Surrey Chess Archive
Surrey Rapid Chess & Surrey Chess history

English Counties honours

English Counties champions, aligned to the SCCU era. Where final details are available, the second column shows the defeated opponents and match score, with a link to the archive page.

Season Champion Final
1893-94    
1894-95    
1895-96    
1896-97    
1897-98    
1898-99    
1899-00    
1900-01    
1901-02    
1902-03    
1903-04    
1904-05    
1905-06    
1906-07    
1907-08 Middlesex ★ Double  
1908-09 Middlesex ★ Double  
1909-10 Middlesex ★ Double  
1910-11 Surrey ★ Double beat Lancashire, 11.5–10.5
1911-12 Kent ★ Double  
1912-13 Middlesex ★ Double  
1913-14 Middlesex ★ Double  
1919-20 Surrey ★ Double beat Lancashire, 7.5–4.5
1920-21 Yorkshire  
1921-22 Lancashire  
1922-23 Lancashire  
1923-24 Surrey ★ Double beat Warwickshire, 10–6
1924-25 Middlesex ★ Double  
1925-26 Lancashire  
1926-27 Middlesex ★ Double  
1927-28 Middlesex ★ Double  
1928-29 Surrey ★ Double beat Yorkshire, 6.5–5.5
1929-30 Lancashire  
1930-31 Middlesex ★ Double  
1931-32 Middlesex ★ Double  
1932-33 Lancashire  
1933-34 Middlesex ★ Double  
1934-35 Lancashire  
1935-36 Middlesex ★ Double  
1936-37 Middlesex ★ Double  
1937-38 Lancashire  
1938-39    
1945-46 Lancashire  
1946-47 Middlesex ★ Double  
1947-48 Lancashire  
1948-49 Middlesex ★ Double  
1949-50 Middlesex ★ Double  
1950-51 Oxfordshire  
1951-52 Oxfordshire  
1952-53 Middlesex ★ Double  
1953-54 Surrey ★ Double beat Yorkshire, 13–3
1954-55 Middlesex ★ Double  
1955-56 Middlesex ★ Double  
1956-57 Warwickshire  
1957-58 Essex ★ Double  
1958-59 Lancashire  
1959-60 Lancashire  
1960-61 Warwickshire  
1961-62 Warwickshire  
1962-63 Middlesex ★ Double  
1963-64 Middlesex  
1964-65 Middlesex ★ Double  
1965-66 Lancashire  
1966-67 Lancashire  
1967-68 Lancashire  
1968-69 Lancashire  
1969-70 Cambridgeshire  
1970-71 Cambridgeshire ★ Double  
1971-72 Cambridgeshire  
1972-73 Essex  
1973-74 Yorkshire  
1974-75 Kent  
1975-76 Kent ★ Double  
1976-77 Lancashire  
1977-78 Lancashire  
1978-79 Middlesex ★ Double  
1979-80 Middlesex ★ Double  
1980-81 Kent ★ Double  
1981-82 Yorkshire  
1982-83 Kent  
1983-84 Kent ★ Double  
1984-85 Middlesex  
1985-86 Middlesex  
1986-87 Middlesex ★ Double  
1987-88 Kent  
1988-89 Middlesex ★ Double  
1989-90 Greater Manchester  
1990-91 Kent ★ Double  
1991-92 Staffordshire  
1992-93 Kent ★ Double  
1993-94 Leicestershire  
1994-95 Cambridgeshire ★ Double  
1995-96 Kent  
1996-97 Kent  
1997-98 Kent ★ Double  
1998-99 Cambridgeshire ★ Double  
1999-00 Yorkshire  
2000-01 Cambridgeshire ★ Double  
2001-02 Essex  
2002-03 Kent ★ Double  
2003-04 Greater Manchester  
2004-05 Greater Manchester  
2005-06 Essex  
2006-07 Lancashire  
2007-08 Lancashire  
2008-09 Yorkshire  
2009-10 Lancashire  
2010-11 Surrey ★ Double beat Kent, 10–6
2011-12 Middlesex  
2012-13 Surrey beat Middlesex, 8.5–7.5
2013-14 Yorkshire  
2014-15 Yorkshire  
2015-16 Yorkshire  
2016-17 Lancashire  
2017-18 Lancashire  
2018-19 Yorkshire  
2021-22 Northumberland  
2022-23 Middlesex ★ Double beat Surrey, 8–8, Middlesex won on board count
2023-24 Surrey ★ Double beat Northumberland, 10–6
2024-25 Surrey ★ Double beat Greater Manchester, 9–7
2025-26    

Top winners by county

  1. Middlesex — 30
  2. Lancashire — 22
  3. Kent — 13
  4. Surrey — 9
  5. Yorkshire — 9
  6. Cambridgeshire — 6
  7. Essex — 4
  8. Warwickshire — 3
  9. Greater Manchester — 3
  10. Oxfordshire — 2
  11. Staffordshire — 1
  12. Leicestershire — 1

Championship streaks (3+ in a row)

County Streak From To
Lancashire 4 wins 1965-66 1968-69
Middlesex 3 wins 1907-08 1909-10
Middlesex 3 wins 1962-63 1964-65
Cambridgeshire 3 wins 1969-70 1971-72
Middlesex 3 wins 1984-85 1986-87
Kent 3 wins 1995-96 1997-98
Yorkshire 3 wins 2013-14 2015-16