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| Steve Raw | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Nickname | "The Lion"[1] | ||
| Born | 1966[2] | ||
| Home town | Barnard Castle, County Durham, England | ||
| Darts information | |||
| Playing darts since | 1986 | ||
| Darts | 17g | ||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
| PDC | 1994–2001 | ||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||
| World Championship | Last 16: 2000 | ||
| World Matchplay | Last 16: 1999 | ||
| Other tournament wins | |||
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Steve Raw is an English former professional darts player who competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
[edit]Originally a county player in the North East,[3] Raw became one of the earliest members of the newly-formed Professional Darts Corporation (then WDC) in 1994, playing in the inaugural World Matchplay and losing in the first round to eventual champion Larry Butler.[4][5] Raw would become a mainstay of early PDC events thereafter. attracting attention in his first World Championship appearance due to being a replacement for former world champion Jocky Wilson.[6]
Despite a relatively pedestrian televised event record (not passing the last sixteen in either the World Matchplay or World Championship), he did achieve one notable result in a major event, reaching the 1996 PDC World Pairs final in conjunction with Chris Mason. They lost 18-15 to Phil Taylor and Bob Anderson.[7][8] He would also be contemporaneously noted for a strange throwing action by fellow dart player Paul Nicholson.[9]
Raw left the professional dart scene in 2001 after deciding not to return from a trip he had taken to the United States with fellow dart player Shayne Burgess. He still resides in America to this day.[10]
World Championship performances
[edit]PDC
[edit]- 1996: Last 24 Group: (beat Gary Mawson 3–0 & lost to Peter Evison 2–3)
- 1997: Last 24 Group: (beat Cliff Lazarenko 3–1 & lost to Peter Evison 1–3)
- 1998: Last 24 Group: (beat Eric Bristow 3–0 & lost to Dennis Priestley 0–3)
- 1999: Last 32: (lost to Graeme Stoddart 1–3)
- 2000: Last 16: (lost to Peter Evison 1–3)
- 2001: Last 32: (lost to Alex Roy 2–3)
Performance timeline
[edit]PDC
| Tournament | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC World Championship | DNP | DNP | L24 | L24 | L24 | L32 | L16 | L32 |
| World Matchplay | L32 | L32 | L32 | L32 | L32 | L16 | L32 | DNP |
References
[edit]- ↑ "From The Cowboy To Bravedart: A lexicon of nicknames". The Independent.
- ↑ "Steve Raw". Mastercaller.
- ↑ "May 19, 1995, page 28 - The Northern Echo (Teesside ed.) at Newspapers.com™". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
- ↑ "Jun 30, 1994, page 50 - Telegraph and Argus at Newspapers.com™". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
- ↑ "World Matchplay 29/07/1994". www.dartsdatabase.co.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
- ↑ "Dec 28, 1995, page 47 - South Wales Echo at Newspapers.com™". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
- ↑ "Oct 07, 1996, page 17 - Huddersfield Daily Examiner at Newspapers.com™". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
- ↑ "Oct 09, 1996, page 55 - Evening Post at Newspapers.com™". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
- ↑ "Weird throws in darts: Paul Nicholson reveals 10 of his favourite unusual actions from the past and present". www.sportinglife.com. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
- ↑ Burgess, Shayne (2019). Everybody Gets Fifteen Quid: The True Story Of Darts Champion, Shayne Burgess. Wild Wolf Publishing. ISBN 9781907954740.