Update April 2025: This article was originally published in November 2022. As I have now reached this season in the updates I have added some additional material on the AGM and other activities.
Hampshire had been playing in the SCCU since 1894, but the Montague Jones Cup was introduced in 1925. This article looks at Hampshire’s second win of this Cup in 1929/30 and their five County Chess matches in the season.
From the Westward Ho! newsletter from January 1988 the obituary of George William Kilmister MBE was published which I have repeated below. George Kilmister produced the Hampshire Bulletin, Westward Ho! and SCCU Bulletins as well as being an Chess official for Hampshire and Dorset. He played for Hampshire approx. 20 times from 1960 to 1972.
Going back more than 60 years we look at Hampshire’s 1960/61 SCCU season with a few familiar Hampshire players. How did Hampshire do in their matches against six other counties.
Hampshire have played in the Southern Counties Chess Union (SCCU), West of England Chess Union (WECU) and the Chiltern League. These competitions have various sections and I have attempted to detail these on this page. A number of sources have been used for this information, which are included in the Acknowledgement and Sources. Results for … Read more