Series 49

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Series 49 ran from 27 January to 27 June 2003, and began with Championship of Champions XI. The forty-ninth of 53 series presented by Richard Whiteley was won by John Davies, whose total of 766 points was at the time the lowest ever score for a player that went on to be a series winner, until Nick Wainwright won Series 56. #3 seed David Wilson only had 5 wins, the lowest win total for any #3 seed since the 15 round format was introduced.

John Davies saw off the challenge of Christine Scott in the first quarter-final. Scott chose six small numbers twice and failed to score in either game. Martin Gardner beat Peter Jeffery 101 – 64 and David Wilson recorded a very impressive score of 115 against Patrick Vowles. The #4 seed Ian Buckley couldn't join the top three seeds who'd all won, and crashed out against Andrew Tatham. In the semi-finals, John Davies beat Andrew Tatham with impressive words like BOOTLEGS and David Wilson saw off the challenge of Martin Gardner as he scored in 13 of the 15 rounds, including the impressive HORRIDLY when Martin only had HOLIER. The final wasn't a close affair, although Wilson led 6 – 0 after one round, he offered the invalid diazole ☓ and missed FURRIEST, TOILET and DOSAGES. Wilson only scored on one of the three numbers games, and after the conundrum TINEYMIND, he was beaten 102 – 58.

This series also included a 3-episode Ladies' Championship from 11-13 March. Four female series winners, Hilary Hopper (Series 13), Liz Barber (Series 20), Verity Joubert (Series 30) and Kate Ogilvie (Series 39), competed, with Kate Ogilvie coming out the overall winner.

Seed table

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	John Davies	8	766
2	Martin Gardner	8	746
3	David Wilson	5	560
4	Ian Buckley	5	508
5	Andrew Tatham	5	497
6	Patrick Vowles	4	459
7	Peter Jeffery	4	411
8	Christine Scott	4	375

Between Series 38 and Series 59, players are sorted by number of wins, then by number of points. Points from both wins and losses count. Points from sudden death conundrums are not counted, and players with the same number of wins and points are sorted by highest score.

Finals progress

John Davies (1) vs Christine Scott (8)	John Davies (1) vs Andrew Tatham (5)	John Davies (1) vs David Wilson (3)
Andrew Tatham (5) vs Ian Buckley (4)
David Wilson (3) vs Patrick Vowles (6)	David Wilson (3) vs Martin Gardner (2)
Peter Jeffery (7) vs Martin Gardner (2)

