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1874: Bradford v Leeds

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Played at Bradford,

on the evening of Friday, 20/02/1874,

over 9 boards, 3 games per board (time permitting)

The results in this match, as reported in the Bradford Observer of Thursday, 25/02/1874, using the system of recording the results then favoured by the Observer and adding board numbers, were as follows:

	Bradford	Won	Lost	Drawn	Leeds	Won	Lost	Drawn
1	Mr. Petty	0	2	0	Mr. White	2	0	0
2	Mr. Menssing	0	0	1	Mr. Stokoe	0	0	1
3	Mr. Waldheim	2	0	1	Mr. Stringer	0	2	1
4	Mr. Fieldsend	0	0	0	Mr. Dunn	0	0	0
5	Mr. Illingworth	3	0	0	Mr. Trickett	0	3	0
6	Mr. Plate	1	2	0	Mr. Taylor	2	1	0
7	Mr. Isitt	2	0	0	Mr. Dobson	0	2	0
8	Mr. Braithwaite	0	1	0	Mr. Hudson	1	0	0
9	Mr. M^cKinlay	0	1	0	Mr. Gaunt	1	0	0
	Total	8	6	2	Total	6	8	2

Bradford were stated to have won by two games (i.e. 9-7). No comment was made on the absence of any result on board 4.

Identities of the players, where discernible, are as follows:

Braithwaite	Bradford
Dobson	Leeds	T (or TG) Dobson
Dunn [sic]	Leeds	F Dunne
Fieldsend	Bradford	Thomas Fieldsend *
Gaunt	Leeds	Edwin Gaunt
Hudson	Leeds	Joshua Gibson Hudson
Illingworth	Bradford	possibly A Illingworth
Isitt	Bradford	George Hannibal Isitt
M^cKinlay	Bradford	W McKinley
Menssing	Bradford	Gustavus Adolphus Menssing
Petty	Bradford	Joshua Petty
Plate	Bradford	W Plate
Stokoe	Leeds	Thomas Young Stokoe
Stringer	Leeds	John William Stringer
Taylor	Leeds	Samuel Taylor
Trickett	Leeds	William Trickett
Waldheim	Bradford	F Waldheim
White	Leeds	James White

Created

09/05/2014

Stephen John Mann

Last Updated

09/05/2014