1999 PDC World Darts Championship fifth successive year, taking his overall tally to seven World Championships. He had now eclipsed both Eric Bristow, who won five World Darts titles and Steve Davis and (at the time) Stephen Hendry six times World Snooker champions – both targets of Taylor when he began accumulating world championships. The 1999 World Championship featured a prize fund of £104,000. The prize money was allocated as follows: This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship. Five countries were represented in the World Championship, one more than in the previous championship. 1999 PDC World Darts Championship The
1927 World Snooker Championship 78–32. Both sessions on the third day were shared to leave Davis 16–8 ahead. Davis had taken a winning lead by taking frame 23 80–34 to lead 16–7. Davis won four of the seven frames on the final day to win 20–11. The final was refereed by Bill Camkin. The score in the matches between Davis and Brady and between Davis and Cope are the final scores including "dead" frames. The score when Davis won the matches is not known. 1927 World Snooker Championship The 1927 World Snooker Championship was a snooker tournament held at various venues throughout the season.