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Sheffield Sub-Site

 

This was contested between seven teams, in two regional sections, “West” and “East”, with a play-off between section winners, to determine the overall winner.

 

There were five teams in the “West” section, each playing each other twice, home and away.

 

West Section

Games

Matches

H

A>

1

2

3

4

5

F

A

P

W

D

L

Pts

1

Leeds

XXXXX

6½-3½

6-4

5-5

6½-3½

49

31

8

5

3

0

13

2

Bradford

5-5

XXXXX

8½-1½

5½-4½

5½-4½

47½

32½

8

6

1

1

13

3

Huddersfield

3½-6½

4½-5½

XXXXX

5-5

6½-3½

39

41

8

3

1

4

7

4

Wakefield

1½-8½

2½-7½

1½-8½

XXXXX

6½-3½

29½

50½

8

1

2

5

4

5

Sheffield

5-5

3½-6½

4½-5½

7-3

XXXXX

35

45

8

1

1

6

3

 

There being no tie-break system, Leeds and Bradford had to play off for first place in the “West” section, the result being a 6-4 win to Leeds.

 

There were only two teams in the “East” section, Hull and York, who played each other twice, home and away.

 

East Section

Games

Matches

H

A>

1

2

F

A

P

W

D

L

Pts

1

Hull

XXX

9-1

16

4

2

2

0

0

4

2

York

3-7

XXX

4

16

2

0

0

2

0

 

In the play-off between section winners, to determine the winner of the Woodhouse Cup, Leeds beat Hull by 6½ to 3½.

 

Detailed match results were as follows.  Colours were rarely indicated in results (though inferable from reported games), and of course alternated down the board order of each team.

 

Date

Home Team

Results

Away Team

 

Player List:

 

 

 

 

21/10/1933

Sheffield

7-3

Wakefield

 

Addingley, C G

Leeds

W C Evans

1-0

L C A Lewis (W)

 

Addingley, J E

Wakefield

J S Hamer

½-½

E Gooder

 

Armitage, L

Wakefield

W Gregory

½-½

O D Griffiths

 

Atkins, H E

Huddersfield

J S Richardson

1-0

absentee

 

Atkinson, H

Wakefield

J Orange

1-0

L Armitage

 

Bainbridge, R

Hull

H W Scarlett

½-½

J E Addingley

 

Baines-Lewis, J

Leeds

W Loxley

½-½

E Purdie

 

Barnes, G M

Huddersfield

R W Meek

0-1

H Atkinson

 

Barron, G

Hull

C F Maw

1-0

J L Blackburn

 

Beach, J T

York

W Coates

1-0

T Caink

 

Beach, Rev G C

York

 

Beedham, W

Hull

21/10/1933

Leeds

6-4

Huddersfield

 

Benson, Miss

York

F Schofield

½-½

H E Atkins

 

Benson, Rev W

York

A Schofield

½-½

C W Roberts

 

Berenblum, Dr I

Leeds

Dr I Berenblum

1-0

H Greenwood

 

Berg, E G

Bradford

F W Darby

1-0

H H A Ware

 

Best, C

York

G Pollard

0-1

A Goodwin

 

Blackburn, J L

Wakefield

J L Levin

1-0

H Mellor

 

Brearley, R

Bradford

J W Narcross

1-0

C Vickerman

 

Brooke, H L

Bradford

W Flint

0-1

J T Gosset

 

Brooke, H W

Bradford

P Crotty

1-0

H Dransfield

 

Bullard, H

Leeds

N F Morley

0-1

L Chaplin

 

Bulliard, H

Leeds

 

Burton, J L J

Wakefield

21/10/1933

Hull

9-1

York

 

Caink, T

Wakefield

G Barron

1-0

Rev G C Beach

 

Calvert, J

Huddersfield

W Beedham

1-0

Rev W Benson

 

Campbell, H K

Bradford

R Bainbridge

1-0

C D Forbes

 

Chaplin, L

Huddersfield

S V Foulston

½-½

T A Robson

 

Clegg, H

Leeds

R G McKinley

1-0

A Newton

 

Coates, W

Sheffield

R E Yardley

1-0

W E Holt

 

