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Played at the Maunche Hotel, Sheffield,
on Saturday, 01/12/1883,
over 19 boards, 2 games per board (time permitting).
That there were 19
boards suggests that 20 boards had been the intention, but that a last-minute
hitch had meant one or other side lacked a player.
This appears to be
the first match undertaken by the recently-formed Sheffield & District
Chess Association against another city or town. Most of the Manchester
team are recognisable as Lancashire county-team players.
Manchester’s board 4 was a brother of Sheffield’s board 6, and
the two had relatively recently both played for Penistone.
Sheffield held out
reasonably well over the top boards, but lacked strength in depth.
Two games were
played on most boards, but only one was managed on boards 9, 14 and 18.
The Sheffield
& Rotherham Independent of 08/12/1883 reported the results as
follows:
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Sheffield & DCA
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Club
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8-27
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Manchester CA
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1
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E Barraclough
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A
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0-2
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H Jones
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2
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G A Askham
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Ath
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1½‑½
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Von Zabern
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3
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H A Rossell
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Ath
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0-2
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J S Stipping [sic]
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4
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Carr Smith
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A
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1-1
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T B Wilson
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5
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J Roe
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B
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½‑1½
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C Brevig
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6
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Dr Wilson
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A
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1½-½
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R Thomasson
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7
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R Snow
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A
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0-2
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R B Hardman
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8
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T Scott [sic] *
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A
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0-2
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Bateson Wood
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9
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J Reoch
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A
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1-0
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Higginbothom
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10
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W H Gaunt
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A
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0-2
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M Pallett
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11
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J Wollman
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R
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½-1½
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F Lowenthal
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12
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Ed Barlow
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Ath
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0-2
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C A Dust
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13
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Jno Crossland
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S G
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0-2
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J G Boulage [sic]
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14
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J Shearer
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S G
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1-0
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R O Cooper
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15
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T Scott [sic] *
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A
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0-2
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F J Hamel
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16
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J Hanlon
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B
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0-2
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W R Keyte
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17
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C Hahn
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A
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0-2
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J Green
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18
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J B Ducket
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T
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0-1
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Dr Hewett
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19
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W Wood
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S G
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1-1
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[not legible]
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* One of these will have been S Scott (the stronger of the
two, so probably board 8).
As is so often the
case, it is not clear if the score “1-1” in some cases
represented two draws.
Key to Sheffield &DCA Clubs [with location where not
explicit]:
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A
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Arundel
[Sheffield]
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Ath
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Sheffield
Athenaeum
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B
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Barnsley
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R
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Rotherham
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S G
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St. George’s [Sheffield]
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T
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Thorncliffe [Ecclesfield, nr. Sheffield]
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The present
writer’s interpretation of the reported players’ names is as
follows:
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Name as Reported
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Team
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Fuller /Corrected Name
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G A Askham
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Sheffield
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George Albert Roberts Askham
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Ed Barlow
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Sheffield
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Edward Barlow
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E Barraclough
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Sheffield
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Edwin Barraclough
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J G Boulage [sic]
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Manchester
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Isidore Augustus Galbois Boulaye
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C Brevig
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Manchester
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Christen Brevig
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R O Cooper
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Manchester
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Jno Crossland
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Sheffield
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John Crossland
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J B Ducket [sic]
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Sheffield
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John Bush Duckett
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C A Dust
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Manchester
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Charles Arthur Dust
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W H Gaunt
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Sheffield
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William Henry Gaunt
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J Green
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Manchester
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C Hahn
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Sheffield
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Carl August Hahn
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F J Hamel
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Manchester
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Frederick Julius
Hamel
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J Hanlon
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Sheffield
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John Hanlon
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R B Hardman
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Manchester
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Richard Bamford
Hardman
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Dr Hewett
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Manchester
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Higginbothom
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Manchester
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T Higginbothom/Higginbottom/&c
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H Jones
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Manchester
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W R Keyte
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Manchester
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William Richard Keyte
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F Lowenthal
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Manchester
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F Löwenthal
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M Pallett
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Manchester
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J Reoch
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Sheffield
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John Reoch
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J Roe
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Sheffield
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John Roe
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H A Rossell
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Sheffield
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Henry
Augustus Rossell
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T Scott [bd 8]
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Sheffield
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S Scott
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T Scott [bd 15]
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Sheffield
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J Shearer
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Sheffield
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James Shearer
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Carr Smith
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Sheffield
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J Carr Smith
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R Snow
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Sheffield
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Robert Snow
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J S Stipping [sic]
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Manchester
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James Stanley Kipping
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R Thomasson
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Manchester
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Dr Wilson
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Sheffield
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Arthur Cobden
Jordan Wilson
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T B Wilson
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Manchester
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Thomas
Bright Wilson
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J Wollman
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Sheffield
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Joseph Wollman
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Bateson Wood
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Manchester
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Matthew Bateson Wood
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W Wood
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Sheffield
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William Wood
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Von Zabern
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Manchester
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Theodor Von Zabern
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