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1886: Grosmont v Whitby

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Played at Grosmont,

on the evening of Wednesday, 08/12/1886.

The Whitby Gazette of 11/12/1886 (page 4 of 4) reported as follows:

CHESS

WHITBY v. GROSMONT  A match between these club was played at Grosmont on Wednesday evening, and resulted in a victory for the home team.  Score:

Whitby		Grosmont
W. Grimshaw	- 0	R. Speed	- 1
W. Forth	0 0	R. Love	1 1
G. Miller	0 1	G. Schofield	1 0
R. Peguero	1 ½	Dr. Smailes	0 ½
E. Collier	0 0	J. Petch	1 1
W. V. Stephenson	0 0	W. Bird	1 1
T. Kingston	- 0	R. Bennison	- 1
W. Sawdon	0 0	F. Love	1 1
A. Calvert	0 0	G. Porritt	1 1
M. Matson	0 1	E. Jones	1 0
E. H. Kirby	1 1	J. Mann	0 0
H. Nicholson	0 1	J. Dyson	1 0
	6½		15½

The match was essentially a 12-board match with 2 games played per board, where time permitted.  Only one game was played on board 1 and only one on board 7.

Identities of the players, where established:

R. Bennison	Robert Bennison
W. Bird
A. Calvert	Arthur Horne Calvert
E. Collier	Edwin Collier
J. Dyson
W. Forth	William Forth
W.Grimshaw	Walter Grimshaw
E. Jones
T. Kingston	Thomas Kingston
E. H. Kirby
R. Love
F. Love
J. Mann	James Mann or John Mann
M. Matson	William Matson ? ?
G. Miller	George Longbotham Miller
H. Nicholson	Henry Wilson Nicholson ? ?
R. Peguero	Ramon Peguero
J. Petch	James Petch
G. Porritt
W. Sawdon	William Sawdon
G. Schofield
Dr. Smailes	Dr. Francis William Smailes
R. Speed	Richard Speed
W. V. Stephenson

Created 13/12/2012

Copyright © 2012 Stephen John Mann

Last Updated 13/12/2012