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	\| 1975-2000 ; 2013; 2014-2026		\| 1975-2000 ; 2013; 2014-2026
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	\| [[Shifnal & Telford]] (from amalgamation of Telford with Shifnal-2000), reverted to [[Telford]] (2013)		\| [[Shifnal & Telford]] (from amalgamation of Telford with Shifnal-2000), reverted to [[WDCL Telford Chess Club\|Telford]] (2013)
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	\| [[St George's]] (formerly Birmingham Settlement) and renamed Birmingham St George's in 2024		\| [[WDCL Birmingham St George's\|St George's]] (formerly Birmingham Settlement) and renamed Birmingham St George's in 2024
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	\| 1965-71		\| 1965-71
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	\| Staley Chess Club (associated offshoot of [[Bushbury]])		\| Staley Chess Club (associated offshoot of [[WDCL Bushbury Chess Club\|Bushbury]])
	\| 1977-79		\| 1977-79
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Created page with "=== Members of the League (1945 onwards) === The original membership of 8 clubs gradually increased to a peak of about 30 in 1976-77. Since then numbers have declined. The table below lists all the clubs, which have been accepted as members during this period, together with the dates of its membership. In a few exceptional cases though, some clubs do not appear to have entered teams e.g. Dudley 1947. A number of clubs also changed their names during membership. In t..."

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=== Members of the League (1945 onwards) ===
The original membership of 8 clubs gradually increased to a peak of about 30 in 1976-77. Since then numbers have declined. The table below lists all the clubs, which have been accepted as members during this period, together with the dates of its membership. In a few exceptional cases though, some clubs do not appear to have entered teams e.g. Dudley 1947. A number of clubs also changed their names during membership. In those cases, the club has a listing under each of its names, e.g. Blanford Mere/Kingswinford has two entries. The exception is John Thompson, which despite several name changes was always commonly known as Thompsons. The table also shows that some clubs left the League at some point and were readmitted later. In such cases the Dates column shows two separate periods e.g. Chubb & Sons.<br><br>
[Key:- Names in italics = club listed elsewhere in the table; aka =also known as; 1978 or -78=year; 78/79= season; 78? or -73-78? =doubt about date]<br><br>
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
|+ History
! Club
! Dates
|-
| [[Bayliss Jones & Bayliss]]
| 1950-55
|-
| [[Bilston College]]
| 1969-70/71
|-
| [[Binks Bullows]]
| 1977-78?
|-
| [[Birmingham]]
| 2014-2019
|-
| [[WDCL Birmingham St George's Chess Club|Birmingham St George's]] (formerly St George's and Birmingham Settlement) and renamed in 2024
| 2024-
|-
| Birmingham Settlement (formerly Lucas & Birmingham Settlement); renamed [[WDCL Birmingham St George's Chess Club|St George's]] 2006
| 2004-6
|-
| Blanford Mere (1976-renamed [[Kingswinford]])
| 1973-76
|-
| [[Boldmere St Michaels]] (formerly Kingstanding; renamed [[WDCL Oscott Chess Club|Oscott]] in 2019)
| 2003-19
|-
| [[Boulton & Paul]]
| 1946-58
|-
| [[Bradley & Foster]]
| 1966-68
|-
| [[WDCL Brewood Chess Circle|Brewood Chess Circle]] (aka [[Brewood]])
| 1981-2020; 2025-
|-
| Brinsford Lodge (aka [[Co-op]])
| 1950-54
|-
| British Steel Corporation (formerly Stewart & Lloyds; 1971- renamed [[Springvale]])
| 1970-71
|-
| [[Burntwood]]
| 1977-83
|-
| [[WDCL Bushbury Chess Club|Bushbury]] (aka Bushbury Central; inc. in 1964-65, the teams Bushbury Bishops & Bushbury Knights)
| 1963-
|-
| [[Cannock]] (Chase)
| 1945-51/52
|-
| Cannock (aka Cannock Chase in 1973-74)
| 1973-88/89
|-
| [[Cannock]] (aka St Mary's 1998-2003 and Bridgtown Social Chess 2010-11)
| 2013
|-
| [[Chase Terrace]]
| 1977-78
|-
| [[Chubb & Sons]]
| 1953-54/55; 1957-58/59
|-
| [[Connaught]] (formerly Newhampton)
| 1997-98
|-
| [[Crown Chess Club]]
| 1972-(75-77?)
