Paul Hogan (darts player)

Paul Hogan (born 30 August 1963) is an English professional darts player. He is nicknamed "Crocodile Dundee" after the film starring his namesake, Australian actor Paul Hogan.

For other people named Paul Hogan, see Paul Hogan (disambiguation).

Paul Hogan
Personal information
Nickname"Crocodile Dundee"
Born (1963-08-30) 30 August 1963
Dudley, England
Home townBasingstoke, England
Darts information
Playing darts since1989
Darts24 Gram Elvendarts
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Crocodile Rock" by Elton John
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO1995–2020
WDF1995–
Current world ranking(WDF) 5 2 (13 December 2020)[1]
BDO majors – best performances
World Ch'shipQuarter Final: 1995, 2006, 2020
World MastersLast 16: 2019
World Darts TrophyLast 32: 2005, 2006, 2019
Int. Darts LeagueLast 16: 2006
Finder MastersLast 24 Group: 2005
PDC premier events – best performances
UK OpenLast 16: 2017, 2018
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
BDO Gold Cup
British Classic
Bucks Easter Open
Hampshire Open
Mill Rythe Darts Festival
Oxfordshire Open
Poole Labour Club Singles
Benidorm Open		2013
2005
2013
2002
2003

2008
2008
2016
Updated on 19 April 2016.

Career

Hogan made his World Championship debut in 1995, reaching the quarter finals. He beat Per Skau and Sean Palfrey before losing to Richie Burnett who went on to win the tournament. He returned the next year but couldn't repeat his performance of twelve months earlier, losing in the first round to Matt Clark. He failed to qualify for 1997 and 98 but did so for the 1999 World Championship, but again lost in the first round to Colin Monk. It wouldn't be until 2004 where Hogan would return to the Lakeside, beating Bob Taylor in the first round but lost in the second round to then-reigning World Champion Raymond van Barneveld. In 2006, he equalled his best performance at the Lakeside with a quarter-final place. He beat Dutchmen Mareno Michels and Albertino Essers in the first two rounds before losing to another Dutchman Jelle Klaasen who, like Burnett 11 years earlier, was the eventual champion. Hogan returned in 2007, but lost in the first round to Shaun Greatbatch. Hogan subsequently failed to qualify for several years afterwards.

Hogan has also reached the last 32 stage of the Winmau World Masters on three occasions, in 1989, 1998 , 2003 and 2014. Hogan also played in the UK Open in 2003, losing in the second round to Terry Jenkins.

2005 saw Hogan claim his maiden Open Tournament, winning the British Classic, gaining wins over John Walton, Steve Farmer, Mike Veitch, and Jamie Caven before beating Gary Anderson in the final.

Hogan was less prolific in the years that followed, but he caused a surprise by coming through the qualifiers for the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship, his first qualification for the Lakeside tournament in seven years. He won his preliminary game against Karel Sedláček before being defeated 3–2 by Scott Mitchell despite hitting finishes of 161, 141, and 90 on the bullseye when Mitchell first threw for the match. Hogan followed up this success with a strong showing at the 2014 UK Open, notably beating three-time world champion John Part 5–0 in the opening session and following it up with a 9–3 win over Benito van de Pas to become the first player to reach the fourth round.

Paul Hogan qualified for the 2015 UK Open for which he had another good run defeating Lee Russell, Derek Bland, Darren Johnson and Benito van de Pas before losing to World Number 1 Michael van Gerwen in a high quality affair 9–4.

Hogan has since competed on the PDC Challenge Tour Circuit. He recently won the Benidorm Open.

Hogan returned to prominence at the 2017 BDO World Darts Championship when he beat Martin Phillips to face world number one Glen Durrant and almost caused a huge upset. Hogan won 11 of the first 13 legs of the match to lead 3–0 in sets and 2–0 in legs. Needing one leg to win and with 16 points required, Hogan hit double-16 to burst his score and Durrant made a sensational comeback to win 4–3. Durrant went on to win the title.

Hogan rebounded by once again qualifying for the UK Open at Minehead, where he defeated Keegan Brown and Jamie Lewis in the opening two rounds, before upsetting back-to-back two-time world champions Gary Anderson and Adrian Lewis to reach the last 16. He was beaten by eventual runner-up Gerwyn Price.

Over the weekend of the 25 and 26 March Hogan represented England in the BDO British Internationals. On Saturday 25th, Paul Hogan defeated Martin Phillips of Wales 4–3 in legs with a 30.10 1-dart average (90.30 3-dart) as part of a 12–0 whitewash for England over their Welsh counterparts. On the 26th England defeated Scotland 10–2 to win the title, Hogan's 4–1 victory over Alan Soutar will be remembered for the 9-darter he threw in the 5th and final leg.

Hogan again qualified for the UK Open at Minehead. He beat Darren Brown, Paul Nicholson and Jeffrey de Zwaan before losing a close last 16 match against Gerwyn Price 10–9.

Paul Hogan qualified for another World Championship in the 2019 BDO World Darts Championship, where he lost in first round. In the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship he made a third quarter-final in a third different decade only to lose to Jim Williams 5–1.

World Championship results

BDO

Career statistics
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Prel. DNQ DNP NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Prel.) Preliminary round; (DNQ) Did not qualify; (DNP) Did not participate; (NH) Not held

Performance timeline
Tournament19891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020
BDO World Championship DNQ QF 1R DNQ 1R DNQ 2R DNQ QF 1R DNQ 1R DNQ 2R DNQ 1R QF
World Masters 3R DNQ 3R DNQ 3R 1R Prel. 3R DNQ 3R 2R 2R 4R 2R 4R 5R 2R 2R 1R 3R 4R
Finder Darts Masters Not held DNP RR NH DNP NH
World Darts Trophy Not held DNQ 1R 1R DNQ Not held
International Darts League Not held DNQ RR Prel. Not held
BDO World Trophy Not held DNP 1R
UK Open Not held 2R DNQ 4R 4R 2R 5R 5R DNQ
Performance Table Legend
DNP Did not play at the event DNQ Did not qualify for the event NYF Not yet founded #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QF lost in the quarter-finals SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament

References
  1. "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
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