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Recappers for this series: Charlie Reams, James Robinson, Joseph Krol, Mike Brown, Richard Priest, Robert Baxter.
| Date | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 29-Jun-98 | Gillian Galek | 40 - 30 | Beverley Scott | 83 |
| Tue 30-Jun-98 | Gillian Galek | 42 - 55 | Robert Muir | 73 |
| Wed 1-Jul-98 | Robert Muir | 52 - 51 | Richard Frost | 73 |
| Thu 2-Jul-98 | Robert Muir | 55 - 32 | Arthur Barrow | 84 |
| Fri 3-Jul-98 | Robert Muir | 42 - 52 | Clive Freedman | 80 |
| Mon 6-Jul-98 | Clive Freedman | 42 - 48 | Jackie Anderson | 83 |
| Tue 7-Jul-98 | Jackie Anderson | 53 - 35 | Manda Osborne | 73 |
| Wed 8-Jul-98 | Jackie Anderson | 50 - 37 | William Goram | 94 |
| Thu 9-Jul-98 | Jackie Anderson | 38 - 59 | Steve Metcalf | 75 |
| Fri 10-Jul-98 | Steve Metcalf | 61 - 6 | Bill Watson | 85 |
| Mon 13-Jul-98 | Steve Metcalf | 34 - 69 | Simon Cobb | 86 |
| Tue 14-Jul-98 | Simon Cobb | 65 - 50 | Vasudeo Joshi | 95 |
| Wed 15-Jul-98 | Simon Cobb | 29 - 64 | Pat Peacock | 85 |
| Thu 16-Jul-98 | Pat Peacock | 41 - 26 | Edward Doherty | 73 |
| Fri 17-Jul-98 | Pat Peacock | 58 - 27 | Danny Sapsford | 84 |
| Mon 20-Jul-98 | Pat Peacock | 57 - 35 | Colin Moore | 74 |
| Tue 21-Jul-98 | Pat Peacock | 51 - 36 | Val Jamieson | 73 |
| Wed 22-Jul-98 | Pat Peacock | 57 - 63 | John Deignan | 94 |
| Thu 23-Jul-98 | John Deignan | 56 - 41 | Rhiannon Williams | 82 |
| Fri 24-Jul-98 | John Deignan | 37 - 41 | Jennie Waite | 73 |
| Mon 27-Jul-98 | Jennie Waite | 63 - 41 | John Jannaway | 84 |
| Tue 28-Jul-98 | Jennie Waite | 59 - 49 | Bob Lansom | 70 |
| Wed 29-Jul-98 | Jennie Waite | 40 - 49 | Brian Stewart | 72 |
| Thu 30-Jul-98 | Brian Stewart | 50 - 48 | Alan Crabtree | 71 |
| Fri 31-Jul-98 | Brian Stewart | 50 - 60 | Nick Buttle | 73 |
| Mon 3-Aug-98 | Nick Buttle | 56 - 26 | Philip Wegener | 72 |
| Tue 4-Aug-98 | Nick Buttle | 51 - 46 | Mike Moran | 73 |
| Wed 5-Aug-98 | Nick Buttle | 51 - 41 | Shirley Wright | 83 |
| Thu 6-Aug-98 | Nick Buttle | 57 - 32 | Ronald Hamblyn | 71 |
| Fri 7-Aug-98 | Nick Buttle | 55 - 51 | Bob Berry | 71 |
| Mon 10-Aug-98 | Nick Buttle | 44 - 45 | Andrew Lucas | 94 |
| Tue 11-Aug-98 | Andrew Lucas | 48 - 23 | James Hendy | 76 |
| Wed 12-Aug-98 | Andrew Lucas | 45 - 43 | Gwen Clark | 70 |
| Thu 13-Aug-98 | Andrew Lucas | 72 - 34 | Brian Foreman | 96 |
| Fri 14-Aug-98 | Andrew Lucas | 54 - 50 | Graham Highton | 73 |
| Mon 17-Aug-98 | Andrew Lucas | 39 - 34 | Jean Jillings-Warner | 71 |
| Tue 18-Aug-98 | Andrew Lucas | 54 - 58 | Douglas Smith | 73 |
| Wed 19-Aug-98 | Douglas Smith | 36 - 52 | Iain Forbes | 74 |
| Thu 20-Aug-98 | Iain Forbes | 25 - 50 | Zoran Blackie | 74 |
| Fri 21-Aug-98 | Zoran Blackie | 32 - 55 | Vic Foster | 71 |
| Mon 24-Aug-98 | Vic Foster | 65 - 45 | Chris Evans | 76 |
| Tue 25-Aug-98 | Vic Foster | 59 - 38 | Alan Brindley | 74 |
