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Marshall James

Marshall James
Personal information
Nickname"Big MJ"
Born (1970-10-04) 4 October 1970 (age 54)
Cardiff, Wales
Home townCefn Caeau, Llanelli, Wales
Darts information
Playing darts since1982
Darts21g Unicorn
LateralityRight-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO1991–1999
PDC2003
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipRunner Up: 1997
World MastersSemi-finals: 1998
PDC premier events – best performances
UK OpenLast 128: 2003
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
Welsh Open
WDF World Cup
WDF Europe Cup
1997
1997
1998
Updated on 7 January 2019.

Marshall James (born 4 October 1970) is a Welsh former professional darts player. He was the runner-up at 1997 BDO World Championship in his debut year and also reached the semi-finals of the 1998 World Masters. He was known for his slow, deliberate throwing style.

Career

James reached the BDO World Darts Championship final at the 1997 event. He started the tournament with 3–1 victories against Willam Burksfield, and 8th seed Andy Fordham, a future BDO world champion then achieved deciding set wins against Roger Carter and defending champion Steve Beaton (in the sudden death leg, finishing with a 106 checkout after Beaton had narrowly missed one dart at double 10 for the match). In the final against Les Wallace, James looked impressive in the earlier sets of the match and was unfortunate to trail 3–2 at the interval. Wallace gained increasing momentum after the interval while James' momentum faded away fast. Wallace dominated the later sets, winning the final by a comfortable 6–3 by the end.[1]

James only made two more appearances at Lakeside. He was beaten in the first round in 1998 by Richie Burnett and in the second round in 1999 by Steve Duke.

He was a member of the Welsh WDF World Cup winning team in 1997. Wales won the Overall World Cup and Team Event in that year. He also teamed up with Martin Phillips, Sean Palfrey and Ritchie Davies as Wales won the 1998 WDF Europe Cup.

James won the 1997 Welsh Open, having been the runner-up in 1991 and a quarter-finalist in 1992.

He made his PDC UK Open debut at the 2003 tournament but lost to Mark Thomson 5–4 in the first round.

World Championship results

BDO

References