Yorkshire Chess History

The previous occasion on which Yorkshire had played Cheshire in Sheffield was in 1904, when Yorkshire won narrowly by 13-12, and at Stockport in 1913, Yorkshire had won only by the slightly better score of 13½ to Cheshire's 11½. This year's Yorkshire victory was more of a rout, even though a number of selected Yorkshire players could not play, with lower boards being filled by Sheffield players.

When “time” was called, Yorkshire led by 17-4 and so were assured of victory, with 5 games to be adjudicated (results not yet tracked down).

	Yorkshire	17(+)‑4(+)	Cheshire
1	H E Atkins (Huddersfield)	1-0	C Coates (Stockport)
2	F D Yates (Leeds)	0-1	H B Lund (Stockport)
3	C W Roberts (Brighouse)	1-0	H Farnsworth (Stockport)
4	G Shories (Bradford)	1-0	F J Macdonald (Egremont)
5	E Dale (Sheffield)	½-½	F Lowenthal (Altrincham)
6	H A Burton (Pontefract)	@	A Eva (Whalley Bridge)
7	W H J Sparkes (Sheffield)	1-0	H Bennett (Rock Ferry)
8	J Foulds (Bradford)	1-0	G Osborne (Stockport)
9	M Jackson (Hull)	@	M Sutcliffe (Stockport)
10	G Barron (Hull)	1-0	N Clissold (New Brighton)
11	F Schofield (Leeds)	1-0	A Clegg (Sale)
12	J B Oates (Dewsbury)	1-0	W B Beckwith (Stockport)
13	W Batley (Sheffield)	@	S Broadbridge (Northenden)
14	A C Ivimy (Leeds)	1-0	F Wild (Knutsford)
15	H Williams (Huddersfield)	0-1	A Waterhouse (Delamere)
16	W J Berryman (Barnsley)	1-0	J R Wood (Warrington)
17	J W Morton (Bradford)	½-½	H C Westmoreland (Warrington)
18	H W Hodgkinson (Bradford)	½-½	H Hartley (Northenden)
19	A Schofield (Leeds)	1-0	C E Collinge (Altringham)
20	R Bainbridge (Hull)	@	A McLoughlin (Stockport)
21	G H Hill (Sheffield)	1-0	G Hahn (Liscard)
22	F H Sugden (Sheffield)	1-0	J W Watts (Sale)
23	E F Gardner (Sheffield)	@	J W Mills (Wilmslow)
24	J Orange (Sheffield)	½-½	B Copley (Stockport)
25	F H Reynolds (Sheffield)	1-0	J Hall (Altrincham)
26	L Muller (Sheffield)	1-0	J C Galloway (Hale)

@ denotes an adjudicated game

After the match, the players were entertained to dinner by the Master Cutler, Mr. T W Ward, who was a vice-president of the Sheffield Chess Club.

Northern Counties Championship

Final

Played at North Manchester Chess Club Limited premises at Deansgate Hotel, Manchester,

on Saturday, 21/03/1914

over 30 boards

North Manchester Chess Club was at the time the only chess club in the country to be a limited liability company.

	Yorkshire	12(+)‑16(+)	Lancashire
1	F D Yates (Leeds)	1-0	V L Wahltuch
2	C W Roberts (Huddersfield)	1-0	Dr H Holmes
3	G Shories (Bradford)	0-1	C H Wallwork
4	H A Burton (Pontefract)	1-0	T Kelly
5	E Dale (Sheffield)	0-1	C Lobel
6	G Barron (Hull)	½-½	R W Houghton
7	W H J Sparkes (Sheffield)	0-1	A Caplan
8	F Schofield (Leeds)	½-½	H A James
9	A C Ivimy (Leeds)	1-0	W Turner
10	J B Oates (Dewsbury)	1-0	N B Holmes
11	M Jackson (Hull)	1-0	T H Storey
12	H Williams (Huddersfield)	1-0	A Wolstencroft
13	W J Berryman (Barnsley)	0-1	D Powell
14	A A Williams (Leeds)	0-1	C Y C Dawbarn
15	G W Moses (Sheffield)	@	S Keir
16	J W Morton (Bradford)	1-0	G H Norman
17	A Schofield (Leeds)	0-1	A Briggs
18	H W Hodgkinson (Bradford)	½-½	J T Stockwell
19	R Bainbridge (Hull)	0-1	Dr J F McCann
20	G H Hill (Sheffield)	0-1	Rev A W Baxter
21	S Leader (Leeds)	@	S Wellington
22	A S J Bridgman (Huddersfield)	½-½	T King Parkes
23	J Orange (Sheffield)	0-1	J Grundy
24	H J Lofthouse (Huddersfield)	0-1	W R Thomas
25	F H Sudgen (Sheffield)	1-0	R S Corlett
26	J A Woollard (Keighley)	½-½	W W Cowan
27	A Illingworth (Leeds)	½-½	E W Ruttle
28	H A Cadman (Gomersal)	0-1	R D Dawkins
29	J Chester (Bradford)	0-1	H Black
30	J A Brown (Leeds)	0-1	A L Davidson

@ = to be adjudicated (results not to hand)

Created

15/10/2020

Stephen John Mann

Last Updated

15/10/2020