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held at the Pavilion Hotel, Westborough, Scarborough,
from Saturday 04/06/1927, to Saturday 11/06/1927
The third
Scarborough Whit Congress saw a change in the organisation of the Premier
tournament to a single all-play-all tournament, rather than having two
all-play-all sections followed by play-offs for final placings. The
“home” contingent contained some strong new faces: Yates
(reigning British Champion), Fairhurst (a past Manchester champion and
Cheshire champion, also to be British Champion 10 years later), and Victor
Wahltuch (NCCU Champion last time it was contested, 6 years earlier).
Appearing a second time was Sir George Thomas (past and future British
Champion). These four led the main opposition to foreigners Colle,
Bogolyubov and Buerger. There had been talk of Dr. Osip Samuel
Bernstein possibly entering, but that didn’t come to be. Overall,
there seem to have been less participants than before.
Reigning Yorkshire
Champion F. Schofield had been due originally to play in the Premier, and H.
S. Barlow in the Major, but for some reason these were swapped. Also, W
L Wakefield was due to play in the Major, but was replaced belatedly by Dr.
Schumer.
Premier
Tournament
The 10-player
Premier tournament was run as a single all-play-all event. Summarised
results in the Premier tournament were as follows:
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Player
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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Total
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Prize
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C
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Y
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F
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T
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W
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Bu
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Bo
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Ba
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S
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W
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1
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Edgar Colle
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(Belgium)
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X
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½
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0
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1
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1
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1
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0
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1
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1
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1
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6½
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1
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2
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Fred
Dewhirst Yates
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(London)
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½
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X
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1
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½
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0
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½
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1
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½
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½
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1
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5½
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2‑3
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3
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William Albert Fairhurst
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(Manchester)
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1
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0
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X
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0
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1
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1
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1
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1
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½
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0
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5½
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2‑3
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4
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Sir
George Alan Thomas
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(Godalming)
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0
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½
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1
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X
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1
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1
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½
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0
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0
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1
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5
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4=
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5
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Victor
Lionel Wahltuch
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(Manchester)
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0
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1
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0
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0
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X
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½
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½
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1
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1
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1
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5
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4=
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6
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Victor Buerger
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(London)
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0
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½
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0
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0
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½
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X
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1
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1
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1
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1
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5
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4=
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7
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Yefim Dimitriyevich Bogolyubov
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(Frankfort*)
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1
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0
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0
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½
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½
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0
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X
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½
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1
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1
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4½
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|
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8
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Henry Stephens Barlow
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(Cheam)
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0
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½
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0
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1
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0
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0
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½
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X
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1
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1
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4
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|
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9
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Harold Saunders
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(London)
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0
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½
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½
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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X
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1
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3
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|
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10
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Philip
Norman Wallis
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(Altrincham)
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0
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0
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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X
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1
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* where he had been living since his expulsion from Russia
Round-by-round
results were as follows (first named being White):
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Round 1
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Saunders, Harold
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1-0
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Thomas, George Alan
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Wallis, Philip Norman
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1-0
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Fairhurst, William Albert
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Colle, Edgar
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1-0
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Buerger, Victor
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Bogolyubov, Yefim D
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½‑½
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Barlow, Henry Stephens
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Wahltuch, Victor Lionel
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1-0
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Yates, Fred Dewhirst
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Round 2
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Thomas, George Alan
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1-0
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Wahltuch, Victor Lionel
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Yates, Fred Dewhirst
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½-½
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Barlow, Henry Stephens
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Buerger, Victor
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1-0
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Bogolyubov, Yefim D
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Colle, Edgar
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1-0
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Wallis, Philip Norman
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Fairhurst, William Albert
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½-½
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Saunders, Harold
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Round 3
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Thomas, George Alan
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1-0
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Fairhurst, William Albert
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Colle, Edgar
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1-0
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Saunders, Harold
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Bogolyubov, Yefim D
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1-0
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Wallis, Philip Norman
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Wahltuch, Victor Lionel
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1-0
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Barlow, Henry Stephens
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Buerger, Victor
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½-½
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Yates, Fred Dewhirst
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Round 4
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Wahltuch, Victor Lionel
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½-½
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Buerger, Victor
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Yates, Fred Dewhirst
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1-0
