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1893: Leeds v Halifax

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Sheffield Sub-Site

Played at Leeds Chess Club,

on Saturday, 04/11/1893,

over 7 boards, 1 game per board.

This match was reported in the Leeds Mercury Weekly Supplement of Saturday, 11/11/1893, where it was pointed out that Leeds were significantly below full strength due to unavailability of some players.

Leeds	3-4	Halifax
J Parker	0-1	A W Common
F P Wildman	0@1	S M Cockin
T Y Stokoe	½-½	H H Waight
F C Howell	1-0	W Common
E H Lownds	½@½	J R Farrar
J Moorhouse	0-1	J B Allison
J Harrison	1-0	W H Allen

@ denotes unfinished games adjudicated

by William Rea (Wakefield) and Joseph Woollard (Bradford).

Identities of players would appear to be as follows:

W H Allen	Halifax
J B Allison	Halifax	James Bowmer Allison
S M Cockin	Halifax	Samuel Moulding Cockin
A W Common	Halifax	Arthur Welsh Common
W Common	Halifax	Arthur Welsh Common
J R Farrar	Halifax	Farrar
J Harrison	Leeds	Harrison
F C Howell	Leeds	Frederick Cecil Howell
E H Lownds	Leeds	Lownds
J Moorhouse	Leeds	James Moorhouse
J Parker	Leeds	Parker
T Y Stokoe	Leeds	Thomas Young Stokoe
H H Waight	Halifax	Henry Hoyer Waight
F P Wildman	Leeds	Frank Preston Wildman

Created 02/06/2014

Stephen John Mann

Last Updated 02/06/2014