Crotty, P

Leeds

T P MacNamee

1-0

T Gatenby

 

Croysdale, J

Leeds

H Steel

½-½

Miss Benson

 

Darby, F W

Leeds

R Law

1-0

H Worth

 

Davison, H

Bradford

E Starkey

1-0

C Best

 

Dixon, W A

Bradford

 

Dransfield, H

Huddersfield

04/11/1933

Wakefield

1½-8½

Leeds

 

Ellison, W D

Hull

L C A Lewis

½-½

F Schofield

 

Evans, W C

Sheffield

E Gooder

0-1

Dr I Berenblum

 

Fawcett, B

Leeds

G E Jackson

½-½

F W Darby

 

Field, G V

Bradford

O D Griffiths

0-1

J L Levin

 

Flint, W

Leeds

T B Summers

0-1

C G Addingley

 

Forbes, C D

York

H Atkinson

0-1

J W Narcross

 

Foulds, J

Bradford

J E Addingley

0-1

P Crotty

 

Foulston, S V

Hull

J H Richards

0-1

W Flint

 

Fulton, T

York

L Armitage

0-1

F J Garrick

 

Garrick, F J

Leeds

W A Purdie

½-½

B F Hollinge

 

Gatenby, T

York

 

Gooder, E

Wakefield

04/11/1933

Huddersfield

4½-5½

Bradford

 

Goodwin, A

Huddersfield

H E Atkins

½-½

H W Hodgkinson

 

Gosset, J T

Huddersfield

C W Roberts

1-0

J Foulds

 

Gray, J O

Bradford

H Greenwood

1-0

H W Brooke

 

Green, A Y

Sheffield

A Goodwin

0-1

E G Berg

 

Greenwood, H

Huddersfield

H H A Ware

0-1

T Hillary

 

Gregory, W

Sheffield

J T Gosset

1-0

G V Field

 

Griffiths, O D

Wakefield

L Chaplin

0-1

G H Watson

 

Gurnhill, C R

Sheffield

S Sheard

1-0

H Davison

 

Hamer, J S

Sheffield

C Vickerman

0-1

W Hewitt

 

Hammerton, C

Wakefield

J Calvert

0-1

W A Dixon

 

Hancock, A

Sheffield

 

Hewitt, W

Bradford

18/11/1933

Leeds

6½-3½

Sheffield

 

Hillary, T

Bradford

A Schofield (W)

0-1

C R Gurnhill

 

Hodgkinson, H W

Bradford

Dr I Berenblum

0-1

W C Evans

 

Hollinge, B F

Leeds

J Croysdale

½-½

W Gregory

 

Holt, W E

York

J L Levin

1-0

J S Hamer

 

Hunger, E

Hull

C G Addingley

1-0

J S Richardson

 

Hunter, W

Wakefield

J W Narcross

½-½

H W Scarlett

 

Jackson, G E

Wakefield

P Crotty

½-½

E Vincent

 

Jackson, M

Hull

W Flint

1-0

W Loxley

 

Kemp, A

Wakefield

F J Garrick

1-0

W Coates

 

Kershaw, B E

Huddersfield

S B Smith

1-0

R W Meek

 

Law, R

Hull

 

Levin, J L

Leeds

18/11/1933

Bradford

5½-4½

Wakefield

 

Lewis, L C A

Wakefield

H W Hodgkinson

0-1

L C A Lewis

 

Lewis, R S

Wakefield

E G Berg

1-0

E Gooder

 

Loxley, W

Sheffield

T Hillary

1-0

G E Jackson

 

Macdonald, B

York

G V Field

1-0

O D Griffiths

 

MacNamee, T P

Hull

G H Watson

1-0

T B Summers

 

Maw, C F

Sheffield

H Davison

1-0

H Atkinson

 

McKinley, R G

Hull

R Brearley

0-1

J E Addingley

 

Meek, R W

Sheffield

C J Russam

0-1

J L J Burton

 

Mellor, H

Huddersfield

W Hewitt

0-1

L Armitage

 

Morley, N F

Leeds

Z Rosental

½-½

W A Purdie

 

