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1885: Sheffield & District v Huddersfield & Holmfirth

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The Sheffield & District Chess Association, though formed in 1883 to represent Sheffield and district to the outside world, did not enter a team in the Woodhouse Cup in its first season, 1884-85. Nevertheless, some matches were arranged, including at least two against Huddersfield.

The Sheffield Daily Telegraph of 14/04/1885 and the Leeds Mercury Weekly Supplement of 18/04/1885 recorded the following match, played 11/04/1885, at the Wentworth Arms (the Telegraph said Wentworth “Hotel”), Penistone. This was described as a “return” match, though it is unclear whether the prior match had been played in the same season, or perhaps in 1884. Standards of reporting were improving as there was a distinction made between two draws as opposed a win apiece on a given board. (Hitherto, both cases were often represented imprecisely as “1-1”.) The following gives names as reported in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, as the Leeds Mercury’s report included very few initials.

	Sheffield & District	10-10		Huddersfield & Holmfirth
1	Rev E J Huntsman	1-0	1-0	Mr. Holliday
2	Mr. F. Lamb	1-0	0-1	Mr. Robertson
3	Mr. F. E. Foster	1-0	0-1	Mr. Dyson
4	Mr. J. C. Skinner	1-0	½‑½	Mr. Yates
5	Rev. F. Clark	1-0	0-1	Mr. J Charlesworth
6	Mr. G. A. Askham	½‑½		Mr. A. P. Wilson
7	Mr. E. Barraclough	0-1	0-1	Mr. Walker
8	Mr. J. Roe	½‑½	½‑½	Mr. Ironside
9	Mr. R. Snow	½‑½		Mr. G. Charlesworth
10	Mr. J. Goodyear	0-1	½‑½	Mr. Jessop
11	Mr. W. Smith	1-0	0-1	Mr. Moorhouse

The present writer’s interpretations as to players’ probable identities and club membership are as follows:

	Sheffield & District
1	Rev E. J. Huntsman	Rev. Edmund John Huntsman
2	Mr. F. Lamb	F Lamb (Arundel)
3	Mr. F. E. Foster	Frederick Edward Foster (Sheffield Athenaeum)
4	Mr. J. C. Skinner	John Crossland Skinner (St. George’s)
5	Rev. F. Clark
6	Mr. G. A. Askham	George Albert Roberts Askham (Sheffield Athenaeum)
7	Mr. E. Barraclough	Edwin Barraclough (Arundel)
8	Mr. J. Roe	J Roe (Barnsley)
9	Mr. R. Snow	Robert Snow (Arundel)
10	Mr. J. Goodyear	Goodyear (Rotherham) or A. Goodyear (Barnsley)
11	Mr. W. Smith	William Smith (Penistone)
	Huddersfield & Holmfirth
1	Mr. Holliday	Thomas Holliday (Huddersfield)
2	Mr. Robertson [sic]	James Paterson Roberton (Huddersfield)
3	Mr. Dyson	Edwin Colman Dyson (Huddersfield)
4	Mr. Yates	Thomas Shuttleworth Yates, (Huddersfield)
5	Mr. J Charlesworth	Jonas Charlesworth (Holmfirth)
6	Mr. A. P. Wilson	Arthur Percy Wilson (Huddersfield)
7	Mr. Walker	J C Walker (Huddersfield)
8	Mr. Ironside
9	Mr. G. Charlesworth	George Charlesworth (Holmfirth)
10	Mr. Jessop	J Jessop (Huddersfield)
11	Mr. Moorhouse	Joshua Moorhouse (Holmfirth)

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08/07/2013

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23/08/2014