Huddersfield College Magazine, 1878
R:
3x#2-4 (3 pr. + several sp. pr.)
The competition was open to all. No motto requirement. No competitor could take more than two prizes
The special prizes were: prize for best #2,
best #3, best #4, best problem, and best set which did not entitle its
composer to any of the other prizes.
J:
H. J. C. Andrews
Competing problems were judged on:
Beauty of Idea and Meritorious Arrangement (15), Difficulty (15),
Novelty of Idea or Arrangement (10), Accuracy of Construction (10),
Variety (5), Economy of Force (5)
C:
1878-09-01 (UK) / 1878-12-01
A:
1 pr. J. H. Finlinson
2 pr. W. Coates
3 pr. E. Pradignat
sp. pr. best prb. E. Pradignat
sp. pr. best #4. J. G. Nix
sp. pr. best #3. J. H. Finlinson
sp. pr. best #2. J. G. Nix
sp. pr. set B. M. Neill
hm. set: B. S. Wash, and F. C. Collins.
hm. #4: E. Pradignat, B. M. Neill, W. T. Pierce, A. E. Studd, B. S. Wash, as well as J. H. Finlinson and W. Coates for both #4 in their sets.
hm. #3: W. Atkinson, W. Coates, F. C. Collins, and B. M. Neill.
hm. #2: E. Pradignat, A. E. Studd, B. M. Neill, and R. W. Johnson.
hm. set: B. S. Wash, and F. C. Collins.
hm. #4: E. Pradignat, B. M. Neill, W. T. Pierce, A. E. Studd, B. S. Wash, as well as J. H. Finlinson and W. Coates for both #4 in their sets.
hm. #3: W. Atkinson, W. Coates, F. C. Collins, and B. M. Neill.
hm. #2: E. Pradignat, A. E. Studd, B. M. Neill, and R. W. Johnson.
S:
p. 185-187: announcement, prize plan, judging
plan with detailed description of judgment categories and rules for competing problems
p. 22: additional prize for best problem donated by A. E. Studd.
p. 246-248 (June): judges report, part I
p. 268-272: judges report, part II; list of competitors
p. 273: preliminary awards
p. 312: final awards (no changes)
N:
Apart from the 2nd prize, prizes were donated by G. Medley of
the Löwenthal Fund (1 pr), Thomas Avery (3 pr.), J. Watkinson (sp. pr. #4), J. A. Miles (sp. pr. #3), J. H. Finlinson (sp. pr.
#2), W. W. Morgan (sp. pr. set), and A. E. Studd (sp. pr. best prb.).
21 competing sets were received and published anonymously as Set I to Set XXI from Oct. 1878 to May 1879, and were also the object of a
solving tourney. 11 sets were disqualified, mainly because of unsoundness.
A solving tourney was held for all published problem sets.
