James Sinclair

James Sinclair octochamp statistics
Final position	Runner-up
Seeding	2
Points total	395
Conundrums solved	4

James Sinclair was an octochamp and the runner-up of Series 25.

He was from North Ormsby, Middlesbrough. Scoring 395 points over the course of his run, he returned for the finals of the series as #2 seed, beating Roly Hawkes in a close game in the quarter-final and Dave Rickard in the semi-finals. However, Sinclair was outclassed by the brilliant Don Reid in the final, losing 97 – 56.

Sinclair did not play in Championship of Champions VII, but did play in the Supreme Championship, where he lost to Ian Bebbington in the first round.

Preceded by Fiona Davies

Series runner-up Series 25

Followed by Andrew Perry

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
1348	1/02/1993	P	James Sinclair	54 – 51	Ray Johnstone	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sheridan Morley	Richard Samson	68
1349	2/02/1993	P	James Sinclair	45 – 44	Jean Fricker	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sheridan Morley	Richard Samson	72
1350	3/02/1993	P	James Sinclair	47 – 36	Elaine Hunt	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sheridan Morley	Richard Samson	73
1351	4/02/1993	P	James Sinclair	52 – 32	Anthony Ireland	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sheridan Morley	Richard Samson	74
1352	5/02/1993	P	James Sinclair	52 – 42	Sheila Philp	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Philip Franks	Susie Dent	72
1353	8/02/1993	P	James Sinclair	55 – 32	Bill Bennett	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Philip Franks	Susie Dent	73
1354	9/02/1993	P	James Sinclair	41 – 35	Chris Brunt	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Philip Franks	Susie Dent	72
1355	10/02/1993	P	James Sinclair	49 – 37	Alan Williams	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Philip Franks	Susie Dent	68
1387	26/03/1993	QF	Roly Hawkes	35 – 44	James Sinclair	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Jenny Hanley	Richard Samson	75
1391	1/04/1993	SF	James Sinclair	53 – 31	Dave Rickard	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Jenny Hanley	Richard Samson	72
1392	2/04/1993	GF	Don Reid	97 – 56	James Sinclair	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Dinah Sheridan, Jenny Hanley	Richard Samson	123
1869	29/10/1996	cQF	Ian Bebbington	45 – 36	James Sinclair	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	June Whitfield	Susie Dent	73