John Saunders wrote: ↑Sat Aug 28, 2021 6:44 pm
Maybe the later match on 18 December wasn't a National Club match - maybe the NC stood for something else on this occasion, or maybe it's his dodgy handwriting again and not NC at all. Can you show us, Geoff?
Sorry about delay John, here is the other N.C.C. game. As you can see Aitken has been in later to
add the 'Newport and Gwent.' (different pen) He has corrected or added to his score sheets a few
times at a later date. On one game he actually apologises for his handwriting! That cheered me up.
See how Aitken does his '7's' (1977), sometimes they look like 1's. On the day date
I have been hit a few times with is it: the 11th, the 17th, the 21st, the 27th,
I've had to give an educated guess by looking at the dates of the previous and following games.
(of course if one of those dates has been also been 'Aitkenised' then I curse like a sea dog.)
The games score he is more careful with, and you can usually see right away if he means the first rank or the seventh.
Still enjoying this task, but these wee niggles upset my entering rhythm though not half as much as me thinking
one of the players has missed a trick or a trap. I try to ignore it but have to admit I still get sucked in and take
time out (once over an hour) only to eventually and reluctantly put the game through the mangle (my Fritz 6)
to satisfy my curiosity as what was it my cheapo-eye thought it saw.
I'm leaning heavily towards 'G H Motamedi' and it being misheard over the phone by a non playing captain.
With no official paperwork changing hands between the clubs maybe the person who graded the event might
have the details. (or did they too wonder who McTunedy was?)