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1923-24: Inter-County Matches

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1924: Yorkshire v Surrey

The following semi-final match in the English Counties’ Championship was played Saturday 11th October 1924, at St Bride’s Institute, London.

	Yorkshire		6‑10	Surrey
1	H E Atkins	(Huddersfield)	½-½	R P Mitchell
2	F D Yates	(Leeds)	½*½	H B Uber
3	E Dale	(Sheffield)	0-1	R C J Walker
4	G W Moses	(Hemsworth)	1*0	H S Barlow
5	J Foulds	(Bradford)	½-½	F L Armstrong
6	F Schofield	(Leeds)	0*1	W Gooding
7	W Atkinson	(Hull)	½-½	L P Rees
8	C R Gurnhill	(Sheffield)	0*1	W E Allnutt
9	G Barron	(Hull)	0-1	F F L Alexander
10	H W Hodgkinson	(Bradford)	½-½	G A Felce
11	M Jackson	(Hull)	½-½	E Mcdonald
12	P Wenman	(Leeds)	½-½	J Butland
13	W J Berryman	(Barnsley)	1*0	B H N Stronach
14	G J Wood	(Hull)	0-1	H G Felce
15	S Leader	(Leeds)	½-½	A J Spencer
16	J J Shields	(Hull)	0-1	R A Birch

* denotes adjudicated result

The Surrey went on to beat Warwickshire by 10 points to 6 in the final, on 13th December 1924, at Oxford.

[Yorkshire Telegraph & Star 18/10/1924, 25/10/1924, 20/12/1924]

Created 18/08/2013

Stephen John Mann

Last Updated 16/12/2013