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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, Yorkshire met Northumberland at York on
16/11/1946, over 16 boards. Yorkshire won by 13 points to 3.
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Yorkshire
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13‑3
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Northumberland
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1
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W C Evans (Sheffield)
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1-0
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W Croft
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2
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C R Gurnhill (Sheffield)
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1-0
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C W Fallows
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3
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J E Povey (Leeds)
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1-0
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H Bardsley
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4
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D M Andrew
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1-0
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G H Beatty
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5
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Dr B H Neumann
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½-½
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T Wallace
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6
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C G Addingley
(Leeds)
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1-0
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W Kenzel
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7
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C E Lord
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1-0
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G S Sell
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8
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T Hillary (Bradford)
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1-0
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E W Carmichael
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9
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D Paffley (Wakefield)
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1-0
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J E Scott
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10
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E Gardiner (Sheffield)
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½@½
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N G Nellist
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11
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E Starkey (Hull)
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½@½
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A Findlater
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12
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J W Narcross (Leeds)
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½-½
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M Hyslop
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13
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J Lilley
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½-½
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J Scotland
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14
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S Sheard (Huddersfield)
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1-0
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T A Wells
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15
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G R Lawson (Bradford)
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½-½
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R Harland
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16
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W A Dixon (Bradford)
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1-0
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H Grieves
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In the semi-final
round, Lancashire met Durham on 18/01/1947, over 20 boards. Lancashire
won by 8½ points to 7½6.
Also in the
semi-final round, Yorkshire met Cheshire on 18/01/1947, over 20 boards.
Yorkshire won by 11 points to 9, as follows:
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Yorkshire
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11‑9
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Cheshire
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1
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W C Evans (Sheffield)
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1-0
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F E Storrs
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2
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C R Gurnhill
(Sheffield)
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½-½
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A Eva
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3
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J E Povey (Leeds)
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1-0
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F Gold
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4
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G W Moses (Hemsworth)
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½-½
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J E West
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5
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D M Andrew
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1-0
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J T Taylor
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6
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C G Addingley
(Leeds)
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½-½
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C W Warburton
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7
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Dr B H Neumann
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½-½
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O Pritchard
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8
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H Greenwood (Huddersfield)
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0-1
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G Walley
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9
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E G Berg (Bradford)
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½-½
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D Harding
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10
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R W Roeder
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0-1
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J Edge
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11
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D Paffley (Wakefield)
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1-0
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F Rodwell
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12
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J E Morton
(Sheffield)
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1-0
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W Combs
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13
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S Sheard (Huddersfield)
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0-1
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N Clissold
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14
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J Lilley
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0-1
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E W Driver
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15
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H Boothroyd
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½-½
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S Giles
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16
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E Gardiner (Sheffield)
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1-0
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J W Dutton
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17
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G R Lawson (Bradford)
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1-0
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L E Purvis
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18
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P Crotty
(Leeds)
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½-½
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C Townsend
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19
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F Mitchell
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0-1
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A F Stabo
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20
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J W Narcross (Leeds)
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½-½
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C E Jones
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The final, between
Lancashire and Yorkshire was played at Leeds on 15/03/1947, over 40
boards. Lancashire won by 27 to 13, as follows:
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Lancashire
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27‑13
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Yorkshire
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1
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G Abrahams
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1-0
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P N Wallis (Bradford)
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2
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H G Rhodes
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1@0
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W C Evans (Sheffield)
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3
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P R England
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½-½
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C R Gurnhill
(Sheffield)
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4
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G T Crown
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1-0
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J E Povey
(Leeds)
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5
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T J Beach
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1@0
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Dr C E
Cordingley
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6
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J E L Bufton
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1@0
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Dr B H Neumann
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7
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J Wostenholme
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½-½
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D M
Andrew
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8
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H Rappaport
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1-0
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H Greenwood (Huddersfield)
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9
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G Slade Lawrence
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½-½
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C E Lord
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10
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H H Watts
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½-½
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J Croysdale
(Leeds)
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11
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J H Pollitt
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½-½
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G H Watson
(Bradford)
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12
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T H Robertson
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½-½
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S Sheard
(Huddersfield)
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13
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G Bancroft
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1-0
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E G Berg (Bradford)
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14
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J H Herrick
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1-0
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J Hilton (Hull)
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15
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H J C Herrick
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1-0
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H Davison
(Bradford)
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16
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T Edmondson
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½-½
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J E Morton (Sheffield)
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17
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L A E Chapman
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1@0
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J W Narcross (Leeds)
