Bobby George joins Ray Stubbs at the Lakeside Country Club for the quarter-final stages of the world championship.
At this juncture in last year's competition
Raymond Barneveld of the Netherlands began to emerge as tournament favourite as he cruised past Eric Clarys from Belgium.
Meanwhile, the three other clashes witnessed whitewashes as Mervyn King of England, Welsh player Ritchie Davies and Scotsman Gary Anderson all subjected their opponents to 5-0 drubbings.