The following were the results of the preliminary tournament, the winner of which (A. F. Peall), out of the twenty-two competitors engaged, takes part in the £1,000 Tournament, commencing on November 3: -
| A. F. Peall
(London) | 1,000 | J. Brady
(Dublin) | 508 | ||
| A. F. Peall
| 1,000 | A. Raynor
(Sheffield) | 357 | ||
| A F. Peall
| 1,000 | J. Chapman
| 583 | ||
| A. F. Peall
| 3,000 | W. Christie
| 1,587 | ||
| A. F. Peall
| 6,000 | J. Harris
| 5,244 | ||
| J. Harris
(Manchester) | 1,000 | G. Rimmer
(Manchester) | 734 | ||
| J. Harris
| 1,000 | J Oldfield
( Manchester ) | 481 | ||
| J. Harris
| 1,000 | T. Carpenter
| 648 | ||
| B. Elphick
| 1,782 | J. Harris
| 1,000 | ||
| B. Elphick
(London) | 1,000 | W. Osborne
(Leicester) | 565 | ||
| B. Elphick
| 1,000 | T. Tothill
| 730 | ||
| B. Elphick
| 1,000 | E. C. Breed
(Derby) | 929 | ||
| T. Carpenter
(Cardiff) | 1,000 | G. Clarke
(London) | 890 | ||
| T. Carpenter
| 1,000 | T. A. Dennis
(Nottingham) | 952 | ||
| J. Chapman
(Birmingham) | 1,000 | W. Pindar
(Leeds) | 865 | ||
| J. Chapman
| 1,000 | E. Hoskins
(London) | 958 | ||
| W. Christie
(Glasgow) | 1,000 | A. Brown
| 835 | ||
| W. Christie
| 1,000 | W. Cook
| 824 | ||
| T. Tothill
(Bury) | 1,000 | F. Cox
(London) | 442 | ||
| T. Tothill
| 1,000 | W. H. Sparrow
(London) | 734 | ||
| H. Holliwell
(London) | 1,000 | J. James
(Chesterfield) | 495 | ||
| A. Brown
(London) | 1,000 | A. Lloyd
(London) | 528 | ||
| W. Cook
(London) | 1,000 | H. Holliwell
| 735 |