THE DAILY NEWS

London, England

3 April 1897

(page 2)

OXFORD v. CAMBRIDGE.

The annual Inter-University match took place yesterday afternoon at the British Chess Club, 37, King-street, Covent-garden. This was the twenty-fifth match between Oxford and Cambridge, and up to the present the scores are 16 to 9 in favour of Cambridge. In ’95 and ’96 the Oxonians succeeded in winning, and yesterday they [illegible] the third successive win. Play commenced at 2 p.m. and continued till 6 p.m. The first [illegible] game was at Board No. 7 between Mr. Spencer-Churchill and Mr. E. A. Crowley, in which the Oxonian had the [illegible] and keeping his initial advantage to the end, Mr. Churchill scored the first point for Oxford. At Board No. 2 Oxford were again to the fore, Mr. M. Lawton securing the best of a pretty game against Mr. Naish. This gave a lead of two points, but by good play the Cantabs equalized soon after, scoring at Boards 4 and 5, the latter being a well conducted defence to the Evans Gambit, in which Mr. McLean finally prevailed. The next game was a draw at board 7, and as Oxford then continued by winning on board 6, they placed the possibility of losing out of the question. The one remaining game between Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Battersby continued till time was called, and then a draw resulted on adjudication. Oxford thus winning a hard-fought match by 4 to 5. Full score, and table of results since the commencement, are appended: