SPENS CUP 1904

The final was held in Perth (which was chosen as a convenient meeting place) on Saturday, 13th February.

The Athenaeum CC, from Glasgow, losing finalist in the 1902 final, was victorious this time by 4½-½.

William Gibson, playing on board 4 for the winning team, would go on to win the Scottish championship nine times, his first victory being in 1907.

	Athenaeum		Aberdeen
1	J.J.S. Gray	1	0	H.L. Forbes
2	W.M. Bremner	½	½	J.C. Macbeth
3	P.C. Johnson	1	0	H.A. Turriff
4	W. Gibson	1	0	A. Edward
5	C. Wardhaugh	1	0	Dr Scholle
		4½	½

Source for results table: British Chess Magazine 1904, page 119.

Alan McGowan