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1884: Leeds v Midland Railway Inst., Derby

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Played at Queen’s Hotel, Leeds,

on Saturday, 19/01/1884,

over 25 boards, 2 games per board (time permitting)

The Leeds Mercury of 26/01/1884 reported on this match, saying that this was the largest “single-handed” match ever contested by Leeds Chess Club to date. The Midland Railway Institute in Derby was in the habit of taking on strong clubs within their geographical reach, and numbered among their players a number of strong Derbyshire players from outside Derby itself.

	Leeds	25½-14½		MRI, Derby
1	James White	0-1		F E Phillips
2	E B Hussey	0-1	½‑½	C Hanson
3	A Bilbrough	0@1		J S West
4	C G Bennett	½-½		C W Hives
5	F C Shepherd	1-0	½-½	H Balson
6	S R Meredith	½-½	½-½	W R Bland
7	J W Stringer	1-0	0-1	H T Bland
8	T Eddison	1-0	1-0	G Allan
9	William Heaton	½-½		A H Owen
10	John Craven	1-0		W J Harris
11	Ald E Gaunt	1-0	½-½	F Knowles
12	J G Hudson	1-0		W Meakin
13	F Toothill	1-0	1-0	J Cliff
14	Pemberton	1-0	½-½	T Parker
15	William Carter	1-0		W Brelsford
16	G V Rose	1-0	1-0	J Fox
17	T W Tate	1-0	½-½	J Gill
18	M Wright	1-0	½-½	G H Holland
19	H W Heaton	0-1	0-1	H J Waddam
20	William Trickett	1-0	1-0	G Coxon
21	J L Bisbey	1-0		H Chander
22	J W Harland	½-½		L Chandler
23	Moorhouse	1-0	0-1	J Blakemore
24	T Smith	1-0	0-1	W J Sharpe
25	Ives	0-1		A Hazlewood

@ = adjudicated

A similar report was apparently given in the Derby Daily Telegraph of 21/01/1884 (unseen).

The identities of the Leeds players would seem to be as possible:

C G Bennett	Charles George Bennett
A Bilbrough	Alfred Bilbrough
J L Bisbey	James Lilley Bisbey
William Carter
John Craven
T Eddison	Thomas Eddison
Ald E Gaunt	Edwin Gaunt
J W Harland	J Walter Harland
H W Heaton
William Heaton
J G Hudson	Joshuah Gibson Hudson
E B Hussey	Edward Bishop Hussey
Ives	W Ives
S R Meredith	Samuel Redhead Meredith
Moorhouse	James Moorhouse
Pemberton	C Pemberton
G V Rose
F C Shepherd	Frederick Crosland Shepherd
T Smith
J W Stringer	John William Stringer
T W Tate	Thomas William Tate
F Toothill	Frank Toothill
William Trickett
James White
M Wright	Murrell Wright, junior

Created

12/05/2014

Stephen John Mann

Last Updated

12/05/2014