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A video of the round can be found [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hesdj-DGBdg here].
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A video of the round can be found [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfa3MHLLSWI here].
  
 
He is related to [[Edward Martin]], who appeared five years earlier in Series 24.
 
He is related to [[Edward Martin]], who appeared five years earlier in Series 24.

Revision as of 04:53, 1 December 2009

James Martin
James Martin's famous numbers game.

James Martin was a semi-finalist from Series 34. He won the final eight heat games of the series to become the series's only octochamp and #1 seed for the final stages. He beat Norman Metcalfe in the quarter-finals before losing to Harshan Lamabadusuriya in the semis. James played in Championship of Champions IX, beating the tournament's only undefeated player, Ray McPhie in the first round, before losing to eventual winner Natascha Kearsey in the quarter-finals.

James is probably best remembered for his fifth heat game against Gerald Foster, specifically the first numbers game. The numbers were 25, 50, 75, 100, 3 and 6, and the target was 952. His method was:

  • 100+6=106
  • 106*3=318
  • 318*75=23 850
  • 23 850-50=23 800
  • 23 800/25=952

A video of the round can be found here.

He is related to Edward Martin, who appeared five years earlier in Series 24.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
1958 10/03/1997 P Paul Morgan 16 – 67 James Martin Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Denis Norden Susie Dent
1959 11/03/1997 P James Martin 59 – 55 Raymond Tate Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Denis Norden Susie Dent
1960 12/03/1997 P James Martin 52 – 18 Avril Goodall Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Denis Norden Susie Dent
1961 13/03/1997 P James Martin 52 – 41 Jon Barlow Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Denis Norden Susie Dent
1962 14/03/1997 P James Martin 68 – 20 Gerald Foster Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Suzi Quatro Susie Dent
1963 17/03/1997 P James Martin 53 – 39 Andrew Gait Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Suzi Quatro Susie Dent
1964 18/03/1997 P James Martin 67 – 6 Bea Rae Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Suzi Quatro Susie Dent
1965 19/03/1997 P James Martin 44 – 43 Mike Stamps Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Suzi Quatro Susie Dent
1966 20/03/1997 QF Norman Metcalfe 16 – 54 James Martin Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Suzi Quatro Susie Dent
1970 26/03/1997 SF Harshan Lamabadusuriya 48 – 31 James Martin Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Rob Scriven
2167 2/01/1998 CP Ray McPhie 42 – 60 James Martin Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Denis Norden Mark Nyman
2173 12/01/1998 CQF James Martin 51 – 52 Natascha Kearsey Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Gloria Hunniford Mark Nyman