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1878: Bradford v Manchester Athenaeum

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Played at Leuchter’s Restaurant, 7 Darley Street, Bradford,

on Saturday, 16/02/1878,

over 15 boards, 2 games per board.

The Leeds Mercury of 18/021878 carried a brief report on this match, results of which were as follows:

	Bradford	12½	17½	Manchester Athenaeum
1	M. L. Lewis	½‑½	½‑½	H. Gazale
2	S. Ward	0-1	0-1	E. H. Wood
3	R. Whitaker	0-1	0-1	J. Baddeley
4	J. Petty	1-0	0-1	J. Fish
5	A. Menssing	1-0	1-0	H. Heap
6	G. F. Onions	0-1	0-1	M. Bateson Wood
7	E. Wall	½‑½	½‑½	E. Mitchell
8	W. T. Waite	1-0	0-1	K. M. Giltay
9	C. D. Knapton	0-1	½‑½	O. Hockmeyer
10	E. Mielziner	1-0	½‑½	T. B. Wilson
11	J. E. Hall	1-0	0-1	E. Evans
12	E. Possett	0-1	½‑½	J. Heap
13	D. T. Fieldsend	1-0	0-1	L. Zöllner
14	C. Amfit	0-1	0-1	R. Lewis
15	O. North	1-0	1-0	C. Breving [sic] *

“ should have read C. Brevig.

The Bradford players fuller names were as follows:

Name as Reported	Full Name
C. Amfit [sic]	Carl Otto Bernhardt Ampt
D. T. Fieldsend	perhaps Thomas Fieldsend
J. E. Hall	John Edmund Hall
C. D. Knapton	Charles Demain Knapton
M. L. Lewis	Martin Luther Lewis
A. Menssing	Gustavus Adolphus Menssing
E. Mielziner	Emil Mielziner
O. North	Oliver North
G. F. Onions	George Frederick Onions
J. Petty	Joshua Petty
E. Possett [sic] *	Ernest Posselt
W. T. Waite	William Thomas Waite
E. Wall	Charles Ernest Ferdinand Wall
S. Ward	Seth Ward
R. Whitaker	Robert Whitaker

* The first “tee” should be an “ell”.

Created 12/05/2014

Stephen John Mann

Last Updated 12/05/2014