy, moving to 1 run for 2 wickets.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, Second Round
However, the ship was steadied with half-centuries from Murray Goodwin and Carl Hopkinson and they eventually eased through with 3 wickets and 18 balls to go. The win, however, came at a price for Sussex, who now had to play Lancashire away in the next round, rather than host the touring Australians in a 3-day game. The cost of the win was estimated at £50,000.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, Quarter-Finals
Andrew Symonds scored 101 and took two wickets for 46 to be the difference between the sides at Old Trafford. Having been sent in to bat, Lancashire owed much of their success to a partnership of 118 between Symonds and Marcus North, and good lower-order hitting took the total to 249 for 8, despite three wickets each from Sussex' Pakistanis, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan and Mushtaq Ahmed.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, Quarter-Finals
The Sussex chase looked on when they were 112 for 1 with Matt Prior and Chris Adams at the crease, as they were just waiting for opportunities to up the run-rate, but instead Symonds and England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff ran through them with the ball, and Robin Martin-Jenkins and Ahmed eventually had to consolidate to 214 for 8, losing by 35 runs.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, Quarter-Finals
Despite an unbeaten 158 from Jonathan Batty, Surrey still lost their quarter-final game at The Oval, having first batted to make 358 for 6 in 50 overs. James Benning with 73, and Graham Thorpe with 60, also contributed, as Hampshire used seven bowlers who all failed to keep their conceded runs below six an over.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, Quarter-Finals
In reply, Azhar Mahmood served up a wicket maiden over in the first over of Hampshire's innings, leaving Hampshire 359 to win with nine wickets in hand, but Shane Watson and Craig McMillan put the visitors from the south back on track with a partnership of 81 for the fourth wicket. When McMillan was run out, Hampshire were 200 for 4, but Watson powered on to make 132, his highest career List A cricket score to boost Hampshire to 342 for 8 when Tim Murtagh broke through his defences. By then, it was too late, as Shaun Udal completed his 44 not out, having added 63 with Watson for the eighth wicket earlier, and Hampshire made it to the target with thirteen balls to spare - although they had been given eleven extra balls due to no-balls and wides.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, Quarter-Finals
Andrew Hall and Robert Key gave Kent some hope of winning the match at Edgbaston with their opening partnership of 120 runs, but spinners Ashley Giles and Alex Loudon broke through twice each to limit the final score to 259 for 6. Warwickshire's reply centred on former England ODI player Nic Knight, who made fourteen fours in his 27th one-day century. Three wickets from Justin Kemp had earlier set Warwickshire back to 118 for 3, but Knight and Trevor Penney who made 50 not out off 43 balls, guided Warwickshire to the target with nearly four overs to spare.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, Quarter-Finals
Michael Lumb with 89 and Ian Harvey with 74 lifted Yorkshire to 270 all out at Headingley in the fourth quarter-final of the C&G Trophy. It was a bit of an implosion from 227 for 3, but runs came thick and fast in that period, so Yorkshire wouldn't be too disappointed with losing their wickets. Northamptonshire started well, getting to 163 for 2 after all their top four got starts, but two wickets from England Test bowler Matthew Hoggard started to turn the match. From then on, the Northamptonshire effort just stopped dead, as they lost five wickets for 24 runs to fall to 216 for 9. Steffan Jones and Jason Brown paired up for 21 for the last wicket, but it was too little, too late.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, Semi-Finals
Yorkshire never managed to score in the semi-final match at The Rose Bowl, which meant that Hampshire were set a relatively easy target of 198 to win. Michael Lumb top-scored with 43, but the late order failed to score runs quickly enough to get past 200; number ten John Blain only made six off 20 deliveries, while number nine Tim Bresnan made three off ten.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, Semi-Finals
Yorkshireman Deon Kruis served up some economical bowling early on to John Crawley, and bowled him for a 28-ball 8, but a 147-run partnership between Nic Pothas and Sean Ervine saw Hampshire right on track, as they won with over 10 overs to spare. Ervine made his second List A century, off 96 balls, but was caught and bowled by Richard Dawson three balls later. It didn't matter much - Hampshire only needed 20 runs to win, and Shane Watson and Nic Pothas knocked them off to book Hampshire's place in the C&G Trophy final.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, Semi-Finals
Warwickshire put in a fine bowling effort to send Lancashire out of the C&G Trophy, despite Lancashire's Australian Marcus North taking three wickets. North's bowling - and others, Sajid Mahmood took two wickets - set Warwickshire back to 155 for 7, but Michael Powell and Tony Frost put on an eighth-wicket partnership of 81 runs to carry Warwickshire to a total of 236 for 8 after 50 overs.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, Semi-Finals
Lancashire looked on track when Mal Loye and Stuart Law negotiated some tricky early bowling to put on 49 for the fourth wicket and see the score to 80 for 3, but medium pacer Jamie Anyon took two wickets, and a fiery spell from Neil Carter, which included two wickets to see him end with four for 26, had Lancashire bowled out for 137.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, Final
Hampshire became the third team to win a major county trophy in 2005, as they prevailed in a high-scoring final at Lord's, leaving only the County Championship left for grabs. Nic Pothas and Sean Ervine added 136 runs for the second wicket to propel Hampshire to a big total against Warwickshire, whose bowlers gave away 20 runs from wides but still managed to bowl Hampshire out on the last ball. Ervine was fifth out, taking 91 balls for his second successive C&G century, before he was caught off Jonathan Trott, who finished with three wickets for 35 runs. Neil Carter took five wickets to redeem his 66 conceded runs, while Makhaya Ntini bowled two maiden overs for Warwickshire, but went wicketless.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, Final
Warwickshire were set to chase 291 to win, and Carter fulfilled his job as a pinch hitter well, scoring four fours and one six en route to 32, and Nick Knight and Ian Bell kept up with the required run rate well. However, Bell suffered cramps just before he reached 50, and that limited his movements - he succumbed shortly afterwards, chipping a simple catch to Chris Tremlett and was gone for 54.


2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Fixtures, Final
The other batsmen tried to add runs with Knight, but yielded to the Hampshire bowling and fielding effort, and when Knight was finally dismissed for 118 Warwickshire needed 40 runs for the last three wickets. Shane Watson effectively stopped that, having Dougie Brown and Ashley Giles out bowled, leaving Warwickshire to hit about 20 runs in the last over. It was too much for Makhaya Ntini, who was bowled by Chris Tremlett with the second ball of the last over, and thus Hampshire took an 18-run victory.


2005 Cheltenham Gold Cup
The 2005 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham on Friday 18 March 2005. It was the 77th running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and it was won by the pre-race favourite Kicking King. The winner was ridden by Barry Geraghty and trained by Tom Taaffe.


2005 Cheltenham Gold Cup
Kicking King was the first winner of the Gold Cup to be trained in Ireland since Imperial Call in 1996. The three-time winner Best Mate was withdrawn from the race a week earlier after bursting a blood vessel. A fourth day was added to the Cheltenham Festival this year, and the Gold Cup was switched to a new day, Friday.


2005 Cheltenham Gold Cup, Full result
* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. nk = neck; PU = pulled-up.† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.


2005 Chennai Open
The 2005 Chennai Open was an ATP tennis tournament held in Chennai, India. The tournament was held from 3 to 10 January.


2005 Chennai Open, Finals, Doubles
Rainer Schüttler/  Yen-Hsun Lu defeated  Mahesh Bhupathi /  Jonas Björkman 7–5, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)


2005 Chennai Open – Doubles
Rafael Nadal and Tommy Robredo were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.


2005 Chennai Open – Doubles
Rainer Schüttler and Yen-Hsun Lu won in the final 7–5, 4–6, 7–6(7–4), against Mahesh Bhupathi and Jonas Björkman.


2005 Chennai Open – Singles
Carlos Moyà was the defending champion and won in the final 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) against Paradorn Srichaphan.


