The following have been the results of the preliminary heat in this tournament, the winner of which, out of the twenty-four competitors engaged, will take part in the great £1,000 Tournament, commencing early in November:
| B. Elphick
(London) | 1,000 | W. Osborne
(Leicester) | 565 | ||
| T. Carpenter
(Cardiff) | 1,000 | G. Clarke
(London) | 896 | ||
| J. Chapman
(Birmingham) | 1,000 | W. Pindar
(Leeds) | 865 | ||
| H. Holliwell
(London) | 1,000 | J. James
(Chesterfield) | 495 | ||
| T. Tothill
(Bury) | 1,000 | F. Cox
(London) | 442 | ||
| J. Harris
(Manchester) | 1,000 | G. Rimmer
(Manchester) | 734 | ||
| A. Brown
| 1,000 | A. Lloyd
| 528 |