Hampshire County Matches 1907 / 08

Hampshire Wiltshire July 1908 - Source BCM

Hampshire played three County matches this season with two losses and one win. The SCCU amended their qualifying sections which saw Surrey move away from the SE section and Hampshire would not meet them again until 1913. The reason for the change was likely the formation of the Middlesex Chess Association. Correspondence chess was also … Read more

Hampshire County Matches 1906 / 07

Hans Wilts Western Gazette - Friday 19 July 1907

The days of Hampshire challenging in the SCCU seemed to be over, as another season where Hampshire lost to the Sussex and Kent and the Surrey match was not played. They did manage to draw against Wiltshire in their annual friendly, but after dominating this fixture for many years this was not a particularly good … Read more

Hampshire County Matches 1905 / 06

Hants - Surrey Southern Echo - Monday 05 February 1906

Hampshire played four matches this season and lost all of them! All all fronts this was a poor season and it will be interesting to see if there were any specific reasons for this position. Three of the matches were particularly heavy losses and losing 9 – 5 against Wiltshire was certainly a bad result, … Read more

Hampshire County Matches 1904 / 05

Hants Sussex Portsmouth Evening News - 27 Sept 1904

Hampshire played four matches this season, with the three SCCU ones, and their annual match against Wiltshire. Following on from the disappointing season the previous year, this year was much better with two wins and two losses. The match against Surrey was also much more competitive than the last couple of years. For the record … Read more

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