2005 Chennai floods
The 2005 Chennai floods were some of the worst floods to have hit the city of Chennai, India. The floods occurred during the North-East monsoon season (November-December 2005) as a result of heavy rain. Over 50 people were killed in two incidents of stampede for food and money in relief camps.


2005 Chesapeake Bay crossing study
The 2005 Chesapeake Bay crossing study (also known as the Task Force on Traffic Capacity Across the Chesapeake Bay) was a study conducted by the state of Maryland in 2005 in order to explore the possibility of building a new crossing of the Chesapeake Bay. The crossing would either be an entirely new crossing that would complement the existing Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in Virginia or would be an upgrade to the current Maryland crossing (by adding a third span).


2005 Chesapeake Bay crossing study
Since 2000, traffic congestion has become an increasing problem for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. During the MdTA's 2004 fiscal year (July 1–June 30), it was utilized by approximately 25.8 million vehicles. Plans by Maryland to construct a third crossing of the Chesapeake Bay are currently in the preliminary stages. During the summer and fall of 2005, a specially-appointed task force met to discuss the pros and cons of building a new bridge in four different locations. Members of the task force included Maryland Secretary of Transportation Robert L. Flanagan who chaired the task force, and Maryland State Senator E. J. Pipkin.


2005 Chesapeake Bay crossing study, Options
Scenarios for the new bridge include a northern crossing between Baltimore and Kent Counties ("Zone 1"), adding a third bridge adjacent to the existing bridges ("Zone 2"), a crossing from Anne Arundel County or Calvert County to Talbot County ("Zone 3"), and a southern crossing between southern Calvert County and Dorchester County ("Zone 4").


2005 Chesapeake Bay crossing study, Options, Zone 1
Roughly 50% of summer-weekend bridge traffic originates from Baltimore, and Baltimore accounts for 70% of non-summer weekday bridge traffic. In addition, the crossing will be across more shallow waters than the other crossings. The cons for building a bridge in such a location include the need to upgrade roads in Kent County as well as Kent County residents' concerns that historic towns in the county such as Chestertown would become suburbs of Baltimore.


2005 Chesapeake Bay crossing study, Options, Zone 2
The plan for Zone 2 would have the existing crossing upgraded by adding a third span to it, thus increasing the capacity of US 50/301 across the bay. This option, the equivalent of which was chosen in the 1960s studies, would require the shortest bridge. However, in order to accommodate the higher capacity of the upgraded crossing (planned to be 10 lanes total), US 50/301 would have to be widened, which would be difficult mostly through Annapolis and Kent Island due to development near the highway.


2005 Chesapeake Bay crossing study, Options, Zone 3
A new option explored during the 2000s studies was for a crossing from either Anne Arundel or Calvert County to Talbot County. This crossing would divert more traffic than the Zone 4 crossing while still providing a more direct connection between Ocean City, the most popular of the Eastern Shore resorts, and the Western Shore than the current crossing.


2005 Chesapeake Bay crossing study, Options, Zone 3
Its major downfalls are that a series of small bridges would have to be built in Talbot County to serve the bridge, and the main bridge across the Chesapeake would be 10–12 miles (16–19 km) long, over twice as long as the existing crossing and comparable to the length of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.


2005 Chesapeake Bay crossing study, Options, Zone 4
The southern crossing, between Calvert and Dorchester Counties, would provide the most direct connection between Ocean City and the Western Shore. It has met with much opposition, however, due to environmental concerns that the approach roads on the Eastern Shore would be built on marshland. In addition, it would divert less traffic than the other crossings and, like the Zone 3 crossing, it would require the construction of small bridges on the Eastern Shore side. The total lengths of these bridges could be greater than the length of the main bridge itself.


2005 Chesapeake Bay crossing study, Other possibilities
In 2006 a hydrofoil ferry service between Baltimore and Rock Hall was proposed to begin by mid-2007; however, the service did not receive authorization from the Maryland General Assembly and therefore never came to fruition. Reasons the service was not seen as a viable option included the fact that a ferry would take longer to cross than a car driving over a bridge, and those seeking the path of least resistance when crossing would opt for using the bridge.


2005 Chesapeake Bay crossing study, Other possibilities
Also, fees would be much higher with a ferry service to cross a car ($25 to $45) versus a bridge (current charge on existing bridge was $6.00 at the time). Estimates are that a ferry service would only be able to transport approximately 25,000 to 335,000 vehicle per year versus 24 million vehicles per year with a bridge. The task force concluded that a ferry service would not address the traffic congestion in a sufficient matter to be considered as a viable alternative, but may be a possible recreational feature for the bay.


2005 Chesapeake Bay crossing study, Other possibilities
In early 2007, a private organization announced plans for a commuter ferry service that would directly link Kent Island with Baltimore and Annapolis. Unlike earlier proposals, the ferries would not carry vehicles, allowing them to carry more passengers than a vehicle-carrying ferry. Because of this, the ferries will connect with the local transit systems in Baltimore and Annapolis. Maryland governor Martin O'Malley has stated that he prefers a ferry over a new bridge. If any ferry service comes about, it would be the first major cross-bay ferry service in Maryland since the building of the Bay Bridge. Proposals have also been made for a new rail bridge rather than a highway bridge to cross the bay as part of a public transportation line.


2005 Chevy American Revolution 400
The 2005 Chevy American Revolution 400 was the 11th stock car race of the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. It was held on Saturday, May 14, 2005, before a crowd of 107,000 watching the race at Richmond, Virginia at Richmond International Raceway. The 400-lap race was won by Kasey Kahne from Evernham Motorsports.


2005 Chevy American Revolution 400, Qualifying
Kasey Kahne would win qualifying with a 20.775. Meanwhile, during Carl Long's run, he would spin and crash his car during his lap, causing him to not qualify for the race.


2005 Chicago Bears season
The 2005 season was the Chicago Bears' 86th in the National Football League (NFL). The team improved to an 11–5 record from a 5–11 record in 2004, earning them their first playoff birth and NFC North title since 2001 title and the second seed in the NFC for the playoffs.


2005 Chicago Bears season
The season started off with the team trying to rebound from a 5–11 season under now coach Lovie Smith. Smith, in his first year with the Bears, had been eager to lead his young team to a Super Bowl, but a preseason injury to starting quarterback Rex Grossman spelled disaster for the Bears.


2005 Chicago Bears season
The 2005 Bears started the season slowly, winning only one of their first four games. Despite their poor passing game, the Bears managed to win eight consecutive games, through perseverance on defense and a solid running game. The Bears eventually clinched a playoff berth on Christmas Day against the Green Bay Packers. However, in their first playoff game in almost four years, the Carolina Panthers upset the Bears, 29–21.


2005 Chicago Bears season
This season is notable for Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher winning Defensive Player of the Year. He was the first Bear to earn the award since 1988 when Mike Singletary won.


2005 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Training camp
Hopeful expectations were crushed as quarterback Rex Grossman's ankle was broken in the 2nd preseason game against the St. Louis Rams. Backup quarterback Chad Hutchinson was benched and cut after struggling heavily in the next two preseason games against the Indianapolis Colts and Buffalo Bills. The Bears then turned to rookie Kyle Orton to lead their offense.


2005 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Training camp
Rookie running back Cedric Benson held out of training camp over a contract dispute until just before the final preseason game. His absence in camp meant that Thomas Jones would be the starting running back going into the regular season.


2005 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Training camp
Despite all these setbacks, the Bears were still hopeful because franchise middle linebacker Brian Urlacher had made it through the preseason in good health, unlike the year before when he battled injuries all season, beginning with a pulled hamstring on the first day of training camp.


