Evan Simpson

Evan Simpson was the runner-up of series 17. He first appeared the day after irish wunderkind Tim Morrissey completed his octochamp run, and won five games before losing to Cathy Bland by a mere two points. He returned for the finals as #4 seed, and heavily beat Len Marshall in the quarter-finals before upsetting the formbook and beating Tim Morrissey in the semi-finals. However, a string of disallowed words in the final meant that Evan lost the game, and the series, to Lawrence Pearse. Evan did not play in Championship of Champions V, but did return for the supreme championship, where he beat pete Evans in the first round, before losing narrowly to Clive Freedman in the second, following a sudden death conundrum.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
838	6/02/1989	P	Nick Camp	45 – 65	Evan Simpson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Frazer Hines	Freda Thornton
839	7/02/1989	P	Evan Simpson	49 – 48	Frank Peach	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Frazer Hines	Freda Thornton
840	8/02/1989	P	Evan Simpson	73 – 34	Esther Poligadoo	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Frazer Hines	Freda Thornton
841	9/02/1989	P	Evan Simpson	69 – 5	Eileen Stokes	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Eve Pollard	Della Thompson
842	10/02/1989	P	Evan Simpson	63 – 26	Abu Oosman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Eve Pollard	Della Thompson
843	13/02/1989	P	Evan Simpson	34 – 36	Cathy Bland	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Eve Pollard	Della Thompson
864	14/03/1989	QF	Evan Simpson	67 – 27	Len Marshall	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Georgia Hole
865	15/03/1989	SF	Evan Simpson	56 – 45	Tim Morrissey	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Georgia Hole
867	17/03/1989	GF	Evan Simpson	64 – 80	Lawrence Pearse	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin, Frazer Hines	Freda Thornton
1863	21/10/1996	bQF	Pete Evans	28 – 50	Evan Simpson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Philip Franks	Susie Dent
1866	24/10/1996	bSF	Clive Freedman	68 – 58	Evan Simpson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	June Whitfield	Susie Dent