Moses, G W

Wakefield

 

Narcross, J W

Leeds

02/12/1933

Sheffield

3½-6½

Bradford

 

Newman, A

Leeds

C R Gurnhill

1-0

H W Hodgkinson

 

Newton, A

York

W C Evans

½-½

H L Brooke

 

North, C

Sheffield

C North

½-½

E G Berg

 

Nowell, J

Bradford

W Gregory

0-1

T Hillary

 

Orange, J

Sheffield

J S Hamer

0-1

G V Field

 

Pollard, G

Leeds

H W Scarlett

½-½

G H Watson

 

Purdie, E

Wakefield

C F Maw

½-½

H Davison

 

Purdie, W A

Wakefield

W Loxley

½-½

F Watson

 

Richards, J H

Wakefield

W Coates

0-1

R Brearley

 

Richardson, J S

Sheffield

R W Meek

0-1

W A Dixon

 

Ridsdale, W

Leeds

 

Roberts, C W

Huddersfield

02/12/1933

Wakefield

1½-8½

Huddersfield

 

Robson, T A

York

L C A Lewis

0-1

C G Wenyon

 

Rosental, Z

Bradford

E Gooder

0-1

C W Roberts

 

Russam, C J

Bradford

O D Griffiths

1-0

H Greenwood

 

Scarlett, H W

Sheffield

R S Lewis

0-1

A Goodwin

 

Schofield, A

Leeds

T B Summers

½-½

H Mellor

 

Schofield, F

Leeds

J E Addingley

0-1

J T Gosset

 

Sheard, S

Huddersfield

J L J Burton

0-1

C Vickerman

 

Silversides, R W

Huddersfield

H Atkinson

0-1

S Sheard

 

Smith, S B

Leeds

L Armitage

0-1

L Chaplin

 

Smithers, V L

York

A Kemp

0-1

J Calvert

 

Starkey, E

Hull

 

Starr, S W

Wakefield

16/12/1933

Huddersfield

6½-3½

Sheffield

 

Steel, H

Hull

H E Atkins

1-0

W C Evans

 

Summers, T B

Wakefield

C G Wenyon

1-0

J Orange

 

Vickerman, C

Huddersfield

C W Roberts

@

W Gregory

 

Vincent, E

Sheffield

A Goodwin

@

J S Hamer

 

Ware, H H A

Huddersfield

H Greenwood

½-½

H W Scarlett

 

Watson, F

Bradford

H H A Ware

@

J S Richardson

 

Watson, G H

Bradford

J T Gosset

0-1

E Vincent

 

Wenyon, C G

Huddersfield

S Sheard

1-0

W Loxley

 

Worth, H

York

L Chaplin

0-1

C F Maw

 

 

 

J Calvert

½-½

W Coates

 

 

 

(Adjudications were 2½-½ to Huddersfield.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

16/12/1933

Bradford

5-5

Leeds

 

 

 

H W Hodgkinson

0-1

F Schofield

 

 

 

J Foulds

0-1

Dr I Berenblum

 

 

 

H L Brooke

1-0

J L Levin

 

 

 

E G Berg

½-½

C G Addingley

 

 

 

T Hillary

½-½

J W Narcross

 

 

 

G V Field

1-0

P Crotty

 

 

 

G H Watson

1-0

W Flint

 

 

 

H Davison

0-1

H Clegg

 

 

 

R Brearley

0-1

F J Garrick

 

 

 

W A Dixon

1-0

B F Hollinge

 

 

 

 

 

 

13/01/1934

Wakefield

6½-3½

Sheffield

 

 

 

L C A Lewis

1-0

W C Evans (W)

 

 

 

G E Jackson

1-0

C North

 

 

 

E Gooder

½-½

J Orange

 

 

 

O D Griffiths

½-½

W Gregory

 

 

 

T B Summers

½-½

E Vincent

 

 

 

J L J Burton

½-½

H W Scarlett

 

 

 

J E Addingley

1-0

W Loxley

 

 

 

S W Starr

0-1

J S Richardson

 

 

 

H Atkinson

1-0

W Coates

 

 

 

