Our long term goal is to fill in all the missing League champions in our league dating back to 1929. Based on research, we are able to fill in our first missing date. The 1973 ITL Championship belongs to the Essex Shipbuilders who defeated the Ipswich Chiefs in Aug. 1973. Below is an except from the Ipswich Chronicle from Aug. 22, 1973 (page 22). "Daley's Doubles" makes reference to the series that completed the weekend before.