Leading since the second round, Stuart Williams (pictured left) of England topped 24 players in Saturday's Rolltech PBA World Championship cashers' round who advanced to the first eight-game match play round later this afternoon at the National Bowling Stadium.

After 36 games, which were part of the qualifying rounds of the PBA animal pattern tournaments in the GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VII presented by Silver Legacy, and the six games in the cashers' round on the World Championship lane condition, Williams has compiled a 9,719 pinfall total and is maintaining a 231.4 for 42 games bowled on five different conditions (Cheetah, Viper, Chameleon, Scorpion and World Championship).

Stuart, who is trying for his second PBA Tour title and first major, had games of 232, 194, 199, 214, 236 and 237 in the cashers' round. His first and only PBA title came in the Viper Championship conducted during the 2011 World Series of Bowling.

Trailing Williams is 2013 PBA Rookie of the Year EJ Tackett (left) of Huntington, Ind., in second with 9,641 pins. Two-time 2015 titlist Ryan Ciminelli (right) of Cheektowaga, N.Y., is in third with 9,588 pins followed by three-time titlist Scott Norton of Mission Viejo, Calif., 9,505, and Gary Faulkner of Memphis, Tenn., with 9,488.

Seven countries will be represented in the World Championship match play which include England, Sweden, Canada, Denmark, Colombia, Australia and the U.S.

Dom Barrett (left) of England, who won the World Championship in December of 2013, is the lone past champion making the top 24 finishing 22nd with a 9,307 pinfall. Past champions Hall of Famers Parker Bohn III of Jackson, N.J. (Nov. 2012) and three-time winner Walter Ray Williams Jr. (right) of Oxford, Fla., just missed the cut finishing 25th and 26, respectively.

After today's first match play round, two more eight-game rounds will be conducted Sunday at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT which will determine the top five players for the live World Championship finals to be telecast Thursday on ESPN at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT).

All qualifying and match play rounds of the WSOB are being covered live, exclusively by PBA's online video streaming service, Xtra Frame.

 

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Rolltech PBA World Championship - Cashers' Round Results

Players with position, hometown and 42-game total; top 24 advance to first round of match play; n-denotes non-member

1, Stuart Williams, England, 9,719
2, E.J. Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 9,641
3, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 9,588
4, Scott Norton, Mission Viejo, Calif., 9,505
5, Gary Faulkner Jr., Memphis, Tenn., 9,488
6, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 9,486
7, Patrick Girard, Canada, 9,472
8, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 9,468
9, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 9,431
10, Jakob Butturff, Chandler, Ariz., 9,426
11, Bill O'Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 9,403
12, Paul Moor, England, 9,401
13, Thomas Larsen, Denmark, 9,395
14, Rhino Page, Orlando, Fla., 9,386
15, Ryan Graywacz, Feeding Hills, Mass., 9,380
16, Anthony Simonsen, Princeton, Texas, 9,379
17, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 9,375
18, Sam Cooley, Australia, 9,369
19, J.R. Raymond, Bay City, Mich., 9,352
20, Matthew McNiel, Prior Lake, Minn., 9,340
21, Michael Haugen Jr., Phoenix, 9,320
22, Dom Barrett, England, 9,307
23, Devin Bidwell, Wichita, Kan., 9,276
24, n-Warren Crawford, McKinleyville, Calif., 9,275

Missed Cut:
25, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 9,272, $4,000
26, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., 9,262, $3,800
27, Jesper Svensson, Sweden, 9,247, $3,800
28, Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., 9,244, $3,600
29, Ronnie Sparks Jr., Ecorse, Mich., 9,243, $3,500
30, n-Matt Gasn, Laurel, Md., 9,242, $3,400
31, Josh Blanchard, Mesa, Ariz., 9,209, $3,300
32, B.J. Moore III, Apex, N.C., 9,186, $3,200
33, Kristopher Prather, Milton, Fla., 9,182, $3,100
34, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 9,180, $3,000
35, Kim Bolleby, Thailand, 9,147, $2,900
36, John Furey, Freehold, N.J., 9,144, $2,900
37, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 9,124, $2,700
38, Tobias Börding, Germany, 9,123, $2,600
39, Joseph Hostetler, Louisville, Ohio, 9,120, $2,500
40, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 9,119, $2,400
41, Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore., 9,107, $2,400
42, Cameron Weier, Tacoma, Wash., 9,106, $2,200
43, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 9,094, $2,150
44, Markus Jansson, Sweden, 9,091, $2,100
45, Joonas Jehkinen, Finland, 9,084, $2,050
46, Kyle Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., 9,073, $2,000
47, n-Zeke Bayt, Henderson, Nev., 9,069, $2,050
48, Anthony Pepe, Elmhurst, N.Y., 9,065, $1,910
49, Pascal Winternheimer, Germany, 9,062, $1,890
50, T.J. Schmidt, Mishawaka, Ind., 9,051, $1,870
51, Ron Mohr, Las Vegas, 9,044, $1,850
52, Nathan Bohr, Austin, Texas, 9,036, $1,830
53, Manuel Otalora, Colombia, 9,035, $1,910
54, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 9,010, $1,790
55, Jake Peters, Henderson, Nev., 8,989, $1,770
56, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 8,968, $1,750
57, Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa, 8,967, $1,730
58, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 8,966, $1,710
59, n-Adam Barta, Girard, Ohio, 8,917, $1,790
60, Magnus Johnson Jr., Sweden, 8,845, $1,670
61, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 8,243, $1,650, WD