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Washington Redskins
Q2 – WAS – 1:00 – John Hall 43-yard field goal (WAS 6–0)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Washington Redskins
Q3 – CHI – 11:28 – Thomas Jones 1-yard run (Doug Brien kick) (CHI 7–6)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Washington Redskins
Q3 – WAS – 2:54 – John Hall 19-yard field goal (WAS 9–7)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Detroit Lions
Q1 – DET – 9:54 – Roy Williams 51-yard pass from Joey Harrington (kick failed) (CHI 7–6)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Detroit Lions
Q1 – CHI – 6:04 – Doug Brien 48-yard field goal (CHI 10–6)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Detroit Lions
Q2 – CHI – 11:34 – Bobby Wade 73-yard punt return (Doug Brien kick) (CHI 17–6)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Detroit Lions
Q2 – CHI – 1:14 – Muhsin Muhammad 28-yard pass from Kyle Orton (Doug Brien kick) (CHI 24–6)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Detroit Lions
Q2 – CHI – 0:57 – Mike Brown 41-yard interception return (Doug Brien kick) (CHI 31–6)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Detroit Lions
Q4 – CHI – 12:13 – Thomas Jones 16-yard run (Doug Brien kick) (CHI 38–6)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Q1 – CIN – 5:31 – Shayne Graham 33-yard field goal (CIN 10–0)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Q3 – CIN – 7:03 – Chris Henry 36-yard pass from Carson Palmer (Shayne Graham kick) (CIN 17–0)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Q4 – CHI – 13:30 – Thomas Jones 2-yard run (Doug Brien kick) (CIN 17–7)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Q4 – CIN – 11:56 – Chad Johnson 40-yard pass from Carson Palmer (Shayne Graham kick) (CIN 24–7)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
This was Chicago's only loss at home during the season.


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Cleveland Browns
Q2 – CHI – 9:01 – Robbie Gould 44-yard field goal (3–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Cleveland Browns
Q2 – CLE – 0:37 – Phil Dawson 44-yard field goal (CLE 6–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Cleveland Browns
Q3 – CHI – 5:29 – Marc Edwards 8-yard pass from Kyle Orton (Robbie Gould kick) (CHI 10–6)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Cleveland Browns
Q4 – CLE – 3:02 – Antonio Bryant 33-yard pass from Trent Dilfer (Phil Dawson kick) (CLE 13–10)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Cleveland Browns
Q4 – CLE – 2:24 – Antonio Bryant 28-yard pass from Trent Dilfer (Phil Dawson kick) (CLE 20–10)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Minnesota Vikings
Q2 – CHI – 0:37 – Desmond Clark 3-yard pass from Kyle Orton (Robbie Gould kick) (CHI 7–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Minnesota Vikings
Q3 – CHI – 7:28 – Desmond Clark 2-yard pass from Kyle Orton (Robbie Gould kick) (CHI 14–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Minnesota Vikings
Q4 – CHI – 13:03 – Thomas Jones 24-yard run (Robbie Gould kick) (CHI 21–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Minnesota Vikings
Q4 – CHI – 4:11 – Thomas Jones 1-yard run (Robbie Gould kick) (CHI 28–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Baltimore Ravens
Q2 – BAL – 8:46 – Matt Stover 40-yard field goal (CHI 7–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Baltimore Ravens
Q2 – BAL – 0:26 – Matt Stover 29-yard field goal (CHI 7–6)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Baltimore Ravens
Q3 – CHI – 2:52 – Robbie Gould 23-yard field goal (CHI 10–6)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Baltimore Ravens
Before the game, Bears great Walter Payton, who died in 1999, was honored by teammate Dan Hampton, who played together in the Bears' 1985 season.


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Detroit Lions
Q2 – CHI – 9:29 – Muhsin Muhammad 23-yard pass from Kyle Orton (Robbie Gould kick) (CHI 7–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Detroit Lions
Q2 – CHI – 1:51 – Robbie Gould 38-yard field goal (CHI 10–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Detroit Lions
Q2 – CHI – 0:17 – Robbie Gould 20-yard field goal (CHI 13–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Detroit Lions
Q3 – DET – 3:15 – Kevin Jones 6-yard run (Jason Hanson kick) (CHI 13–10)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Detroit Lions
Q4 – DET – 13:20 – Jason Hanson 30-yard field goal (13–13)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Detroit Lions
OT – CHI – 8:43 – Charles Tillman 22-yard interception return (CHI 19–13)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Detroit Lions
Bears rookie Mark Bradley was placed on injured reserve this game, and was replaced by Justin Gage. Bradley had recorded 18 receptions for 230 yards at the time of his injury.


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 9: at New Orleans Saints
Q1 – CHI – 6:26 – Justin Gage 4-yard pass from Kyle Orton (Robbie Gould kick) (7–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 9: at New Orleans Saints
Q2 – NO – 9:57 – Donté Stallworth 15-yard pass from Aaron Brooks (John Carney kick) (NO 10-7)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 9: at New Orleans Saints
Q2 – CHI – 0:22 – Robbie Gould 35-yard field goal (10–10)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 9: at New Orleans Saints
Q3 – CHI – 7:29 – Adrian Peterson 6-yard run (Robbie Gould kick) (CHI 17–10)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 9: at New Orleans Saints
Q4 – NO – 7:44 – Aaron Brooks 1-yard run (John Carney kick) (17–17)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 9: at New Orleans Saints
Q4 – CHI – 0:06 – Robbie Gould 28-yard field goal (CHI 20–17)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 9: at New Orleans Saints
Due to damage from Hurricane Katrina to the Louisiana Superdome, the Saints were forced to host the game at LSU's Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge. The Saints scored first on a John Carney field goal, but the Bears struck back with a Kyle Orton to Justin Gage touchdown pass. After the Saints scored on an Aaron Brooks touchdown pass to Donté Stallworth, Robbie Gould tied the game on a 35-yard field goal.


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 9: at New Orleans Saints
In the second half, Adrian Peterson gave the Bears the lead on a 6-yard run, which was countered with Brooks scoring on a 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth. Orton eventually threw a 22-yard pass to Muhsin Muhammad to set up a game-winning field goal from Gould with six seconds left in the game. Gould eventually scored on a 28-yard field goal to give the Bears a 20–17 lead. The Saints' last chance to march 65 yards to win was crushed when Brooks' pass to Az-Zahir Hakim was intercepted by Nathan Vasher. The win was the Bears' fourth-straight, which hasn't been accomplished by the team since their 2001 season. In the first quarter, Bears running back Thomas Jones went out with an injury, but his backups Adrian Peterson and Cedric Benson combined for 137 yards and a touchdown.


