Richmond D (last year’s Richmond C, but as Richmond D gained promotion the teams have swapped names) opened their campaign back on 1 October at home to a higher graded team from Harrow. (This was, in effect, last season’s Harrow B, but as Harrow A withdrew from the league it’s now the only Harrow team. I do hope you’re paying attention and keeping up with all this.)
Richmond D | Harrow | ||
1 | Alex Shard 142 | ½:½ | Mary Deans 129 |
2 | Omar Anbargi 108 | 0:1 | David Wray 121 |
3 | Richard Sleep – | 1:0 | Alan Marshall 120 |
4 | Laurie Catling 90 | ½:½ | David Stott 116 |
5 | George Dokic 87 | ½:½ | Phil Humphry 108 |
6 | Jim Anandajeyarajah 81 | 0:1 | Jennifer Goldsmith 97 |
2½:3½ |
An excellent performance, but not quite enough for a result. Richard’s comeback continued with another win, while there were creditable draws for Laurie and George against stronger opposition, along with another half point from Alex.