1997 WDC World Darts Championship most successful players of all-time. The prize fund was £98,000. Peter Evison (4) 4 – 2 Eric Bristow This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship. Four countries were represented in the World Championship, one less than in the previous championship. 1997 WDC World Darts Championship The 1996/1997 Red Band World Darts Championship was held between 29 December 1996 and 5 January 1997 at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex. It was the fourth World Championship organised by the World Darts Council, which had acrimoniously split from the British Darts Organisation in 1992–93. As a
Mark McGrath (darts player) Mark McGrath (darts player) Mark McGrath (born July 15, 1968) is an English-born New Zealand professional darts player who currently in the British Darts Organisation tournaments. McGrath qualified for the 2015 PDC World Darts Championship after winning the New Zealand Qualifier. He was whitewashed 4–0 by American Scott Kirchner in the preliminary round. In 2016, McGrath claimed the New Zealand Masters and Alan King Memorial titles. McGrath qualified for the 2017 BDO World Darts Championship McGrath beat Roger Janssen 3-2 before losing 3-0 to the current World Champion Scott Mitchell. In 2018 McGrath won the Canterbury Classic and the Canterbury