1896

BELFAST CHESS CLUB -v- DUBLIN CHESS CLUB

Venue: Belfast CC
Saturday 21 March

BELFAST         7.5-4.5  DUBLIN
E.L. Harvey       =-=    W.E. Thrift
R.A. Williams     1-0    F. Hobson 
W. McCrum         1-0    S. Fitzpatrick
E.A. Robinson     =-=    W.H. Baker
J. Neill          1-0	 M.S. Woollett
W.Y. Chamberlain  0-1	 J. Young
J. Gamble         =-=	 S.P. Johnston
J.W. Carey        0-1	 D. Middleton
J. Allen          0-1	 P. Dunscombe
S.J. Magowan      1-0	 H.A. McNeill
W. Steen          1-0	 A. Stephens
W. Godwin         1-0	 H.G. Thrift

1895-1896 ULSTER TROPHY

Final Crosstable

TEAM           Vi  Be  Ho  Total
1.   VICTORIA  XX  11  10   3.0 
2=3. BELFAST   00  XX  =1   1.0+
2=3. HOLYWOOD  01  =0  XX   1.0+

+ Under the competition Rules, the drawn match between Belfast and Holywood had to be replayed. No result of that play-off match between those clubs has been found. It is possible that it remained unplayed because Victoria had already secured the trophy.