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1885: Grosmont v Whitby

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The Leeds Mercury Weekly Supplement of 14/03/1885 carried a report of this match, played on 11/03/1885, being the return match to that played, seemingly, at Whitby on 27/12/1884.

This time the match was played over 14 boards, rather than the 8 boards of the previous match. As might be expected, the town of Whitby proved to have greater strength in depth than the more-rural Grosmont.

Two games were played on most boards, though onlyone was played on board 6. The second game on board 4 was unfinished when play ceased and was considered a draw, though seemingly favoured the Whitby player somewhat.

The method of reporting scores on each board left it unclear as to whether, 1-1 meant a win each or else two draws.

Fuller Name	Grosmont	9		18	Whitby	Fuller Name
	R Love	0	1	2	W Grimshaw	Walter Grimshaw
Richard Speed	R Speed	1	2	1	W Forth	William Forth
Dr. Francis William Smailes	Dr Smailes	0	3	2	G L Miller	George Longbotham Miller
Robert Bennison	R Bennison	½	4	1½	R Peguero	Ramon Peguero
	W R Sharpe	0	5	2	W Collier	William Collier
	G Stephenson	1	6	0	E Collier	Edwin Collier
	F Love	0	7	2	B Ambler
	J Bulmer	0	8	2	F Matson
	G Schofield	2	9	0	J E Clegg
	W Petch	2	10	0	W Grimshaw jun.	Walter Edwin Grimshaw
	J Nellis	0	11	2	- Nicholson	Henry W Nicholson
	A Green	1	12	1	S Langley
	W Bird	1½	13	½	E Noble
	J Dyson	0	14	2	W L McNaughton	William Lee McNaughton

The “Fuller Name” columns give the writer’s opinion as to the identities of players.

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28/07/2013

Last Updated

28/07/2013