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The third annual Northern Counties Chess Union Congress was held

from Wednesday 04/03/1903 to Saturday 11/03/1903,

at Park House, Claremont Park, Blackpool.

There were two sections grouping players according to level of playing strength: the First Class section, the Second Class section.

The First Class section was run as a 14-player knock-out.  The Second Class section was run as a 10-player knock-out.  There were “consolation” tournaments for losers.

Results were as follows (without any statement of colour):

First Class			Second Class
Round 1			Round 1
E Spencer	1-0	F Downey	Rev N S Jeffrey	1-0	C Platt
F C Carroll	1-0	T A Farron	J H Beard	1-0	A J Smith
F H Halley	1-0	W Rea	A Thomas	1-0	bye
H B Lund	1-0	J Wilson MA	W Burrows	1-0	bye
F P Wildman	1-0	A Wolstencroft	W E Bradshaw	1-0	bye
V L Wahtuch	1-0	C W Roberts	H L Overton	1-0	bye
C H Wallwork	1-0	bye	W C Barrett	1-0	bye
A E Moore	1-0	bye
Round 2			Round 2
F C Carroll	1-0	W Burrows	A Thomas	1-0	H L Overton
F P Wildman	1-0	W C Barrett	W Burrows	1-0	W E Bradshaw
H B Lund	1-0	Rev N S Jeffrey	W C Barrett	1-0	J Kay
C H Wallwork	½-½	E Spencer	Rev N S Jeffrey	1-0	J H Beard
C H Wallwork	1-0	E Spencer
Round 3			Round 3
F C Carroll	1-0	F P Wildman	Rev N S Jeffrey	1-0	W Burrows
C H Wallwork	1-0	H B Lund	A Thomas	1-0	W C Barrett
Final			Final
F C Carroll	1-0	C H Wallwork	A Thomas	1-0	Rev N S Jeffrey
prize £3 3s 0d		prize £1 11s 6d	prize £2 2s 0d		prize £1 1s 0d

In the First Class consolation tournament, T. A. Farron and A. Wolstencroft reached the final, and drew, sharing the prizes.

In the Second Class consolation tournament, C Platt finished first, and W E Bradshaw finished second.

To put the prizes in perspective, £1 in 1903 was roughly equivalent to £110 in 2017, based on the Bank of England’s inflation converter.

Players’ stated clubs/localities and fuller identities are as follows:

W C Barrett	Manchester
J H Beard	Manchester	James Hogg Beard
W E Bradshaw	Blackburn
W Burrows	Carlisle
F C Carroll	N Manchester	Francis Charles Carroll
F Downey	Newcastle	Frederick Thomas Downey
T A Farron	N Manchester	Thomas Albert Farron
F H Halley	N Manchester	Frederick Herbert Halley
Rev N S Jeffrey	Blackpool	Rev. Norman Stuart Jeffrey
J Kay	Manchester
H B Lund	Stockport	Henry Brown Lund
A E Moore	N Manchester	Albert Edward Moore
H L Overton	Manchester
C Platt	Carlisle	Charles Platt
W Rea	Wakefield	William Rea
C W Roberts	Bradford	Charles William Roberts
A J Smith	Malton	Albert James Smith
E Spencer	Manchester	Edmund Spencer
A Thomas	Bradford
V L Wahtuch	Manchester	Victor Lionel Wahltuch
C H Wallwork	Manchester	Charles Henry Wallwork
F P Wildman	Leeds	Frank Preston Wildman
J Wilson MA	Louth/Lincoln
A Wolstencroft	Stockport

[Main source: British Chess Magazine 1903, p.168]

Created 15/11/2017

Stephen John Mann

Last Updated 15/11/2017