|-
| Drayton Bassett (1984-renamed [[Old Draytonians]])
| 1981-84
|-
| [[Dudley]]
| 1947; 1959-99
|-
| [[Dudley & Dowell]] (formerly Old Hill)
| 1978-82
|-
| [[Dudley College]]
| 1972-(73-77?)
|-
| [[Dudley Training College]]
| 1961-(65-67?)
|-
| [[E.C.C.]]
| 1968-69/70
|-
| English Electric (Stafford); (formerly Stafford; 1965-renamed [[Stafford | Stafford Chess Council]])
| 1961-62; 1963-65
|-
| [[Fallings Park]]
| 1948-50
|-
| [[Stafford | G.E.C. ( Stafford)]]
| 1979-(80?)
|-
| [[G.K.N.]](from amalgamation of G.K.N.(Lab) with G.K.N.(Machines))
| 1969-(85-87?)
|-
| G.K.N.(Lab) (1969-amalgamated with G.K.N.(Machines) to form [[G.K.N.]])
| 1968-69
|-
| G.K.N.(Machines) (1969-amalgamated with G.K.N.(Lab) to form [[G.K.N.]]}
| 1968-69
|-
| [[Goodyear]]
| 1948-59; 1974-2000
|-
| [[Halesowen]]
| 2002-
|-
| [[Harris & Sheldon]]
| 1974-80
|-
| [[Hobsons]]
| 1954-64; 1967-71
|-
| [[Hotels Chess]]
| 2000-01
|-
| [[Hungarian]] Chess Club
| 1953-63
|-
| [[John A.Smith]]
| 1951-56/57
|-
| [[John Thompson]] (aka Thompsons; NEI Thompson (1990-91); RR Thompson (1991-))
| 1949-99
|-
| [[WDCL Kidderminster Chess Club|Kidderminster]]
| 1981-2020; 2022-
|-
| [[Boldmere St Michaels | Kingstanding]] (2002-renamed [[Boldmere St Michaels]])
| 1997-2000
|-
| [[Kingswinford]] (formerly Blanford Mere)
| 1976-80
|-
| [[WDCL Lichfield Chess Club|Lichfield]]
| 1972-
|-
| [[Lichfield & District]]
| 1977-83/84
|-
| Lucas & Birmingham Settlement (2004-renamed [[St George's | Birmingham Settlement]])
| 1992-2004
|-
| [[Marston Excelsior]]
| 1945-51; 1955-59
|-
| [[Mercia]]
| 1969-
|-
| Municipal Secondary School (Wolverhampton); (aka [[Secondary School]])
| 1945-46
|-
| Newhampton (1997-renamed [[Connaught]])
| 1996-97
|-
| Northfield Checkmates (2008-amalgamated with [[St Georges]])
| 2006-08
|-
| [[Old Draytonians]] (formerly Drayton Bassett)
| 1984-87
|-
| Old Hill (aka B.R.S. Oldhill;1978- renamed [[Dudley & Dowell]]))
| 1976-78
|-
| [[WDCL Oscott Chess Club|Oscott]] (formerly Kingstanding and Boldmere St Michael's; renamed Oscott in 2019)
| 2019-
|-
|-
| Pale Meadow Social Club, Bridgnorth (aka [[Henry Meadows]])
| 1945-46/47
|-
| [[Penkridge]]
| 1983-97
|-
| [[Penn British Legion]]
| 1971-78
|-
| [[Perton]]
| 1981-82
|-
| R.A.F.Cosford (aka [[Cosford]])
| 1970-78/79; 2000-05
|-
| [[Richard Thomas & Baldwin]]
| 1949-50/51
|-
| Rock Chess Club (1978-amalgamated with Wolverhampton Kipping to form [[Rock Kipping]])
| 1972-78
|-
| [[Rock Kipping]] (from amalgamation of Rock Chess Club & Wolverhampton Kipping)
| 1978-83/84
|-
| [[Rough Hills]]
| 1974-75?
