David Acton (#16) at WSC 2001

Navigation Bar

[WSC 2001 logo]

Go to: Finals Commentary Games Players Photos Profiles Standings Teams Press

Congratulations to the 2001 World Champion, Brian Cappelletto!

Back to WSC 2001 Live Coverage: Players

David Acton (#16) at WSC 2001

Background Information
Larger photo available	Given name(s): David Surname(s): Acton Home: Seaham, County Durham, England Age: 35 Awards: 2000 BMSC (WD) Hobbies: running, crosswords Occupation: Software Engineer WSC 1997 Rank: 12 WSC 2001 Team: England

Tournament Ups and Downs

Each pole is labelled at the top with the tournament round. The player's rank that round is shown below.

Round-by-Round
High score: 632 Average for: 418 Average against: 426
Round 1		Acton played #60 Siu Hean Cheah (Singapore) and lost 378 to 484 (a spread of -106) . Current ranking: #73. Current record: 0-1, -106.
Round 2		Acton played #38 Steve Polatnick (United States) and lost 372 to 495 (a spread of -123) . Current ranking: #81. Current record: 0-2, -229.
Round 3		Acton played #62 Danny Cotejo (Qatar) and won 499 to 290 (a spread of 209) . Current ranking: #53. Current record: 1-2, -20.
Round 4	Larger photo available	Acton played #68 Cecil Fernandes Prabhu (Gulf Champion) and won 344 to 338 (a spread of 6) . Current ranking: #44. Current record: 2-2, -14.
Round 5		Acton played #34 Michael Gongolo (Kenya) and won 391 to 354 (a spread of 37) . Current ranking: #39. Current record: 3-2, +23.
Round 6	Larger photo available	Acton played #42 John Grayson (Wales) and won 415 to 324 (a spread of 91) . Current ranking: #27. Current record: 4-2, +114.
Round 7		Acton played #84 Evan Simpson (England) and lost 414 to 417 (a spread of -3) . Current ranking: #36. Current record: 4-3, +111.
Round 8	Larger photo available	Acton played #52 Trevor Mark Hovelmeier (South Africa) and lost 357 to 567 (a spread of -210) . Current ranking: #50. Current record: 4-4, -99. Acton is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 9	Larger photo available	Acton played #49 Michael Tang (Malaysia) and won 542 to 497 (a spread of 45) . Current ranking: #41. Current record: 5-4, -54. Acton is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Acton is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 10	Larger photo available	Acton played #83 Mario Shalendra Ranasuriya (Bahrain) and won 591 to 305 (a spread of 286) . Current ranking: #25. Current record: 6-4, +232.
Round 11		Acton played #30 David Webb (England) and lost 297 to 529 (a spread of -232) . Current ranking: #40. Current record: 6-5, +0. Acton is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Acton played #37 James A. Cherry (Canada) and lost 362 to 523 (a spread of -161) . Current ranking: #51. Current record: 6-6, -161. Acton is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Acton is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).
Round 13		Acton played #86 Christopher Sykes (Canada) and won 454 to 320 (a spread of 134) . Current ranking: #41. Current record: 7-6, -27.
Round 14		Acton played #75 Patrick Litunya (Kenya) and won 464 to 436 (a spread of 28) . Current ranking: #36. Current record: 8-6, +1. Acton is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 15	Larger photo available	Acton played #32 Tony Sim (Singapore) and lost 405 to 411 (a spread of -6) . Current ranking: #39. Current record: 8-7, -5.
Round 16	Larger photo available	Acton played #25 Mohan Verghese Chunkath (India) and lost 429 to 455 (a spread of -26) . Current ranking: #49. Current record: 8-8, -31.
Round 17	Larger photo available	Acton played #13 Kendall Boyd (New Zealand) and lost 308 to 494 (a spread of -186) . Current ranking: #56. Current record: 8-9, -217.
Round 18	Larger photo available	Acton played #14 Steven Gruzd (South Africa) and won 481 to 351 (a spread of 130) . Current ranking: #50. Current record: 9-9, -87. Acton is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 19	Larger photo available	Acton played #52 Trevor Mark Hovelmeier (South Africa) and lost 358 to 375 (a spread of -17) . Current ranking: #56. Current record: 9-10, -104.
Round 20	Larger photo available	Acton played #79 Edward Okulicz (Australia) and won 468 to 407 (a spread of 61) . Current ranking: #49. Current record: 10-10, -43.
Round 21	Larger photo available	Acton played #52 Trevor Mark Hovelmeier (South Africa) and won 632 to 372 (a spread of 260) . Current ranking: #33. Current record: 11-10, +217. Acton is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 22		Acton played #77 Joshua Otieno Manase (Kenya) and lost 358 to 462 (a spread of -104) . Current ranking: #43. Current record: 11-11, +113.
Round 23		Acton played #43 Jere Mead (United States) and lost 334 to 488 (a spread of -154) . Current ranking: #52. Current record: 11-12, -41.
Round 24		Acton played #71 Ron Hoekstra (Canada) and lost 368 to 523 (a spread of -155) . Current ranking: #60. Current record: 11-13, -196.
Final Game 2		Acton is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).

HASBRO is the owner of the registered SCRABBLE^® trademark in the United States and Canada. © 2001 HASBRO. All rights reserved. "SCRABBLE^® Brand Crossword Game" is the proper way to refer to this unique group of word games and related properties marketed by HASBRO. "SCRABBLE^®" is not a generic term. To use it as such is not only misleading but also does injustice to the company responsible for the trademark's longtime popularity. All we ask is that when you mean SCRABBLE^® Brand Crossword Game, you say so.

The SCRABBLE^® trademark is owned by J.W. Spear and Sons, PLC, a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc. outside of the United States and Canada.

For more information about SCRABBLE^® or the NSA, or to comment on or correct the contents of this page, please e-mail: info@scrabble-assoc.com
To report technical difficulties in reading this page, please contact webmaster John Chew at: jjchew@math.utoronto.ca