John Hadfield - Revision history

TobyMcDonald at 23:30, 17 January 2024

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DaaniyalA at 11:40, 23 October 2022

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SteveH at 23:14, 12 July 2022

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Mclarenguy22 at 00:04, 17 December 2020

2020-12-17T00:04:37Z

The Doctor: added bizarrely missing octochamps category

2020-11-20T15:01:11Z

added bizarrely missing octochamps category

The Doctor: template

2020-05-28T18:37:24Z

template

The Doctor at 18:35, 2 May 2020

2020-05-02T18:35:30Z

RLSJ1997: Today's challenger

2019-05-17T15:49:50Z

Today's challenger

Spikeg1 at 15:30, 17 May 2019

2019-05-17T15:30:03Z

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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Hadfield, John}}
-[[Category:Returning Contestants]]
+[[Category:Returning contestants]]
 [[Category:Contestants in Series 14]]
 [[Category:Octochamps of the 9 round era]]

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 He survived a crucial conundrum on his début, and went on to accumulate 429 points to qualify for the finals as No. 3 seed. He faced [[Frank Houston]] in his quarter-final match, where he built a 10-point lead after the first three rounds. He then fell to 5 behind five rounds later after missing an available T extension of {{word|FUNNIES}} and blundering in the last numbers round. Houston eventually solved the crucial conundrum {{word|UNCLEPEAT}} to upset Hadfield's run.
-Hadfield returned for a second debut in 2019, but unfortunately ran into [[Elliott Mellor]] who ended with the highest ever score of 152 points on ''Countdown''.
+Hadfield returned for a second debut in 2019, but unfortunately ran into [[Elliott Mellor]] who ended with the highest ever score of 152 points on ''Countdown'' at the time.
 ==Episodes==

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 {{octostats|Quarter-finalist|3|429|4}}[[File:John Hadfield.png|thumb|200px|right|John Hadfield, 32 years after his first appearance, in [[Series 80]].]]
-'''John Hadfield''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 14]] and contestant in [[Series 80]]. As of his 1st appearance, he was a showroom manager for a bedroom furniture company from Isleworth, Middlesex. As of his 2nd appearance, he was the Town Crier of Westbury in Wiltshire.
+'''John Hadfield''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 14]] and contestant in [[Series 80]]. As of his first appearance, he was a showroom manager for a bedroom furniture company from Isleworth, Middlesex. As of his second appearance, he was the Town Crier of Westbury in Wiltshire.
 He survived a crucial conundrum on his début, and went on to accumulate 429 points to qualify for the finals as No. 3 seed. He faced [[Frank Houston]] in his quarter-final match, where he built a 10-point lead after the first three rounds. He then fell to 5 behind five rounds later after missing an available T extension of {{word|FUNNIES}} and blundering in the last numbers round. Houston eventually solved the crucial conundrum {{word|UNCLEPEAT}} to upset Hadfield's run.

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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Hadfield, John}}
 [[Category:Contestants in Series 14]]
 [[Category:Octochamps of the 9 round era]]

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 '''John Hadfield''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 14]] and contestant in [[Series 80]]. As of his 1st appearance, he was a showroom manager for a bedroom furniture company from Isleworth, Middlesex. As of his 2nd appearance, he was the Town Crier of Westbury in Wiltshire.
-He survived a crucial conundrum on his début, and went on to accumulate 429 points to qualify for the finals as #3 seed. He faced [[Frank Houston]] in his quarter-final match, where he built a 10-point lead after the first three rounds. He then fell to 5 behind five rounds later after missing an available T extension of {{word|FUNNIES}} and blundering in the last numbers round. Houston eventually solved the crucial conundrum {{word|UNCLEPEAT}} to upset Hadfield's run.
+He survived a crucial conundrum on his début, and went on to accumulate 429 points to qualify for the finals as No. 3 seed. He faced [[Frank Houston]] in his quarter-final match, where he built a 10-point lead after the first three rounds. He then fell to 5 behind five rounds later after missing an available T extension of {{word|FUNNIES}} and blundering in the last numbers round. Houston eventually solved the crucial conundrum {{word|UNCLEPEAT}} to upset Hadfield's run.
-Hadfield returned to Countdown for a second debut in 2019, but unfortunately ran into [[Elliott Mellor]] who ended with the highest ever score of 152 points on ''Countdown''.
+Hadfield returned for a second debut in 2019, but unfortunately ran into [[Elliott Mellor]] who ended with the highest ever score of 152 points on ''Countdown''.
 ==Episodes==

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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Hadfield, John}}
 [[Category:Contestants in Series 14]]
 [[Category:Finalists]]
 [[Category:Contestants in Countdown Masters Series 1]]
 [[Category:Contestants in Series 80]]

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 {{ep | 674 | 13/11/1987 | P |[[Richard Farrer]]| 36 - 74 |John Hadfield|Lance Percival|Catherine Clarke|95}}
 {{ep | 703 | 21/12/1987 | QF |[[Frank Houston]]| 56 - 41 |John Hadfield|[[Carol Thatcher]]|[[Julia Swannell]]|74}}
-{{ep | M16 | 17/7/89-21/7/89 | Masters 1 |[[Julian Hough]]| 124 – 61 |John Hadfield|N/A|Catherine Clarke|136}}
+{{ep | M16 | 17/07/1889-21/07/1989 | M |[[Julian Hough]]| 124 – 61 |John Hadfield|none|Catherine Clarke|136}}
 {{ep | 7077 | 17/05/2019 | P |[[Elliott Mellor]]| 152 - 40 |John Hadfield|[[Dr Phil Hammond]]|[[Susie Dent]]|154}}
 {{episode table end}}

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 He survived a crucial conundrum on his début, and went on to accumulate 429 points to qualify for the finals as #3 seed. He faced [[Frank Houston]] in his quarter-final match, where he built a 10-point lead after the first three rounds. He then fell to 5 behind five rounds later after missing an available T extension of {{word|FUNNIES}} and blundering in the last numbers round. Houston eventually solved the crucial conundrum {{word|UNCLEPEAT}} to upset Hadfield's run.
-Hadfield returned to Countdown for a second debut in 2019, but unfortunately ran into [[Elliott Mellor]] who ended on 152 points to John's 40.
+Hadfield returned to Countdown for a second debut in 2019, but unfortunately ran into [[Elliott Mellor]] who ended on the highest ever score of 152 points to John's 40.
 ==Episodes==