Southampton vs Bournemouth League Matches

Southampton and Bournemouth have always had a close relationship in chess, and for a long time there was an annual chess match. This continued into at least the 1980’s but has more recently been replaced with a Bournemouth v Poole match.

Photo above of the late Les Allen who played for Southampton in some of these matches.

A post about the 1966/67 match has also been added to the Dorset Chess website.

Matches
1964/65
1965/66
1966/67
1967/68
1968/69

SCL Player Performance
Data
Gallery
Sources

Southampton vs Bournemouth Chess Matches

These matches are detailed in the Hampshire Bulletins. For some of the matches I only have the date the match was played, or the result. If I can find any of the other matches played, or anyone supplies additional information I will update the post accordingly.

At this time Bournemouth was part of Hampshire and therefore a number of the players from both teams would have played for the Hampshire County team, or in the Hampshire Chess League.

Year	Date	Location	Team	SCL Score	BCL Score	Opponent
1956/57	06/04/1957	Southampton	Southampton Lg	21	9	Bournemouth Lg
1960-61	May 1961		Southampton Lg	30	20	Bournemouth Lg
1962-63	11/05/1963	Southampton	Southampton Lg			Bournemouth Lg
1964/65	08/05/1965	Southampton	Southampton Lg	21.5	27.5	Bournemouth Lg
1965/66	07/05/1966	Southampton	Southampton Lg	20	30	Bournemouth Lg
1966/67	1967		Southampton Lg	23	27	Bournemouth Lg
1967/68	04/07/1968		Southampton Lg	22	28	Bournemouth Lg
1968/69	1969	Southampton	Southampton Lg	26	24	Bournemouth Lg

There were a few typos in the Bulletin, some of the Southampton ones I noticed and Martin Simons advised on the Bournemouth errors. There will likely be others and if you spot any please do let me know.

These matches, like the Hampshire vs Dorset friendly county matches at this time were there to give all players an opportunity to play, rather than bringing your strongest teams. That said, I am sure they were competitive and even persuading 50 players from each area to play was an achievement in itself.

How many players do you recognise from the teams? Two that stood out for me were Chris MCSheehy and Gillian Moore who both played for Hampshire in the Chiltern League and WECU Online Matches in the 2022/2023 season.

Southampton vs Bournemouth 1965

A comfortable win for Bournemouth, but I noticed a trend from these mid to late 1960’s matches that Southampton normally scored heavily on the top boards, but Bournemouth had more strength is depth. I certainly don’t recognise a lot of the lower board Southampton players.

It was also great to see a number of female players included in both teams, four for Southampton and two for Bournemouth. Not record breaking numbers, but better than is often seen.

SCL vs BCL 1964 - 65 Hampshire Chess Bulletin — **SCL vs BCL 1964 – 65**

Board	Southampton	Result	Bournemouth	Result
1	Mike V Lambshire	1	EW Chandler	0
2	PM Collins	1	Dr P Merrett	0
3	Len C Walters	1	RT Kimber	0
4	AC Barton	1	MK Roth	0
5	P John Patience	0	A White	1
6	Peter L Marshall	½	SJ Leigh	½
7	RJM Compton	1	DD Marples	0
8	GL Pritchard	0	LJ Mills	1
9	JG Shepherd	0	JE Crewe	1
10	Sq-Ldr L Vine	1	DE Papworth	0
11	K Robinson	a	MER Minvalla	a
12	JEC Hobbs	½	GH Bennett	½
13	CJ McSheehy	0	MA Cartwright	1
14	BS Reed	0	JEA Butchart	1
15	HL Parsons	1	A Cornwell	0
16	Leslie C Allen	0	HHW Pitcher	1
17	KJ Evans	1	FS Elsey	0
18	D Blunden	½	EA Taylor	½
19	JM Popiel	½	J Graham	½
20	Gillian A Moore	0	HN Dulson	1
21	R Derricott	½	BE Davis	½
22	HA Carre	0	S Errington	1
23	EW Engert	1	EW Seagrostt	0
24	M Stuchbury	½	SHC Lucas	½
25	FO Dyer	½	HEJ Stay	½
26	AC Stow	1	WG Poulton	0
27	CJG Payne	0	PT Errington	1
28	DRH Jones	0	RAG Marples	1
29	TH Mumford	0	CB Orton	1
30	MF Dyer	½	CL Dande	½
31	JRA Smith	1	DJ Gooch	0
32	WJ Webb	½	A Hope	½
33	FD Balchin	0	AA Harding	1
34	M Ebert	0	CJ Ridyard	1
35	A Cooke	1	R Errington	0
36	G Baverstock	0	M Pryce	1
37	N Purkis	1	GW Atkins	0
38	C Taylor	½	PJ Cherrett	½
39	F Pragnell	½	PA Bytheway	½
40	GF Jeffcott	0	ATM Carter	1
41	J Warner	½	H Nelson	½
42	MG Askell	0	JF Aylen	1
43	Miss C Bauchop	1	RA Sheppard	0
44	I Leegorbura	½	LG Machon	½
45	B Josephy	0	Miss N Tozer	1
46	Miss T Sinclair	0	JE Harris	1
47	D Kwan	0	Mrs CI Guppy	1
48	Miss L Crook	0	GP Hemming	1
49	MH Wilson	0	AM Pitcher	1
50	A Wallis	1	HC Real	0
	Total	21½	Total	27½

