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1884: Dewsbury v Doncaster

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Sheffield Sub-Site

Played at Dewsbury,

on Saturday, 15/03/1884,

over 11 boards, 2 games per board (time permitting).

Results were reported in the Leeds Mercury of 22/03/1884 as follows:

	Dewsbury	11-9		Doncaster
1	W. J. Eggleston	½-½		Rev. J. Huntsman
2	W. Jackson	½‑½	½‑½	A. Knight
3	J. Woodhead	1-0		H. Parker
4	L. Howgate	1-0	0-1	C. Johnson
5	Rev. M. E. Thorold	1-0	½-½	H. L. Hunter
6	M Rhodes	½-½	1-0	John Walker
7	J. W. Howgate	0-1	0-1	G.A. Judd
8	G.H. Gledhill	0-1	½-½	E. B. Taylor
9	G. Porritt	0-1	0-1	H. Taylor
10	G. Crawshaw	1-0	1-0	T. Pacy
11	H. Conyers	1-0	1-0	H. Draper

The Rev. Edmund John Huntsman was known to play for both Doncaster and Scarborough before in due course becoming Sheffield’s Woodhouse Cup captain.  Of these three teams, Doncaster was the one based nearest to his home at Harworth in Nottinghamshire.

Identities of the players, where discernible, would appear to be as follows:

W. J. Eggleston	Dewsbury	William John Eggleston
W. Jackson	Dewsbury	William Exley Jackson
J. Woodhead	Dewsbury
L. Howgate	Dewsbury	Luke Howgate
Rev. M. E. Thorold	Dewsbury	Rev. Michael Edward Thorold
M Rhodes	Dewsbury
J. W. Howgate	Dewsbury
G. H. Gledhill	Dewsbury	George Henry Gledhill
G. Porritt	Dewsbury
G. Crawshaw	Dewsbury
H. Conyers	Dewsbury	Henry Conyers
Rev. J. Huntsman	Doncaster	Rev. Edmund John Huntsman
A. Knight	Doncaster
H. Parker	Doncaster
C. Johnson	Doncaster
H. L. Hunter	Doncaster	Henry Lewis Hunter
John Walker	Doncaster
G. A. Judd	Doncaster	George Arthur Judd
E. B. Taylor	Doncaster	Edwin Brooks Taylor
H. Taylor	Doncaster
T. Pacy	Doncaster	Thomas William Pacy
H. Draper	Doncaster

Created 17/05/2014

Stephen John Mann

Last Updated 17/05/2014