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1879: Rotherham Chess Club v Rotherham Liberal Association

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Played at Rotherham Chess Club’s premises at

Mr. Kenyon’s Café, College Street, Rotherham,

on the evening of Saturday, 11/10/1879,

over 6 board, 2 games per board, time permitting.

Only one game was still in progress at the end of the playing session, and it was abandoned as a draw; otherwise no games were drawn.  One was unstarted.  Results as recorded by the Leeds Mercury Weekly Supplement were as follows:

	Rotherham Chess Club	7½-3½		Rotherham Liberal Association
1	J Shephard	1-0	1‑0	H Oliver
2	J Wollman	½u½		G Whitehead
3	J T Rushforth	0-1	0-1	J R Shephard
4	A G Baker	1-0	0-1	A Ripley
5	A Brunt	1-0	1-0	Buttonshaw
6	J Hill	1-0	1-0	Caloe

There seem to be a number of spelling mistakes in the players’ names, correct versions of which appear to be as follows:

As Reported	Inferred Identity
A G Baker [sic]	Henry George Baker
A Brunt	Allan Brunt
Buttonshaw	Richard James Buttenshaw
Caloe	William Caloe
J Hill	John Hattersley Hill
H Oliver	Henry Oliver
A Ripley	Albert Tarn Ripley
J T Rushforth	John Thomas Rushforth
J Shephard	John Shephard
J R Shephard	Joseph Richard Shephard
G Whitehead	George Whitehead
J Wollman	Joseph Wollman

Created 23/04/2014

Stephen John Mann

Last Updated 23/04/2014