Jocky Wilson vs Dave Whitcombe 1984 World Darts Championship Semi Final

The final 6 sets of one of the most controversial and historical TV Dart matches of all time.

Jocky Wilson, like Bristow and Lowe, had not dropped a set on the way to the last four, his 4-0 win over Gregory in the quarter final seemingly backing up his own claim that he was playing well enough to be world champion again. But in Whitcombe - who had beaten Virachkul in the previous round - Wilson would be provided with a stern test of his mental and physical capabilities. One that he would unfortunately fail in a big way.

It all looked so good for the Scot as the match unfolded. Leading 3-1 and 4-2 at various stages, Wilson appeared to have one foot in the final, yet in what would turn out to be a marathon session of darts, his stamina let him down. That and the fact that come the conclusion of the match, Wilson was a little worse for wear.

Whitcombe's 6-5 comeback win was a rare epic in a tournament that contained a number of one-sided affairs, a match that quite literally left Wilson on the floor. At the conclusion of the lengthy semi-final, Whitcombe hit double-18 and turned to shake the hand of Wilson, only to find his opponent sprawled across the stage.

Commentator Tony Green explained Wilson's fall in a Guardian article. "It was the World darts semi-final and Jocky looked set to go all the way. But then you could drink and smoke on the stage, which Jocky always took full advantage of. He kept downing the pints, his game got poorer and Dave eventually beat him 5-4 (in fact, it was 6-5). But when the cameras turned round he'd disappeared. Jocky was so drunk he'd fallen off the stage" ( In fact, he didn't).

Not the first time that Wilson had been drunk on the oche, but in a year in which he was playing so well, you do have to wonder if a less inebriated Jocky would have prevailed and given Bristow a bigger headache in the final. But with characters such as Wilson you had to learn to take the rough with the smooth. After all, he wouldn't have been such a popular figure if he had done things in a conventional manner.

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