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1882: Rawdon v Windhill

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Played (seemingly) at Rawdon,

on Saturday, 09/12/1882,

over 7 boards, 2 games per board, time permitting.

The Chess Player’s Chronicle, 1882, p.604, gave the results of this match between Rawdon (village to the NE of Leeds) and Windhill (on the NW edge of Shipley) as follows:

	Rawdon	4‑9	Windhill
1	Eddison	½-½	Spencer
2	Wilkinson	0-2	Smith
3	Pratt	0-2	Irvin
4	Burley	0-2	Wilkinson
5	Gaffney	2-0	Rhodes
6	Meyer	1-1	Butterfield
7	Yeadon	½‑1½	Linley

Despite the lack of initials, the player are identifiable to some extent, as follows:

As Reported	Club	Apparent Identity
Burley	Rawdon	Charles Burley
Butterfield	Windhill
Eddison	Rawdon	perhaps Thomas Eddison of Leeds CC
Gaffney	Rawdon	Thomas Gaffney
Irvin	Windhill
Linley	Windhill	A Linley
Meyer	Rawdon	Hans Meyer
Pratt	Rawdon	Eli Pratt
Rhodes	Windhill	T Rhodes
Smith	Windhill	W Smith
Spencer	Windhill	perhaps T Spencer of Bradford CC
Wilkinson	Rawdon	J Wilkinson
Wilkinson	Windhill
Yeadon	Rawdon	John Henry Arthur Yeadon

Created 25/04/2014

Stephen John Mann

Last Updated 25/04/2014