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Dick Green
- For other people called Richard Green, see Richard Green.
Dick Green was a contestant from Series 15. He was a mature student and former Met Office worker from Bracknell. He made his debut on Friday 13 May 1988, which was certainly unlucky for his opponent Chris Beith, as Dick ran out the 51-16 winner. Dick won seven more games to return for the final rounds as #2 seed. In the quarter-finals, he beat Frances Rush 75-65 in a closely-fought game, and dispatched Gavin Rogers 69-51 in the semi-finals. In the final, he faced boy wonder and hot favourite Allan Saldanha. The game had its fair share of controversy as, in round 11, Allan had YOLKED wrongly disallowed (for more detail, please see the Allan Saldanha article). Dick eventually won following a crucial conundrum to become the champion of series 15.
Dick was a favourite for Championship of Champions IV, being an undefeated Xicount with 688 points, but in the first round, he was drawn against another series champion, Tony Vick. The lead changed hands several times, with Tony trying the invalid fangle ☓ and Dick returning the favour after being disallowed spacers ☓ to Tony's valid SCRAPED. Inevitably, the game went to a crucial conundrum, and Tony spotted that IFSTYMIED unscrambled to MYSTIFIED meaning that the Series 15 winner suffered his first ever defeat.
Dick returned to Countdown one last time in 1996 for the Supreme Championship, defeating Fiona Davies in the Group A quarter-finals, with VALUATE and FOGEYS being among his offerings. In the group semi-finals, he faced the unbeaten Don Reid. The game was neck and neck until round 7, when Dick beat Don with DISCOED. However, he wasn't far enough ahead to avoid a crucial conundrum, and Don knocked Dick out of the championship by solving SPRAYHOLE in under two seconds.
Preceded by Nic Brown |
Series winner Series 15 |
Followed by Tony Vick |