East of Scotland v West of Scotland 1896

Played on Saturday, 21st November, Waterloo Hotel, Edinburgh.

There were 106 players on each team, and 151 games were played (more than one game against an opponent was allowed). The East won 68 games, the West 65, and 18 were drawn. The East won by a score of 77-74.

The West team did not bring enough players to match the number willing to play for the East. Therefore, a number of the Stirling Chess Club members agreed to play on the West team, while some remained on the East side. This was acceptable, as these matches were considered to be not so much a test of strength between the sides, but a stimulus to chess in general and a social gathering.

Sources:
The Scotsman, 23 November 1896, p. 10.
Glasgow Herald, 23 November 1896, p. 11.

Alan McGowan

East		West
John C. Allan	0 0	Archibald Dickie	1 1
Rev. WH Anderson	0 0	JD Young	1 1
AO Adams	0	JL Taylor, jun.	1
HT Baxter	0	AJ Neilson	1
J. Bardcett ?	1 1	R. M'Arthur	0 0
Capt. Bremner	0	John Webster	1
AW Buchan	1	RD Nichol	0
JE Broadbent	1 0	TW Whinister	0 1
J. Brockie	1 1	JW Swinburne	0 0
Rev AJB Baxter	0	John Whyte	1
John Comrie	½	JL Whiteley	½
James Campbell	1	David Robertson	0
D. M'Leod Craik	1	Robert Porter	0
JB Cleghorn	0	D. Lindsay	1
Rev. HCR Cunnynghame	1	J. Munro	0
William Craig	0 0	M'Kenzie Small	1 1
Rev. Mr Campbell (Calton)	0-0	AF Forgie	1 1
D. Crombie	0-0	AT Reid	1 1
H. Dobson	1 1	William Watson	0 0
Dr Dickson (Carnoustie)	1 0	James Borthwick	0 1
John Duncan	0	John Muir	1
David Don	1	Alex. M'Kay	0
A. Dewar (Leith)	1	William Shedden	0
Rev. BB Drummond	1	Sheriff Davidson	0
CL Ellis (Portobello)	1	FG Harris	0
A. Edward	1	George H. Baxter	0
GB Fraser	½	Sheriff Spens	½
D. Forsyth (Edinburgh)	½	John Gilchrist	½
Alex. Fraser	1 0	J. Greenlees	0 1
FB Feast	1 0	David Kellock	0 1
D. Forsyth (Dunfermline)	1	W. Austin	0
WH Francis	1	John Wilson	0
Mr Fulton	1	James Hunter	0
GP Galloway	0 0	JM Finlayson	1 1
Rev. OM Grant	1 ½	G. Beckett	0 ½
Dr Alfred Griffiths	0 0	Peter Wallace	1 1
JH Gardon	0	C. Stewart	1
GM Howat	1 0	Jas. Muirhead	0 1
HK Handasyde	0	ES Duncan	1
AS Henderson	½	Sergt. Clayton	½
JL Henderson	0	WHM'Lellan	1
PJ Imandt	1	R. Macdonald	0
Wm. Izatt	1 1	JS KNox	0 0
H. Jackson	0	JR Longwill	1
H. Jenks	1	SM Morgan	0
Dr C. Kennedy	0	W. Millar	1
Dr CG Knott	0	Dr Marshall	1
Wm. Kidd	0	Dr Macfie	1
Dr Knight	1	R. Pirrie	0
W. Kirchoff	1 1	WE Knight	0 0
J. Kerr	1 0	GR Rankine	0 1
William Lock	1 1	D. Murray	0 0
Claudius Lassen	0 0	Oswald B. Hatch	1 1
George Laing	½	HV Tattersall	½
Charles Lyell	1 1	WB Baxter	0 0
William Lees	1 0	HT Robertson	0 1
RF Laing	1	AY Campbell	0
DY Mills	½	John Russell	½
O. Meikle	0 0	JP Lea	1 1
Philip Moir	0	F. Krasser	1
R. Macaulay	1	P. M'Morrow	0
HB Mitchell	½	D. Brownlee	½
JB [JM?]Malcolm	1 0	WW Nasmyth	0 1
AL M'Connochie	1	James Leith	0
JC Macbeth	1 1	W. Hale	0 0
J. M'Kenzie	1	John Connor	0
J. M'Millan	0	John M'Donald	1
A. M'Millan	0	Archibald Bowie	1
Dr W. [RC?] Cadell Macdonald	0	R. Hay	1
P. M'Lean	½	H. Ollendorf	½
Sergeant M'Donald	0 0	AB Grant	1 1
W. Macliesh	0 0	R. Leslie Thomson	1 1
GH Potts	1 1	W. Yule	0 0
WL Pullar	0	GAD Kirkland	1
F. Pollock	1	WT Macintyre	0
Rev. EM Pulsford	½	JRK Law	½
R. Rankin	1	P. Fyfe	0
WW Robertson	1	WN Paton	0
James Riddell	½	James Thorburn	½
John S. Rutherford	1 1	WA Charlton	0 0
AW Russell	1	W. M'Leod	0
Captain Robertson	0 0	James Fraser	1 1
Patrick Sandeman	½	Charles E. Stewart	½
CS Rankine Simson	0 ½	CM Jonas	1 ½
J. Symington	1	S. Pitt	0
D. Spankie	0 ½	WN Pitt	1 ½
J. Simpson (Falkirk)	0	W. Sharp	1
D. Simpson	½	John Rennie	½
James Simpson (Edinburgh)	0	AC Butler	1
D. Ross Stewart	0	W. Ross	1
F. Spence	1 0	Thomas McGrouther	0 1
AB Steele	1 1	R. Grierson	0 0
John Stiven	1 0	NF Anderson	0 1
J. Stewart	½	G. Owen
R. Simson	1 1	DR Holmes	0 0
J. Shearer	0-0	D. Riddell	1 1
JR Sim	1 1	D. Kier	0 0
Alfred Siebold	1	J. Ross Young	0
JG Thomson	1	William Tait	0
CE Tankard	1 0	J. Phillips	0 1
A. Tod	1	DCW Earle	0
WN Walker	½	W. Black	½
WM Whitelaw	0 0	E. Lang	1 1
HH Waight	1	E. Selanders	0
HH Waight, jun.	½	J. Marshall	½
RS Waugh	0-0	James M'Glashan	1 1