This is indeed news. News in the sense that it is new. Never happened before. Not seen. Not once. And shocking it most certainly is. It may not last, so let’s enjoy it.
Here it is – committed to the pages of this journal, and therefore archived for Lib Chess posterity evermore – the Hamilton Russell tables with the Libs soaring to mid-lower table heights:
| Position | Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points |
| 1 | Oxford & Cambridge | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 1 | RAC | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | MCC | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Athenaeum | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Reform | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Oriental and East India | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Chelsea Arts | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 7 | National Liberal Club | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 9 | Hurlingham | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Rejoice. For Caissa smiles upon us.