Eastman Cup

London Chess League Knock-out Competition, 1937–38

Sources: Evening News (London), Friday 11 March 1938, Page 9; B.C.F. Year Book, 1938–39.

Hampstead met the Stock Exchange at the Talbot Restaurant, London Wall on Thursday 10 March 1938. Hampstead won decisively by 8½ – 1½, with 2 games left for adjudication.

First Round

Hampstead bye

Lewisham 8

Sunday Referee 4

Clapham Common 9½

Lensbury 2½

Battersea 7½

Brixton 4½

West London 7

Metropolitan 5

Insurance 7

Lud Eagle 5

North London 7½

N. Ldn. Ch. Lge 4½

Stock Exchange 7½

Chess Bohemians 4½

Second Round

Hampstead 8½

Lewisham 3½

Clapham Common 9½

Battersea 2½

West London 3

Insurance 9

North London 4

Stock Exchange 8

Semi-finals

Hampstead 6*

Clapham Common 6

Insurance 5½

Stock Exchange 6½

* win by elimination

Final

Hampstead 10

Stock Exchange 2

Board	Hampstead	Score	Stock Exchange	Score
1	Victor Buerger	1	P. Stuart Milner-Barry	0
2	J. du Mont	*	H. Saunders	*
3	Richard C. Griffith	1	Frank Parr	0
4	D. I. Crocker	½	E. J. Scrimgeour	½
5	C. A. S. Damant	1	F. W. Chambers	0
6	T. I. Casswell	*	Edgar G. R. Cordingley	*
7	D. B. Schultz	1	F. R. J. Edmonds	0
8	John D. Soloman	1	S. R. Colwill	0
9	J. F. O'Donovan	1	William H. Fairbairn	0
10	E. W. Brocklesby	1	H. Evans	0
11	J. S. Richardson	0	A. Forster	1
12	R. Hutter	1	A. E. Anderson	0
Hampstead		10	Stock Exchange	2

* for adjudication