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 the two separate periods e.g. Chubb & Sons.
| Dates |
Club |
| 1950-55 |
Bayliss Jones & Bayliss |
| 1969-70/71 |
Bilston College |
| 1977-78? |
Binks Bullows |
| 2004-06 |
Birmingham Settlement (formerly Lucas & Birmingham Settlement.
2006 re-named St George's) |
| 1973-76 |
Blanford Mere (1976-renamed Kingswinford) |
| 2003- |
Boldmere St Michael's (formerly Kingstanding) |
| 1946-58 |
Boulton & Paul |
| 1966-68 |
Bradley & Foster |
| 1981- |
Brewood |
| 1950-54 |
Brinsford Lodge (aka Co-op?) |
| 1970-71 |
British Steel Corporation (formerly Stewart & Lloyds
1971 - renamed Springvale) |
| 1977-83 |
Burntwood |
| 1963- |
Bushbury (aka Bushbury Central; inc in 1964-65, the teams: Bushbury Bishops, and B Knights) |
| 1945-51/52 |
Cannock (Chase) |
| 1973-88/89 |
Cannock (aka Cannock Chase in 1973-74) |
| 1977-78 |
Chase Terrace |
| 1953-54/55; 1957-58/59 |
Chubb & Sons |
| 1997-98 |
Connaught (formerly Newhampton) |
| 1972-(75-77?) |
Crown C.C |
| 1981-84 |
Drayton Bassett (1984-renamed Old Draytonians) |
| 1947; 1959-99 |
Dudley |
| 1978-82 |
Dudley & Dowell (formerly Old Hill) |
| 1972-(73-77?) |
Dudley College |
| 1961-(65-67?) |
Dudley Training College |
| 1968-69/70 |
E.C.C |
| 1961-62; 1963-65 |
English Electric (Stafford); (formerly Stafford; 1965-renamed Stafford Chess Council) |
| 1948-50 |
Fallings Park |
| 1979-(80?) |
G.E.C. (Stafford) |
| 1969-(85-87?) |
G.K.N. (from amalgamation of G.K.N. (Lab) with G.K.N. (Machines)) |
| 1968-69 |
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.) |
| 1948-59; 1974-2000 |
Goodyear |
| 1974-80 |
Harris & Sheldon |
| 2002- |
Halesowen |
| 1954-64; 1967-71 |
Hobsons |
| 2000-01 |
Hotels Chess |
| 1953-63 |
Hungarian C C |
| 1951-56/57 |
John A Smith |
| 1949-99 |
John Thompson (aka Thompsons; NEI Thompson (1990-91); RR Thompson (1991-)) |
| 1981- |
Kidderminster |
| 1997-2000 |
Kingstanding (2003-reformed as Boldmere St Michael's) |
| 1976-80 |
Kingwinford (formerly Blanford Mere) |
| 1972- |
Lichfield |
| 1977-83/84 |
Lichfield & District |
| 1992-2004 |
Lucas & Birmingham Settlement (2004-renamed Birmingham Settlement) |
| 1945-51; 1955-59 |
Marston Excelsior |
| 1969- |
Mercia |
| 1945-46 |
Municipal Secondary School (Wolverhampton); (aka Secondary School) |
| 1996-97 |
Newhampton (1997-renamed Connaught) |
| 2006- |
Northfield Checkmates |
| 1984-87 |
Old Draytonians (formerly Drayton Bassett) |
| 1976-78 |
Old Hill (aka B.R.S. Oldhill; 1978-renamed Dudley & Dowell) |
| 1945-46/67 |
Pale Meadow Social Club, Bridgenorth (aka Henry Meadows) |
| 1983-97 |
Penkridge |
| 1971-78 |
Penn British Legion |
| 1981-82 |
Perton |
| 1970-78/79; 2000-05 |
R.A.F.Cosford |
| 1949-50/51 |
Richard Thomas & Baldwin |
| 1972-78 |
Rock C.C. (1978-amalgamated with Wolverhampton Kipping to form Rock Kipping) |
| 1978-83/84 |
Rock Kipping (from amalgamation of Rock C.C. & Wolverhampton Kipping) |
| 1974-75? |
Rough Hills |
| 1945-76/77 |
Rubery Owen |
| 1960-61 |
Rubery Owen Apprentices |
| 1969- |
Rugeley |
| 1982- |
Rushall |
| 2006- |
St George's |
| 1998-03 |
St Mary's (Cannock) |
| 1979-84/85 |
Sankeys (Wellington) |
| 2000- |
Shifnal & Telford (from amalgamation of Telford with Shifnal-2000)) |
| 1972-74 |
Shrewsbury |
| 1971-79 |
Springvale (formerly British Steel (Corporation)) |
| 1947-51; 1971- |
Stafford (1961; re-entry as English-Electric; 1971-formerly Stafford Chess Council) |
| 1965-71 |
Stafford Chess Council (formerly English-Electric; 1971-renamed Stafford) |
| 1977-79 |
Staley C.C. (associated offshoot of Bushbury) |
| 1958-70 |
Stewarts & Lloyds (1970-renamed British Steel Corporation) |
| 1969- |
Stourbridge |
| 1972-75 |
Sutton Hill (1975-renamed Telford) |
| 1969-70 |
Sutton N.A.L.G.O. (aka Sutton Corporation) |
| 1975-2000 |
Telford (formerly Sutton Hill; 2000-amalgamated with Shifnal to become Shifnal & Telford) |
| 1945-55 |
Tipton (1956-reformed as Tipton Alexandra) |
| 1956-1963 |
Tipton Alexandra (formerly Tipton) |
| 1955-58 |
Ukranians |
| 1977-94 |
Union Locks |
| 1945-50; 1954- |
Walsall Kipping |
| 2005- |
Warley Quinborne |
| 1976-78 |
Wellman Crane |
| 1968- |
West Bromwich |
| 1963-69 |
West Bromwich Central |
| 1973-74? |
West Midlands Municipal |
| 1980-97 |
West Midlands Police |
| 1957-63 |
Woden Works |
| 1952- |
Wolverhampton |
| 1945-78 |
Wolverhampton Kipping (1978-amalgamated with Rock C.C. to form Rock Kipping) |
| 1962-64/65 |
Wolverhampton N.A.L.G.O. |
| 1988-90 |
Wolverhampton Polytechnic. |
