East of Scotland v West of Scotland 1931

Played Saturday, November 7th at Mackie's Restaurant, Edinburgh.

The teams had 78 players on each side, the West winning by a score of 48-30.

The East had both the youngest and oldest competitors on their side; Angus Burnett (board 61) was the Scottish Boys' Champion, and JG Thomson (board 15) had played in all these matches since 1889.

Sources: The Scotsman, 9 November 1931, p. 5; Glasgow Herald, 9 Novermber 1931, p. 7.

Alan McGowan amcgowan@golden.net

	West		East
1	WA Fairhurst	1-0	G. Page
2	JA McKee	½	D. Simpson
3	DM MacIsaac	0-1	RTR Sergeant
4	Jas. Birch	1-0	Miss Gilchrist
5	FG Harris	1-0	MY Moussa
6	JM Nichol	½	Geo. Owen
7	John Macdonald	1-0	Miss F. Hutchison Stirling
8	P. Lyon	1-0	Mrs Ritchie
9	AJ Neilson	½	GJ Haggart
10	W. Turnbull	0-1	RD Dykes
11	W. Scott	½	W. Mitchell
12	SC Weir	½	P. Nisbet
13	JW Hastie	½	F. Crombie
14	W. Muir	½	G. Guthrie
15	AC Dodd	½	JG Thomson
16	WH Jones	1-0	Mrs Coast
17	N. Singh	1-0	TH Shepley
18	WM Inverarity	½	W. Wright
19	AM Lupton	0-1	Miss Crum
20	AJ Birchenough	½	A. Findlater
21	W. Ferrie	1-0	J. Cowan
22	C. Ogilvie	½	WG Coast
23	Mrs JF Thomson	1-0	W. Clark
24	AF Cariss	1-0	Miss Heard
25	WR Hill	1-0	Dr Raja
26	RWB Roy	1-0	AK Forbes
27	G. Hargrave	0-1	GA Birse
28	J. Macmartin	1-0	D. Wright
29	J. McGibbon	½	RR Stevenson
30	PB Anderson	1-0	G. Izatt
31	Mrs Brockett	0-1	P. Smith
32	A. Whyte	½	JHM Etherington
33	W. Higgins	1-0	JI Logan
34	A. Dunn	½	J. Taylor
35	HW Tennant	½	JS Finlayson
36	AC Macdonald	0-1	GY Henderson
37	JA Stewart	1-0	AS Black
38	NJ MacLean	0-1	WL Thomson
39	AM Keir	1-0	A. Wilson
40	TE Tough	1-0	WJ Gourlay
41	AJ Horne	½	R. Gibson
42	WB Hind	1-0	HG Macintosh
43	P. Henderson	½	Dr M'Leish
44	AS Brown	1-0	CA Dowswell
45	Mrs Sunter	1-0	G. Drummond
46	C. Rossini	1-0	JR Harvey
47	JS Gavin	1-0	R. Salmond
48	Capt. DM Scott	1-0	L. Hardie
49	E. Moir	0-1	FR Gould
50	RW Blackwood	1-0	W. Stewart
51	R. Shaw	0-1	A. Calder
52	D. Strath	1-0	HW Banks
53	G. Woodburn	½	J. Wightman
54	Mrs Reid	1-0	DS Graham
55	W. McBride	0-1	J. Gordon Laing
56	A. Dickson	0-1	N. Maclean
57	G. Strang	0-1	Miss EJ Adams
58	TJ Ballard	1-0	R. Gilchrist
59	Miss Eddington	0-1	G. Nisbet
60	G. Coupar	1-0	HP Hutchinson
61	JAP Walker	0-1	AG Burnett
62	W. Gibson	1-0	JM Whytock
63	Mrs Johnston	1-0	WJM Cosh
64	J. Cuthbertson	0-1	CTS Calder
65	C. M'Neil	1-0	TB Fraser
66	WR Stewart	1-0	Miss Kesson
67	Mrs Cuthbertson	0-1	W. Haig
68	W. Wilson	1-0	Col. Bingham
69	D. M'Neil	1-0	TP Sweenie
70	S. Whiteley	½	P. Sibbitt
71	Mrs McChlery	1-0	WG Pearson
72	Mrs P. Lyon	0-1	J. Porteous
73	JT Leadbetter	0-1	L. Pitblado
74	M. Anderson	½	WF Watt
75	TA Pauling	0-1	G. Murray
76	Mrs TE Tough	1-0	A. Lamond
77	J. Maughan	1-0	H. Imrie
78	J. Whitaker	½	G. M'Michen