DRAUGHTS IN AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9581, 4 August 1894, Page 4 (Supplement)

DRAUGHTS IN AUCKLAND.

I' Tbe scores of three of the games played between Messrs. Bell and H. Henderson are given below. The result was two wins each and two draws: -o.

The articles of agreement signed by Mr. J. A. lioreham ami Mr. I). A. Brodie in their match for £25 a-side and the championship of New Zealand, ■stipulate that 24 Raines shall be played, wins and draws to count; that each player shall name six openings, the black and white side of which will be taken by the contestants alternately. In the event of a draw at the conclusion of the 24tli game, the players may agree to continue until one of them has secured a win. The contest commences on August 20. It will be levrned with regret that Mr. David Lauchlan M'Caughie, who was well known in draughts circles as an aid- player and analyst, dud at his residence in Pollokshaws on the 14th of May, after a protracted illness. Mr. M'Caughie was a i stonemason, and hail the " mason's trouble." i In the Sutherland handicap some close and exciting play occurred, the players being frequently I applauded. One individual witnessed one of the contests for the first time, and after gazins intently i at the board for fully five minutes, during which' i neither player made the slightest attempt to move, ■ he was observed to quietly leave the room, and • with a serious look on his countenance, exclaimed i to mine host, " I say, mister, there is two dead. men in there playing checkers."—Northern Leader. At the international match Mr. K. McCall moved a special vote of thank* to Mr. R. W. Patterson, of Pittsburgh, U.S.A., a gentleman who, he said, it might be remembered, refunded Wyllie the 100 dollars claimed by and paid to J. P. Reed ; and his reason for proposing that gentleman's name was the fact that Mr. Patterson and his friends had contributed nearly a third of the whole fund raised by the Scottish ; and when there was some doubt as to whether or not the Scotsmen would go on with the match, Mr. Patterson cabled to the chairman of the committee to go on with the contest, that funds were on the way, with mori to fallow ; and he (Mr. M'Call) had the pleasure of handing the hon. secretary (Mr. D. McC'allum) first £10, then £0, and then Ha, a total of £-21, from Mr. Patterson. (Cheers.) The toast was duly honoured Mo quietly had the handsome donation been given that the intimation came as much as a surprise to the members of the Scottish team as to those on the English side. I After the final game of the VVyliie-Kerrie series, j the veteran said, in the course of a conversation, j that he wished he had been guided by the advice of his friends, and had not undertaken the contest. He is convinced that lie it now too old to play matches, and he intends for the future to confine himself to playing exhibition games. In the English team for the recent international match with Scotland there were five I-ondon players and seven provincials. Statistics have now be-n ' published showing I hat the Londoners played 74 games with opponents chosen from all the Scottish representatives except Wyllie and Martins, and that they scored C wins, 5 losses, and 63 draws, The provincials played 100 games, and scored 9 wins, 24 losses, and 67 draws. These figures conclusively dispose of the complaint made previous to the match, that London was over-represented in the English team.

I "Cross." I" Cross." Bell's move. ~ 11—15 28-19 5—9 26—17 10—17 ' 28—24 ' 23—18 7—14 25— 2— 7 21—14 - 23—30 8-11 24—20 18 25 31—20 11—15 24-15 27—13 14-18 v 29—22 8—11 10—11 30—20 4— 8 22—15 9-13 19—16 7—16 15—10 I, 23-19 11-18 27—23 12—19 20—11 26—22 • 10—14 32 -27 6-10 23-16 15-19 11—7 t 19—10 9-11 22—17 14—IS 14— 9 22-17 r 14—23 30—26 13-22 17-14 18—23 B. wins. 3 "GLASGOW."9 Henderson*!) more. 11—15 24-20 . 29-25 16 - 7 7—11 6— 23—19 16-19 5- 9 2—11 22-20 16-20 8—11 25—22 20-16 10- 7 18-14 18— 22-17 9—14 4 - 8 11—10 20-31 27—23 11-16 22-18 25-22 7— 2 14—10 1—6 24-20 14-23 9-13 14-17 : 23—27 23-19 16—2 17—14 31—27 25-22' 15-18 22—13 27-11 10-17 1— 5 19—23 27—32 20—24 7—16 21—14 27 — 9 26-19, 10 - 6 18—23 20-11 0— 9 5-14 16 -23 32—27 19-26 3— 7 14—10 . 32—28 2— 7 15—18 3<>-23 28— ' 9-14 8-11 17—22 12—16 31-27 7—16 Drawn. " Cross." '■ Bell's move. • 11—15 11—16 7-11 6-22 31-27 18-34 23-18 19-15 16- 7 27-24 ,10-15 9-18 8—11-4— 8 2-11 19-23 27—24 15—22 27—23 -20 17—14 24-20 29-25 24—27 10— 16-19 11-16 ~ 16-19 1— 0 30—20 23-19 22-17 14—10 8— 3 25-22 23—30 14-23 14-18 18-22 22-26 . 9-13 32—16 19-10 20-10 25—18 3- 7 22-18 12-19 7 —14 3- 7 8-11 26-31 6—» 22-13 26-19 31-27 15- 8 7-10 White wins.