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Bradford v Leeds, Woodhouse Cup, 1886

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Played on Saturday, 6th February 1886, at Chamber of Commerce Rooms, Bradford.

The match was played over the maximum of twenty boards. Play began at 4.10 p.m. Proceedings were adjourned for tea at 6.00 p.m., then resumed at 6.30 p.m., finally concluding at 9.30 p.m. when the four unfinished games were adjudicated. On five boards there was insufficient time for the second game.

Bradford	17½		17½	Leeds
GF Onions *	0‑1	1	0‑1	James Rayner *
JE Hall	0‑1	2		TY Stokoe
R Whittaker	1‑0	3	0‑1	A Bilbrough
T Spencer	½‑½	4		CG Bennett
JH Tetley	½‑½	5	0a1	F Toothill
HC Padgett	0a1	6		J White
RM Macmaster	½‑½	7	0‑1	T Smith
S Cockin	0‑1	8	1‑0	JW Stringer
J Petty	1‑0	9	0‑1	EB Hussey
GA Schott	1‑0	10	1‑0	Wright
T Fieldsend	1‑0	11	0‑1	F Howell
CD Knapton	1‑0	12		SR Meredith
S Hudson	0‑1	13		FC Shepard [sic]
AP Wilson	1‑0	14	1‑0	Mo[o?]rehouse
O North	½‑½	15	½a½	EJ Wacheux
J[ohn] Gorrell	0‑1	16	1a0	J Musgrove
C Muller	0‑1	17	0‑1	TW Tate
TA Guy	1‑0	18	0‑1	Brown
C Quarkowsky	1‑0	19	1‑0	Moss
E Dobson	1‑0	20	1‑0	Hermann

* = captain

a = adjudicated unfinished game

[Undated, unattributed newspaper cutting in WYCA Minute Book, lacking Leeds players’ initials.]

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