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. San Francisco 49ers
Q2 – CHI – 0:00 – Nathan Vasher 108-yard missed field goal return (Robbie Gould kick) (CHI 7–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. San Francisco 49ers
Q3 – SF – 9:38 – Joe Nedney 34-yard field goal (CHI 7–6)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. San Francisco 49ers
Q4 – CHI – 14:33 – Adrian Peterson 7-yard run (Robbie Gould kick) (CHI 14–6)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. San Francisco 49ers
Q4 – SF – 10:54 – Joe Nedney 29-yard field goal (CHI 14–9)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. San Francisco 49ers
Q4 – CHI – 7:40 – Robbie Gould 37-yard field goal (CHI 17–9)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Carolina Panthers
Q1 – CHI – 5:41 – Robbie Gould 33-yard field goal (CHI 10–0)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Carolina Panthers
Q2 – CHI – 7:52 – Robbie Gould 39-yard field goal (CHI 13–0)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Carolina Panthers
Q4 – CAR – 8:31 – John Kasay 38-yard field goal (CHI 13–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Q1 – TB – 2:12 – Matt Bryant 27-yard field goal (CHI 7–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Q2 – CHI – 0:17 – Robbie Gould 25-yard field goal (CHI 10–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Q3 – CHI – 3:47 – Robbie Gould 36-yard field goal (CHI 13–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Q4 – TB – 7:00 – Mike Alstott 2-yard run (CHI 13–10)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Green Bay Packers
Q2 – GB – 7:03 – Samkon Gado 2-yard run (Ryan Longwell kick) (GB 7–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Green Bay Packers
Q2 – CHI – 4:33 – Robbie Gould 40-yard field goal (GB 7–6)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Green Bay Packers
Q2 – CHI – 0:02 – Robbie Gould 25-yard field goal (CHI 9–7)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Green Bay Packers
Q4 – CHI – 8:22 – Robbie Gould 35-yard field goal (CHI 12–7)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Green Bay Packers
Q4 – CHI – 3:06 – Nathan Vasher 45-yard interception return (Robbie Gould kick) (CHI 19–7)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Pittsburgh Steelers
Q1 – CHI – 2:30 – Robbie Gould 29-yard field goal (PIT 7–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Pittsburgh Steelers
Q2 – PIT – 7:25 – Jerome Bettis 1-yard run (Jeff Reed kick) (PIT 14–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Pittsburgh Steelers
Q3 – PIT – 5:23 – Jerome Bettis 5-yard run (Jeff Reed kick) (PIT 21–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Pittsburgh Steelers
Q4 – CHI – 13:38 – Thomas Jones 1-yard run (kick failed) (PIT 21–9)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Atlanta Falcons
Q2 – CHI – 6:33 – Robbie Gould 35-yard field goal (3–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Atlanta Falcons
Q2 – CHI – 3:20 – Robbie Gould 29-yard field goal (CHI 6–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Atlanta Falcons
Q3 – CHI – 8:17 – Thomas Jones 1-yard run (Robbie Gould kick) (CHI 13–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Atlanta Falcons
Q3 – CHI – 0:53 – Robbie Gould 39-yard field goal (CHI 16–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Green Bay Packers
Q2 – GB – 12:05 – Noah Herron 1-yard run (Ryan Longwell kick) (7–7)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Green Bay Packers
Q2 – CHI – 5:05 – Thomas Jones 2-yard run (Robbie Gould kick) (CHI 14–7)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Green Bay Packers
Q3 – CHI – 9:39 – Robbie Gould 45-yard field goal (CHI 17–7)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Green Bay Packers
Q3 – CHI – 4:01 – Lance Briggs 10-yard interception return (Robbie Gould kick) (CHI 24–7)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Green Bay Packers
Q4 – GB – 7:54 – Antonio Chatman 85-yard punt return (Ryan Longwell kick) (CHI 24–14)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Green Bay Packers
Q4 – GB – 1:54 – Ryan Longwell 26-yard field goal (CHI 24–17)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Green Bay Packers
The win marked the first time since 1991 that the Bears swept the Green Bay Packers.


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings
Q2 – MIN – 14:53 – Paul Edinger 54-yard field goal (3–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings
Q2 – MIN – 7:37 – Ciatrick Fason 2-yard run (Paul Edinger kick) (MIN 10–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings
Q2 – MIN – 0:03 – Travis Taylor 17-yard pass from Brad Johnson (Paul Edinger kick) (MIN 17–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings
Q3 – MIN – 3:58 – Mewelde Moore 7-yard pass from Brad Johnson (Paul Edinger kick) (MIN 24–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings
Q4 – MIN – 14:52 – Paul Edinger 27-yard field goal (MIN 27–3)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings
Q4 – CHI – 7:08 – Justin Gage 4-yard pass from Jeff Blake (Robbie Gould kick) (MIN 27–10)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings
Q4 – MIN – 5:10 – Michael Bennett 61-yard run (Paul Edinger kick) (MIN 34–10)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Playoff: vs. Carolina Panthers
Q2 – CAR – 14:57 – John Kasay 20 yd FG (CAR 10–0)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Playoff: vs. Carolina Panthers
Q2 – CAR – 6:26 – John Kasay 38 yd FG (CAR 13–0)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Playoff: vs. Carolina Panthers
Q2 – CHI – 2:58 – Adrian Peterson 1 yd TD run (Robbie Gould kick) (CAR 13–7)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Playoff: vs. Carolina Panthers
Q2 – CAR – 0:00 – John Kasay 37 yd FG (CAR 16–7)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Playoff: vs. Carolina Panthers
Q3 – CHI – 11:21 – 1 yd TD pass from Rex Grossman to Desmond Clark (Gould kick) (CAR 16–14)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Playoff: vs. Carolina Panthers
Q3 – CAR – 2:07 – 39 yd TD pass from Jake Delhomme to Steve Smith (Kasay kick) (CAR 23–14)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Playoff: vs. Carolina Panthers
Q4 – CHI – 13:23 – Jason McKie 1 yd TD run (Gould kick) (CAR 23–21)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Playoff: vs. Carolina Panthers
Q4 – CAR – 8:04 – 1 yd TD pass from Jake Delhomme to Kris Mangum (kick failed) (CAR 29–21)


2005 Chicago Bears season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Playoff: vs. Carolina Panthers
The Bears hosted their first playoff game since the 2001 season against the red hot Panthers, fresh off a victory over Eli Manning and the New York Giants.


2005 Chicago Bears season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Playoff: vs. Carolina Panthers
Things were bad from the beginning for the Bears, who allowed a 58-yard Jake Delhomme TD pass to Steve Smith just 55 seconds into the game. Cornerback Charles Tillman slipped on the play, and it only signified things to come the rest of the game for the vaunted Bears defense.


2005 Chicago Bears season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Playoff: vs. Carolina Panthers
The Panthers added two field goals to their total before the Bears got their first points.


2005 Chicago Bears season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Playoff: vs. Carolina Panthers
The Bears offense got off to a slow start, having their first 5 possessions end in punts. Their first score came midway through the second quarter, when running back Adrian Peterson scored a touchdown on a 1-yard run. The Bears had opted to go for it on 4th down to get the score, cutting the Carolina lead to 13–7. Before the half expired, the Panthers' John Kasay kicked a 37-yard field goal with 5 seconds left in the half, extending the lead to 16–7.


2005 Chicago Bears season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Playoff: vs. Carolina Panthers
The Bears offense came out at halftime firing on all cylinders, mounting an 8-play, 68-yard drive to close to within 2 points of the Panther lead. It was a balanced drive that led to the score, with the Bears running and passing 5 times each, with Rex Grossman capping the drive with a 1-yard TD pass to Desmond Clark.


2005 Chicago Bears season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Playoff: vs. Carolina Panthers
The spark provided by the offense was short-lived, as midway through the 3rd quarter, Delhomme went deep to Steve Smith again, this time for a 39-yard touchdown that put the Panthers up 23–14. Chris Thompson, a reserve defensive back for the Bears, fell down on the play to let Smith slip past him.


2005 Chicago Bears season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Playoff: vs. Carolina Panthers
The Bears managed to score one more time on a drive that started with 2:07 remaining in the 3rd quarter. Grossman completed 3 of 4 passes on the drive, and running back Thomas Jones almost scored on a 7-yard run. After a replay challenge by Carolina, however, the officials reversed the call to say that Jones had fumbled into the endzone, which would have resulted in a Carolina touchback. However, a major facemask penalty on Carolina defensive back Marlon McCree gave Chicago a first down at the Carolina 3. From there, fullback Jason McKie rumbled in for a touchdown, making the score 23–21 to the Panthers.


2005 Chicago Bears season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Playoff: vs. Carolina Panthers
The Panthers extended their lead once more with a 1-yard Delhomme pass to tight end Kris Mangum. Kasay missed the extra point try though, making the Panthers' lead 29–21.


2005 Chicago Bears season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Playoff: vs. Carolina Panthers
When the Bears offense started moving the ball once more, disaster struck for the Bears, as on a 3rd-and-10 play from the Carolina 37-yard line, Grossman threw an ill-advised interception to Ken Lucas.


