England Win Jocky Wilson Cup

Posted on December 6th, 2009

PHIL TAYLOR and James Wade led England to glory in the inaugural PartyPoker.com Jocky Wilson Cup with a whitewash of Scotland at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow on Saturday night.

The duo defeated Scottish pair Gary Anderson and Robert Thornton as well as silencing 3,000 Glaswegians to take the trophy – named in honour of Kirkcaldy’s legendary former World Champion – home south of the border.

Wade came from 4-0 down to defeat Anderson 6-4 in the opening singles game, before Taylor whitewashed Thornton 6-0 to double the lead.

England then secured the match-winning two points to lead 4-0 with a 6-2 win in the 1001 doubles match, ensuring that they could not be defeated.

Wade put England further in front with a 6-4 win over Thornton in an entertaining clash – which included a 160 finish from the left-hander – before world number one Taylor wrapped up the victory by seeing off Anderson by the same scoreline.

“I’m really pleased and proud to have won,” said Taylor. “Jocky’s a legend so to win the first event staged in his name is fantastic.

“Robert came back brilliantly from losing 6-0 and Gary was superb, but James showed his quality. It was great fun.”
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