The winner of each game is displayed in bold.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Host	Arithmetician	Guest	Lex	Max
6–24 January 2003: Championship of Champions XI
3405	27/01/2003	P	Ian Burrows	65 – 59	Janet Rainford	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Tom O'Connor	Susie Dent	120
3406	28/01/2003	P	Ian Burrows	87 – 79	Don Campbell-Wilson	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Tom O'Connor	Susie Dent	118
3407	29/01/2003	P	Ian Burrows	67 – 78	Peter Cogar	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Tom O'Connor	Susie Dent	119
3408	30/01/2003	P	Peter Cogar	77 – 97	Rosemary Dale	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Tom O'Connor	Susie Dent	127
3409	31/01/2003	P	Rosemary Dale	63 – 73	Martin Gilbert	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Tom O'Connor	Susie Dent	118
3410	3/02/2003	P	Martin Gilbert	78 – 66	Nic Hodgkinson	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Richard Stilgoe	Susie Dent	119
3411	4/02/2003	P	Martin Gilbert	69 – 53	Bertie McCully	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Richard Stilgoe	Susie Dent	131
3412	5/02/2003	P	Martin Gilbert	54 – 94	Paul Best	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Richard Stilgoe	Susie Dent	122
3413	6/02/2003	P	Paul Best	52 – 70	Christine Scott	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Richard Stilgoe	Susie Dent	129
3414	7/02/2003	P	Christine Scott	92 – 90	Saji Kamalananthan	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Richard Stilgoe	Susie Dent	119
3415	10/02/2003	P	Christine Scott	75 – 58	Fiona Walters	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Esther Rantzen	Richard Samson	138
3416	11/02/2003	P	Christine Scott	86 – 62	John Glenny	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Esther Rantzen	Richard Samson	117
3417	12/02/2003	P	Christine Scott	52 – 81	Russell Fleckney	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Esther Rantzen	Richard Samson	118
3418	13/02/2003	P	Russell Fleckney	86 – 97	Ruth Hartley	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Esther Rantzen	Richard Samson	130
3419	14/02/2003	P	Ruth Hartley	101 – 49	Nanette Swain	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Esther Rantzen	Richard Samson	130
3420	17/02/2003	P	Ruth Hartley	76 – 82	John Marlowe	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Richard Digance	Susie Dent	120
3421	18/02/2003	P	John Marlowe	82 – 78	Cliff Port	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Richard Digance	Susie Dent	121
3422	19/02/2003	P	John Marlowe	88 – 18	Judy Smedley	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Richard Digance	Susie Dent	130
3423	20/02/2003	P	John Marlowe	81 – 85	Isabel Wilson	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Richard Digance	Susie Dent	122
3424	21/02/2003	P	Isabel Wilson	66 – 87	Roly Abbott	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Richard Digance	Susie Dent	139
3425	24/02/2003	P	Roly Abbott	66 – 75	John Clarke	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Christine Hamilton	Susie Dent	132
3426	25/02/2003	P	John Clarke	96 – 77	David Poyser	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Christine Hamilton	Susie Dent	115
3427	26/02/2003	P	John Clarke	80 – 63	Norma Gill	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Christine Hamilton	Susie Dent	111
3428	27/02/2003	P	John Clarke	73 – 101	Peter Jeffery	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Christine Hamilton	Susie Dent	120
3429	28/02/2003	P	Peter Jeffery	80 – 63	Gill Cook	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Christine Hamilton	Susie Dent	118
3430	3/03/2003	P	Peter Jeffery	84 – 82	Gordon Munn	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Barry Norman	Alison Heard	128
3431	4/03/2003	P	Peter Jeffery	79 – 70	CJ de Mooi	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Barry Norman	Alison Heard	126
3432	5/03/2003	P	Peter Jeffery	67 – 74	Keith Johnson	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Barry Norman	Alison Heard	122
3433	6/03/2003	P	Keith Johnson	81 – 37	Alice Keaveney	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Barry Norman	Alison Heard	120
3434	7/03/2003	P	Keith Johnson	91 – 43	Eileen Draycott	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Barry Norman	Alison Heard	119
3435	10/03/2003	P	Keith Johnson	71 – 89	Andrew Tatham	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Rick Wakeman	Alison Heard	130
11–13 March 2003: Ladies' Championship
3439	14/03/2003	P	Andrew Tatham	97 – 37	Julian Duxbury	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Rick Wakeman	Alison Heard	121
3440	17/03/2003	P	Andrew Tatham	90 – 64	Val Mills	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen	Susie Dent	118
3441	18/03/2003	P	Andrew Tatham	90 – 68	Billy Parkinson	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen	Susie Dent	123