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Wallis, Philip Norman
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Bogolyubov, Yefim D
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1-0
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Saunders, Harold
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Fairhurst, William Albert
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1-0
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Colle, Edgar
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Barlow, Henry Stephens
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1-0
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Thomas, George Alan
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Round 5
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Wahltuch, Victor Lionel
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½-½
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Bogolyubov, Yefim D
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Colle, Edgar
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1-0
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Thomas, George Alan
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Saunders, Harold
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½-½
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Yates, Fred Dewhirst
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Fairhurst, William Albert
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1-0
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Buerger, Victor
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Barlow, Henry Stephens
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1-0
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Wallis, Philip Norman
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Round 6
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Yates, Fred Dewhirst
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1-0
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Bogolyubov, Yefim D
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Colle, Edgar
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1-0
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Wahltuch, Victor Lionel
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Thomas, George Alan
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1-0
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Wallis, Philip Norman
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Fairhurst, William Albert
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1-0
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Barlow, Henry Stephens
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Buerger, Victor
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1-0
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Saunders, Harold
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Round 7
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Wahltuch, Victor Lionel
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1-0
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Wallis, Philip Norman
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Thomas, George Alan
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1-0
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Buerger, Victor
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Barlow, Henry Stephens
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1-0
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Saunders, Harold
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Bogolyubov, Yefim D
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1-0
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Colle, Edgar
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Yates, Fred Dewhirst
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1-0
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Fairhurst, William Albert
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Round 8
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Colle, Edgar
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1-0
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Barlow, Henry Stephens
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Fairhurst, William Albert
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1-0
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Bogolyubov, Yefim D
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Wahltuch, Victor Lionel
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1-0
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Saunders, Harold
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Thomas, George Alan
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½-½
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Yates, Fred Dewhirst
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Buerger, Victor
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1-0
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Wallis, Philip Norman
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|
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Round 9
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Fairhurst, William Albert
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1-0
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Wahltuch, Victor Lionel
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Buerger, Victor
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1-0
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Barlow, Henry Stephens
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Saunders, Harold
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1-0
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Wallis, Philip Norman
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Colle, Edgar
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½-½
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Yates, Fred Dewhirst
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Bogolyubov, Yefim D
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½-½
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Thomas, George Alan
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Major
Tournament
The Major Tournament
was this year run as two 10-player all-play-all events of seemingly differing
strengths, without an intersection play-off:
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Section A
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Place
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Player
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Points
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Prize
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1‑4
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Climenson Charles Yelverton
Dawbarn
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(Liverpool)
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6
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1-4
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1-4
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William James Fry
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(Southampton)
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6
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1-4
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1-4
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Harold
Alexander Hunnam
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(Sunderland)
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6
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1-4
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1-4
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Francis
Percival Wenman
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(Northallerton)
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6
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1-4
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5
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Frank Schofield
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(Leeds)
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5
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|
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6
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Albert Henry Bardsley
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(Manchester)
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4
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|
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7-8
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Mrs Edith Martha
Holloway
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(Bromley)
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3½
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7-8
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Victor Kahn
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(Moscow)
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3½
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9
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Alfred William P Tulip
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(Trimdon, Co. Durham)
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3
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|
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10
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Charles Ryshworth Mitchell
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(Lancaster)
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2
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Section B
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Place
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Player
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Points
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Prize
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1
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O Ratner *
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*
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8
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1
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2-4
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H Bertrand **
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**
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5½
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2-4
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2-4
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A Eva ***
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***
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5½
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2-4
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2-4
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Dr. Jacob Schumer
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(London)
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5½
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2-4
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5
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Percy Alfred Ursell
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(Birmingham)
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5
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|
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6
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H (Harry?) Loeffler
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(Manchester?)
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4½
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|
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7
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Bernard John Barton-Eckett
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(Durham)
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3½
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|
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8
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G Bancroft
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(Manchester)
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3
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9
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F Moore
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2½
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10
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Mrs. Amabel Nevill Gwyn
Sollas
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(Oxford)
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2
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* Apparently Ovsey Ratner aka Jacques Ratner, of Paris.
** Apparently Henri Bertrand of Paris.
*** This could have been Arthur Eva of Lancashire or Alfred
Eva of Cheshire, both of whom were active players at the time.
Minor
Tournament
The Minor tournament
seems to have been run as a single section, placings being as follows:
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1st
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E Fardon
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2nd
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Joe Rolland Deacon
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3rd
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J F Steele
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4th
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H Way
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5th
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Hon Arthur James Beresford Lowther
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6th
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E A Jones
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Sources include:
Yorkshire
Telegraph & Star of 04/06/1927, 11/06/1927 and 18/06/1927.
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