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1882: Leeds v Frizinghall

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Played at Leeds Chess Club, Kelsall Street, Leeds,

on Monday, 11/12/1882, in the evening,

over 6 boards, 2 games per board.

This encounter was between players selected from Leeds Chess Club’s “B” division and members of the much weaker Frizinghall Chess Club. Frizinghall is at the south end of Shipley, just north of the Manningham district of Bradford.

The Leeds Mercury Weekly Supplement of 16/12/1882 reported the results as follows:

	Leeds	10‑2	Frizinghall
1	John Craven	2-0	J Whitley
2	W Carter	½‑1½	H Clay
3	R Taylor	2-0	A Pickard
4	H Millard	2-0	H Page
5	G V Rose	1½ ½	B H Foster
6	R Henry	2-0	W Welton

Some of the players are identifiable, as follows:

John Craven	Leeds	John Craven
W Carter	Leeds	William Carter
R Taylor	Leeds	Richard Taylor
H Millard	Leeds	Henry Millard
G V Rose	Leeds
R Henry	Leeds
J Whitley	Frizinghall
H Clay	Frizinghall
A Pickard	Frizinghall
H Page	Frizinghall
B H Foster	Frizinghall
W Welton	Frizinghall

Created

25/04/2014

Stephen John Mann

Last Updated

25/04/2014