Richardson Cup 1968-1969
Main Tournament
Glasgow University Union CC
retain the Richardson Cup in a repeat of the previous season's final.
Many results remain unknown here and any information which would help resolve
this, no matter how small, would be appreciated.
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Semi Final | Final | ||||
| Stirling (P) | lost | Parkglen | won | Parkglen | lost | Glasgow University Union (H) | 4 |
| Parkglen | won | ||||||
| Edinburgh or Civil Service (S) | lost | ||||||
| Edinburgh University | Edinburgh University or Dundee | lost | Glasgow University Union (H) | won | |||
| Dundee | |||||||
| Glasgow University Union (H) | won | ||||||
| Cathcart | won | Cathcart | won | Cathcart | lost | Glasgow (S) | 3 |
| Benarty (P) | lost | ||||||
| Edinburgh or Civil Service (S) | lost | ||||||
| Bon Accord | lost | Glasgow | won | Glasgow | won | ||
| Glasgow | won | ||||||
| Polytechnic (S) | lost | ||||||
Bd |
Glasgow University Union |
Glasgow CC |
||
1 |
D.N.L. Levy | 1 |
0 |
W.A. Fairhurst |
2 |
K.B. McAlpine | 0 |
1 |
G. Bonner |
3 |
M.J. Brodie | ½ |
½ |
V.A. Nye |
4 |
P.M. Jamieson | 1 |
0 |
H.D. Holmes |
5 |
M.T. Partis | 0 |
1 |
P. Giulian |
6 |
D.A. Watt | ½ |
½ |
C.W. Marshall |
7 |
N.J. Young | 1 |
0 |
T. Russell |
4 |
3 |
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David Watt provided a wonderful report about the final in the High School of Glasgow Bulletin of 23 June 1969:-
The Richardson Cup has been won for the second year in succession by Glasgow University Union, who defeated Golasgow CC 4-3 in the Final in an atmosphere of tragic-comedy.
The match started peacefully enough, our pre-match confidence being boosted by Giulian's non-appearance for 50 minutes. Events soon took a sensational turn, however, as Partis seemed to lose in no time at all; on boards 2, 3 and 6 our positions were deteriorating rapidly; and boards 4 and 7 were unclear and getting unclearer. Only Levy was playing convincingly, building up a microscopic advantage. However, we looked set for a crushing 2-5 defeat.
Slowly the tides turned. Nye, in typical fashion, sacrificed a piece to reduce Brodie's control of space from two ranks to one, whereupon Brodie counter-sacrificed to increase it to three. Jamieson achieved a long-awaited win, and Young reached a drawn Queen-endgame which he won with ease. Levy finished off Fairhurst with a satisfactory combination. I played my last 8 moves in a minute because I had to; Marshall played at a similar rate because he felt like it, and in the process missed several easy wins.
When the dust settled, we were 3-2 up with rather the better of the other two; but we just agreed draws to secure the match.
We had shown our capacity to recover from nasty situations more than once before, but this was stretching a point!!
D.A. Watt
(P) - Promoted from the previous season's Spens Cup.
(H) - Holders
(S) - Other Seeded teams
Relegation Tournament
| Round 1 | Relegated | ||
| Benarty | lost | Benarty | |
| Edinburgh Un or Dundee or Bon Accord | won | ||
| Bon Accord or Dundee or Edinburgh Un | won | Stirling | |
| Stirling | lost | ||
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