Richardson Cup 1995-1996
Main Tournament
Polytechnic CC win the Richardson for the fitrst time in 10 years, and bring to an end a sequence of 6 losing appearances in the final, an unenviable record held jointly by themselves and Cathcart. Dundee and Victoria reach their fourth consecutive final, a feat achieved previously by only Glasgow, Edinburgh, Glasgow University Union, Cathcart and Polytechnic and exceeded by only the first two of these. Oban made a successful first appearance, seeing off a challenge from Paisley who had won the tournament only 2 years previously. Administratively, problems arose over the Edinburgh West v Cathcart round 2 match which had to be postponed because of heavy snowfall on the day. This caused a delay to the following semi-final.
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Semi Final | Final | ||||
| Inverclyde Central | 1½ | Edinburgh West | 4½ | Edinburgh West | 3½ | Dundee & Victoria(H) | 3 |
| Edinburgh West | 6½ | ||||||
| Cathcart (S) | 7 | Cathcart (S) | 3½ | ||||
| Giffnock | 1 | ||||||
| Caley | 4½ | Caley | 1 | Dundee & Victoria (H) | 4½ | ||
| Ardrossan | 3½ | ||||||
| Dundee & Victoria (H) | 6½ | Dundee & Victoria (H) | 7 | ||||
| Kirkcaldy | 1½ | ||||||
| Castlehill | 1½ | Crowwood | 3 | Polytechnic (S) | 6 | Polytechnic (S) | 5 |
| Crowwood | 6½ | ||||||
| Musselburgh (P) | 2½ | Polytechnic (S) | 5 | ||||
| Polytechnic (S) | 5½ | ||||||
| Paisley | 3 | Oban (P) | 1½ | Edinburgh (S) | 2 | ||
| Oban (P) | 5 | ||||||
| Edinburgh (S) | 7½ | Edinburgh (S) | 6½ | ||||
| Bon Accord | ½ | ||||||
(P) - Promoted from the previous season's Spens Cup
(H) - Holders
(S) - Other Seeded teams
Final
Dundee and Victoria |
Polytechnic |
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| 1. CA McNab (B) | ½ |
½ |
J Rowson |
| 2. DJ Findlay | 0 |
1 |
D Holmes |
| 3. P Romilly | 0 |
1 |
I Swan |
| 4. J King | 1 |
0 |
E Davis |
| 5. A Wright | ½ |
½ |
D Byrne |
| 6. E Spencer | 1 |
0 |
L Kirk |
| 7. G Myers | 0 |
1 |
K Beaton |
| 8. J Anderson | 0 |
1 |
A Minnican |
3 |
5 |
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Relegation Playoff
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Relegated | ||
| Castlehill | 6 | Ardrossan | 4½ | Kirkcaldy |
| Ardrossan | 2 | |||
| Kirkcaldy | 2½ | Kirkcaldy | 3½ | |
| Musselburgh (P) | 5½ | |||
| Bon Accord | 4* | Bon Accord | 6 | Giffnock |
| Paisley | 4* | |||
| Inverclyde Central | 4½ | Giffnock | 2 | |
| Giffnock | 3½ | |||
* - Board count