THE BRISTOL TIMES AND MIRROR

Bristol, England

5 April 1897

(page 6)

UNIVERSITY CHESS.

The twenty-fifth annual contest between the Oxford and Cambridge teams took place at the British Chess Club on Friday afternoon. Before meeting each other they encountered, as is their yearly practice, the leading Metropolitan clubs. These trial matches resulted in their losing to the British Chess Club by 5 to 9, and to the Metropolitan Chess Club by 6 ½ to 13 ½; but they beat the City of London Chess Club by 10 ½ to 9 ½, a very meritorious success. The following are the teams of the Inter-University Match and the scores:—