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18
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F Willan
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0-1
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D Paffley (Wakefield)
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19
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D B Grayson
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0@1
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G H Lawson
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20
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J G Davis
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0-1
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E Gooder (Wakefield)
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21
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J W A McMillan
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½-½
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H Boothroyd
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22
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H Tomkin
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1-0
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P Crotty (Leeds)
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23
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G B Lewis
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1-0
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J Lilley
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24
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H R Jenkins
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½-½
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H M Ewans
(Sheffield)
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25
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F Turner
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1-0
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E O Morton
(Sheffield)
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26
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B L Wilkinson
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½-½
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R Bainbridge
(Hull)
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27
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L L Lees
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½-½
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A W Stephenson
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28
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F Higginbottom
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½-½
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E Winterbottom
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29
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W Addison
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½-½
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S Wilkinson
(Bradford)
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30
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F Whitham
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1-0
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A Frearson
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31
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J G Lomax
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½-½
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S Leader
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32
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S H de Leeuw
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½-½
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K Beaumont
(Huddersfield)
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33
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B Hirst
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1-0
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E W Allam
(Leeds)
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34
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Dr E C
Carrington
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½-½
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H Felton
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35
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J Kenyon
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1-0
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T B Small
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36
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B Gill
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0-1
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A Rivlin
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37
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N Wilcock
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½-½
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R W Roeder
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38
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G W Deakin
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½-½
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A Kaye
(Dewsbury)
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39
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C J Frost
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1-0
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W H A Bowman
(Leeds)
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40
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T Watts
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1-0
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J Rushton
(Huddersfield)
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2) British
Chess Federation, County & District Correspondence Championship, 1947
Yorkshire scored 18
to 12 against their opponents in the 1946-47 competition, as follows.
No table of final team placings is to hand.
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Yorkshire
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18‑12
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Opponents
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1
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W C
Evans (Sheffield)
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½@½
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D H Napper (Dorsetshire)
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2
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G W
Moses (Hemsworth)
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½-½
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T G Farrell (Staffordshire)
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3
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G H Watson (Bradford)
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0-1
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A Mortlock (Sussex)
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4
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H A Burton
(Pontefract)
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½-½
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F H Light (Devonshire)
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5
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G Le Pla (Sheffield)
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1-0
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S Allcock (Nottinghamshire)
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6
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W Skipworth (Sheffield)
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0-1
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A P Shorney (Somersetshire)
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7
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W A Dixon (York)
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1-0
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C Swainston (Durham)
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8
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H Davison (Bradford)
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0-1
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G Baggott (Leicestershire)
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9
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J Lund (Keighley)
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0-1
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C S Satterley (Lincolnshire)
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10
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J Nowell (Bradford)
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1-0
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R E James (Surrey)
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11
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E Gooder
(Wakefield)
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1-0
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S Gibbins (Warwickshire)
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12
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W Gregory
(Sheffield)
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½-½
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C E Allett (Northants.)
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13
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A E Walsh (Hull)
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½-½
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E J Jones (Monmouthshire)
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14
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S Sheard (Huddersfield)
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0-1
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F E Stearn (Cambridgeshire)
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15
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P Chignell (Hull)
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½-½
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D Minty (South Wales)
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16
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C J
Russam (Bradford)
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1-0
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N Twizell (Northumberland)
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17
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J Hilton (Hull)
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1-0
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G Nash (Dorsetshire)
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18
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R Bainbridge (Hull)
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1-0
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H W Ridley (Lancashire)
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19
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L C A Lewis * (Sheffield)
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1-0
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E Hamilton (Berkshire)
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20
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D
Paffley (Wakefield)
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1-0
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D W Chopping (Essex)
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21
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G Pollard (Dewsbury)
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½-½
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M J Block (Suffolk)
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22
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G O Feather (Bradford)
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1-0
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G Rawlings (Cumb'd & West'd)
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23
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W Flint (Leeds)
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0-1
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C Losely (Hertfordshire)
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24
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H K Campbell (Bradford)
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½-½
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A Husain (Middlesex)
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25
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Dr N Cunningham (Bradford)
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1-0
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B K Watts (Shrop. & Hereford.)
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26
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C E Hall (Leeds)
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0-1
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R J Hill (Worcestershire)
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27
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J
S Richardson (Sheffield)
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1-0
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G Walley (Cheshire)
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28
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S Wilkinson (Bradford)
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1-0
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B R W Hill (Cornwall)
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29
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A Kaye (Dewsbury)
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0-1
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H C Bailey (Hampshire)
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30
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H M Ewans (Sheffield)
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0-1
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R G Stanners (Buckinghamshire)
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* “L. C. Lewis” was presumably L. C. A. Lewis.
3) Friendly
Correspondence Match v Lincolnshire
A Yorkshire team
(very much a second team) lost to a Lincolnshire team by 25 to 29 points in a
friendly 54-board correspondence match, as follows:
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