HCs | Annual honours | Other competitors |
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| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. F. N. Wedge | 100 | 3 | 7 | 90 | 165 | 110 | Nov 1948 | Dec 1993 | 45y 1m | F. N. Wedge W. F. N. Wedge |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-1993 | ||||
| 1084 | PIERCEABLE / SALESGIRL (DLM) | VHC | Ere I place besotted lips on yielding thine I serve thee notice – eat less garlic, Valentine! | |
| 1989-1990 | ||||
| 891 | CAT | VHC | When I’m de-bagged the world knows I’m a sharp dresser! | 2 mngs.; ‘let the cat out of the bag’ |
| 1988-1989 | ||||
| 874 | BLUESTOCKING | Second | —— got BSc? Unlike wanton? | anag. & lit. |
| 857 | REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left) | VHC | Blushing top one of charm school etc in finale of beauty show of some delicacy | red cap; anag. + y; charm2 |
| 1987-1988 | ||||
| 831 | COOLABAH (Spoonerisms) | VHC | There’s nothing in kola nuts that’ll aid shockers | shade ockers; 0 in cola + bah! |
| 827 | MICKEY-TAKING | VHC | Kinky act? I’m game, otherwise am act in burlesque | comp. anag. |
| 816 | POTLACH (with extra O in word) (Extra letter) | VHC | Offering of Indian hemp, a possible for getting hooked | pot loach |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 757 | ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints) | VHC | Broken romance – I hate other lover | ether; anag. |
| 735 | MALIGN | VHC | Mile line up run down | m + align |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 727 | WELL-TO-DO | VHC | Thoroughly stir in the gravy | well to-do |
| 714 | MOTE | VHC | For leaves push an old barrow | (pro)mote |
| 709 | GINGER | VHC | Go pop? | 2 mngs. |
| 705 | MUSICOTHERAPY | VHC | Upset? Choir may give this treatment | anag. & lit. |
| 688 | CUCURBITAL | VHC | Like a squash court in a club for recreation? Not on | anag. less on |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 675 | CONSTERNATE | VHC | So upset, one can’t rest | anag. & lit. |
| 635 | ROSEMARY | Second | Nonpareil companion for Lamb? | rose Mary, & lit.; ref. nursery rhyme |
| 1983-1984 | ||||
| 610 | DOUBLETHINK | VHC | Utter ambivalence left English in uncertainty and on the spot in Hong Kong, | l E in doubt + in in HK |
| 603 | FIGULINE | VHC | Quirky fun? Gillie (long gone) Potter created it | anag. less l; ref. former radio comedian |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 564 | PARAMENT | VHC | The old drape shape taper, man | anag. |
| 530 | PROMETAL | VHC | I could be in billets, or back in custody of Provost-Marshal (and others) | or (rev.) in PM et al.; billet = bar of metal |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 513 | ETYMOLOGICON | VHC | ‘Roots’ book upset me – too cloying | anag.; ref. Alex Haley novel |
| 504 | SIMMENTHALER | VHC | Geneva neat? Mix minerals with them | anag. |
| 482 | BODY-SNATCHER | VHC | I ‘released’ people caught in earthy bonds, malevolently | c in anag. |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 452 | DISSENTERISM | Third | Denis, is Mrs T upset about English reluctance to toe the line? | anag. incl. E; ref. Thatchers |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 393 | INTRACARDIAC | VHC | In almost all radical art one needs to change about – is fancy breeding so? | in + anag. incl. radica(l) + c.; fancy n. |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 349 | ODDCOMESHORT | VHC | A little over excited so doctor had me less active | anag. less a |
| 340 | BOOKSIE | VHC | Post nothing in box, we hear, that is to do with letters | 0 in boks + i.e.; ‘box’ |
| 336 | ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left) | VHC | Milksop in short, born in the arm of old fairy, one in a quiver | b. in the in curt; elf arrow |
| 314 | MERIL (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Ban on Maud in Morris 1000 – danger – no parking | man on board; M + (P)eril |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 281 | DINOCERAS | VHC | Lousy score and I was stumped – delighted diggers! | anag.; archaeologists, Australians |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 212 | SURCINGLES | VHC | Clingers, us, in a roundabout way | anag. & lit. |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 197 | CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | I be/t her bra’s hand-inflated! | |
| 183 | PICKLE | VHC | Initially put in chemical, keeps long enough | initial letters & lit. |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 95 | THUNDERCLAP | VHC | Crack hunter placed unhappily last of nine going | anag. less e |
| 92 | BRAINWASH | VHC | Result of liberation gesture involving fashionable women is a changing of mind | in w in bra-ash |
| 88 | BLOOMERY | VHC | Hothouse? | i.e. bloomer-y, & lit. |
| 70 | GESTAPO (Misprints) | VHC | Hiller’s mainstay, the kick, short and goes badly outside | Hitler’s; tap in anag.; ref. Bob H., rugby player |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 36 | CRUSADER | VHC | With just cause, I belted my wife! | cryptic def.; i.e. chastity belt |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | ||||
| 1154 | CLARIONET | VHC | Blow me—you need the second letter in surprised reaction | i.e. 2nd letter of blow in anag.; ref. X’s error [see comments] |
| 1969-1970 | ||||
| 1089 | ENCLOISTER | VHC | Walls are used to this—cornets lie all over the place | anag.; Wall’s ice cream |
| 1062 | CALLING-CRAB | VHC | Ball, racing madly after Cooper’s first cross, pinches one | C + anag.; cross = when cross: England footballers Alan B. and Terry C. |
| 1968-1969 | ||||
| 1010 | MOTORIST | VHC | Marsh gas often affects me—it’s from decay turning in damp | anag. in moist; ref. Richard M., Min. of Transport |
| 1967-1968 | ||||
| 993 | JONATHAN | VHC | Apple of David’s eye? | 2 mngs. |
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 911 | DRAGON | VHC | Suzie Wong might get me on the tiles in the drawing game! | drag on; ref. mah-jong and novel/film ‘The World of S. W.’ |
| 907 | SORITES (Misprints) | VHC | Quite vexed about it—Sunday can provide much menial work! | mental; it in sore + S |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 900 | PARAMECIA or PAREOEANS | VHC | More than one minute being abnormal I came unplaced | paramecia; para (prefix) + anag.; unplace = displace = disarrange |
| 898 | POCHARD | First | I dive, in case there is a fish! | char in pod |
| 890 | DEBENTURE | VHC | N.U.R. meet, ignoring leader, bent on following comer-out. I’ll show duty to come back! | deb + anag. less m |
| 884 | MASHER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | They all screa/m an’ steam—Do I, mon, to something good? | Herman’s Hermits, pop group |
| 1964-1965 | ||||
| 856 | RODOMONTADE | VHC | To give one self a boost stick a decoration on before some sort of date | rod OM on trade |
| 834 | CARRIED | VHC | There’s a lot of the Ould Counthry comes up in an eccentric bore | Eir(e) (rev.) in card |
| 829 | FAREWELL | VHC | Send-off upsets Law, left-half and ref.! | anag. incl. le(ft); ref. Denis L., footballer |
| 821 | SOMERSET | VHC | Bath’s here—soak and soak in it, but I’m off! | (im)merse in sot1; soak = habitual drinker; ref. Bath in S. |
| 808 | WAGONER | VHC | Shake expert stars in group | wag oner; ref. constellation Auriga |
| 1963-1964 | ||||
