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Qualifiers from
the three Union in 1924-25 were:
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NCCU:
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Yorkshire
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MCCU:
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Warwickshire
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SCCU:
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Middlesex
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1) 1925:
Yorkshire v Warwickshire
The following
semi-final match in the English Counties’ Championship was played over
16 boards on Saturday 10th October 1925, at the Albany Hotel, Fargate,
Sheffield. Before the match the players were entertained to lunch by
the Sheffield & District Chess Association on whose behalf they were
welcomed by Edward
Weston, thanks being then returned by I. M. Brown as YCA
President, and A. J. MacKenzie of Birmingham.
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Yorkshire
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9½-6½
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Warwickshire
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1
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H E Atkins
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(Huddersfield)
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½-½
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A J Mackenzie
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(Birmingham)
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2
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C R Gurnhill
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(Sheffield)
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1-0
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F G Butcher
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(Birmingham)
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3
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T A Staynes
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(Bradford)
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½-½
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A F Kallaway
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(Bourneville)
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4
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G W Moses
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(Hemsworth)
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1-0
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A R Chamberlain
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(Birmingham)
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5
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W Atkinson
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(Hull)
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1-0
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E B M Conway
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(Birmingham)
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6
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E Dale
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(Sheffield)
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0-1
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J J Spence
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(King's Norton)
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7
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P Wenman
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(Leeds)
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1-0
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G H Edwards
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(Birmingham)
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8
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F Schofield
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(Leeds)
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½-½
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F V Dix
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(Coventry)
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9
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H W Hodgkinson
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(Bradford)
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½-½
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R Filkin
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(Bourneville)
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10
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W H J Sparkes
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(Sheffield)
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½-½
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P C Littlejohn
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(Coventry)
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11
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M Jackson
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(Hull)
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½-½
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J V Wilder
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(Birmingham)
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12
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H H Clarke
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(Sheffield)
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1-0
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P Allender
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(Birmingham)
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13
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E J Griffith
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(Rotherham)
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½-½
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T Bray
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(Birmingham)
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14
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C G Wenyon
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(Huddersfield)
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½-½
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H G T Mitchell
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(Birmingham)
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15
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F A Amies
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(Pontefract)
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0-1
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R H Bridgewater
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(Birmingham)
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16
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S Leader
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(Leeds)
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½-½
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R A V Tayar
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(Birmingham)
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F A Amies was
Francis Alan Amies (born 02/02/1904, Pontefract; died 1978, NW Surrey).
This meant Yorkshire
was due to meet Middlesex in the final.
[Sheffield
Daily Telegraph 12/10/1925]
2) 1925:
Yorkshire v Middlesex
The following
final match in the English Counties’ Championship was played over 12
boards on Saturday 12th December 1925, at the Gambit Cafe, Leeds.
Yorkshire had White on the odd boards.
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Yorkshire
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5½-6½
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Middlesex
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British Champion
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1
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H E Atkins (W)
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(Huddersfield)
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1*0
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B E Siegheim
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former South African Champion
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2
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C R Gurnhill
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(Sheffield)
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0-1
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E G Sergeant
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3
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T A Staynes
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(Bradford)
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½*½
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H Saunders
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4
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P Wenman
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(Leeds)
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0*1
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G W Richmond
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5
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G W Moses
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(Hemsworth)
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1-0
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V Buerger
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Leeds Champion
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6
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F Schofield
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(Leeds)
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0-1
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M E Goldstein
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Middlesex Champion
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7
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G Barron
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(Hull)
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1-0
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J Birnberg
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8
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H W Hodgkinson
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(Bradford)
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0-1
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A E Mercer
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Hampstead Champion, ex Sheffield player
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9
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E Dale
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(Sheffield)
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½*½
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R C Griffith
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former British Champion
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10
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W H J Sparkes
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(Sheffield)
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0-1
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J H Morrison
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11
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A Schofield
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(Leeds)
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1-0
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Dr. F S Duncan
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12
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C G Wenyon
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(Huddersfield)
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½-½
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R F Goldstein
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(* denotes adjudicated game)
Results came in as
follows:
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board
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result
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progressive
match score
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6
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0-1
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0-1
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12
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½-½
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½-1½
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7
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1-0
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1½-1½
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11
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1-0
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2½-1½
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At this stage the match had
been in progress for 3 hours.
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8
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0-1
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2½-2½
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6
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0-1
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2½-3½
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10
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0-1
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2½-4½
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5
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1-0
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3½-4½
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Thus, when
“time” was called, the match stood at 3½-4½ in
favour of Middlesex, with 4 games for adjudication. An estimate at the time
of the probable outcome was that Middlesex would win by 1 game point, and
this was in fact the final result.
[Sheffield
Daily Telegraph 14/12/1925]
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