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Betfred Premier League Snooker
Tournament information
Dates	15 September- 4 December 2005
Venue	various
Location	various
Country	Great Britain
Organisation(s)	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Highest break	136
Champions
Winner	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner Up	Stephen Hendry
Score	6-0

The 2005 Betfred Premier League Snooker in season 2005/06 was played from September 15 to December 4, 2005.^[1][2]

League phase

(breaks above 50 shown between brackets), breaks 100 and above will be indicated bold.

September 15 - Plymouth Pavilions

• 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

September 22 - The Dome, Doncaster

• 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

September 29 - The Anvil, Basingstoke

• 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)

October 6 - A.E.C.C., Aberdeen

• 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

October 20 - Assembly Rooms, Derby

• 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

October 27 - Fairfield Halls, Croydon

• 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

November 3 - Grimsby Auditorium

• 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

November 10 - Magnum Centre, Irvine

• 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

November 17 - Glades Arena, Kidderminster

• 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

November 24 - St David's Hall, Cardiff

• 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

League table

Top four qualify for the play-offs. If points are level then most frames won. If two players have an identical record then the result in their match will determine their positions. If that ended 4-4 then the player who got to four first will be higher.

Ranking		SUL	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

Finals

December 3-4 - GMex, Manchester.

	Semifinals					Finals
		Ronnie O'Sullivan*	5
		Steve Davis	3
							Ronnie O'Sullivan***	6
							Stephen Hendry	0
		Stephen Hendry**	5
		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

• 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