Southampton vs Bournemouth 1966

Bournemouth won the match by a clear 10 points. Only the top 20 boards were detailed in the Hampshire Bulletin and Southampton came out of top 10½ – 9½, but obviously were hammered on the other 30 boards!

SCL vs BCL 1965 - 66 Hampshire Chess Bulletin — **SCL vs BCL 1965 – 66**

Board	Southampton	Grade	Result	Bournemouth	Grade	Result
1	Mike V Lambshire	204	1	Dr P Merrett	174	0
2	P John Patience	177	1	A Pike		0
3	R Collins	176	1	R Mann		0
4	Len C Walters	176	1	E Chandler	184	0
5	SL Russell	151	½	J Crewe	164	½
6	Sq-Ldr L Vine	159	½	D Bevis	198	½
7	AC Barton	169	1	TF Johns		0
8	Peter L Marshall	169	0	RT Kimber		1
9	CJ McSheehy	165	1	D Marples	156	0
10	Geoffrey Daw	162	0	M Roth	154	1
11	D Smith		½	SJ Leigh		½
12	Leslie C Allen	141	0	D Batworth		1
13	J Shephard		1	JEA Butchart		0
14	L Pretty		1	D Block		0
15	H Derricott		½	JF O’Connor		½
16	HL Parsons		½	A Cornwall		½
17	DR Parsons		0	G Bennett	150	1
18	RJ Evans		0	J Graham		1
19	D Blake		0	H Pitcher		1
20	J Fielder		0	DJ Gough		1
21 – 50			9½			20
	Total		20	Total		30

Southampton vs Bournemouth 1967

Bournemouth continued their winning streak, although the match was much closer than the previous year. This was covered in another article on the website.

SCL vs BCL 1966 - 67 Hampshire Chess Bulletin — **SCL vs BCL 1966 – 67**

Board	Southampton	Result	Bournemouth	Result
1	Len C Walters	½	RHK Mann	½
2	John R Wilkinson	½	EW Chandler	½
3	Peter L Marshall	0	Dr P Merrett	1
4	RJM Compton	1	DK Bevis	0
5	DH Smith	1	MJ Roth	0
6	JG Shepherd	0	MER Minvalla	1
7	AC Barton	0	R Altyzerr	1
8	Sq-Ldr L Vine	1	TF Johns	0
9	GL Pritchard	0	Gerald H Bennett	1
10	RW Hedge	½	MA Cartwright	½
11	SL Russell	½	J Graham	½
12	RL Parsons	½	A Cornwall	½
13	RJ Smith	½	HN Dulson	½
14	RE Randall	½	DP Lock	½
15	LA Pretty	0	D Papworth	1
16	HG Dell	1	D Marples	0
17	J De Garis	0	PD Hibbs	1
18	JA Felder	½	SJ Leith	½
19	EW Engert	0	WG Poulton	1
20	JM Popiel	0	MJ Pryce	1
21	AW Cooke	0	A Bernegger	1
22	B Robinson	0	B Stuart	1
23	N Collins	0	NA Symes	1
24	D Paradine	1	JE Butchart	0
25	JL Welch	½	S Errington	½
26	D Blake	1	PT Errington	0
27	D Gooch	1	H Stay	0
28	CJ Bratcher	0	G Fordham	1
29	D Friend	½	EW Seagroat	½
30	M Johnson	1	RAG Marples	0
31	W Tanser	0	W Bigwood	1
32	J Bennett	0	DV Kinsey	1
33	JF Warner	½	B Davis	½
34	D Love	0	A Taylor	1
35	D Doidge	1	P Bytheway	0
36	FW Pragnell	1	CJ Ridyard	0
37	HG Burkett	½	Mrs C Guppy	½
38	JD Carroll	1	AE MvGowan	0
39	F Grumby	1	G Knott	0
40	K Day	0	CB Orton	1
41	Bob A Cleave	½	GW Kilmister	½
42	J Ozanne	0	D Deller	1
43	R Evans	1	Miss S Grims	0
44	I Carnaby	½	P Maddocks	½
45	G Earwood	1	A Carter	0
46	C O’Toole	0	R Valentine	1
47	RG Taylor	1	P Colmer	0
48	MJ Fithvan	0	D Cannings	1
49	M Myers	0	R Lee	1
50	C Cahill	1	A Hope	0
	Total	23	Total	27

