The next 2 days will see us return to a more quiet age, as all our next 4 contestants took part back in the 9 round era, all of them making their débuts over 20 years ago
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First up today is the battle between a man who took part in the 12th episode of Countdown, back in 1982, but was allowed back to become the champion of Series 6, that's Darryl Francis.
And his opponent is a Scrabble Grandmaster and Series 22 runner-up, and even took part in the final of the 2009 National Scrabble Championships, losing to a certain Craig Beevers, that's David Webb.
Here are the stats:
Firstly, Series 6 Champion & CoC III Semi-Finalist Darryl Francis - 15 Games, 13 Wins, 818 Points (Average: 54.53) (All 9 rounder games, except one 14 rounder, and I've not included his Masters game)
Highest Score: 72 vs. Adam Gilinsky (Semi-Final)
Lowest Score: 24 vs. Allan Saldanha (Supreme Championship Group Semi-Final (that was Saldanha's record-breaking 9 rounder score of 83 in that game))
9's Achieved: 0/1
Total Points/Max/%: 818/1124 (73%)
Letters Points/Max/%: 516/647 (80%)
Numbers Points/Max/%: 192/317 (61%)
Conundrum Points/Max/%: 110/160 (69%)
Secondly, Series 22 Semi-Finalist David Webb - 8 Games, 6 Wins, 421 Points (Average: 52.63)
Highest Score: 65 vs. Una Szewc (Quarter-Final)
Lowest Score: 41 vs. Robert Teuton (6th Prelim)
9's Achieved: 0/3
Total Points/Max/%: 421/613 (69%)
Letters Points/Max/%: 233/373 (65%)
Numbers Points/Max/%: 138/160 (86%)
Conundrum Points/Max/%: 50/80 (63%)
Back in Dictionary Corner is "Mr Money Saving Expert" himself, Martin Lewis.
Graeme will be giving you his version of events in the recap later on.
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