County Matches played by Hampshire Chess Association.
Hampshire only played the three matches this season, as the normal match against Sussex was scratched. The faced off against Surrey, Kent and the regular friendly against Wiltshire. For the record of Hampshire County matches, and links to any articles I have written, the table on the Hampshire County Chess Matches page will detail these. The Hampshire County … Read more
Hampshire played 33 matches from their first friendly match against Sussex in 1887 to the end of the 1899 – 1900 chess season. These have all been documented in the articles on each season. This post is a summary of Hampshire’s performance in this period, looking at the team and players. For the record of … Read more
Hampshire played five matches this season, with two against Surrey and one each against Kent, Sussex and Wiltshire. The reason for the two matches is explained below, but I think this was the closest Hampshire came to winning the SCCU Shannon championship, since its inception, in the 1893 / 1894 season. The new structure of … Read more
There were some changes this season and Hampshire met a new county opponent, when rather than having a scratched match against Kent due to not being able to qualify from the SE Division, they were Hampshire’s first opponent. In addition they played against Surrey and Sussex in the SCCU SE division and their normal annual … Read more