To decode the headline, the combined Oriental and East India side beat the combined Athenaeum and Lansdowne side. It was the final Cup match of the season and saw the former side win 3.5-2.5 and secured their place as third equal with the Oxford & Cambridge Club.
Match card below (ORI/EIC listed first):
1 Yaroslav Voropayev (EIC) 0.5 v 0.5 Peter Lee (ATH)
2 Edward Ko (EIC) 1 v 0 Russell Campbell (ATH)
3 Robert McClatchey (ORI) 0.5 v 0.5 David Shankland (ATH)
4 Andy Dugdale (ORI) 0.5 v 0.5 Andrew Baca (LAN)
5 Habib Amir (ORI) 0.5 v 0.5 Guy Morton (ATH)
6 Johan Wong (EIC) 0.5 v 0.5 Kester George (ATH)