3442	19/03/2003	P	Andrew Tatham	69 – 61	Lewis Bevan	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen	Susie Dent	115
3443	20/03/2003	P	Andrew Tatham	62 – 67	Beth Sutton	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen	Susie Dent	119
3444	21/03/2003	P	Beth Sutton	92 – 53	Simon Cussons	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen	Susie Dent	127
3445	24/03/2003	P	Beth Sutton	103 – 88	Keith Williams	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Raj Persaud	Alison Heard	118
3446	25/03/2003	P	Beth Sutton	73 – 91	Derek Pollard	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Raj Persaud	Alison Heard	126
3447	26/03/2003	P	Derek Pollard	80 – 61	Elena Bonetti	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Raj Persaud	Alison Heard	118
3448	27/03/2003	P	Derek Pollard	101 – 76	Janet Creamer	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Raj Persaud	Alison Heard	128
3449	28/03/2003	P	Derek Pollard	70 – 85	Carl Dyke	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Raj Persaud	Alison Heard	117
3450	31/03/2003	P	Carl Dyke	69 – 53	Mollie Wallis	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Magnus Magnusson	Susie Dent	140
3451	1/04/2003	P	Carl Dyke	67 – 78	Ian Buckley	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Magnus Magnusson	Susie Dent	118
3452	2/04/2003	P	Ian Buckley	93 – 72	Chris Canham	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Magnus Magnusson	Susie Dent	116
3453	3/04/2003	P	Ian Buckley	80 – 43	Bill Gibb	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Magnus Magnusson	Susie Dent	119
3454	4/04/2003	P	Ian Buckley	93 – 66	James Robinson	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Magnus Magnusson	Susie Dent	118
3455	7/04/2003	P	Ian Buckley	90 – 62	Matthew Crew	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Joan Bakewell	Susie Dent	118
3456	8/04/2003	P	Ian Buckley	74 – 87	Andrea Maycock	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Joan Bakewell	Susie Dent	132
3457	9/04/2003	P	Andrea Maycock	64 – 84	David Wilson	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Joan Bakewell	Susie Dent	149
3458	10/04/2003	P	David Wilson	82 – 68	Richard Sked	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Joan Bakewell	Susie Dent	120
3459	11/04/2003	P	David Wilson	104 – 32	Mary Frankel	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Joan Bakewell	Susie Dent	133
3460	14/04/2003	P	David Wilson	113 – 40	Peter Wreghitt	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Charles Collingwood	Susie Dent	144
3461	15/04/2003	P	David Wilson	97 – 73	Marion Martin	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Charles Collingwood	Susie Dent	131
3462	16/04/2003	P	David Wilson	80 – 83	Ric Morgan	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Charles Collingwood	Susie Dent	131
3463	17/04/2003	P	Ric Morgan	80 – 88	Anne Beer	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Charles Collingwood	Susie Dent	128
3464	18/04/2003	P	Anne Beer	96 – 90	Frank Blake	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Charles Collingwood	Susie Dent	121
3465	21/04/2003	P	Anne Beer	65 – 79	Jan Rolnis	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Lesley Graham	Richard Samson	130
3466	22/04/2003	P	Jan Rolnis	98 – 95	Andrew Naylor	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Lesley Graham	Richard Samson	122
3467	23/04/2003	P	Jan Rolnis	68 – 91	Mike Wenble	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Lesley Graham	Richard Samson	121
3468	24/04/2003	P	Mike Wenble	67 – 62	Lyndon Sedgwick	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Lesley Graham	Richard Samson	115
3469	25/04/2003	P	Mike Wenble	81 – 91*	Clive Rudd	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Lesley Graham	Richard Samson	129
3470	28/04/2003	P	Clive Rudd	82 – 83	Martin Ballhatchet	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Martin Jarvis	Susie Dent	133
3471	29/04/2003	P	Martin Ballhatchet	59 – 84	Lesley Darlow	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Martin Jarvis	Susie Dent	127
3472	30/04/2003	P	Lesley Darlow	57 – 78	Chris Roberts	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Martin Jarvis	Susie Dent	130
3473	1/05/2003	P	Chris Roberts	56 – 58	Jim Stewart	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Martin Jarvis	Susie Dent	117
3474	2/05/2003	P	Jim Stewart	48 – 103	John Davies	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Martin Jarvis	Susie Dent	128
3475	5/05/2003	P	John Davies	92 – 91	Austin Shin	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Jennie Bond	Susie Dent	132
3476	6/05/2003	P	John Davies	87 – 71	Norma Sutherland	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Jennie Bond	Susie Dent	140
