Highest Series Totals

A list of the highest series totals is complicated by the fact that even series-winning teams do not necessarily play the same number of matches. Several series champions actually lost their first match and qualified as highest-scoring losers. Similarly from the 2010 series, all quarter finalists play at least two, possibly three games. Thus 1995-2009 series champions usually played five matches, but occasionally six. From 2010 champions will play either six, seven or eight games, depending on whether they lose zero, one or two games along the way.

The first table simply counts the total points scored, though given that both Emmanuel 2010 and Durham 2000 both lost their first game, it should not necessarily be interpreted as a ranking of teams!

Highest series points total, 1994-2011
Pos'n	Team	Year	Total	Games	Avg
1	Emmanuel, Cambridge	10	1890	7	270
2	Magdalen, Oxford	11	1880	7	268
3	Durham	00	1680	6	280
4	Corpus Christi, Oxford	09	1510	5	302
5	Trinity, Cambridge	95	1460	5	292
6	Open	97	1400	5	280
7	Imperial, London	96	1395	5	279
8	Open	99	1375	5	275
9	York	11	1370	7	195
10	Magdalen, Oxford	98	1355	5	271
11	Oriel, Oxford	99	1350	5	270
12	Manchester	09	1310	5	262
13	Magdalen, Oxford	97	1300	5	260
14	St John's, Oxford	01	1290	6	215
15	Corpus Christi, Oxford	05	1285	5	257
16	Sheffield	08	1285	5	257
17	St John's, Oxford	10	1280	6	213
18	St John's, Cambridge	09	1270	5	254
19	Imperial, London	02	1260	5	252
20	Christ Church, Oxford	08	1245	5	249
21	Somerville, Oxford	02	1240	5	248
22	Imperial, London	10	1225	6	204
23	LSE	96	1215	5	243
24	Sheffield	11	1215	5	243
25	Imperial, London	01	1205	5	241
26	Manchester	06	1180	5	236
27	Birkbeck, London	98	1170	5	234
28	Manchester	07	1170	6	195
29	Trinity Hall, Cambridge	06	1150	5	230
30	Manchester	10	1070	6	178
31	Oxford Brookes	11	1050	5	210
32	Oriel, Oxford	00	1030	5	206
33	Peterhouse, Cambridge	11	1030	5	206
34	Manchester	97	1020	4	255
35	Nottingham	98	1020	4	255
36	University, London	05	1015	5	203
37	Edinburgh	02	1010	5	202
38	Birkbeck, London	03	1010	5	202
39	Durham	99	1000	4	250

Ignoring highest-scoring losers games and the current quarter-final format gives the following table for 1994-2009.

Highest series points total, 5 match format, 1994-2009
Pos'n	Team	Year	Total
1	Corpus Christi, Oxford	09	1510
2	Trinity, Cambridge	95	1460
3	Durham	00	1450
4	Open	97	1400
5	Imperial, London	96	1395
6	Open	99	1375
7	Magdalen, Oxford	98	1355
8	Oriel, Oxford	99	1350
9	Manchester	09	1310
10	Magdalen, Oxford	97	1300
11	Corpus Christi, Oxford	05	1285
12	Sheffield	08	1285
13	Imperial, London	02	1260
14	Christ Church, Oxford	08	1245
15	Somerville, Oxford	02	1240
16	LSE	96	1215
17	Imperial, London	01	1205
18	Manchester	06	1180
19	Birkbeck, London	98	1170
20	Trinity Hall, Cambridge	06	1150
21	Oriel, Oxford	00	1030
22	Manchester	97	1020
23	Nottingham	98	1020
24	University, London	05	1015
25	Birkbeck, London	03	1010
26	Durham	99	1000

Note. Durham's total of 1450 above does not include the 230 points they gained in the extra highest scoring losers round. This gives them a total of 1680 from 6 games, compared to the 5 games played by the majority of teams in the table. Similarly, St John's, Oxford 2001, would score 990 in this table, but the 300 they obtained in their highest scoring losers round would bring their total to 1290 from 6 games. Finally, the 2009 Corpus Christi, Oxford team were officially disqualified from the tournament, yet I leave their total here for completeness.

The only series winners not to score 1000 points were Magdalen, Oxford in 2004, and Warwick in 2007 who scored 970 and 930 respectively in their 5 games.