| Wed 26-Aug-98 | Vic Foster | 58 - 26 | June Salt | 74 |
| Thu 27-Aug-98 | Vic Foster | 70 - 47 | Neil Chambers | 75 |
| Fri 28-Aug-98 | Vic Foster | 49 - 42 | Jack Byrne | 81 |
| Mon 31-Aug-98 | Vic Foster | 49 - 17 | Fiona Cuthbertson | 83 |
| Tue 1-Sep-98 | Vic Foster | 43 - 46 | Alan Bailey | 74 |
| Wed 2-Sep-98 | Alan Bailey | 38 - 48 | Mike Jones | 74 |
| Thu 3-Sep-98 | Mike Jones | 54 - 43 | Alex Davis | 74 |
| Fri 4-Sep-98 | Mike Jones | 51 - 40 | Junaid Mubeen | 70 |
| Mon 7-Sep-98 | Mike Jones | 51 - 0 | Sylvia Pitman | 74 |
| Tue 8-Sep-98 | Mike Jones | 32 - 50 | Neil Doherty | 71 |
| Wed 9-Sep-98 | Neil Doherty | 25 - 18 | Bob Wright | 72 |
| Thu 10-Sep-98 | Neil Doherty | 47 - 37 | Sandy Ferguson | 72 |
| Fri 11-Sep-98 | Neil Doherty | 42 - 48 | Kate Ogilvie | 86 |
| Mon 14-Sep-98 | Kate Ogilvie | 50 - 38 | Roy Smith | 74 |
| Tue 15-Sep-98 | Kate Ogilvie | 64 - 42 | Phyllis Gilmour | 85 |
| Wed 16-Sep-98 | Kate Ogilvie | 44 - 43 | John Saunders | 72 |
| Thu 17-Sep-98 | Kate Ogilvie | 54 - 35 | Jane Gordon-Cumming | 75 |
| Fri 18-Sep-98 | Kate Ogilvie | 54 - 35 | Declan Cahill | 73 |
| Mon 21-Sep-98 | Kate Ogilvie | 53 - 30 | Mark Duffield | 83 |
| Tue 22-Sep-98 | Kate Ogilvie | 50 - 44 | Steven Prior | 74 |
| Wed 23-Sep-98 | Pat Magana | 27 - 68 | Alan Dyson | 73 |
| Thu 24-Sep-98 | Alan Dyson | 39 - 46 | Peter Preston Igweke | 74 |
| Fri 25-Sep-98 | Peter Preston Igweke | 45 - 56 | Vicky Smith | 75 |
| Mon 28-Sep-98 | Vicky Smith | 56 - 40 | Rex Rowe | 73 |
| Tue 29-Sep-98 | Vicky Smith | 54 - 42 | Brian Fell | 73 |
| Wed 30-Sep-98 | Vicky Smith | 52 - 40 | George Griffiths | 77 |
| Thu 1-Oct-98 | Vicky Smith | 41 - 26 | Rita Belding | 72 |
| Fri 2-Oct-98 | Vicky Smith | 47 - 45 | Brian Binns | 74 |
| Mon 5-Oct-98 | Vicky Smith | 40 - 45 | Sally Hutchings | 73 |
| Tue 6-Oct-98 | Sally Hutchings | 49 - 47 | David Eccleshall | 84 |
| Wed 7-Oct-98 | Sally Hutchings | 53 - 68 | Joe Bridal | 83 |
| Thu 8-Oct-98 | Joe Bridal | 46 - 29 | Bill Briscoe | 75 |
| Fri 9-Oct-98 | Joe Bridal | 52 - 41 | Colette Murphy | 94 |
| Mon 12-Oct-98 | Joe Bridal | 50 - 49 | Ben McFarlane | 71 |
| Tue 13-Oct-98 | Joe Bridal | 45 - 55 | Valerie Swanick | 73 |
| Wed 14-Oct-98 | Valerie Swanick | 57 - 30 | Shanker Menon | 70 |
| Thu 15-Oct-98 | Valerie Swanick | 60 - 42 | Graham Robertson | 74 |
| Fri 16-Oct-98 | Valerie Swanick | 54 - 44 | Judith Turner | 83 |
| Mon 19-Oct-98 | Valerie Swanick | 44 - 49 | Kenneth Horne | 73 |
| Tue 20-Oct-98 | Kenneth Horne | 51 - 28 | Pauline Lennon | 81 |
| Wed 21-Oct-98 | Kenneth Horne | 60 - 41 | Tony Browne | 72 |
| Thu 22-Oct-98 | Kenneth Horne | 59 - 13 | Brian Plant | 75 |
| Fri 23-Oct-98 | Kenneth Horne | 48 - 53 | Gill Scott | 94 |
| Mon 26-Oct-98 | Gill Scott | 52 - 59 | Richard Saldanha | 73 |
| Tue 27-Oct-98 | Richard Saldanha | 62 - 38 | John Coy | 84 |
