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| − | '''John Davies''' was a contestant in [[Series 49]], first appearing on 2nd May 2003. He beat [[Jim Stewart]] in his first game, the day before Jim had set the at-the-time record for the lowest winning score with 58. Davies followed this up with a win over [[Scrabble]] prodigy [[Austin Shin]] by just one point, Davies was 11 ahead going into the conundrum which Shin solved. There was another narrow victory over [[Norma Sutherland]] and [[Michael Perkins]] before crushing defeats of [[Paul Johnson (Series 49)|Paul Johnson]] and [[Harry Simpson]], Davies getting his second century against Simpson. A win over [[Gwenda Withnall]] including impressive words like {{word|SAMURAI}} put him on seven wins. In his 8th game he faced [[numbers game]] specialist [[Jerry Humphreys]] in a tense game, in which both players beat the other in several letters games but both players were on 93 points before the conundrum thanks to them both spotting {{word|DELATIONS}} earlier in the game. The conundrum was {{word|DANGCUBIT}} which Davies solved in just one second to become the [[series]] #1 seed. He returned for the final rounds as #1 seed 20 points ahead of the Series' only other Octochamp [[Martin Gardner]]. He beat #8 seed [[Christine Scott]] in the quarter-final thanks to Scott's false nine {{word|CROONIEST}} when Davies had {{word|CORNIEST}}, and Scott choosing six small numbers twice and failing to score on either of those game. Davies couldn't get the conundrum {{word|HOBGOBLIN}} but cruised in the first semi-final by a margin of 29 points. In the semi-final he met [[Andrew Tatham]] who kept the game close by beating Davies with {{word|URBANITE}} just before the second numbers games, but Davies in turn beat him with {{word|AMUSEDLY}} and {{word|BOOTLEGS}} and two numbers games, meaning that Davies was in the final with a winning score of 93. The final against [[David Wilson]] turned out not to be a classic, as John ran away with it despite offering a five in the first round. Wilson later missed {{word|FURRIEST}} and offered {{word|DIAZOLE}} which is not in the dictionary. After Davies took the points on the first numbers game, he took a commanding lead. After Wilson missed {{word|TOILET}} and another numbers game, the game was over unless Wilson could get a nine. He didn't and offered a second invalid word meaning that the scores were {{score|92|58}} in Davies favour going into the conundrum {{word|TINEYMIND}} which Davies solved in 13 seconds to win the final with a century.
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| − | He returned for [[Championship of Champions XII]], beating [[Gary Male]] in the first round. In his quarter-final against [[Paul Gallen]] both players scored a [[niner|nine]] in the first round, however John's offering of {{word|gratinees}} {{x}} was refused (as {{word|GRATINEE}} is an adjective and cannot be pluralised), while Paul's {{word|STINGAREE}} was allowed. This cost John as he went into the conundrum 12 points behind and thus couldn't win, had he spotted either of the nines (there's also {{Word|RESEATING}}) he would have been able to win. However it was Paul that got the conundrum and won the game by 22 points.
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| − | ==Episodes==
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| − | {{ep | 3474 | 2/05/2003 | P | [[Jim Stewart]] | 48 - 103 | John Davies | [[Martin Jarvis]] | [[Susie Dent]] }}
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| − | {{ep | 3475 | 5/05/2003 | P | John Davies | 92 - 91 | [[Austin Shin]] | [[Jennie Bond]] | Susie Dent }}
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| − | {{ep | 3476 | 6/05/2003 | P | John Davies | 87 - 71 | [[Norma Sutherland]] | Jennie Bond | Susie Dent }}
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| − | {{ep | 3477 | 7/05/2003 | P | John Davies | 93 - 84 | [[Michael Perkins]] | Jennie Bond | Susie Dent }}
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| − | {{ep | 3478 | 8/05/2003 | P | John Davies | 94 - 59 | [[Paul Johnson (Series 49)|Paul Johnson]] | Jennie Bond | Susie Dent }}
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| − | {{ep | 3479 | 9/05/2003 | P | John Davies | 106 - 49 | [[Harry Simpson]] | Jennie Bond | Susie Dent }}
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| − | {{ep | 3480 | 12/05/2003 | P | John Davies | 88 - 53 | [[Gwenda Withnall]] | [[Linda Smith (guest)|Linda Smith]] | [[Alison Heard]] }}
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| − | {{ep | 3481 | 13/05/2003 | P | John Davies | 103 - 93 | [[Jerry Humphreys]] | Linda Smith | Alison Heard }}
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| − | {{ep | 3505 | 19/06/2003 | QF | John Davies | 105 - 76 | [[Christine Scott]] | [[Clare Balding]] | Alison Heard }}
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| − | {{ep | 3509 | 25/06/2003 | SF | [[Andrew Tatham]] | 65 - 93 | John Davies | Clare Balding | Alison Heard }}
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| − | {{ep | 3511 | 27/06/2003 | GF | John Davies | 102 - 58 | [[David Wilson]] | [[Geoffrey Durham]] | Susie Dent }}
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| − | {{ep | 4114 | 30/05/2006 | CP | John Davies | 106 - 73 | [[Gary Male]] | [[Ron Atkinson]] | Susie Dent }}
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| − | {{ep | 4122 | 9/06/2006 | CQF | [[Paul Gallen]] | 118 - 96 | John Davies | [[Ann Widdecombe]] | Susie Dent }}
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