Spens Cup 1947

Played on Saturday, 8 March 1947 at the YMCA, Dumbarton Road, Stirling.

Newmilns		Dundee
1. A. O'Hare *	0	1	H.A. Turriff
2. H. Hamilton	0	1	E.G.W. Beckingham
3. S. Luke *	0	1	H. Deas
4. J.P. Young *	1	0	C.W. Milne
5. A. Brown	1	0	J.S. Smith
6. A. Guthrie	1	0	W.S. Phillips
7. J. McGhee	1	0	J. Quinn
	4	3

At the end of regular time the games on boards 1, 3 and 4 were unfinished, and had to be sent for adjudication. At the time Newmilns were leading 3-1. Boards 1 and 3 were awarded to Dundee, but Newmilns got the win needed on board 4 to give them a narrow victory.

Source: Glasgow Herald chess column of 14 March 1947.

Alan McGowan
Historian, Chess Scotland