Southampton vs Bournemouth 1968

Bournemouth had a very strong team as reported by George Kilminster and were comfortable 28 – 22 winners.

SCL vs BCL 1967 - 68 Hampshire Chess Bulletin — **SCL vs BCL 1967 – 68**

Board	Southampton	Grade	Result	Bournemouth	Grade	Result
1	PF Habershon	180	0	RHK Mann		1
2	Marshall Thompson	197	½	Dr P Merrett		½
3	AC Barton	169	½	DK Bevis	175	½
4	Len C Walters	177	1	EW Chandler	173	0
5	Sq-Ldr L Vine	163	½	A Pike		½
6	DW Lewis	159	½	DP Lock		½
7	M Bramer	160	0	JE Crewe	163	1
8	JG Shepherd	157	1	PJ Fowler		0
9	RJM Compton		½	MA Cartwright		½
10	Peter L Marshall	154	0	DE Papworth		1
11	MW Stone	148	0	GH Bennett	160	1
12	SL Russell	140	½	MJ Pryce		½
13	J Popiel		½	A Cornwell		½
14	R Patel		½	JE O’Connor		½
15	MW Johnson	113	0	MER Minvalla		1
16	JD Carroll	137	½	MJ Roth		½
17	GL Pritchard	150	1	DD Marples		0
18	R Hayman		½	D Cannings		½
19	NR Collins		0	JP Knee		1
20	HL Parsons	147	1	S Errington		0
21	D Gooch		1	WG Poulton		0
22	G Burgess		0	JR Bassett		1
23	DN Harris		0	JC Fish		1
24	Mrs Roper	131	1	SJ Leigh		0
25	JL Welsh		0	HN Dulson		1
26	WA Cooke	135	0	N Line		1
27	C Denton		½	DF Burt		½
28	GS Mead		1	PD Hibbs		0
29	K Bateman		0	G Knott		1
30	PJ Phillips		0	P Normington		1
31	RJ Evans		0	P Colmer		1
32	C O’Toole		1	B Davis		0
33	D Vinell		0	DB Hibbert		1
34	P Broughton		0	PV Tongeran		1
35	RA Roe		0	LR Cox		1
36	Cdr P Willcock		0	D Watson		1
37	P Belchin		0	CB Orton		1
38	T Pickford		½	D Deller		½
39	K Robinson		1	B Randell		0
40	G Baverstock		1	SW Seyer		0
41	PDF Jones		1	R Haydon		0
42	D Friend		1	PR Maddocks		0
43	D Walters		0	AE McGowan		1
44	D Burbage		1	RAG Marples		0
45	T Coombe		0	JM Davies		1
46	K Mosley		1	A Hope		0
47	A Peckham		0	R Valentine		1
48	JA Hunt		1	J Aylen		0
49	N Fithyan		1	C Anderson		0
50	BW Josephy		0	AR Mills		1
	Total		22	Total		28

Southampton vs Bournemouth 1969

Finally a Southampton win, although only just (26 – 24). The Southampton team had a number of strong players and scoring 9½ points on the top 13 boards was key to winning the match, as Bournemouth were dominant on the lower boards.

