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Richardson Cup 1920-1921
The final match for the cup was played at Edinburgh CC, 130 George Street, February 28th, the finalists being Edinburgh CC and Glasgow CC.
Both clubs were strongly represented, a close and interesting match ending in Glasgow's favour by 4 games to 3. J.R. Longwill scored the first win for Glasgow, somewhat luckily, his opponent, G. Page, transposed a move, and Mr Longwill immediately secured a crushing advantage, and a pretty win.
While the two top-board Edinburgh players were rather more than holding their own against McKee and Gibson, J. Marshall (a veteran ex-Scottish champion) and Philip Rossi (a fine London player and ex-secretary of Hampstead CC, and a recent valuable recruit to the forces of Glasgow CC) secured a couple of nice useful wins for Glasgow. Soon after McKee resigned to Wenman (present Scotch champion) and Gibson to David Simpson, both of whom played fine accurate chess for Edinburgh. It seldom happens that both Glasgow's top-experts "go down" in a match together, and the Edinburgh Club did particularly well on these boards-better than even last year, when honours were equally divided, G.W. Richmond then playing Edinburgh's first board.
Glasgow now lead by 3 wins to 2, with two games in play. A.J.D. Lothian had a close, steady game with A. Murray, and this ended in a draw. G.W. Hives v A.J. Neilson had an absolutely level game till after the tea interval, when Mr Hives lost first one Pawn, and soon after, a second Pawn. This game was unfinished at train time, but as only a draw was necessary to win the match, Glasgow did not press for a win to be registered, although the ending-Bishops of the "same colour," and five Pawns against three-was an evident winning superiority for Glasgow, had any adjudication been required. The total score, 4 to 3, exactly reverses last year's result, when Edinurgh won by the same figures.
Round 1 Semi Final Final Glasgow Glasgow 4½ Bohemian (Glw) Central (Glw) Central 2½ Greenock Edinburgh (H) Edinburgh 5½ Falkirk Queen's Park (Glw) Queen's Park 1½ Paisley (P) (P) - Promoted from the previous season's Spens Cup
(H) - Holders
* For adjudication
Final - February 28th, at Edinburgh CC.
Jas. A. McKee Percy Wenman Wm. Gibson David Simpson J.R. Longwill G. Page Arch. Murray A.J.D. Lothian A.J. Neilson G.W. HIves James Marshall Rev. G.D. Hutton Philip Rossi S.W. Murphy BCM 1921, April, page 142/3 for the text and final match details.
By Alan McGowan