Yorkshire v Middlesex 1936

[David Sedgwick]

Please see below for the match result sheet of Yorkshire v Middlesex in the 1936 Counties Championship Semi-Finals. It was unearthed by Rupert Jones in the Leeds Chess Club archives.

Please note that Middlesex won 8-4. On Board 1 H E Atkins and W Winter drew.

[Leonard Barden]

Could you supply a typed version of the names, David? I can decipher most of them, but not all.

[Kevin Thurlow]

Board 2, AY Green (Supply) vs EG Sergeant (Inland Revenue) is an all Civil Service clash (although it might not have been then). Green later worked for Board of Trade and then Ministry of Aviation.

[David Sedgwick]

Could you supply a typed version of the names, David? I can decipher most of them, but not all.

My copy isn't any clearer than the one in the attachment. I'll ask Rupert Jones, who has the original.

[Gerard Killoran]

Could you supply a typed version of the names, David? I can decipher most of them, but not all.

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Monday 12 October 1936 p2.png

[Leonard Barden]

Thanks for that.

I knew at least six of that Middlesex team. Was D I Croker, who I''ve never heard of, a relative of Eric Croker?

[Gerard Killoran]

Thanks for that.

I knew at least six of that Middlesex team. Was D I Croker, who I''ve never heard of, a relative of Eric Croker?

Identified by Britbase (BCF 1935) as Douglas Ian Croker of London.

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[Kevin Thurlow]

I didn't spot it was "J" Bronowski, (also CS) but now realise, that the hand-written version was saying "Dr".

[John Townsend]

Leonard, I have deduced, making use of Gerard's gen, that the two Crokers were not brothers or half-brothers, so the closest they could be is uncle/nephew or cousins.

[Leonard Barden]

Thanks, Gerard and John. Good research!

[Gerard Killoran]

[Event "County Championship Semi-Final"] [Site "Leeds"] [Date "1936.10.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Bronowski, Jacob"] [Black "Israel, Harold"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E33"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: classical, Milner-Barry (Zurich) variation"] [BlackTeam "Middlesex"] [WhiteTeam "Yorkshire"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. e3 e5 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bd3 Na6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nc5 12. Be2 a5 13. b3 Nfe4 14. Bb2 Bf5 15. Qd1 c6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Qb6 18. bxc5 Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qc3+ 20. Kf1 Ng3+ 21. fxg3 Bxb1 22. Kf2 Bc2 23. Qc1 dxc5 24. Rd1 e4 25. Rd2 Ra2 26. Bd1 exf3 27. Bxc2 g6 28. gxf3 Ra1 {Manchester Evening News - Monday 19 October 1936 p.10} 0-1

[John Saunders]

[Event "County Championship Semi-Final"] [Site "Leeds"] [Date "1936.10.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Bronowski, Jacob"] [Black "Israel, Harold"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E33"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: classical, Milner-Barry (Zurich) variation"] [BlackTeam "Middlesex"] [WhiteTeam "Yorkshire"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. e3 e5 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bd3 Na6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nc5 12. Be2 a5 13. b3 Nfe4 14. Bb2 Bf5 15. Qd1 c6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Qb6 18. bxc5 Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qc3+ 20. Kf1 Ng3+ 21. fxg3 Bxb1 22. Kf2 Bc2 23. Qc1 dxc5 24. Rd1 e4 25. Rd2 Ra2 26. Bd1 exf3 27. Bxc2 g6 28. gxf3 Ra1 {Manchester Evening News - Monday 19 October 1936 p.10} 0-1

Thanks, Gerard. I'd already collected that one - it was in The Times, 12 October 1936, page 8.