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1) Northern
Counties Chess Union
Five counties
entered the competition for the NCCU team championship, Cheshire, Durham,
Lancashire, Northumberland and Yorkshire.
In the first
round, to reduce the teams to four, Cheshire met Durham at Leeds on
11/11/1937, over 20 boards. Cheshire won by 14 points to 6.
In the semi-final
round, Lancashire met Northumberland at York on 22/01/1938, over 16
boards. Lancashire won by 10 points to 6.
Also in the
semi-final round, Yorkshire met Cheshire at Manchester on 22/01/1938, over 26
boards. Yorkshire won by 16 points to 10, as follows:
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Yorkshire
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16-10
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Cheshire
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1
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H E
Atkins (Huddersfield)
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1@0
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T E Storrs
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2
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T J
Beach (York)
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1@0
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Alfred Eva
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3
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H
W Hodgkinson (Bradford)
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½@½
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J B Slater
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4
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G W
Moses (Wakefield)
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0-1
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T W Jones
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5
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C
G Wenyon (Huddersfield)
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1-0
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R S Thynne
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6
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C North (Sheffield)
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½-½
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W P Pepper
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7
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C
G Addingley (Leeds)
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½@½
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J J Taylor
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8
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C
W Roberts (Huddersfield)
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1@0
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D Harding
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9
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E Gooder
(Wakefield)
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1-0
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N Clissold
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10
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H Greenwood (Huddersfield)
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0-1
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H Sutcliffe
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11
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J E Povey
(Leeds)
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1-0
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T H Storey
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12
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J W Narcross
(Leeds)
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0-1
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H Munro
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13
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H T Reeve (Wakefield)
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1-0
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G Walley
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14
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H Davison (Bradford)
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½@½
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T G Griggs
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15
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C D Forbes (York)
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0-1
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T A Leigh
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16
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L Armitage (Wakefield)
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1@0
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W A Croft
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17
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W Flint (Leeds)
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½@½
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D Baruch
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18
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W A Dixon (York)
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1-0
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O Pritchard
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19
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P Crotty
(Leeds)
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0-1
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E W Taylor
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20
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R A Sturgeon (Leeds)
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0-1
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J Whitworth
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21
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S Sheard (Huddersfield)
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½-½
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C Crossland
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22
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W C
Evans (Sheffield)
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1-0
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J Edge
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23
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K Beaumont (Huddersfield)
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1-0
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D Clegg
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24
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J
S Richardson (Sheffield)
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1-0
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F E Thomas
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25
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E Gardiner (Sheffield)
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1-0
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A W Guest
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26
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P Crotty jun.
(Leeds)
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0-1
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V Dilworth
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In the final,
Yorkshire met Lancashire at Leeds on 19/03/1938, over 24 boards.
Lancashire won by 13½ points to 10½ points, as follows:
2) British Chess
Federation, County & District Correspondence Championship, 1938
Yorkshire managed
to win this competition, which is run on the “jamboree” system,
one game being played per board. Final scores and placings of the
twenty-six participating teams were as follows;
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Placing
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Team
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Points
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1
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Yorkshire
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21
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2
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Lancashire
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20
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3
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Essex
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19½
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4-5=
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Surrey
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18½
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4-5=
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Worcestershire
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18½
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6
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Hampshire
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18
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7-8=
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Kent
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17½
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7-8=
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Somersetshire
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17½
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9-10=
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Hertfordshire
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17
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9-10=
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Middlesex
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17
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11-12=
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Cheshire
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16½
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11-12=
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Sussex
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16½
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13
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Durham
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15½
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14
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Devonshire
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15
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15-16
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Cambridgeshire
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14½
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15-16
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Dorsetshire
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14½
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17-18
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Lincolnshire
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13½
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17-18
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Northumberland
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13½
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19
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Warwickshire
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13
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20
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Monmouthshire
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12½
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21
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Suffolk
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12
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22-24=
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Berkshire
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10
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22-24=
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Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire
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10
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22-24=
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Cumberland and
Westmoreland
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10
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25
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South Wales
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9½
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26
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Cornwall
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9
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Individual
Yorkshire players’ result were as follows:
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Yorkshire
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21‑9
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Opponents
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1
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T J
Beach (York)
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1-0
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Capt. F D Bolland (Somerset)
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2
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G W
Moses (Wakefield)
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1-0
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J B Slater (Cheshire)
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3
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G Barron
(Hull)
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1-0
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H Fraenkel (Kent)
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4
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C W Roberts (Huddersfield)
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0-1
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A E Anderson (Essex)
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5
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E G Berg
(Bradford)
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½-½
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J E Young
(Durham)
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6
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S Jackson (Hull)
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½-½
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T Salkeld (Cumb.
& West.)
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7
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E Gooder
(Wakefield)
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½-½
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Rev. W. Proctor
(Hampshire)
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8
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W Gregory
(Sheffield)
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1-0
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T M Willoughby
(Cornwall)
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9
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H Greenwood (Huddersfield)
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1-0
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Rev A M Deane
(Dorsetshire)
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10
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L C A Lewis
(Sheffield)
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1-0
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W A Wood
(Worcestershire)
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11
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J Moore
(Sheffield)
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½-½
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R Harland
(Northumberland)
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12
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O D
Griffiths (Wakefield)
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1-0
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E J Seymour (Buckinghmshire)
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13
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W H Jones (Harrogate)
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1-0
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R R Morris
(South Wales)
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14
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H T Reeve (Wakefield)
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½-½
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A E Passant
(Sussex)
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15
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H K Campbell (Bradford)
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½@½
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G S Barnes
(Suffolk)
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16
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W Knowles (Sheffield)
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0-1
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J Waterhouse
(Lancashire)
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17
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J H Frankland
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1-0
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A C Douglas (Cambridgeshire)
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18
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R Bainbridge (Hull)
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½-½
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C F Slade
(Berkshire)
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19
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H
H A Ware (Huddersfield)
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1@0
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F E Willett
(Devonshire)
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20
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C J
Russam (Bradford)
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1-0
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W E Parr
(Lincolnshire)
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21
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P
Chignell (Hull)
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1-0
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S R Hodgetts (Warwickshire)
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22
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J
S Richardson (Sheffield)
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1-0
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W Henderson
(Middlesex)
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23
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Rev E C Williams
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1-0
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F C Bennett
(Monmouthshire)
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24
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J Nowell (Bradford)
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½-½
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W H Kingston
(Hertfordshire)
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25
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Dr N Cunningham (Bradford)
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1-0
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J H Fish
(Surrey)
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26
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G Rhodes
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0-1
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C Luffman
(Somersetshire)
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27
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D H Butler
(Leeds)
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1-0
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C R Taylor
(Cheshire)
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28
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J T Gosset
(Huddersfield)
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0-1
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A W Hughes
(Kent)
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29
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Rev A H Tollitt (Bradford)
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0-1
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C H Reddick
(Essex)
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30
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P Crotty jun.
(Leeds)
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1-0
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J R Davidson
(Durham)
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