1912

1911-1912 ULSTER TROPHY

Final crosstable

RANK CLUB         Vi  St  Be  FL  Total
1    VICTORIA     xx  01  10  11   4.0
2    STRANDTOWN   10  xx  11  01   4.0
3    BELFAST      01  00  xx  11   3.0
4    FREE LANCES  00  10  00  xx   1.0

On the 18th May the Weekly Irish Times reported on the post regular season matches:

Victoria and Strandtown Clubs met on the 18th ult. in Strandtown Schoolroom to play off the tie for the Ulster trophy. Curiously enough at the conclusion of play the match was still undecided, the score being 3.5 each and one game (O'Hanlon v. Chamberlain) unfinished. In the circumstances the secretaries agreed to regard the match as drawn and to play another. Score:-

     Victoria             Strandtown
J.J. O'Hanlon     =  W.Y. Chamberlain  =
J. McMeekin       0  J.W. Carey        1
A.S. Roper        =  T. Patterson      =
T.E. Morton       1  Dr. R.W. Leslie   0
G.F. Purdy        1  R.M. Steele       0    
W.H. Williamson   0  W.H.F. Patterson  1  
J. Stephenson     1  T. Kelly          0
Dr. H.L. Stewart  0  J.M. Haig         1
     Total       4.0      Total       4.0

The tie was played off on the 30th ult. in Fountainville Schoolroom, and resulted in favour of the home team, who thus retain possession of the trophy for another year. Score:-

     Victoria             Strandtown
J.J. O'Hanlon     1  J.W. Carey        0
J. McMeekin       0  W.Y. Chamberlain  1
A.S. Roper        =  R.M. Steele       =
G.F. Purdy        0  W.H.F. Patterson  1
W.H. Williamson   1  T. Kelly          0    
T.E. Morton       1  J.M. Haig         0  
J. Stephenson     1  E.D. Dickson      0
Dr. H.L. Stewart  0  W. Marks          1
     Total       4.5      Total       3.5

WILLIAMSON SHIELD

27 February - 9 May 1912
Final crosstable

PLAYER           T  C  K  A  M   PTS
H. THOMAS        X  1  0  1  1   3.0
J.W. CAREY       0  X  =  1  1   2.5
W. KIRKPATRICK   1  =  X  0  1   2.5
W.J. ALLEN       0  0  1  X  1   2.0
J. McMEEKIN      0  0  0  0  X   0.0

The competition Rules had specified that if only half a point separated the two highest scores, a match of three games had to be played between those two persons, the result to be added to the points already scored. The framers of the Rules therefore had not anticipated the situation that had now arisen - three players at the top of the standings separated by only half-a-point. However Kirkpatrick withdrew from the play-off and instead of Carey conceding a half-point start, he and Thomas played a standalone play-off match of 3 games.

Play-off
November - December 1912

            Game1 Game2  Total
H. THOMAS     1     1     2.0
J.W. CAREY    0     0     0.0
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