L Armitage

½-½

R W Meek

 

 

 

 

 

 

13/01/1934

Huddersfield

3½-6½

Leeds

 

 

 

H E Atkins

½-½

F Schofield

 

 

 

C G Wenyon

1-0

Dr I Berenblum

 

 

 

C W Roberts

0-1

A Schofield

 

 

 

H Greenwood

½-½

J Croysdale

 

 

 

A Goodwin

0-1

C G Addingley

 

 

 

H H A Ware

½-½

A Newman

 

 

 

J T Gosset

0-1

J W Narcross

 

 

 

S Sheard

1-0

P Crotty

 

 

 

L Chaplin

0-1

W Flint

 

 

 

H Dransfield

0-1

H Bulliard

 

 

 

 

 

 

27/01/1934

Leeds

5-5

Wakefield

 

 

 

Dr I Berenblum

1-0

G W Moses (W)

 

 

 

F W Darby

½-½

L C A Lewis

 

 

 

C G Addingley

½-½

E Gooder

 

 

 

J W Narcross

0-1

O D Griffiths

 

 

 

P Crotty

1-0

J L J Burton

 

 

 

F J Garrick

1-0

J E Addingley

 

 

 

H Bullard

1-0

H Atkinson

 

 

 

W Ridsdale

0-1

L Armitage

 

 

 

B F Hollinge

0-1

W A Purdie

 

 

 

S B Smith

0-1

A Kemp

 

 

 

 

 

 

27/01/1934

Bradford

8½-1½

Huddersfield

 

 

 

H W Hodgkinson

1-0

C G Wenyon

 

 

 

T Hillary

1-0

C W Roberts

 

 

 

H L Brooke

1-0

H Greenwood

 

 

 

E G Berg

1-0

A Goodwin

 

 

 

G H Watson

1-0

S Sheard

 

 

 

H Davison

1-0

J T Gosset

 

 

 

W Hewitt

0-1

L Chaplin

 

 

 

R Brearley

½-½

J Calvert

 

 

 

W A Dixon

1-0

H Dransfield

 

 

 

H K Campbell

1-0

R W Silversides

 

 

 

 

 

 

27/01/1934

York

3-7

Hull

 

 

 

V L Smithers

0-1

G Barron

 

 

 

Rev G C Beach

0-1

W D Ellison

 

 

 

C D Forbes

0-1

W Beedham

 

 

 

B Macdonald

½-½

R Bainbridge

 

 

 

A Newton

1-0

S V Foulston

 

 

 

T A Robson

0-1

R G McKinley

 

 

 

H Worth

½-½

R E Yardley

 

 

 

W E Holt

0-1

T P MacNamee

 

 

 

J T Beach

1-0

H Steel

 

 

 

T Fulton

0-1

E Starkey

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/02/1934

Sheffield

5-5

Leeds

 

 

 

W C Evans

½-½

F Schofield

 

 

 

C North

0-1

A Schofield

 

 

 

J Orange

0-1

Dr I Berenblum

 

 

 

W Gregory

½@½

J Croysdale

 

 

 

J S Hamer

1-0

C G Addingley

 

 

 

H W Scarlett

0@1

J W Narcross

 

 

 

W Loxley

0-1

P Crotty

 

 

 

J S Richardson

1-0

F J Garrick

 

 

 

W Coates

1-0

W Flint

 

 

 

R W Meek

1-0

B Fawcett

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/02/1934

Wakefield

2½-7½

Bradford

 

 

 

L C A Lewis

½-½

H W Hodgkinson

 

 

 

E Gooder

0-1

T Hillary

 

 

 

G E Jackson

0-1

H L Brooke

 

 

 

O D Griffiths

0-1

E G Berg

 

 

 

T B Summers

½-½

G H Watson

 

 

 

J E Addingley

0-1

G V Field

 

 

 

H Atkinson

0-1

H Davison

 

 

 

L Armitage

1-0

J O Gray

 

 

 

W A Purdie

½-½

R Brearley

 

 

 

A Kemp

0-1

W A Dixon

 

 

 

 

 

 

24/02/1934

Bradford

5½-4½

Sheffield

 

