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Series 14
From Countdown
Series 14 ran from October 1987 to December 1987. The fourteenth of 53 series presented by Richard Whiteley, it was the first series to feature Karen Loughlin as letters hostess, and was won by Nic Brown.
Seed table
Rank | Name | Wins | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Nic Brown | 8 | 456 |
2 | Stephen Deakin | 8 | 433 |
3 | John Hadfield | 8 | 429 |
4 | Alan Steel | 6 | 333 |
5 | Eleanor Crosby | 5 | 245 |
6 | Frank Houston | 4 | 222 |
7 | Joel Salkin | 3 | 203 |
8 | Derek Rutter | 2 | 163 |
The seeds were determined by points total, irrespective of number of wins. The total includes points from both wins and draws, although not losses. Eleanor Crosby was undefeated at the end of the series' preliminaries and opted to enter the finals for this series.
Finals progress
Nic Brown (1) vs Derek Rutter (8) | Nic Brown (1) vs Alan Steel (4) | Nic Brown (1) vs Joel Salkin (7) |
Eleanor Crosby (5) vs Alan Steel (4) | ||
John Hadfield (3) vs Frank Houston (6) | Frank Houston (6) vs Joel Salkin (7) | |
Joel Salkin (7) vs Stephen Deakin (2) |