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1882: Ilkley v Leeds

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Played at Ilkley Liberal Club,

on the evening of Saturday, 07/10/1882,

over 9 boards, 2 games per board.

This was the first match in which the Leeds team was captained by Daniel Yarnton Mills. It was a return match, the previous match, at Ilkley, havoing been won by Leeds. The Leeds Mercury Weekly Supplement of 14/10/1882 gave the results as follows:

	Ilkley	5‑12	Leeds
1	G Wainwright	1½‑½	D Y Mills
2	J Petty	0-2	E B Hussey
3	K Rooke	1-1	M Wright Jun.
4	W Critchley	0-2	T Eddison
5	J McKean	0-2	James Rayner
6	C W Shepard	½-½	J W Harland
7	W E Press	0-2	H P Sugden
8	W Mawson	0-2	R Henry
9	J Mawson	2-0	G Dobson

Full identities of the players are as follows:

Name as Reported	Club	Full(er) Name
D Y Mills	Leeds	Daniel Yarnton Mills
E B Hussey	Leeds	Edward Bishop Hussey
M Wright Jun.	Leeds	Murrell Wright, jun.
T Eddison	Leeds	Thomas Eddison
James Rayner	Leeds	James Rayner
J W Harland	Leeds	J Walter Harland
H P Sugden	Leeds	Harry Percival Sugden
R Henry	Leeds
G Dobson	Leeds
G Wainwright	Ilkley	George Edward Wainwright
J Petty	Ilkley	Joshua Petty
K Rooke	Ilkley
W Critchley	Ilkley	William Critchley (senior)
J McKean	Ilkley
C W Shepard [sic]	Ilkley	Charles William Shepherd
W E Press	Ilkley	William Edward Press
W Mawson	Ilkley
J Mawson	Ilkley

Created

24/04/2014

Stephen John Mann

Last Updated

24/04/2014