| 796 | STRAKE (or STRAIK) (Misprints) | VHC | Though you’d have struck for this to-day, take in the post! | trough; r in stake, 2 defs. |
| 777 | TAILOR-BIRD | VHC | Fit piping layer for dwelling sewer | tailor bird |
| 769 | PENNY | VHC | Guy’s reward atom scientist, we hear | ‘Penney’; p. for the guy; Sir W. Penney |
| 1962-1963 | ||||
| 725 | SILENUS | VHC | Endless quiet, you and me—and there’s the piper’s son, the monkey! | silen(t) us, 2 defs.; S. was son of Pan |
| 717 | STAR-MAN (Misprints) | VHC | Lead Soldier is not a regular winner | sinner; star man |
| 1961-1962 | ||||
| 682 | PARAMOUR / CHIN (Right and Left) | VHC | Chap meets me and necks./ Chaps meet me and neck | 2 cryptic defs. & lit.; chin meets both chap3 and neck |
| 660 | RUBBER (Misprints) | VHC | Fraser Eliminates Mark—Might Stop Laver? | eraser; 3 mngs.; wash-basin stopper; ref. Wimbledon: Neale Fraser, Bob Mark, Rod Laver |
| 1960-1961 | ||||
| 612 | CARGO (Misprints) | Third | Minor, for example, having an affair, can be married at sea | carried; car go; Morris Minor car |
| 608 | CUSTOMER | VHC | Promising chap embodying superior type of virtue, in short, one of invariable rectitude! | U St in comer |
| 1959-1960 | ||||
| 571 | PESTER | VHC | Clue not given; osmose, morses, crosse, rosace† | |
| 569 | PROPOSAL | VHC | Poor sap nervously anticipates the beginning of Leap-year for what it might bring him | anag. + L(eap-year); nervous = jumpy |
| 543 | NUTRIA / ERMINE (Right and Left) | VHC | Madam likes my warm embrace in the runabout I run at present almost enough to make her marry me! | anag.; (h)er mine, & lit. |
| 1958-1959 | ||||
| 538 | BANISHING | VHC | I climb in suddenly, driving off in a huff | I shin in bang (= abruptly, adv.) |
| 525 | MORALE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Di/rty, our mind is! Sure to be stimulated by this sensational picture | |
| 521 | SOUP | VHC | Very best sort of people take it quietly | so U p, & lit. |
| 512 | NAYLOR (Libel) | VHC | No penniless peer for her—but any rough with a pound or more will do! | nay lor(d), anag. + L or |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 425 | TRAVERSE | VHC | Within Tommy Steele’s limits, fans expect to see a “Rock” passage that may reach the heights! | ravers in T(ommy Steel)e; ref. singer |
| 421 | DOVETAIL | VHC | Joint veto exercised in Assembly—end of peace hope? | anag. in Dáil, dove tail |
| 395 | SCALE-ARMOUR | VHC | Could put strength into a Carousel presentation and give confidence to the principals | arm in anag., & lit.; ref. musical |
| 1955-1956 | ||||
| 377 | MALISON | First | No wishing-well supplies man’s oil—it’s a matter of blasting and hoping for a strike | anag., 2 defs. |
| 356 | METOPOSCOPY | VHC | Judging by the looks of my outside toe distortion, there’s also a definite flat foot there | anag. + pos. + cop, all in my; see flat-foot in C. |
| 343 | EPIGONI | VHC | The pigeon pie I served up did for the King after another seven had had a go! | anag. + I; pie2; ref. Aeschylus, ‘Seven Against Thebes’ and Sophocles, ‘Epigoni’ |
| 1954 (2) | ||||
| 316 | BATHROOM | VHC | clue not given | |
| 304 | ORLEANS | Second | New down in Dixie—“The Cotton-wool Rag”! | 2 mngs.; New Orleans |
| 293 | CAB | VHC | I’m free-lance and have no stage commitments—perhaps Rank has an opening for me! | cryptic def.; bus fare stages; Rank films |
| 1953 (2) | ||||
| 251 | UNMETHODICAL | VHC | The man I could vivisect for being very unjustly disposed! | anag.; ‘vivisector’ encoded solution in puzzle |
| 249 | BALM | VHC | The donkey rider had no drivers’ club to make things smooth in the old days! | Balaam less AA; ref. Numbers 22:21ff |
