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1877: Halifax v Bradford

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Played at Halifax,

on the afternoon of Saturday, 09/06/1877,

over 11 boards, 3 games per board (time permitting)

The Huddersfield College Magazine, Vo.5, 1876-77, page 325, reported the results of this match as in the following table (with board numbers added and “Mr.” removed throughout):

	Halifax		Bradford
		Won		Won	Drawn
1	Francis	1	Whitaker	1	0
2	Parker	0	Lewis	1	0
3	Common	0	Menssing	1	0
4	Waight	0	Petty	1	1
5	Field	0	Onions	1	0
6	Pickles	2	Knapton	0	0
7	Walker	1	Mills	0	0
8	Hodgson	2	North	1	0
9	Thrift	0	Ackroyd	1	1
10	Wainhouse	2	McKinlay	1	0
11	Whitley	0	Hall	1	1
		8		9	3

These results accord with those in the Halifax Guardian of 16/02/1877, except that the Guardian gave “Wright” as the Halifax board 4.

The identities of the players would seem to be:

Name as Reported	Club	Apparent Identity
Ackroyd	Bradford
Common	Halifax	Walter Common or Arthur Welsh Common
Field	Halifax	Thomas Wilson Field
Francis	Halifax	Edward Francis
Hall	Bradford	John Edmund Hall
Hodgson	Halifax	E Hodgson
Knapton	Bradford	Charles Demain Knapton
Lewis	Bradford	Martin Luther Lewis
McKinlay	Bradford	William McKinlay
Menssing	Bradford	Gustavus Adolphus Menssing
Mills	Bradford	D Mills
North	Bradford	Oliver North
Onions	Bradford	George Frederick Onions
Parker	Halifax	George Lister Parker
Petty	Bradford	Joshua Petty
Pickles	Halifax
Thrift	Halifax	Henry George Thrift
Waight	Halifax	Henry Hoyer Waight
Wainhouse	Halifax	Jonathan C Wainhouse *
Walker	Halifax	Edward James Walker
Whitaker	Bradford	Robert Whitaker
Whitley	Halifax	P Whitley

* or conceivably W Wainhouse

Created

12/05/2014

Stephen John Mann

Last Updated

12/05/2014