SCL vs BCL 1968 - 69 Hampshire Chess Bulletin — **SCL vs BCL 1968 – 69**

Board	Southampton	Grade	Result	Bournemouth	Grade	Result
1	AM Edmonds		0	GH Bennett	184	1
2	Marshall Thompson	188	½	DK Bevis		½
3	PF Habershon	185	1	Dr P Merrett		0
4	AC Barton	181	½	N Line		½
5	Len C Walters	191	½	MJ Pryce		½
6	DA Rawden		½	A Pike		½
7	P Broughton		1	EW Chandler	169	0
8	HD Varsdersjan		1	SJ Leigh		0
9	RJM Compton		1	D Papworth		0
10	ML Newbury	169	½	DP Lock		½
11	Peter L Marshall	156	1	MER Minvalla		0
12	Sq-Ldr L Vine	165	1	WG Poulton		0
13	JR Vickery		1	DD Marples		0
14	MW Johnson	150	0	RM Ellison		1
15	M Fountain		1	MJ Roth		0
16	BFO Sullivan		½	CR Richards		½
17	DE Bowyer		½	PA Ursell		½
18	GL Pritchard	150	1	A Cornwell		0
19	JP Ozanne		½	PT Errington		½
20	RC Hayman	146	½	S Sayer		½
21	D Pedder		0	HN Dulson		1
22	DA MacKenzie		1	R Valentine		0
23	JRA Smith		1	EA McGowan		0
24	NRA Collins		0	MA Cartwright		1
25	CDN Denton		½	JF O’Connor		½
26	HA Carre		0	J Bassett		1
27	JL Welsh		½	D Watson		½
28	B Robinson		0	DB Hibbert		1
29	A Burkmann		0	N Barnett		1
30	PDF Jones		1	JM Davies		0
31	Default		½	Default		½
32	G Burgess		1	P O’Rielly		0
33	AJ Dean		1	D Cannings		0
34	N Fithyan		1	BE Davis		0
35	PJ Scott		½	J Harvey		½
36	AD Harris		½	C Dando		½
37	LA Pretty		½	GW Kilmister		½
38	EW Engert		0	R Cox		1
39	H Sriharren		½	P Colmer		½
40	H Atkinson		1	B Olding		0
41	JA Hunt		0	CB Orton		1
42	AW Cooke		1	EA Taylor		0
43	PA Roe		0	D Prior		1
44	K Robinson		0	M Shoesmith		1
45	WA Wheeler		0	R Doorey		1
46	C Collinge		½	D Hewson		½
47	AF Pepper		½	P White		½
48	MJ Pesgram		0	Mrs C Guppy		1
49	SF Thatcher		0	AR Mills		1
50	R Gentileo		0	S Ferris		1
	Total		26	Total		24

Player Performance

If I obtain further results this will change, but for now based on the results I have the Southampton Players performance is below. Sq-Ldr L Vine and Len Walters stand out with their four points from five games. But do use the search function, or the sort to find players e.g. Parsons will bring the three members of what I presume is the same family, although probably only the Hampshire Match Captain HL Parsons was a strong players?

