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[[File:Moose Rosser.png|thumb|350px|right|Moose Rosser in [[Series 76]].]]
 
[[File:Moose Rosser.png|thumb|350px|right|Moose Rosser in [[Series 76]].]]
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'''Moose Rosser''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 76]].  
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'''Moose Rosser''' was an [[octochamp]] in and the runner-up of [[Series 76]].  
  
 
Despite not topping the seed table, he achieved the highest score of the series by amassing 132 points in his seventh heat game, beating [[Stephen Read|Stephen Read's]] high by one point. "The Moose", as he was popularly known, garnered a total of 828 points and qualified to return to the show in June for the series finals as #3 seed.
 
Despite not topping the seed table, he achieved the highest score of the series by amassing 132 points in his seventh heat game, beating [[Stephen Read|Stephen Read's]] high by one point. "The Moose", as he was popularly known, garnered a total of 828 points and qualified to return to the show in June for the series finals as #3 seed.
  
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In the quarter-finals, Rosser prevailed over [[Wesley Jardine]] in a very close match, picking out the [[letters game|nine-letter word]] {{word|ETHNICIST}} and sneaking through on the unsolved crucial conundrum {{word|POLICECAR}}. He then achieved an upset in the semi-finals, knocking out #2 seed [[Jeff Clayton]] {{score|88|84}} by spotting that {{word|LOSTMYCAP}} became {{word|CYTOPLASM}}.
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In the quarter-finals, Rosser prevailed over [[Wesley Jardine]] in a very close match, picking out the [[letters game|nine-letter word]] {{word|ETHNICIST}} and sneaking through on the unsolved crucial conundrum {{word|POLICECAR}}. He then achieved an upset in the semi-finals, knocking out #2 seed [[Jeff Clayton]] {{score|88|84}} by spotting that {{word|LOSTMYCAP}} became {{word|CYTOPLASM}}. Only in the [[Episode 6614|grand final]] did Rosser ever suffer a defeat, going down {{score|108|58}} to the [[Apterite]] and 900-club member [[Stephen Read]] in the last game to have been played on the long-lived blue ''Countdown'' set.
  
 
==Episodes==
 
==Episodes==
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{{ep | 6610 | 26/06/2017 | QF |Moose Rosser| 81 - 71 |[[Wesley Jardine]]|[[Colin Murray]]|Susie Dent|136}}
 
{{ep | 6610 | 26/06/2017 | QF |Moose Rosser| 81 - 71 |[[Wesley Jardine]]|[[Colin Murray]]|Susie Dent|136}}
 
{{ep | 6613 | 29/06/2017 | SF |[[Jeff Clayton]]| 84 - 88 |Moose Rosser|Colin Murray|Susie Dent|121}}
 
{{ep | 6613 | 29/06/2017 | SF |[[Jeff Clayton]]| 84 - 88 |Moose Rosser|Colin Murray|Susie Dent|121}}
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{{ep | 6614 | 30/06/2017 | GF |[[Stephen Read]]| 108 - 58 |Moose Rosser|Colin Murray|Susie Dent|121}}
 
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{{episode table end}}
 
<center><nowiki>*</nowiki> includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum</center>
 
<center><nowiki>*</nowiki> includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum</center>
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Revision as of 14:01, 30 June 2017

Moose Rosser in Series 76.

Moose Rosser was an octochamp in and the runner-up of Series 76.

Despite not topping the seed table, he achieved the highest score of the series by amassing 132 points in his seventh heat game, beating Stephen Read's high by one point. "The Moose", as he was popularly known, garnered a total of 828 points and qualified to return to the show in June for the series finals as #3 seed.

In the quarter-finals, Rosser prevailed over Wesley Jardine in a very close match, picking out the nine-letter word ETHNICIST and sneaking through on the unsolved crucial conundrum POLICECAR. He then achieved an upset in the semi-finals, knocking out #2 seed Jeff Clayton 88 – 84 by spotting that LOSTMYCAP became CYTOPLASM. Only in the grand final did Rosser ever suffer a defeat, going down 108 – 58 to the Apterite and 900-club member Stephen Read in the last game to have been played on the long-lived blue Countdown set.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
6586 19/05/2017 P Amber Cotton 36 – 83 Moose Rosser Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Chris Hollins Susie Dent 120
6587 22/05/2017 P Moose Rosser 90* – 80 Michael Hooker Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Chris Hollins Susie Dent 127
6588 23/05/2017 P Moose Rosser 104 – 35 Bob Saunders Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Chris Hollins Susie Dent 123
6589 24/05/2017 P Moose Rosser 106 – 44 Ellie Foster Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dan Walker Susie Dent 127
6590 26/05/2017 P Moose Rosser 111 – 76 Peter Sheridan Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dan Walker Susie Dent 147
6591 29/05/2017 P Moose Rosser 119 – 33 Sam Green Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dan Walker Susie Dent 144
6592 30/05/2017 P Moose Rosser 132 – 30 Gareth Davies Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dan Walker Susie Dent 136
6593 31/05/2017 P Moose Rosser 93 – 71 Michael Metcalf Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dan Walker Susie Dent 158
6610 26/06/2017 QF Moose Rosser 81 – 71 Wesley Jardine Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Colin Murray Susie Dent 136
6613 29/06/2017 SF Jeff Clayton 84 – 88 Moose Rosser Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Colin Murray Susie Dent 121
6614 30/06/2017 GF Stephen Read 108 – 58 Moose Rosser Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Colin Murray Susie Dent 121
* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum
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