3477	7/05/2003	P	John Davies	93 – 84	Michael Perkins	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Jennie Bond	Susie Dent	140
3478	8/05/2003	P	John Davies	94 – 59	Paul Johnson	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Jennie Bond	Susie Dent	119
3479	9/05/2003	P	John Davies	106 – 49	Harry Simpson	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Jennie Bond	Susie Dent	121
3480	12/05/2003	P	John Davies	88 – 53	Gwenda Withnall	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Linda Smith	Alison Heard	129
3481	13/05/2003	P	John Davies	103 – 93	Jerry Humphreys	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Linda Smith	Alison Heard	131
3482	14/05/2003	P	Anthony Wilson	81 – 107	Martin Gardner	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Linda Smith	Alison Heard	118
3483	15/05/2003	P	Martin Gardner	72 – 44	Pat Elkington	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Linda Smith	Alison Heard	119
3484	16/05/2003	P	Martin Gardner	88 – 35	Bernard Gudgin	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Linda Smith	Alison Heard	118
3485	19/05/2003	P	Martin Gardner	101 – 64	Richard Brooks	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Ken Bruce	Susie Dent	128
3486	20/05/2003	P	Martin Gardner	101 – 47	Gloria Crossley	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Ken Bruce	Susie Dent	138
3487	21/05/2003	P	Martin Gardner	76 – 63	Dave Mackenzie	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Ken Bruce	Susie Dent	131
3488	27/05/2003	P	Martin Gardner	102 – 33	John Carpenter	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Ken Bruce	Susie Dent	120
3489	28/05/2003	P	Martin Gardner	99 – 66	Tracy Murrell	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Ken Bruce	Susie Dent	136
3490	29/05/2003	P	Dave Walters	56 – 54	Ruth Bowes	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Barry Cryer	Susie Dent	128
3491	30/05/2003	P	Dave Walters	80 – 78	Peter Tarry	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Barry Cryer	Susie Dent	130
3492	2/06/2003	P	Dave Walters	71 – 85	Margaret Marshall	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Barry Cryer	Susie Dent	116
3493	3/06/2003	P	Margaret Marshall	73 – 82	Marjory Carnegie	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Barry Cryer	Susie Dent	131
3494	4/06/2003	P	Marjory Carnegie	50 – 95	Tony Steele	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Barry Cryer	Susie Dent	118
3495	5/06/2003	P	Tony Steele	60 – 84	Patricia Eagles	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Kathryn Apanowicz	Susie Dent	141
3496	6/06/2003	P	Patricia Eagles	70 – 76	Claire Cohan	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Kathryn Apanowicz	Susie Dent	120
3497	9/06/2003	P	Claire Cohan	45 – 59	Bob Wright	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Kathryn Apanowicz	Susie Dent	137
3498	10/06/2003	P	Bob Wright	79 – 89*	Patrick Vowles	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Kathryn Apanowicz	Susie Dent	124
3499	11/06/2003	P	Patrick Vowles	73 – 60	Ian Atkinson	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Kathryn Apanowicz	Susie Dent	130
3500	12/06/2003	P	Patrick Vowles	88 – 86	Clive Jones	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Peter Baldwin	Susie Dent	130
3501	13/06/2003	P	Patrick Vowles	127 – 58	Connie Piggott	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Peter Baldwin	Susie Dent	132
3502	16/06/2003	P	Patrick Vowles	82 – 88	Alan Stevens	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Peter Baldwin	Susie Dent	119
3503	17/06/2003	P	Alan Stevens	67 – 59	Steve Cann	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Peter Baldwin	Susie Dent	120
3504	18/06/2003	P	Alan Stevens	75 – 72	Carol Ingham	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Peter Baldwin	Susie Dent	122
3505	19/06/2003	QF	John Davies	105 – 76	Christine Scott	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Clare Balding	Alison Heard	142
3506	20/06/2003	QF	Martin Gardner	101 – 64	Peter Jeffery	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Clare Balding	Alison Heard	122
3507	23/06/2003	QF	Patrick Vowles	55 – 115	David Wilson	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Clare Balding	Alison Heard	120
3508	24/06/2003	QF	Andrew Tatham	100 – 56	Ian Buckley	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Clare Balding	Alison Heard	119
3509	25/06/2003	SF	Andrew Tatham	65 – 93	John Davies	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Clare Balding	Alison Heard	120
3510	26/06/2003	SF	David Wilson	98 – 86	Martin Gardner	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Geoffrey Durham	Susie Dent	123
3511	27/06/2003	GF	John Davies	102 – 58	David Wilson	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Geoffrey Durham	Susie Dent	118

* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum

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