|-
| [[Rubery Owen]]
| 1945-76/77
|-
| [[Rubery Owen Apprentices]]
| 1960-61
|-
| [[Rugeley]]
| 1969-
|-
| [[WDCL Rushall Chess Club|Rushall]]
| 1982-
|-
| [[Sankeys]] (Wellington)
| 1979-84/85
|-
| [[Shifnal & Telford]] (from amalgamation of Telford with Shifnal-2000), reverted to [[Telford]] (2013)
| 2000-2012
|-
| [[Shrewsbury]]
| 1972-74
|-
| [[Springvale]] (formerly British Steel Corporation)
| 1971-79
|-
| [[St George's]] (formerly Birmingham Settlement) and renamed Birmingham St George's in 2024
| 2006-24
|-
| St.John Parish Church [Junior Chess Club-affiliated but non-playing]
| 2005-7
|-
| [[Cannock | St Marys]] (Cannock)
| 1998-2003
|-
| [[WDCL Stafford Chess Club|Stafford]] (1961:re-entry as English Electric; 1971-formerly Stafford Chess Council)
| 1947-51; 1971-
|-
| Stafford Chess Council (formerly English Electric; 1971-renamed [[Stafford]])
| 1965-71
|-
| Staley Chess Club (associated offshoot of [[Bushbury]])
| 1977-79
|-
| Stewarts & Lloyds (1970-renamed [[Springvale | British Steel Corporation]])
| 1958-70
|-
| [[WDCL Stourbridge Chess CLub|Stourbridge]]
| 1969-
|-
| Sutton Hill (1975-renamed [[Shifnal & Telford | Telford]])
| 1972-75
|-
| Sutton- N.A.L.G.O. (aka [[Sutton Corporation]])
| 1969-70
|-
| [[WDCL Telford Chess CLub|Telford]] (formerly Sutton Hill; 2000-amalgamated with Shifnal to become [[Shifnal & Telford]] and revert to just Telford in 2013 but only played one game)
| 1975-2000 ; 2013; 2014-2026
|-
| Tipton (1956-reformed as [[Tipton Alexandra]])
| 1945-55
|-
| [[Tipton Alexander]] (formerly Tipton)
| 1956-63
|-
| [[Ukrainians]]
| 1955-58
|-
| [[Union Locks]]
| 1977-94
|-
| [[WDCL Walsall Kipping Chess Club|Walsall Kipping]]
| 1945-50; 1954-
|-
| [[WDCL Warley Quinborne Chess Club|Warley Quinborne]]
| 2005-
|-
| [[Wellman Crane]]
| 1976-78
|-
| [[WDCL West Bromwich Chess Club|West Bromwich]]
| 1968-
|-
| [[West Bromwich Central]]
| 1963-69
|-
| [[West Midland Municipal]]
| 1973-74?
|-
| [[West Midland Police]]
| 1980-97
|-
| [[Woden Works]]
| 1957-63
|-
| [[WDCL Wolverhampton Chess Club|Wolverhampton]]
| 1952-
|-
| Wolverhampton Kipping (1978-amalgamated with Rock Chess Club to form [[Rock Kipping]])
| 1945-78
|-
| [[Wolverhampton N.A.L.G.O.]]
| 1962-64/65
|-
| [[Wolverhampton Polytechnic]]
| 1988-90
|-
|}

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