2005 Chicago Cubs season
The 2005 Chicago Cubs season was the 134th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 130th in the National League and the 90th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished 79–83, 4th place in the NL Central. This was the first season for the WGN-TV broadcast pairing of Bob Brenly and Len Kasper.


2005 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats
Stats in bold are the team leaders. Players in bold are on the active roster.


2005 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; SB = Stolen bases; Avg. = Batting average


2005 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G=Games played; AB=At Bats; H=Hits; Avg.=Batting Average; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In


2005 Chicago Marathon
The 2005 Chicago Marathon was the 28th running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States and was held on October 9. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Felix Limo in a time of 2:07:02 hours and the women's race was won by home athlete Deena Kastor in 2:21:25.


2005 Chicago White Sox season
The 2005 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 105th season. They finished with a 99–63 record in the regular season and first place in the American League Central division by six games over the Cleveland Indians. In the playoffs, they won the American League Division Series 3–0 over the defending World Series champion Boston Red Sox, the American League Championship Series 4–1 over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and the World Series 4–0 over the Houston Astros, ending an 88-year championship drought.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season
The Chicago White Sox had a total attendance of 2,342,833 in 2005, 7th in the American League.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, The manager
Much that happened in 2005 was under the direction of manager Ozzie Guillén. After his inaugural season in 2004, in which his club went 83–79 and finished second in the American League Central Division, Guillén approached general manager Kenny Williams. He asked Williams for a makeover for his club. Guillén envisioned his team playing small ball.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, The manager
Williams agreed with Guillén. The Sox already had a feisty manager, solid pitching, and power hitters. The Sox decided to clean up a bit and bring in players with the team first attitude. Guillén wanted more quickness, so speedy Scott Podsednik was brought in to be the number one hitter and to create havoc for opposing pitchers. Guillén wanted pitching, so Williams got Freddy García, Orlando "El Duque" Hernández, Luis Vizcaíno, Dustin Hermanson, and in July, hard throwing closer Bobby Jenks was brought up from the minor leagues.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, The manager
Another important factor to Guillén's new plan was to have players who put the team ahead of personal accomplishments. Jermaine Dye was added for veteran leadership and provided an important bat and glove in the lineup. Tadahito Iguchi came in from Japan to play second base and bat second behind Podsednik. Iguchi proved his value all year long.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, The manager
Finally, the Sox decided to add a little fire into a mostly laid back and quiet clubhouse. This need brought catcher A. J. Pierzynski to Chicago after playing six years for division rival Minnesota, and one year for San Francisco.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Season summary
The White Sox began their season by winning the first two games, and were 7–3 after the first 10 games. They won 19 out of their next 24, including two 8-game winning streaks, and at the end of April were 17–7. In mid-May, after beating the Texas Rangers 2 of 3 games, they also took two of three from the Chicago Cubs, but got swept by the Texas Rangers in a two-game series after splitting four games with eventual American League Championship Series opponent Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Season summary
Finishing May with a 35–17 record, the Sox, in interleague play, swept both the Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers, but did lose the other series to the Cubs two games to one. At the end of June they were 53–24, and just before the All-star break, the Sox were swept by the Oakland Athletics in a 3-game series at home, going into the break at 57–29. Then, after the break, they swept the Cleveland Indians in a four-game series, shutting out the Indians twice and scoring seven runs in the other two games.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Season summary
At the end of July they were 68–35, a 14+1⁄2-game lead in the American League Central over both Cleveland and the Minnesota Twins. However, from August 12 through August 23, they lost 8 out of 9 games they played, including a 7-game losing streak and sweeps at the hands of the Boston Red Sox and Twins, while Cleveland, who had been in second place for the majority of the season, suddenly started playing their best baseball of the year and putting pressure on the Sox.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Season summary
Finishing strong, though, the White Sox began September by winning their first 7 games and ended the season by winning 8 of 10. They finished the regular season with a 99–63 record and a 6-game lead over Cleveland, winning their second American League Central title. The White Sox ended the season with the best record in the AL and the second best record in the major leagues. Their best hitter in terms of statistics was first baseman Paul Konerko, who hit 40 home runs, had 100 runs batted in, and hit .283 on the season.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason
Chicago began its eighth trip to the postseason in 2005. The last time they reached the playoffs, during the 2000 season, they were swept by the wild card Seattle Mariners in three games after having the best record in the American League that season. The White Sox' power, or lack thereof in the series, ultimately doomed them. The pitching, which had been average at best all year, collapsed against Seattle.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason
The time before that, after their 1993 AL West Division title, the White Sox won two games against the eventual World Series Champion Toronto Blue Jays. Expectations were pretty high for the 2005 playoffs, especially if they could erase that 88-year World Series drought.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, American League Division Series- White Sox vs. Boston Red Sox, Game 1
Manager Ozzie Guillén reminded his team not to feel happy just to be in the playoffs, and the White Sox took it to heart. The "South Siders" pounded the Red Sox 14–2 behind two home runs from A. J. Pierzynski. Paul Konerko, Juan Uribe, and Scott Podsednik added solo home runs. Podsednik's homer was his first of the season. The White Sox also got another solid performance from starter José Contreras, who went 72⁄3 innings, allowing only two runs, and striking out six.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, American League Division Series- White Sox vs. Boston Red Sox, Game 1
The White Sox beat up on former Cub Matt Clement, as his day was done after just 31⁄3 innings, giving up eight runs. The White Sox played a just about  flawless game all together, with plays like Tadahito Iguchi's surprise throw to third to nail Trot Nixon, taking some momentum out of the Red Sox. Everything was looking up for the White Sox, but Boston was the defending champion, so they weren't counting out the Red Sox that easily. Final score: White Sox 14, Boston 2.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, American League Division Series- White Sox vs. Boston Red Sox, Game 2
White Sox ace Mark Buehrle got his chance in this game to turn in a solid postseason performance. Buehrle was with the White Sox in 2000 for their last playoff run, and pitched 1/3 scoreless inning of relief back then. But given his first chance to start, he looked to help his team put the Red Sox in a  2-0-hole that would be awfully hard to get out of. Buehrle was a little substandard, giving up four runs and eight hits over seven innings.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, American League Division Series- White Sox vs. Boston Red Sox, Game 2
However, he still got the win partially thanks to Boston second baseman Tony Graffanino, a former White Sox. With one out and Joe Crede on first in the fifth inning, Juan Uribe hit a ground ball up the middle. Graffanino took his eyes off the ball and started to flip the ball to shortstop Édgar Rentería before he had actually  fielded it. The ball went through his legs and into the outfield. This allowed Crede to move to third, allowing a prime scoring opportunity for the White Sox.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, American League Division Series- White Sox vs. Boston Red Sox, Game 2
Scott Podsednik spoiled the first chance, fouling out to third. That sent Tadahito Iguchi up to bat with the White Sox down 4–2. Iguchi sent a curveball from pitcher David Wells into the left field seats for a 5–4 lead. The White Sox never relinquished this lead, as Bobby Jenks came on in the eighth inning to claim the two inning save. The Sox had just won their second postseason game in a row, and headed to Boston, up two games to none. However, the Red Sox had come back from three down in the American League Championship the year before on their way to winning the World Series, so no one was taking Boston lightly. Final Score: White Sox 5, Boston 4.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, American League Division Series- White Sox vs. Boston Red Sox, Game 3
Game 3 proved to be perhaps the most exciting of the whole series. The White Sox headed into Boston, taking on Johnny Damon, Manny Ramirez, and David Ortiz, and were confident. Freddy García was starting, ready to nail down his second clinching win of the season (He had been the winning pitcher in the game where the White Sox clinched the Central Division title.). The White Sox took a 2–0 lead in the top of the third inning with some key hits. However, García did not have a very good start, which kept the Red Sox in the game.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, American League Division Series- White Sox vs. Boston Red Sox, Game 3
He gave up two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to tie the game. But Paul Konerko, the White Sox' number one run producer the whole season, stepped to the plate in the top of the sixth inning with Jermaine Dye on base. He sent a pitch over the left field wall to put the White Sox ahead 4–2, and keep a lead that they never lost. A particularly tense point came in the sixth inning.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, American League Division Series- White Sox vs. Boston Red Sox, Game 3
García gave up a mammoth home run to Manny Ramirez to bring Boston to within one, and then Boston loaded the bases with a single and two walks. That prompted manager Ozzie Guillén to bring on Orlando "El Duque" Hernández, who was brought to Chicago for his incredible postseason track record while with the New York Yankees. With no outs, Hernández got Jason Varitek and Tony Graffanino to pop up in consecutive at-bats. Then after Johnny Damon drew a full count from Hernández, El Duque got him to miss, ending the inning and putting the Red Sox down to rest.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, American League Division Series- White Sox vs. Boston Red Sox, Game 3
Hernández pitched two more scoreless innings, allowing only one more hit. The White Sox added a run in the top of the ninth inning for security, leading to Bobby Jenks  closing out his second game of the series and sending Chicago into the American League Championship Series. Final Score: White Sox 5, Boston 3.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, American League Division Series- White Sox vs. Boston Red Sox, Game 3
This was the White Sox first postseason series win since the 1917 World Series.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, American League Championship Series- White Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Game 1
By virtue of their sweep in the Division Series, the White Sox got to enjoy a three-day break in between the two series, while the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and New York Yankees battled it out. Due to a rain-out, the Angels had to fly from New York to Anaheim for Game 5 of the series, and then fly to Chicago in back to back nights. It was assumed that the White Sox had an advantage in this series, because they were very well rested and Los Angeles was very tired. However, that was not the case.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, American League Championship Series- White Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Game 1
The Angels were led by a home run from Garret Anderson in the second, and Chicago was unable to execute in the field, leading to two more Angel runs. The White Sox got on the board with a Joe Crede home run in the third. They added on another run to cut the lead to 3–2 with A. J. Pierzynski's RBI single in the fourth. However, that was all the production the Sox could muster, as they wasted opportunities in the later innings. A solid start by José Contreras couldn't save the Sox either.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, American League Championship Series- White Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Game 1
