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1859: Settle v Bradford Match

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Played at Settle,

on Saturday 03/12/1859,

over five board, up to 3 games per board.

Having beaten Burnley 15-6 on 10th June, 1859, Settle arranged a match against Bradford, this time over only five boards. The match was played on 3rd December 1859, at Settle. At each board three games were played, except one where only two games were played. The results were as follows (colours etc unknown):

Settle				Bradford
George Stansfeld	1‑0	1‑0	1‑0	Robert Milligan, jun.
Allan Brown	1‑0	0‑1	X	Francois Landolphe
J. H. Burrow	1‑0	1‑0	1‑0	John Allison Heselton
John Armistead	1‑0	1‑0	0‑1	Hermann Ammelburg
John Birkbeck	0‑1	½‑½	0‑1	Maximilian Edward Werner
		9½‑4½

The match was contested for a prize, which was a copy of Alexandre’s Treatise on Chess.

In its report on the match, the Leeds Mercury of 08/12/1859 anticipated a return match later in December, but in the event the return match wasn’t played until 25/02/1860.

Slater's Commercial Directory of Durham, Northumberland & Yorkshire, 1855, listed

John Armistead, linen and woollen draper, Settle,

John Birkbeck, Esq., Giggleswick (under gentry etc)

It also listed William Thomas Burrow, surgeon, Settle, whose seems likely to be connected with J.H. Burrow.

Created

25/04/2012

Last Updated

25/04/2012