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The Bradford
Observer of Thursday, 22/04/1869, carried a report of a meeting in
Bradford, on 17/04/1869, of Bradford and Halifax chess-players. There
was no mention of a match, as such, being played between teams representing
the two clubs, so the meeting was perhaps much more casual than a match, with
no results of games being reported. The report is nevertheless
interesting in pointing out that Halifax Chess Club had undergone a revival
(and hence had to the some extent previously lapsed) and in revealing that
this turnaround was largely due to the exertions of former Bradford player Maximillian Edward Werner.
The report read as
follows, putting “E. M. Werner”, rather than “M. E.
Werner”, thoughout:
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MEETING OF CHESS
PLAYERS.- On Saturday, a number of
gentlemen of the lately revived Chess Club in Halifax paid a friendly visit
to the members of the Bradford Chess Club, at the George Hotel. About
sixteen gentlemen sat down to tea, after which Mr. Petty, president of the
Bradford Chess Club, expressed the pleasure he felt in welcoming the guests
of the evening, and hoped that such friendly visits would often be
interchanged between the two clubs.- Mr. Farrell, secretary, having
confirmed the sentiments of the president, Mr. T. M. Dolan, Halifax,
expressed his sense of the kindness shown to them, and his hope that the
visit would very shortly be returned, when he assured the members of the
Bradford Club of a hearty welcome. Mr. Dolan also stated the great
obligation the Halifax Club was under to Mr. E. M. Werner, to whose
influence and exertions the revival of the club was in great measure due.-
Mr. E. M. Werner, on behalf of the Halifax Club, also thanked the gentlemen
of Bradford for the kindness and hospitality with which they had been
received. As a chess player, many of his happiest memories were in
connection with the Bradford Chess Club, and his connection with that club
was always a matter of pride and pleasure to him. With regard to the
newly-formed club at Halifax, Mr. Werner expressed the pleasure it had been
to him to assist in its revival, and hoped that soon it might become a
worthy foe to the older club of Bradford. Play was then resumed with
varying success on both sides until eleven o’clock, at which hour the
party broke up. We believe that it is intended that a return visit
will be paid to Halifax as soon as arrangements can be made.
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The Halifax
Guardian of 24/04/1869 carried essentially the same article, and like the
Bradford Observer it gave no detail of results of games, but it
included the names of some of the players, as follows:
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Club
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Name as Listed
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Apparent
Identity
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Bradford
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B. Broughton
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Benjamin
Broughton
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R. Milligan,
jun.
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Robert Milligan,
junior
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Jos. Petty
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Joshua Petty
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J. A. Heselton
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John Allison
Heselton
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R. Reaney
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Richard Reaney
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J. Barker
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James Barker
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W. Fieldsend
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William
Fieldsend
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T. Fieldsend
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Thomas Fieldsend
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J. Farrell
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C. M. Wilson
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Charles Maurice
Wilson
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Halifax
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M. E. Werner
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Maximilian Edward Werner
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Dolan
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Thomas Michael
Dolan
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Francis
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Edward Francis
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&c.
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The next meeting
between these clubs was the 1870
Halifax-Bradford match played on 16/03/1870.
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