| Wed 28-Oct-98 | Richard Saldanha | 57 - 53 | Sara Macintosh | 71 |
| Thu 29-Oct-98 | Richard Saldanha | 54 - 44 | Ross Mackenzie | 67 |
| Fri 30-Oct-98 | Richard Saldanha | 50 - 32 | Brian Wright | 84 |
| Mon 2-Nov-98 | Richard Saldanha | 73 - 39 | David Parfitt | 87 |
| Tue 3-Nov-98 | Richard Saldanha | 41 - 58 | Richard Saddington | 63 |
| Wed 4-Nov-98 | Richard Saddington | 34 - 48 | Clare Dobbs | 72 |
| Thu 5-Nov-98 | Clare Dobbs | 60 - 33 | Ian Lightbody | 74 |
| Fri 6-Nov-98 | Clare Dobbs | 54 - 50 | Anne Hughes | 76 |
| Mon 9-Nov-98 | Clare Dobbs | 42 - 46 | Freddie Marshall | 69 |
| Tue 10-Nov-98 | Freddie Marshall | 17 - 64 | Terry Knowles | 81 |
| Wed 11-Nov-98 | Terry Knowles | 58 - 33 | Tony Guidoboni | 72 |
| Thu 12-Nov-98 | Terry Knowles | 60 - 39 | Liz Annison | 71 |
| Fri 13-Nov-98 | Terry Knowles | 72 - 35 | Quin Collier | 74 |
| Mon 16-Nov-98 | Terry Knowles | 58 - 27 | John Docherty | 73 |
| Tue 17-Nov-98 | Terry Knowles | 55 - 25 | Margaret Chester-Barnett | 72 |
| Wed 18-Nov-98 | Terry Knowles | 71 - 38 | John Brady | 77 |
| Thu 19-Nov-98 | Terry Knowles | 64 - 55 | Juliet Montague | 74 |
| Fri 20-Nov-98 | William Reilly | 30 - 52 | Alan Sharland | 76 |
| Mon 23-Nov-98 | Alan Sharland | 67 - 34 | Brian Bedford | 73 |
| Tue 24-Nov-98 | Alan Sharland | 38 - 55 | Mark Jeary | 69 |
| Wed 25-Nov-98 | Amanda Richards | 36 - 58 | Richard Max | 106 |
| Wed 25-Nov-98 | Mark Jeary | 46 - 56 | Chris Diamond | 73 |
| Thu 26-Nov-98 | Chris Diamond | 29 - 62 | Anne Haley | 73 |
| Fri 27-Nov-98 | Anne Haley | 60 - 40 | Elsie Craw | 84 |
| Mon 30-Nov-98 | Anne Haley | 52 - 50 | David Hart | 83 |
| Tue 1-Dec-98 | Anne Haley | 43 - 58 | Phil Hunt | 72 |
| Wed 2-Dec-98 | Phil Hunt | 60 - 55 | Claire O'Neil | 73 |
| Thu 3-Dec-98 | Phil Hunt | 34 - 46 | Kate O'Connor | 66 |
| Fri 4-Dec-98 | Kate O'Connor | 43 - 59 | Noel Godson | 74 |
| Mon 7-Dec-98 | Noel Godson | 42 - 40 | Marc Hughes | 94 |
| Tue 8-Dec-98 | Noel Godson | 57 - 47 | Susan Thompson | 70 |
| Wed 9-Dec-98 | Noel Godson | 33 - 41 | Glynn Leaney | 72 |
| Thu 10-Dec-98 | Glynn Leaney | 57 - 35 | Norman Humphries | 71 |
| Fri 11-Dec-98 | Glynn Leaney | 45 - 38 | Mark Daulby | 72 |
| Mon 14-Dec-98 | Glynn Leaney | 53 - 41 | Gerard McCarthy | 85 |
| Tue 15-Dec-98 | Glynn Leaney | 45 - 43 | Clare Ockwell | 74 |
| Wed 16-Dec-98 | Glynn Leaney | 47 - 44 | Andrew Slocombe | 85 |
| Thu 17-Dec-98 | Terry Knowles | 65 - 33 | Val Swanick | 74 |
| Fri 18-Dec-98 | Kate Ogilvie | 61 - 46 | Pat Peacock | 71 |
| Mon 21-Dec-98 | Vic Foster | 36 - 46 | Andrew Lucas | 73 |
| Tue 22-Dec-98 | Richard Saldanha | 63 - 55 | Nick Buttle | 72 |
| Wed 23-Dec-98 | Terry Knowles | 41 - 51 | Richard Saldanha | 70 |
| Thu 24-Dec-98 | Kate Ogilvie | 52 - 39 | Andrew Lucas | 83 |
| Fri 25-Dec-98 | Kate Ogilvie | 83 - 81 | Richard Saldanha | 118 |
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