Contreras went 81⁄3 innings, giving up three runs. It was Contreras's first loss since August 15, when he suffered defeat to the Minnesota Twins. The White Sox were now in a hole, and faced a crucial Game 2, or risk going to Anaheim down 2–0 in the series. Final Score: Los Angeles 3, White Sox 2.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, American League Championship Series- White Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Game 2
Mark Buehrle was the mound in Game 2, and turned in an incredible outing. Through nine innings, he only gave up a Robb Quinlan home run in the fifth, and the White Sox scored a run in the bottom of the first via errors. With the score tied 1–1 with two outs in the bottom of the ninth and Buehrle getting ready to start the tenth inning, A. J. Pierzynski stepped to the plate. He swung on a split-finger fastball in the dirt from Kelvim Escobar for strike three. Home Plate Umpire Doug Eddings called Pierzynski out on three strikes.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, American League Championship Series- White Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Game 2
Pierzynski began walking toward the dugout, but then ran to first base. Pierzynski claimed the ball was not caught. After much discussion between the umpires he was awarded first base, and the inning continued. Pablo Ozuna went in to pinch run, and on the first pitch, stole second base without a throw. Joe Crede, after taking two strikes, lined the next pitch from Escobar off the left field wall for a walk-off double. The White Sox pulled out a victory and evened the series. Final Score: White Sox 2, Los Angeles 1.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, American League Championship Series- White Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Game 3
The series now switched to Anaheim, where the White Sox had a history of playing poorly. But the White Sox disregarded tradition and won three straight. Jon Garland, who hadn't pitched in the Division Series, made his first career playoff start. Garland picked up right where Mark Buehrle had left off. Throwing a complete game of his own, Garland gave up only two runs on an Orlando Cabrera home run in the sixth inning while striking out seven.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, American League Championship Series- White Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Game 3
He was helped by his offense, specifically Paul Konerko, who hit a two-run home run in the top of the first inning, proving to be the game winning runs as the White Sox built a 3–0 lead after one. The lead was extended to 5–0 by the sixth before the Cabrera home run. The final score was 5–2, Chicago.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, American League Championship Series- White Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Game 3
This game had no controversy, although Doug Eddings, the home plate umpire in Game 2 who ruled the third strike to A. J. Pierzynski hit the ground, did get booed while being introduced. The White Sox had put together a 2–1 series lead as well as back to back complete games in a postseason series for the first time since 1982, when it was accomplished by Tommy John and Bruce Kison for the California Angels. The Sox headed into Game 4 looking to take a  three games to one lead. Final Score: White Sox 5, Los Angeles 2.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, American League Championship Series- White Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Game 4
Inspired by his teammate's performances the last two games of the series, Freddy García followed suit, tossing yet another complete game. García was masterful over the game, giving up only six hits and two runs. He was helped by a three-run lead in the first inning. This time, Paul Konerko hit a three-run homer. This complete game marked the first time a team had thrown three straight complete games in a postseason series since the 1973 National League Championship Series when Tom Seaver, Jon Matlack, and Jerry Koosman accomplished the feat for the New York Mets, despite Seaver's being a loss.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, American League Championship Series- White Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Game 4
Another incident involving catcher A. J. Pierzynski took place in the second inning. There were runners on first and third at the time, and Steve Finley was at the plate. Finley swung and clipped Pierzynski's glove during his follow through. As Finley ran to first he looked back at the umpires and yelled for catcher's interference. However, the call was not made, and Finley eventually ended up grounding into an inning ending double play. The victory put the White Sox one victory away from heading to the World Series, and one step closer to ending their long World Series Championship drought. Final Score: White Sox 8, Los Angeles 2.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, American League Championship Series- White Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Game 5
José Contreras, who had pitched well in Game 1 but lost, was on the mound for Game 5, trying to send the White Sox to their first World Series since 1959. Contreras definitely did his part. Contreras fired a fourth complete game. He surrendered three runs on five hits over the game, but the White Sox offense scored enough runs to give him a 6–3 victory.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, American League Championship Series- White Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Game 5
The four consecutive complete games in a postseason was a League Championship Series record, and the first time since the New York Yankees got five complete games in a row from Whitey Ford, Tom Sturdivant, Don Larsen (which was a perfect game), Bob Turley, and Johnny Kucks during the 1956 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, American League Championship Series- White Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Game 5
The White Sox started the scoring in the second on Joe Crede's sacrifice fly. The Angels tied it in the third with an Adam Kennedy single. In the fifth, Jermaine Dye hit a two-out double that put the White Sox ahead 2–1. However, the Angels struck right back with a ground rule double from Chone Figgins and a sacrifice fly from Garret Anderson. However, it was all White Sox after that. Joe Crede hit a game-tying home run off Kelvim Escobar in the seventh. In the eighth, A. J. Pierzynski was at it again.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, American League Championship Series- White Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Game 5
He hit a slow rolling ground ball down the first base line and Escobar tagged him. However, replay showed Escobar tagged with his glove- while the ball was in his hand. Randy Marsh, the first base umpire, called Pierzynski out, but then the umpires talked it over after manager Ozzie Guillén ran out to argue. The call was reversed, and Pierzynski was rewarded first base with Aaron Rowand on second with two out.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, American League Championship Series- White Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Game 5
Joe Crede faced Angels closer Francisco Rodríguez, who set the major league record for saves in a season in 2008 with 62, and Crede laced a single up the middle to score Rowand and put the White Sox ahead for good. Paul Konerko added an RBI double in the ninth for insurance. Konerko won the ALCS MVP award as the White Sox looked to win their first World Series since 1917. Final Score: White Sox 6, Los Angeles 3.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, 2005 World Series- White Sox vs. Houston Astros, Game 1
Chicago's opponent in the 2005 World Series was the National League Champion Houston Astros, who defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Championship Series to clinch a trip to their first World Series in franchise history. The night was special for Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell, two longtime Astros making their first trip to the World Series. Game 1 was José Contreras vs. Roger Clemens. However, Clemens re-injured his hamstring in the second inning, and so his night was done early. In the fourth, with the score tied 3–3, Joe Crede took control of the game. He homered in the inning, and then, in the sixth, he made two diving stops to save runs and keep the White Sox ahead by one.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, 2005 World Series- White Sox vs. Houston Astros, Game 1
The story of the night, though, was the bullpen. After Contreras lasted seven plus innings, Neal Cotts relieved him. Willy Taveras had hit a leadoff double off Contreras, and then Cotts entered. He gave up a hard outfield  single to Lance Berkman, which was hit at a fielder, and hit so hard  that Taveras couldn't score, and stopped at third. However, Cotts then went on to strike out Morgan Ensberg and Mike Lamb, bringing up Bagwell. That prompted manager Ozzie Guillén to bring on closer Bobby Jenks. Jenks struck out Bagwell with his 100-mile per hour fastball. He then got the next three outs in the top of the ninth to give the White Sox a Game 1 victory. Final Score: White Sox 5, Houston 3.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, 2005 World Series- White Sox vs. Houston Astros, Game 2
Fresh off a victory the night before, the White Sox tried to make it two in a row in the Series, but this time the opposing pitcher was Andy Pettitte, an excellent pitcher who was making his 34th career postseason start. This game was sloppy, as temperatures were cold and it was raining. Mark Buehrle wasn't throwing his best pitches, as he gave up four runs in seven innings. However, with the White Sox down 4–2 in the seventh, Paul Konerko took over.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, 2005 World Series- White Sox vs. Houston Astros, Game 2
With the bases loaded, he sent the first pitch he saw from reliever Chad Qualls into the left field bullpen for a 6–4 White Sox lead on a grand slam. The slam was the first one in White Sox postseason history. However, the lead only lasted for an inning. Bobby Jenks, evidently not playing his best either, gave up two runs in the top of the ninth to tie the game. Fortunately enough for Jenks, Scott Podsednik came to the rescue.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, 2005 World Series- White Sox vs. Houston Astros, Game 2
Hitting second in the ninth, Podsednik sent a pitch from Brad Lidge into the right field seats for a walk-off home run, his second homer of the whole season. It was the 14th walk-off home run in World Series history, and sent the White Sox to Houston up two games to none. Final Score: White Sox 7, Astros 6.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, 2005 World Series- White Sox vs. Houston Astros, Game 3
This game was the longest game in World Series history time wise, and tied for the longest game in World Series history according to innings. In the first World Series game played in the state of Texas, the hometown Astros got off to a good start. They jumped out to a 4–0 lead through four innings. However, in the fifth, the White Sox scored 5 runs to take the lead 5–4 in a 46-pitch inning for Houston's Roy Oswalt. But the Astros tied the score in the bottom of the eighth, and as neither team scored in the ninth inning, the game went into extra innings.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, 2005 World Series- White Sox vs. Houston Astros, Game 3
The game kept going on and on until the top of the fourteenth inning when Geoff Blum stepped to the plate. Blum did not have a postseason at-bat for the White Sox since Game 1 of the Division Series. But he connected on a home run off Ezequiel Astacio to give the White Sox a one-run lead. They added another run later in the inning. After Dámaso Marte began the bottom half of the inning, Mark Buehrle came out and got the save for Chicago. After using nine pitchers to the Astros' eight, and playing for 5 hours and 41 minutes, the White Sox were just one win away from clinching their first World Series championship in 88 years. Final Score: White Sox 7, Houston 5.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, 2005 World Series- White Sox vs. Houston Astros, Game 4
Heeding the words of Ozzie Guillén to win the World Series as soon as possible, the White Sox took it to heart in a trademark 1–0 win. Freddy García was on the mound against the young but talented Brandon Backe. Locked in a pitchers' duel through seven innings, Guillén decided to take García out and replace him with a pinch hitter in the top of the eighth inning. Willie Harris pinch-hit for García and started the inning off with a single.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, 2005 World Series- White Sox vs. Houston Astros, Game 4
After moving to third with two outs, Jermaine Dye drove him in with a single up the middle against Brad Lidge, who had given up Scott Posednik's game-winning home run earlier in the series. Dye won World Series MVP honors for his good hitting throughout the series. After Cliff Polite and Neal Cotts pitched a scoreless eighth, Bobby Jenks came in to close the game out. He  gave up a leadoff single, and got an out via a sacrifice bunt, but then it was all Juan Uribe.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, 2005 World Series- White Sox vs. Houston Astros, Game 4
Uribe chased down a foul ball and dove into the stands to make the acrobatic catch. He then made the play on a slow, bouncing hit over the head of Jenks to throw out Orlando Palmeiro to win the game and the World Series for the White Sox. Final Score: White Sox 1, Houston 0.