| 239 | GENISTA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Ed! Garb Er/l-king—but hi! Slips aren’t showing! Any signs of movement? | Edgar Bergen, ventriloquist |
| 237 | BASTINADE | VHC | You could have abstained from such a low-down attack! | anag. |
| 1953 (1) | ||||
| 223 | MELODRAME | VHC | Mal-de-mer? Sick with love?—Overdoing the anguish, I suggest! | anag. incl. 0 |
| 1952 (2) | ||||
| 204 | ROSTER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Things are difficult for Egyptian Importers Inc.—Ai/ling business is almost at a standstill | in Cairo, sterling; ref. Suez crisis |
| 203 | WEATHERS | Second | Where’s Attlee’s lead? It’s taken a buffeting—but survives! | anag. incl. At(tlee); ref. Labour’s slender Commons majority |
| 1952 (1) | ||||
| 181 | HANGABLE | VHC | So the Corporal was thought to be in suspense—and then the Island turned up! | hang + Elba (rev.); ref. Napoleon, ‘the Little Corporal’ |
| 1951 (2) | ||||
| 180 | HESPER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Dusty pit c/haps might benefit from a shower | |
| 179 | CADRE | Second | Heedfulness about the pence gives a firm basis for building up the nation’s armed strength | d in care |
| 177 | DESOLATE | First | Flat, empty, to lease, by arrangement, after beginning of December | D + anag. |
| 176 | SPIGOT | VHC | Just a drop—about one gramme? Then turn me very little | I g. in spot, & lit. |
| 1951 (1) | ||||
| 159 | SPANIEL | VHC | Is penal reform likely to work with gunmen? | anag.; s. may be a gun dog |
| 1950 (2) | ||||
| 151 | OPEN-SESAME | VHC | Generous oil-plant combine gave free passages to travellers in oil-containers | open sesame; ref. Ali Baba, thieves in oil jars |
| 148 | FILIBUSTER | VHC | I broke into a smoother way of talking to confound the law | I bust in filer (= smoother) |
| 139 | HECATOMB | VHC | Many people who have already had it take to M & B after a troublesome ache | anag. of ache + to m, b; have had it = been killed; ref. beer brand |
| 1950 (1) | ||||
| 128 | AMMETER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Where did Emily first see ’im s/in? Croynge? | Sam met ’er; characters and fictional town in radio comedy ‘Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh’ |
| 1949 (2) | ||||
| 112 | SHEET (DLM) | VHC | Weekly Ximenes—The Observer Two Pages Larger | |
| 107 | STRAMASH | VHC | “Shams!! … Art? A travesty of it!” said McMunnings. (Uproar) | anag.; ref. notorious 1949 radio broadcast by Alfred Munnings PRA, attacking modern art |
| 1949 (1) | ||||
| 100 | Word containing ADDING | VHC | Knave hand to beat joker | Jack-pudding; Jack pud ding |
| 97 | NESTOR | VHC | You’ll find the sage under the goose—that laid the golden eggs? | i.e. nest or2 |
1993-1994
1128 CHRISTMAS PRESENT
1992-1993
1095 STINK
1076 PARLOUR GAMES
1065 TANDOORI
1991-1992
1043 PESTO (Printer’s Devilry)
1021 BEARD
1000 ONE THOUSAND
1990-1991
982 ALMANAC
961 WAVESON
947 SHOULDER-SLIP
1989-1990
926 NERD
904 VOETGANGER
895 TONE DEAF
1988-1989
882 DOSSIER
869 HOLD-UPS
849 VISITE
844 THEOLOGASTER (Misprints)
1987-1988
818 EMBUSQUÉ
1986-1987
764 CHILDERMAS
762 OBELISE
753 SHEEPDOG
1985-1986
712 PANTOMIME HORSE
696 ANTIMNEMONIC
1984-1985
666 Any word; subsidiary indication omits an animal (Beasts)
653 INTERNUNCIO
1983-1984
600 Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell (Anagram)
581 SPADROON def. MAVERICK (Wrong Number)
1982-1983
559 EMBASE
556 SWEAL (Misprints)
538 INGRAIN
534 DODGEM
1981-1982
506 ELANET (Printer’s Devilry)
500 BEFOOL (two extra Ds) (Extra Letter)
495 CACOETHES
1980-1981
456 BALADINE
439 LINGA (Printer’s Devilry)
434 JARDINIÈRE
1979-1980
404 CANDLE-HOLDER (Spoonerisms)
379 SCYTHEMAN
1978-1979
