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1884: Leeds v Scarborough

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Played at Leeds,

on Shrove Tuesday, 26/02/1884,

over 10 boards, 2 games per board (time permitting)

The Leeds Mercury of 01/03/1884 reported the results in this match as follows, subject to the result of adjudication of the final position in an unfinished game on board 1:

	Leeds	9½‑4½	Scarborough
1	C. G. Bennett	@	Rev. J. Huntsman
2	E. B. Hussey	2-0	F. Wallis
3	A. Howell	2-0	W. Edwards
4	Shepherd	0-1	G. Martin
5	Stringer	2-0	H. Chapman
6	R. Taylor	½‑1½	F. J. Wallis
7	Craven	1-1	Rev. R. Amos
8	Pemberton	0-1	W. Blanshard
9	Millard	1-0	J. Barr
10	Pearce	1-0	Taylor

The identities of the players, were discernible, would appear to be as follows:

As Reported	Club	Fuller Name
C. G. Bennett	Leeds	Charles George Bennett
E. B. Hussey	Leeds	Edward Bishop Hussey
A. Howell	Leeds
Shepherd	Leeds	Frederick Crosland Shepherd
Stringer	Leeds	John William Stringer
R. Taylor	Leeds	Richard Taylor
Craven	Leeds	John Craven
Pemberton	Leeds	C. Pemberton
Millard	Leeds	Henry Millard
Pearce	Leeds	J. Pearce
Rev. J. Huntsman	Scarborough	Rev. Edmund John Huntsman
F. [sic] Wallis	Scarborough	probably Edward Wallis
W. Edwards	Scarborough
G. Martin	Scarborough	George Martin
H. Chapman	Scarborough
F. J. Wallis	Scarborough	Francis John Wallis
Rev. R. Amos	Scarborough
W. Blanshard	Scarborough	William Dodds Blanshard
J. Barr	Scarborough	John Barr
Taylor	Scarborough	probably J. Taylor *

* Played in later matches, for Scarborough.

Created

16/05/2014

Stephen John Mann

Last Updated

16/05/2014