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   | Results |  |  |  
   | Crosstable scores |  | 
  | Name | Edo | Dev. | Score | / | Games |  
  | Atkins, Henry | 2550 | (49) | 8.5 | / | 10 |  
  | Bellingham, George | 2436 | (38) | 7.5 | / | 10 |  
  | Elwell, Francis | 2321 | (49) | 6.5 | / | 10 |  
  | Gunston, William | 2337 | (37) | 6 | / | 10 |  
  | Hollins, Frank | 2334 | (50) | 5.5 | / | 10 |  
  | Sherrard, Charles | 2374 | (42) | 5.5 | / | 10 |  
  | Palmer, Wilfred | 2163 | (60) | 4.5 | / | 10 |  
  | Ward, William | 2314 | (52) | 4 | / | 10 |  
  | Lambert, Charles | 2181 | (51) | 3.5 | / | 10 |  
  | Cresswell, E. (2) | 2088 | (77) | 2.5 | / | 10 |  
  | Stevenson, Alfred | 1897 | (58) | 1 | / | 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  
Event table notes
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| Event data |  | 
   | Name: Southern Counties' Chess Union Tournament |  
   | Place: Southampton |  
   | Start date: 30 Aug. 1897 |  
   | End date:   8 Sep. 1897 |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 173 |  
   | Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 45 |  
   | Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables I, page 117 |  
   | Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 230 |  | Web |  
   | Sericano, C.  [Southampton 1897] |  |  |