1974 US Nat Ty Mystery?!

[Richard Pask]

What am I missing?

Round 6: Hugh Burton vs. Derek Oldbury

G1: 11-16 23-18; 7-11 Win for Burton
G2: 11-16 23-18; 7-11 Drawn
G3: 9-13 22-18; 11-15 Drawn
G4: 9-13 22-18; 11-15 Win for Oldbury

And, as the final tables clearly show, Derek won the heat!

[clintolsen]

In the games database there are only three games that I can find between these 2 players in this event.

One game is listed as a win for Oldbury, the other 2 are listed as draws. However, one of the draws is a game clearly won by Oldbury but incorrectly marked as a draw in the database. So it would make sense why there would be only 3 games played in the round.

This is the game I found:

[Black "Burton H."]
[White "Oldbury D."]
1. 10-15 23-19 2. 6-10 22-17 3. 1-6 25-22 4. 11-16 17-13 5. 16x23 26x19 6. 7-11 29-25 7.
3-7 22-17 8. 11-16 25-22 9. 16x23 27x11 10. 7x16 30-26 11. 10-15 22-18 12. 15x22 31-27 13.
22x31 24-20 14. 31x24 20x11 15. 8x15 28x1

[Richard Pask]

Dear Clint,

Yes, I have now discovered the 2 games on 10-15 23-19; 6-10 and the results you describe. (Games 5 and 6 of Round 6.)

Bur I thought that only 4-game heats were played in 1974. Clearly I was wrong!