354 SHEER-HULK
1977-1978
301 TROLLOPISH
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
289 AMNESIAC
272 MALAGUETTA
1976-1977
255 ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE
225 VALETA
1974-1975
148 BALLYHOO
146 CHARADES
143 Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle)
127 FRITHSOKEN
123 SCATTERGOOD
105 Malabar-rat, raccoon, nylghau, oriole, aberdevine, howler (Anagram)
1973-1974
97 TREBUCHET
84 MIRLIGOES / ILL-OMENED (Right and Left)
1972-1973
27 VINEGAR
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1162 BEAM-ENDS
1158 ELEPHANT-SEAL
1145 GENIPAP
1127 TRAYBIT
1123 MAXIMIST
1969-1970
1100 BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent)
1084 ANGEL-FOOD
1968-1969
1054 PINACOTHECA
1041 TEA-LEAD
1039 TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number)
1023 CONSOLE
1015 HOAR-HEADED
1006 CHROME-PLATING
1967-1968
1000 THOUSAND
997 TREACLE
971 MAGOTPIE / ANECDOTE (Right and Left)
967 CREMOSIN
962 PALING
1966-1967
949 BROWSING
935 MALAPROP
933 COTTABUS
924 MIMESTER / PECULATE (Right and Left)
1965-1966
902 WINCOPIPE
894 WITENAGEMOT
885 GALIMATIAS
882 SNAPDRAGON
878 ENTOMOSTRACA
868 DANDER / TOUPEE (Right and Left)
860 CORSAGE
1964-1965
847 FRENETICAL
832 PENNY-WISE (Misprints)
1963-1964
790 PETER-SEE-ME (Sire and Dam)
786 METAMERES (Printer’s Devilry)
760 METAMORPHOSE
750 SEVEN-FIFTY / CROSSWORDS (Right and Left)
1962-1963
734 NASALITY
730 ARCH-PIRATE
700 SOLOMON
1961-1962
686 FEMALE
678 TESSELLATED
676 TRELLIS (DLM)
656 FIDDLESTICKS
1960-1961
638 BUREAUCRAT
630 STREAKY
626 WOMAN-TIRED
624 PSYCHIATER (DLM)
617 COLOPHONY
1959-1960
590 STATANT (Printer’s Devilry)
578 GATHERED def. LEVANTER (Wrong Number)
555 JURYWOMAN
1958-1959
534 RAIL-SPLITTER
529 BUTTY-COLLIER
517 CAROTID
504 LEAD-LINE
1957-1958
482 LEASING-MAKER
464 STRAWED
460 ASTONISHMENT (Misprints)
456 PLAFOND
1956-1957
434 CARTON
430 GAMIN (Printer’s Devilry)
412 SERVIETTE
400 Word with 400 theme (Quatercentenary)
390 HESITATE (Printer’s Devilry)
1955-1956
382 ABSTAIN
373 PRESTONPANS
369 BERET
360 WRINKLE / EGG-BIRD (Right and Left)
351 LUSTRE
334 CHEROOT
329 HAMADRYAD
1954 (2)
325 MARRYING
306 CHICANE / RAMPART (Right and Left)
302 MARTIN
295 SENSE-ORGANS
1954 (1)
279 CRYPTOGRAM
277 PRODIGALLY
275 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
259 AGANIPPE
1953 (2)
243 LODESTAR
235 ASPHETERISM
1953 (1)
231 PREAMBLE
229 MASCOT
221 BUNTHORNE
219 SOCIALIST
217 DEPOSIT
207 PAGEANT
1952 (2)
205 CANTANKEROUS
1952 (1)
193 TRADUCER
192 WATSON
190 CHEQUERS
182 MISTLETOE
1951 (2)
174 ANACREONTICS
173 HATCHING
171 SERINGAS
169 HOUSE
1951 (1)
166 RACHIDES
164 NEWTON
162 TITANESS
157 ORANGE
1950 (2)
154 RABBIT
152 SEA-LION
147 GATHER
135 STRIPPED
1950 (1)
123 LEECHES
119 UMBLE-PIE
1949 (2)
116 WATERLOO
108 HACKNEY
1949 (1)
104 STARE (Printer’s Devilry)
99 SCARABEE
1948 (2)
90 ROTHER
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1992-1993 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 1984-1985 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 22 |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
| 1955-1956 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 1954 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 1953 (1) | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1951 (2) | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 1951 (1) | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1950 (2) | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1950 (1) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1949 (2) | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1949 (1) | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1948 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |