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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, Lancashire met Cheshire at Altrincham on
17/11/1945, over 30 boards. Lancashire won by 18½ points to
11½.
In the semi-final
round, Lancashire met Northumberland at York on 19/01/1946, over 16
boards. Lancashire won by 10 points to 6.
Also in the
semi-final round, Yorkshire met Durham at Darlington on 19/01/1946, over 16
boards. Yorkshire won by 11½ points to 4½, as follows:
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Yorkshire
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11½‑4½
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Durham
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1
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W C Evans (Sheffield)
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½-½
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R G Knowles
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2
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H Greenwood (Huddersfield)
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1-0
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H Bardsley
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3
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J E Povey
(Leeds)
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½-½
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F Dovey
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4
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J Hilton (Hull)
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1-0
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J E Scott
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5
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H Boothroyd
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½-½
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T Wallace
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6
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J Lilley
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1-0
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E Carmichael
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7
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R W Roeder
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½-½
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G S Sell
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8
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W A Dixon (Bradford)
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0-1
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A Findlater
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9
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E Allen
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1-0
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J Scotland
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10
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R Bainbridge
(Hull)
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1@0
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W Nellist
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11
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H Davison (Bradford)
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½-½
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M Hyslop
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12
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H Felton
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½-½
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W Purvis
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13
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J E Morton (Sheffield)
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1-0
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T A Wells
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14
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G R Lawson
(Bradford)
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1@0
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W A Croft
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15
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E Winterbottom
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1-0
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R Penman
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16
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W Flint (Leeds)
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½-½
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F Fenwick
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The final, between
Lancashire and Yorkshire was played at Manchester on 16/03/1946, over 30
boards. Yorkshire won by 21 to 9.
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Lancashire
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21‑9
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Yorkshire
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1
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G Abrahams
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0-1
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C R Gurnhill
(Sheffield0
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2
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R J Broadbent
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1-0
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G W Moses (Hemsworth)
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3
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H G Rhodes
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1-0
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J E Povey
(Leeds)
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4
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H Rappaport
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1-0
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C G Addingley
(Leeds)
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5
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J S Parker
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1-0
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W C Evans (Sheffield)
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6
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J H Herrick
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½-½
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H Greenwood (Huddersfield)
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7
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F Higginbottom
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0-1
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G H Watson
(Bradford)
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8
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J H Pollitt
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0-1
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C E Lord
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9
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J Wostenholme
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1-0
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C North
(Sheffield)
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10
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G Bancroft
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0-1
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J W Narcross
(Leeds)
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11
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J W A McMillan
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1-0
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E O Morton
(Sheffield)
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12
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W Addison
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1-0
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J E Morton (Sheffield)
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13
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H J C Herrick
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1-0
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J Lilley
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14
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G J Webb
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0-1
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H Davison
(Bradford)
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15
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G T Crown
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1-0
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L Delfin
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16
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F Turner
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½-½
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Dr E W Allen
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17
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G Slade Lawrence
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1-0
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S Sheard
(Huddersfield)
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18
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H H Watts
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½-½
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Dr B H Neumann
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19
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W L Ramsbottom
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1-0
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J Rushton
(Huddersfield)
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20
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J A Riddell
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½-½
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P Crotty
(Leeds)
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21
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F S Bowen
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1-0
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J S Richardson
(Sheffield)
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22
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G Withers
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1-0
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L Leader
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23
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H G Riddell
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0-1
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J Burrow
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24
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S H de Leeuw
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1-0
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E G Broadbent
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25
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H R Jenkins
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1-0
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G Lawson
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26
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D B Grayson
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1-0
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E Winterbottom
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27
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H E Hainsworth
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0-1
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D M Andrew
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28
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L Ellison
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1-0
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R W Roeder
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29
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H W Corden
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1-0
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H Felton
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30
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G B Lewis
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1-0
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E Houghton
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2) British
Chess Federation, County & District Correspondence Championship, 1946
Yorkshire scored
17 to 13 against their opponents in the 1945-46 competition. No table
of final placings is to hand.
3) Friendly
Correspondence Match v Durham
Yorkshire beat
Durham by 14 to 8 in a friendly correspondence match.
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