2005 Chicago White Sox season, Postseason, 2005 World Series- White Sox vs. Houston Astros, Game 4
With their 11–1 record, the White Sox tied the 1999 New York Yankees for the best record in a single postseason. In calling the final out, White Sox broadcaster John Rooney's call of "A White Sox winner and a World Championship!" echoed Jack Buck's call of the St. Louis Cardinals winning the 1982 World Series: "That's a winner! That's a winner! A World Series winner for the Cardinals!" Following the series, Rooney coincidentally  joined the Cardinals broadcasting team and announced their victory in the 2006 World Series.


2005 Chilean parliamentary election
The 2005 Chilean parliamentary election took place on December 11, 2005, in conjunction with the presidential election. All of the 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies were contested, while 20 out of 38 seats in the Senate were up for election (even-numbered regions and the metropolitan region). Deputies serve for a period of four years, while senators serve for a period of eight years. Reelection is permitted.


2005 Chilean parliamentary election
According to national legislation, all Chilean citizens may participate in the election (that is, all Chilean nationals over the age of 18 qualified by law to do so), as well as foreign residents with over five years of stay in the country (under certain conditions). In any case, all electors must register first in the Electoral Register if they want to vote. Once registered, voting is mandatory. Over seven million people voted in the election (less than half of the total population).


2005 Chilean parliamentary election, Major parties
The Chamber of Deputies prior to this election was composed of 62 CPD deputies (23 Christian Democrats, 20 PPD, ten Socialists, six PRSD and three independents), 57 APC deputies (31 UDI, 18 RN and eight independents) and one independent (off-pact).


2005 Chilean parliamentary election, Major parties
The Senate prior to this election was composed of 38 directly elected senators and nine non-elected senators (institutional senators, or senators for life). Among the elected, 20 seats are held by the CPD (eleven Christian Democrats, five Socialists, three PPD and one PRSD) and 18 by the APC (six independents, six UDI and six RN). A constitutional reform in 2005 eliminated non-elected senators starting on March 11, 2006, the day the newly elected senators were sworn in.


2005 Chilean parliamentary election, Major parties
Of the Senate seats being contested, eleven were held by the CPD (ten Christian Democrats and one Socialist) and nine by the APC (four independents, three UDI and two RN).


2005 Chilean parliamentary election, Election results, Elected candidates
These results are based on official information given by the Election Qualifier Tribunal (Tricel) on January 29, 2006.


2005 Chilean parliamentary election, Election results, Elected candidates
Elected candidates appear in bold. (R) indicates candidates running for reelection. Strikethrough names indicate candidacies rejected by the Electoral Service (Servel).


2005 China Baseball League season
The 2005 China Baseball League season saw the Beijing Tigers defeat the Tianjin Lions in 2 games to win the Championship Series.


