2005 Premier League Snooker (2005/06)

Betfred Premier League

Tournament information
Dates	15 September – 4 December 2005 (2005-09-15 – 2005-12-04)
Country	United Kingdom
Organisation	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£250,000[1]
Winner's share	£50,000[1]
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (136)[2]
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up	Stephen Hendry
Score	6–0
← 2005 (May) 2006 →

The 2005 (Dec) Betfred Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 15 September to 4 December 2005.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 6–0 against Stephen Hendry.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]

• Winner: £50,000
• Runner-up: £25,000
• Semi-final: £12,500
• Frame-win: £1,000
• Century break: £1,000
• Total: £250,000

League phase

Ranking		OSU	HEN	DIN	DAV	MUR	WHI	MAG	Frame W-L	Match W-D-L	Pld-Pts
1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	x	3	3	5	5	5	6	26–10	4–2–0	6–10
2	Stephen Hendry	3	x	3	4	4	5	2	21–15	3–2–1	6–8
3	Ding Junhui	3	3	x	2	3	4	3	18–18	1–4–1	6–6
4	Steve Davis	1	2	4	x	3	2	4	16–20	2–1–3	6–5
5	Shaun Murphy	1	2	3	3	x	3	4	16–20	1–3–2	6–5
6	Jimmy White	1	1	2	4	3	x	3	14–22	1–2–3	6–4
7	Stephen Maguire	0	4	3	2	2	3	x	14–22	1–2–3	6–4

Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 3–3 then the player who got to three first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses), century breaks shown in bold.)[3][2]

• 15 September – Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England
  • Ding Junhui 4–2 Jimmy White → 22–74 (58), 23–79, 58–48, (83)-24, 84–0, (61) 79–31
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Stephen Hendry → 50–57, (104) 108–11, 63–58, 0–79, (125)-8, 23–67
• 22 September – The Dome, Doncaster, England
  • Jimmy White 3–3 Shaun Murphy→ 0–124 (92), 64–54 (53), 33–81 (55), (50) 55–12, 29–70, (76)-7
  • Stephen Maguire 3–3 Ding Junhui → 76–38, (50) 99–0, 6–118 (80), 45–72 (63), 26–64, 76–40
• 29 September – The Anvil, Basingstoke, England
  • Stephen Hendry 3–3 Ding Junhui → 1–119 (112), (92) 100–0, 45–78 (74), 69–14, (123)-14, 13–76
  • Jimmy White 4–2 Steve Davis → 65–35, (54,52) 106–0, 71–7, 57–22, 58–66, 6-(71)
• 6 October – AECC, Aberdeen, Scotland
  • Shaun Murphy 3–3 Ding Junhui → (84)-0, 58–21, 0-(126), (58)-68, (62) 73–1, 0–134 (114)
  • Stephen Hendry 4–2 Steve Davis → (75) 125–0, 0–128 (103), (61) 76–1, (88)-0, 17-(69), (110) 114–1
• 20 October – Assembly Rooms, Derby, England
  • Stephen Hendry 5–1 Jimmy White → (94)–0, 63–45, (59) 70–2, 12–71 (50), (57) 94–0, 74–8
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–0 Stephen Maguire → (83)-0, 86–42, (76)-30, (131)-7, (51) 86–12, (74)-5
• 27 October – Fairfield Halls, Croydon, England
  • Stephen Maguire 2–4 Shaun Murphy → (56) 66–13, 0–57, 40–78, 73–35, 36–69 (65), 22–72
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 Steve Davis → (60) 86–13, (87)-19, 8–81 (55), 77–49, (101)-0, 65–24
• 3 November – Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, England
  • Steve Davis 3–3 Shaun Murphy → 68–51, 3–65, (117) 126–1, 28–65 (63), (95) 96–19, 0-(125)
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 Jimmy White → (60) 105–0, 66–38, 0–71, (54) 72–5, (64) 81–1, (64) 71–0
• 10 November – Magnum Centre, Irvine, Scotland
  • Stephen Hendry 4–2 Shaun Murphy → 59–40, 1-(82), 73–26, (104)-0, 25-(75), (79)-0
  • Jimmy White 3–3 Stephen Maguire → 59–15, 65–25, (60) 64–32, 38–67 (62), 33–71, 18–80
• 17 November – Glades Arena, Kidderminster, England
  • Stephen Maguire 2–4 Steve Davis → 29–77, 48–9, 18–67, 50–87, 66–53, 37–72 (51)
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Ding Junhui → 4–63, (100) 131–0, 46–9, 0–(116), (53) 57–78 (50), 64–57
• 24 November – St David's Hall, Cardiff, Wales
  • Steve Davis 4–2 Ding Junhui → 67–6, 32–67 (51), 68–59, 69–25, 63–35, 9-(101)
  • Stephen Hendry 2–4 Stephen Maguire → 7–120 (108), 59–26, 2–68, 0–91 (50), 84–35, 7–77
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 Shaun Murphy → 42–64, 88–45, (92)-0, (68) 83–43, (129) 137–0, 71–25

Play-offs

3–4 December – G-Mex, Manchester, England[3][2]

	Semi-finals Best of 9 frames					Final Best of 11 frames
	1	Ronnie O'Sullivan*	5
	4	Steve Davis	3
						1	Ronnie O'Sullivan***	6
						2	Stephen Hendry	0
	2	Stephen Hendry**	5
	3	Ding Junhui	2

* (136)–0, (100) 105–1, (66)–72 (66), 0–103 (60), 50–75, (116) 122–0, (134)–0, (85)–0
** 43–88, 98–36, 62–21, (57) 67–26, (60) 97–0, 13–(89), (61) 76–0
*** (97)–6, 62–60, 73–29, 88–0, 65–41, 65–51

Century breaks

[2]

• 136, 134, 131, 129, 125, 116, 104, 101, 100, 100 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 126, 116, 114, 112, 101 – Ding Junhui
• 125 – Shaun Murphy
• 123, 110, 104 – Stephen Hendry
• 117, 103 – Steve Davis
• 108 – Stephen Maguire

References

1. "2005–6 Betfred Premier League – Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
2. "2005–6 Betfred Premier League". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
3. "2005 (Winter) Results". premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2011.