Hants Player	Win Percentage	SCL Player Points	SCL Games Played
Sq-Ldr L Vine	80.0%	4	5
Len C Walters	80.0%	4	5
AC Barton	60.0%	3	5
Peter L Marshall	30.0%	1.5	5
RJM Compton	87.5%	3.5	4
JG Shepherd	50.0%	2	4
GL Pritchard	50.0%	2	4
AW Cooke	50.0%	2	4
HL Parsons	83.3%	2.5	3
N Fithyan	66.7%	2	3
LA Pretty	50.0%	1.5	3
SL Russell	50.0%	1.5	3
EW Engert	33.3%	1	3
RJ Evans	33.3%	1	3
JM Popiel	33.3%	1	3
JL Welsh	33.3%	1	3
K Robinson	50.0%	1	3
MW Johnson	33.3%	1	3
PDF Jones	100.0%	2	2
Mike V Lambshire	100.0%	2	2
D Gooch	100.0%	2	2
JRA Smith	100.0%	2	2
JD Carroll	75.0%	1.5	2
FW Pragnell	75.0%	1.5	2
D Friend	75.0%	1.5	2
Chris J McSheehy	50.0%	1	2
C O’Toole	50.0%	1	2
Marshall WJ Thompson	50.0%	1	2
G Burgess	50.0%	1	2
P John Patience	50.0%	1	2
D Blake	50.0%	1	2
RC Hayman	50.0%	1	2
PF Habershon	50.0%	1	2
JF Warner	50.0%	1	2
P Broughton	50.0%	1	2
JA Hunt	50.0%	1	2
G Baverstock	50.0%	1	2
CDN Denton	50.0%	1	2
JP Ozanne	25.0%	0.5	2
PA Roe	0.0%	0	2
Leslie C Allen	0.0%	0	2
B Robinson	0.0%	0	2
HA Carre	0.0%	0	2
NRA Collins	0.0%	0	2
GS Mead	100.0%	1	1
HG Dell	100.0%	1	1
PM Collins	100.0%	1	1
F Grumby	100.0%	1	1
K Mosley	100.0%	1	1
D Doidge	100.0%	1	1
DH Smith	100.0%	1	1
D Burbage	100.0%	1	1
JR Vickery	100.0%	1	1
Mrs S Roper	100.0%	1	1
AC Stow	100.0%	1	1
N Purkis	100.0%	1	1
G Earwood	100.0%	1	1
RG Taylor	100.0%	1	1
C Cahill	100.0%	1	1
R Collins	100.0%	1	1
HD Varsdersjan	100.0%	1	1
M Fountain	100.0%	1	1
DA MacKenzie	100.0%	1	1
D Paradine	100.0%	1	1
KJ Evans	100.0%	1	1
Miss C Bauchop	100.0%	1	1
AJ Dean	100.0%	1	1
H Atkinson	100.0%	1	1
A Wallis	100.0%	1	1
D Smith	50.0%	0.5	1
R Derricott	50.0%	0.5	1
Martin L Newbury	50.0%	0.5	1
RE Randall	50.0%	0.5	1
BFO Sullivan	50.0%	0.5	1
DA Rawden	50.0%	0.5	1
I Carnaby	50.0%	0.5	1
JEC Hobbs	50.0%	0.5	1
D Blunden	50.0%	0.5	1
M Stuchbury	50.0%	0.5	1
FO Dyer	50.0%	0.5	1
MF Dyer	50.0%	0.5	1
WJ Webb	50.0%	0.5	1
C Taylor	50.0%	0.5	1
DW Lewis	50.0%	0.5	1
HG Burkett	50.0%	0.5	1
PJ Scott	50.0%	0.5	1
H Sriharren	50.0%	0.5	1
John R Wilkinson	50.0%	0.5	1
C Collinge	50.0%	0.5	1
R Patel	50.0%	0.5	1
Bob A Cleave	50.0%	0.5	1
H Derricott	50.0%	0.5	1
T Pickford	50.0%	0.5	1
RW Hedge	50.0%	0.5	1
RL Parsons	50.0%	0.5	1
RJ Smith	50.0%	0.5	1
JA Felder	50.0%	0.5	1
DE Bowyer	50.0%	0.5	1
I Leegorbura	50.0%	0.5	1
AD Harris	50.0%	0.5	1
AF Pepper	50.0%	0.5	1
W Tanser	0.0%	0	1
AM Edmonds	0.0%	0	1
MW Stone	0.0%	0	1
M Ebert	0.0%	0	1
MG Askell	0.0%	0	1
D Pedder	0.0%	0	1
MA Bramer	0.0%	0	1
J Bennett	0.0%	0	1
J Fielder	0.0%	0	1
CJ Bratcher	0.0%	0	1
TH Mumford	0.0%	0	1
M Myers	0.0%	0	1
Geoffrey Daw	0.0%	0	1
PJ Phillips	0.0%	0	1
P Belchin	0.0%	0	1
CJG Payne	0.0%	0	1
Gillian A Moore	0.0%	0	1
DRH Jones	0.0%	0	1
GF Jeffcott	0.0%	0	1
D Love	0.0%	0	1
A Burkmann	0.0%	0	1
K Day	0.0%	0	1
MJ Pesgram	0.0%	0	1
DN Harris	0.0%	0	1
K Bateman	0.0%	0	1
D Vinell	0.0%	0	1
Cdr P Willcock	0.0%	0	1
DR Parsons	0.0%	0	1
BS Reed	0.0%	0	1
D Walters	0.0%	0	1
T Coombe	0.0%	0	1
A Peckham	0.0%	0	1
BW Josephy	0.0%	0	1
FD Balchin	0.0%	0	1
J De Garis	0.0%	0	1
N Collins	0.0%	0	1
B Josephy	0.0%	0	1
Miss T Sinclair	0.0%	0	1
WA Wheeler	0.0%	0	1
D Kwan	0.0%	0	1
R Gentileo	0.0%	0	1
SF Thatcher	0.0%	0	1
MH Wilson	0.0%	0	1
Miss L Crook	0.0%	0	1