CHESS
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
WON BY OTAGO
The Auckland Adjudication Board has given its decisions on the unfinished games of the recent telegraphic match between the Otago and Wellington Chess Clubs, making the final score Otago Club 11, Wellington Club 9. .The congratulations of the local players have been conveyed to the Otago Club on its success in retaining the Bledisloe Cup for another year.
pleurisy during the last week or two Twenty-three matches have now been played between these clubs, of which the Wellington Club has won 17, lost 4. and drawn 2, as follows: — 1893. Wellington 74, Otago 4£; 1896. Wellington B£, Otago 3J; 1909. Wellington 7, Otago 5; 1916. Wellington 7£, Otago 6^: 1917. Wellington 11. Otago 3: 1918, Wellington 9. Otago 5; 1919. Wellington 10J. Otago \\\ 1920. Wellington 8-J-. Otago SJ; 1921. Wellington I 10£. Otago 6J-; 1922. Wellington 10. Otago 10; 1923. Wellington 10|, Otago 9£; 1924, Wellington 124.. Otago s£; I 1925. Wellington 12£, Otago 74.; 1926.! Wellington Hi, Otago 74; 1927. Wei-1 lington 9i. Otago 104.; 1928; Wei- \ lington 11. Otago 8; 1929. Wellington £\ Otago 7; 1930. Wellington 12. Otago 8; 1932. Wellington 9. Otago 11; 1933. Wellington 10. Otago 10; 1934. Welling-! ton 10-f, Otago 94.: 1937, Wellington B£, j Otago "Hi; 1938, Wellington 9, Otago 11. The first match (in 1893) was contested on the Queen's Birthday (May 24), commencing at 10.30 a.m. and continuing till 10.30 p.m.. with short intervals for dinner and tea. The local operator in that pioneer match was Mr. A. J. McCurdy, the well-known ex-Mayor of Upper Hutt. CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP. | Since the competition for the club championship of New Zealand was inaugurated in 1922 the winners have been as follows:—l 922-23. Auckland: 1923-24. Wellington: 1924-25. Wellington: 1925-26. Auckland; 1926-27, Wellington; 1927-28, Otago; 1923-29. Wellington; 1929-30. Wellington; 1930-31, Wellington; 1932-33, Otago; 1933-34. Wellingtotn; 1934-35, Wellington; 1935----36, Canterbury; 1936-27. Wellington: ] 1937.-38, Otago; 1938-39, Otago. j The North Island has thus provided the champion club eleven times in sixteen years. CITY v. PROVINCE. This annual two-round fixture. in ; which Wellington players are pitted, against a "Rest of the Province" side.' is to be played at Palmerston North next Saturday afternoon and evening. Each side has won one of the two matches played to date. This year's contest promises to be on a larger scale than Usual.
The full score oi is as follows: — the recent mater h Otago C.c Dunlop. i. B. . \-i Lang, W Vz MeDermid, R. 0 Watt, R 'j Bennett, Dr. K. I Williamson, R. l» Coombs. I-. D. 1 Lang, .T. F. . 1 McDermott, A. 1 Seddon, G. H. 0 Xeville, F. H. I Allen, W: H. 1 Evans, E. V. . J» Ward, A. E. . >■• Allen, K. S. . 1 Lawson, .1. S. 0 Merrlngton. l>r. V-z Herbert, W. . 0 Bawnsley. Dr. \-z Hewitt, H. E. 0 Wellington C.C. Severne. K. H. '.i (iyles, A. W. . '/2 Mason. W. K. J Dyer. E. .1. ... ' 2 Helling, F. K. 0 White. W Vs Craven. A. T. n Fairbuiu, AV. J. 0 Vincent, F. • .. . 0 Hardy. J. h. . 1 Godtschalk, H. 0 Morton. J. ... 0 Otto. .! '/i Sim, R. C. ... Vi Jessup. A. E. fl Wild. D I Kitchingman, fi. Vi Gilby, A. H. -. 1 Webling. .T. K. y t Glass, R. C. . . 1 Total U Total ..... 9
CHESS
Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 63, 12 September 1938, Page 11
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