Members

Members of the League (1945-2014)

The original membership of 8 clubs gradually increased to a peak of about 30 in 1976-77. Since then numbers have declined. The table below lists all the clubs, which have been accepted as members during this period, together with the dates of its membership. In a few exceptional cases though, some clubs do not appear to have entered teams e.g. Dudley 1947. A number of clubs also changed their names during membership. In those cases, the club has a listing under each of its names, e.g. Blanford Mere/Kingswinford has two entries. The exception is John Thompson, which despite several name changes was always commonly known as Thompsons. The table also shows that some clubs left the League at some point and were readmitted later. In such cases the Dates column shows two separate periods e.g. Chubb & Sons.

[Key:- Names in italics = club listed elsewhere in the table; aka =also known as; 1978 or -78=year; 78/79= season; 78? or -73-78? =doubt about date]

History

Club	Dates
Bayliss Jones & Bayliss	1950-55
Bilston College	1969-70/71
Binks Bullows	1977-78?
Birmingham	2014-
Birmingham Settlement (formerly Lucas & Birmingham Settlement); renamed St Georges 2006	2004-6
Blanford Mere (1976-renamed Kingswinford)	1973-76
Boldmere St Michaels (formerly Kingstanding)	2003-
Boulton & Paul	1946-58
Bradley & Foster	1966-68
Brewood Chess Circle (aka Brewood)	1981-
Brinsford Lodge (aka Co-op)	1950-54
British Steel Corporation (formerly Stewart & Lloyds; 1971- renamed Springvale)	1970-71
Burntwood	1977-83
Bushbury (aka Bushbury Central; inc. in 1964-65, the teams Bushbury Bishops & Bushbury Knights)	1963-
Cannock (Chase)	1945-51/52
Cannock (aka Cannock Chase in 1973-74)	1973-88/89
Cannock (aka St Mary's 1998-2003 and Bridgtown Social Chess 2010-11)	2013
Chase Terrace	1977-78
Chubb & Sons	1953-54/55; 1957-58/59
Connaught (formerly Newhampton)	1997-98
Crown Chess Club	1972-(75-77?)
Drayton Bassett (1984-renamed Old Draytonians)	1981-84
Dudley	1947; 1959-99
Dudley & Dowell (formerly Old Hill)	1978-82
Dudley College	1972-(73-77?)
Dudley Training College	1961-(65-67?)
E.C.C.	1968-69/70
English Electric (Stafford); (formerly Stafford; 1965-renamed Stafford Chess Council)	1961-62; 1963-65
Fallings Park	1948-50
G.E.C. ( Stafford)	1979-(80?)
G.K.N.(from amalgamation of G.K.N.(Lab) with G.K.N.(Machines))	1969-(85-87?)
G.K.N.(Lab) (1969-amalgamated with G.K.N.(Machines) to form G.K.N.)	1968-69
G.K.N.(Machines) (1969-amalgamated with G.K.N.(Lab) to form G.K.N.}	1968-69
Goodyear	1948-59; 1974-2000
Halesowen	2002-
Harris & Sheldon	1974-80
Hobsons	1954-64; 1967-71
Hotels Chess	2000-01
Hungarian Chess Club	1953-63
John A.Smith	1951-56/57
John Thompson (aka Thompsons; NEI Thompson (1990-91); RR Thompson (1991-))	1949-99
Kidderminster	1981-
Kingstanding (2002-renamed Boldmere St Michaels)	1997-2000
Kingswinford (formerly Blanford Mere)	1976-80
Lichfield	1972-
Lichfield & District	1977-83/84
Lucas & Birmingham Settlement (2004-renamed [Birmingham Settlement)	1992-2004
Marston Excelsior	1945-51; 1955-59
Mercia	1969-
Municipal Secondary School (Wolverhampton); (aka Secondary School)	1945-46
Newhampton (1997-renamed Connaught)	1996-97
Northfield Checkmates (2008-amalgamated with St Georges)	2006-08
Old Draytonians (formerly Drayton Bassett)	1984-87
Old Hill (aka B.R.S. Oldhill;1978- renamed Dudley & Dowell))	1976-78
Pale Meadow Social Club, Bridgnorth (aka Henry Meadows)	1945-46/47
Penkridge	1983-97
Penn British Legion	1971-78
Perton	1981-82
R.A.F.Cosford (aka Cosford)	1970-78/79; 2000-05
Richard Thomas & Baldwin	1949-50/51
Rock Chess Club (1978-amalgamated with Wolverhampton Kipping to form Rock Kipping)	1972-78
Rock Kipping (from amalgamation of Rock Chess Club & Wolverhampton Kipping)	1978-83/84
Rough Hills	1974-75?
Rubery Owen	1945-76/77
Rubery Owen Apprentices	1960-61
Rugeley	1969-
Rushall	1982-
Sankeys (Wellington)	1979-84/85
Shifnal & Telford (from amalgamation of Telford with Shifnal-2000), reverted to Telford (2013)	2000-2012
Shrewsbury	1972-74
Springvale (formerly British Steel Corporation)	1971-79
St Georges (formerly Birmingham Settlement)	2006-
St.John Parish Church [Junior Chess Club-affiliated but non-playing]	2005-7
St Marys (Cannock)	1998-2003
Stafford (1961:re-entry as English Electric; 1971-formerly Stafford Chess Council)	1947-51; 1971-
Stafford Chess Council (formerly English Electric; 1971-renamed Stafford)	1965-71
Staley Chess Club (associated offshoot of Bushbury)	1977-79
Stewarts & Lloyds (1970-renamed British Steel Corporation)	1958-70
Stourbridge	1969-
Sutton Hill (1975-renamed Telford)	1972-75
Sutton- N.A.L.G.O. (aka Sutton Corporation)	1969-70
Telford (formerly Sutton Hill; 2000-amalgamated with Shifnal to become Shifnal & Telford and revert to just Telford in 2013 but only played one game)	1975-2000 ; 2013; 2014-
Tipton (1956-reformed as Tipton Alexandra)	1945-55
Tipton Alexander (formerly Tipton)	1956-63
Ukrainians	1955-58
Union Locks	1977-94
Walsall Kipping	1945-50; 1954-
Warley Quinborne	2005-
Wellman Crane	1976-78
West Bromwich	1968-
West Bromwich Central	1963-69
West Midland Municipal	1973-74?
West Midland Police	1980-97
Woden Works	1957-63
Wolverhampton	1952-
Wolverhampton Kipping (1978-amalgamated with Rock Chess Club to form Rock Kipping)	1945-78
Wolverhampton N.A.L.G.O.	1962-64/65
Wolverhampton Polytechnic	1988-90