Huddersfield College Magazine, 1876

R:
#2 + #3 + #4 (3 pr. + 3 sp. pr.)
 
The special prizes were awarded to the best single #2, #3 and 4 problems.
 
Open to all. Entry fee 5s.
 
J:
H. J. C. Andrews
 
C:
1876-09-01 (UK) / 1877-01-01 (elsewhere)
 
A:
1 pr. J. H. Finlinson
2 pr. G. J. Slater
3 pr. W. Coates
 
sp. pr. #4= G. J. Slater
sp. pr. #4= F. W. Martindale
sp. pr. #3 J. H. Finlinson
sp. pr. #2 W. A. Shinkman
 
(= indicates a shared prize)
 
hm.  McArthur, W. T. Pierce, W. A. Shinkman
hm. #4 W. T. Pierce, W. A. Shinkman, J. H. Finlinson
hm. #3 McArthur, W. Coates, W. S. Pavitt
hm. #2 G. J. Slater, W. Coates, F. W. Martindale
 
S:
May 1876, p. 185: tourney announcement
 
Mar., 1878, p. 154-157: report, part 2; editor's notes
 
N:

The entry fee of 5s included a one-year subscription to Huddersfield College Magazine, starting from Oct. 1876.

After closing date, problems were published anonymously in Huddersfield College Magazine, between Oct. 1876 and Jan. 1878, and were also the object of a solving tourney.

15 sets competed. (The competitors are listed immediately following the awards.)

The problem that won the sp. pr. #2 (W. A. Shinkman, set XIII:2; see below) was found to be identical to another problem published almost a year after the closing date of the tourney, and only shortly after set XIII itself was printed. The judge noted that finding an exact duplicate (even after correction) to a tourney entry would normally have caused the tourney problem to be disqualified. The matter and its resolution is discussed in some detail in both the final part of the judge's report (p. 155), and in the editor's notes (p. 157, March 1878).

Awards

1 Prize: J. H. Finlinson

1

#2

2

#3

3

#4

2 Prize: G. J. Slater

1

#2

2

#3

3

#4

3 Prize: W. Coates

1

#2

2

#3

3

#4

Special Prize #4 (shared): G. J. Slater

3 of 2 pr. set

#4

Special Prize #4 (shared): F. W. Martindale

3

#4

Special Prize #3: J. H. Finlinson

2 of 1 pr. set

#3

Special Prize #2: W. A. Shinkman

#2