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Discussion in 'Watford' started by colognehornet, Jun 26, 2013.

  1. andytoprankin

    andytoprankin Well-Known Member

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    OK. Not Jamie Hand, then. Andy Goram?
     
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  2. Bolton's Boots

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    Yes - back to you
     
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  3. andytoprankin

    andytoprankin Well-Known Member

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    Thanks, BB.

    Thirty years ago exactly, our top two appearance makers were Gibbs and Porter. How many appearances had they each made for Watford up to this point? Sounds crazily hard? Well, not really. You can answer for both of them using only two different digits, e.g. 717 and 171.
     
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  4. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    Was it 36 Porter and 63 Gibbs? hard to read on an old programme scan
     
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  5. andytoprankin

    andytoprankin Well-Known Member

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    No, both three digit numbers a lot higher than that. There are no consecutive digits of the same value for either player. One of your digits is one of the two necessary to give the totals for both players.
     
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  6. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    i think they were both 3?0 (Three hundred and somthing) Just the scan is very hard to read
     
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  7. andytoprankin

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    You're in the right region. Only use two digits to give me both appearance totals. They were different, no digit the same as before or after.
     
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  8. andytoprankin

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    Matej just worked it out. :)
     
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  9. andytoprankin

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    There’s enough detail here. Look at yorkie’s work plus the parameters I’ve set. Matej said it’s either this or that and he was right first time. You don’t have to know the players, but I’ll focus you on yorkie’s work that they had both achieved at least 300 appearances.
     
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  10. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Presuming that 0 qualifies as a digit in its own right. Then two three digit numbers which begin and end with a 3 - presumably with only one other digit between them (the same one in both cases) - I'll say 383 for both figures (question mark <doh>)
     
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  11. andytoprankin

    andytoprankin Well-Known Member

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    No. Because that would make one 383 and one 838.
    3 is one of the digits. <ok>
     
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  12. andytoprankin

    andytoprankin Well-Known Member

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    My bad, cologne, misread you. But I said earlier they were not the same. <ok>
     
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  13. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Am I right in presuming that both numbers begin with a 3 and end with a 3 (otherwise there would be more than 2 digits)
     
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  14. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    No I'm wrong <laugh> Could it be 343 for Gibbs and 434 for Porter.
     
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  15. andytoprankin

    andytoprankin Well-Known Member

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    That’s it exactly! <applause> Over to you, cologne. <ok>
     
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  16. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Cheers Andy. Why was a victory over Sutton United so significant for this club - what record was broken and by which club.
     
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