 

 

H W Hodgkinson

1-0

W C Evans

 

 

 

T Hillary

½-½

J Orange

 

 

 

H W Brooke

0-1

W Gregory

 

 

 

E G Berg

½-½

J S Hamer

 

 

 

G H Watson

½-½

H W Scarlett

 

 

 

H Davison

1-0

J S Richardson

 

 

 

C J Russam

½-½

W Loxley

 

 

 

J Nowell

½-½

W Coates

 

 

 

W A Dixon

1-0

A Hancock

 

 

 

absentee

0-1

R W Meek

 

 

 

 

 

 

24/02/1934

Huddersfield

5-5

Wakefield

 

 

 

C G Wenyon

½-½

L C A Lewis

 

 

 

H Greenwood

0-1

G E Jackson

 

 

 

A Goodwin

1-0

E Gooder

 

 

 

S Sheard

½@½

O D Griffiths

 

 

 

H H A Ware

1-0

T B Summers

 

 

 

L Chaplin

0-1

H Atkinson

 

 

 

J T Gosset

1-0

L Armitage

 

 

 

J Calvert

0-1

C Hammerton

 

 

 

H Dransfield

1-0

E Purdie

 

 

 

G M Barnes

0-1

W Hunter

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/03/1934

Leeds

6½-3½

Bradford

 

 

 

F Schofield

0-1

H W Hodgkinson

 

 

 

A Schofield

1-0

T Hillary

 

 

 

Dr I Berenblum

½-½

H L Brooke

 

 

 

C G Addingley

½-½

E G Berg

 

 

 

J L Levin

1-0

G H Watson

 

 

 

G Pollard

0-1

H Davison

 

 

 

J W Narcross

1-0

R Brearley

 

 

 

P Crotty

½-½

C J Russam

 

 

 

W Flint

1-0

J Nowell

 

 

 

F J Garrick

1-0

W A Dixon

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/03/1934

Sheffield

4½-5½

Huddersfield

 

 

 

W C Evans

0-1

C G Wenyon

 

 

 

A Y Green

0-1

C W Roberts

 

 

 

J Orange

½-½

H Greenwood

 

 

 

W Gregory

0-1

A Goodwin

 

 

 

J S Hamer

1-0

J T Gosset

 

 

 

H W Scarlett

½-½

L Chaplin

 

 

 

W Loxley

½-½

J Calvert

 

 

 

J S Richardson

0-1

H Dransfield

 

 

 

W Coates

1-0

R W Silversides

 

 

 

R W Meek

1-0

B E Kershaw

 

 

 

 

 

 

West Section Play-off, at Bradford

 

 

 

17/03/1934

Leeds

6-4

Bradford

 

 

 

F Schofield

½-½

H W Hodgkinson

 

 

 

A Schofield

1-0

T Hillary

 

 

 

F W Darby

½-½

G V Field

 

 

 

C G Addingley

0-1

G H Watson

 

 

 

Dr I Berenblum

1-0

H L Brooke

 

 

 

J Croysdale

1-0

H Davison

 

 

 

J L Levin

1-0

R Brearley

 

 

 

J W Narcross

0-1

C J Russam

 

 

 

P Crotty

0-1

H K Campbell

 

 

 

W Flint

1-0

Z Rosental

 

 

 

 

 

 

West versus East Play-off, at Leeds

 

 

 

24/03/1934

Leeds

6½-3½

Hull

 

 

 

F Schofield

0-1

G Barron

 

 

 

A Schofield

1-0

M Jackson

 

 

 

Dr I Berenblum

½-½

W D Ellison

 

 

 

F W Darby

1-0

W Beedham

 

 

 

J Croysdale

½-½

R Bainbridge

 

 

 

C G Addingley

1-0

E Hunger

 

 

 

J W Narcross

1-0

S V Foulston

 

 

 

P Crotty

0-1

R G McKinley

 

 

 

J Baines-Lewis

½-½

R E Yardley

 

 

 

W Flint

1-0

T P MacNamee

 

 

 

 

 

Created

20/08/2013

Stephen John Mann

Last Updated

20/08/2013