2005 China Masters
The 2005 China Masters was a badminton tournament which took place at the University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China, on 29 August–4 September 2005 and had a total purse of $250,000. This is the inaugural edition of the tournament, and rated as 6–star IBF World Grand Prix event.


2005 China Open (snooker)
The 2005 China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 26 March to 3 April 2005 at the Haidian Stadium in Beijing, China. It was the penultimate ranking event of the 2004–05 season, preceding the 2005 World Championship.


2005 China Open (snooker)
The event was last held in 2002, where Mark Williams won the tournament by defeating Anthony Hamilton 9–8.


2005 China Open (snooker)
Ding Junhui won in the final 9–5 against Stephen Hendry. Ding became the second youngest player after Ronnie O'Sullivan to capture a ranking title. Along with several other Chinese players, Ding gave up his normal tournament entry position in order to accept an offer to enter the tournament as a wild-card player and thus he did not receive either prize money or ranking points for his tournament win.


2005 China Open (snooker), Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2005 China Open (snooker), Prize fund
Winner: £30,000Runner-up: £15,000Semi-final: £7,500Quarter-final: £5,600Last 16: £4,000Last 32: £2,500Last 48: £1,625Last 64: £1,100


2005 China Open (snooker), Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between January 25–28, 2005.


2005 China Open (tennis)
The 2005 China Open was an ATP International Series and WTA Tour Tier II tennis tournament held in Beijing, China.


2005 China Open (tennis), Finals, Men's Doubles
Justin Gimelstob /  Nathan Healey defeated  Dmitry Tursunov /  Mikhail Youzhny, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2


2005 China Open (tennis), Finals, Women's Doubles
Nuria Llagostera Vives /  María Vento-Kabchi defeated  Yan Zi /  Zheng Jie, 6–2, 6–4


2005 China Open (tennis), Finals, Women's Doubles
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2005 China Open – Men's Doubles
Justin Gimelstob and Graydon Oliver were the defending champions, but Oliver did not participate this year. Gimelstob partnered Nathan Healey and successfully defended his title.


2005 China Open – Men's Doubles
Gimelstob and Healey won the title, defeating Dmitry Tursunov and Mikhail Youzhny 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2005 China Open – Men's Singles
Marat Safin was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.


2005 China Open – Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal won the title, beating Guillermo Coria 5–7, 6–1, 6–2 in the final.


2005 China Open – Women's Doubles
Emmanuelle Gagliardi and Dinara Safina were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Gagliardi competed in Kolkata at the same week, while Safina decided to rest after her participation in the Fed Cup final.


2005 China Open – Women's Doubles
Nuria Llagostera Vives and María Vento-Kabchi won the title by defeating Yan Zi and Zheng Jie 6–2, 6–4 in the final.


2005 China Open – Women's Singles
Serena Williams was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Sun Tiantian. Tiantian became the first ever player ranked outside the top 100 to defeat Williams in a main draw match.


2005 China Open – Women's Singles
Maria Kirilenko won the title by defeating Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2005 China Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2005 Chinese FA Cup
The 2005 Chinese FA Cup (Chinese: 2005中国足球协会杯) was the 11th edition of Chinese FA Cup. The matches of first round were kicked off on 26 March 2005, and the final took place on 20 November 2005.


2005 Chinese FA Cup, Results, Final
The final is a single match, with extra time and penalty shootout if necessary.


2005 Chinese Grand Prix
The 2005 Chinese Grand Prix (officially the 2005 Formula 1 Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix) was the nineteenth and final Formula One motor race of the 2005 Formula One season which took place on 16 October 2005 at the Shanghai International Circuit. This was the second Chinese Grand Prix to be held since the event's 2004 inception. The race was won by the new World Champion, Renault's Fernando Alonso. McLaren driver Kimi Räikkönen was four seconds behind in second position, a reflection of their season long duel for the championship. Toyota driver Ralf Schumacher was third.


2005 Chinese Grand Prix
Renault won the Constructors' Championship at this race; they had led McLaren by two points before the start of the race. This was the final race for Antônio Pizzonia, the Minardi  and Jordan teams, although both teams continued into 2006 under different names (Scuderia Toro Rosso and Midland F1 Racing respectively). This was also the last win for a car equipped with a 6-speed gearbox and with a V10 engine.


2005 Chinese Grand Prix, Friday drivers
The bottom 6 teams in the 2004 Constructors' Championship were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.


2005 Chinese Grand Prix, Race
During warmup, as the cars ran from the pits to line up on the grid, a slow-moving Michael Schumacher pulled left into the path of Christijan Albers who was at speed. The cars collided causing considerable damage to each, earning Schumacher a reprimand from the stewards after the race. Both drivers changed to their teams' spare cars and started the race from the pitlane, along with Narain Karthikeyan. Alonso dominated the race, taking a lights-to-flag victory, capping a best ever season for Renault which included victories in both titles.


2005 Chinese Grand Prix, Race
Renault's number two driver Giancarlo Fisichella's chances of making the podium ended when he received a drive-through penalty for obstructive driving in the pits during the second safety car period. He ended the race less than a second behind Ralf Schumacher. Red Bull Racing's Christian Klien had a career best drive to take fifth position with Felipe Massa, Mark Webber and Jenson Button completing the point scoring finishers. Räikkönen recorded the race's fastest lap, a record equalling tenth for the season.


2005 Chinese Grand Prix, Classification, Qualifying
Michael Schumacher, Narain Karthikeyan and Christijan Albers started from the pit lane.


2005 Chinese Super League
The 2005 Chinese Super League season was only the second season of China's top-tier football competition. With no relegation the previous season, the league expanded from 12 to 14 clubs with the promotion of Shanghai Zobon and Wuhan Huanghelou. The season was scheduled to start on 5 March 2005, but was postponed until April due to a sponsorship problem and finished on 5 November with Dalian Shide, seven-time champions in the old first division, clinching their eighth title. Defending champions Shenzhen Jianlibao finished third from bottom, the second consecutive year in which the defending champions has done so.


2005 Chinese Super League
The FA had announced at the start of the season that no teams would be relegated for this season and they kept to this decision.


2005 Chinese Super League, The season
The two-year-old league provided a more positive side of football than the previous season, with much fewer drug-abusing, match-fixing and other scandals on and off the pitch. However, the season was criticised for being unexciting with some stating that the only reason that particular clubs did well was because of foreign talent.


2005 Chinese Super League, The season
Most teams had not invested enough into their squads for the season to compete for the top positions in the CSL. As the decision to cancel relegation had been announced before the start of the season, unlike the previous season where it was decided halfway through. Teams with no chance of winning the league were thus reluctant to spend money in the transfer market.


2005 Chinese Super League, The season
Nevertheless, there was still strong competition at the top of the table with six teams fighting for the top two AFC Champions League spots. Dalian Shide remained at the top for almost the whole length of the season but there was a constant rotation of second place.


2005 Chinese Super League, The season
At the lower half of the table, Chongqing Lifan finished at the bottom of the table for two years running while Shenyang Ginde deteriorated to second from bottom.


2005 Chinese Super League, The season, Early surprises
Among the contenders for the second spot, Wuhan Huanghelou was no doubt the surprise package. The team, promoted to the CSL the previous season, was little known to their opponents; but they started superbly, embarking on a seven match winning streak at one point, which put them hot on the heels of Dalian Shide. However, like many inexperienced sides, their composure failed in the second half of the season but they still finished a remarkable fifth.


2005 Chinese Super League, The season, Late dash
In the second half of the season, the battle for second was mainly between Shanghai Shenhua and Tianjin Teda. The gap between the two clubs was tiny and neither could afford slip-ups, although Shandong Luneng Taishan and Beijing Hyundai, who were also within striking distance, were eyeing their opponents' performances closely.