Brixton v Richmond & Kew

Alexander Cup Final, Brixton Chess Club, 3 April 1930

Sources: Richmond Herald, Saturday 5 April 1930; English Counties Chess Year Book, 1930–31.

Richmond & Kew visited Brixton Chess Club for the final match in the Surrey County Chess Association’s Alexander Cup competition. After a series of hard-fought games, Brixton defeated Richmond & Kew by 6½–3½.

Alexander Cup — 1929–30

First Round

Brixton5½

Battersea4½

Thames Valley4

Streatham6

Thornton Heath & Norbury4

Sutton6

L.C.C.4

Richmond & Kew6

Semi-finals

Brixton8

Streatham2

Richmond & Kew7½

Sutton2½

Final

Brixton6½

Richmond & Kew3½

Eight clubs entered. L.C.C. was the London County Council club, based at County Hall.

Board	Richmond & Kew	Score	Brixton	Score
1	W. H. M. Kirk	½	W. Gooding	½
2	R. G. Armstrong	½	H. B. Uber	½
3	J. R. Cartledge	0	H. C. Griffiths	1
4	F. E. Yewdall	0	R. H. Newman	1
5	E. Wilkinson	0	H. Golombek	1
6	J. P. Morgan	½	R. Coman	½
7	A. G. Cumming	0	A. H. Brooks	1
8	J. E. Pollitt	½	F. Vincent	½
9	W. Lines	½	A. Butcher	½
10	J. V. Currie	1	V. G. Tempest	0
Richmond & Kew total		3½	Brixton total	6½

Note: the newspaper clipping prints the Richmond & Kew players in the left column and Brixton players in the right, with only one set of scores shown clearly. The table above follows the visible score column and the final total of 3½–6½. The board 10 Brixton player is not visible in the supplied clipping and is left as unknown for later verification. The Year Book bracket lists the finalist as Richmond, while the newspaper report identifies the club as Richmond & Kew.