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1920-21: Yorkshire Championship

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This was contested as a 16-player knock-out competition. J E Hinchliff of Huddersfield met W J Berryman of Barnsley in the final. In previous successive rounds, J E Hinchliff had beaten R. Robinson [Dr. Robinson of Huddersfield?], H. Hinchliffe (Huddersfield), M Jackson (Hull), C R Gurnhill (Sheffield), while W J Berryman had beaten J A Liversedge (Huddersfield), J Foulds (Bradford), J B Oates (Leeds) and H A Burton (Pontefract). In the final, the first two games were drawn, then J E Hinchliff won the third, and with it the Yorkshire Championship for 1920-21.

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Stephen John Mann

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