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Edward Gooder |
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Non-Chess Life
Edward Gooder’s parents were Walter Gooder (born 1876/77) and Kate Gooder (born 1876/77), who were married in 1908/09, and had at least the following two children:
Edward Gooder, born 12/05/1904, son of Walter Gooder and Kate Gooder, of Co-Operative Street, Horbury, was baptised on 05/07/1904, at Wakefield Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, by John Hudson. The baptism register conveniently recorded the date of birth, which is confirmed in the death index.
The 1911 census found the parents and two children living at 15 Co-operative Street, Horbury. Horbury is 3 to 4 miles SW of the centre of Wakefield, on the other side of the M1, and is 2 to 3 miles SSE of Ossett. Father Walter was a grocer’s assistant.
Edward was educated at Ossett Grammar School [1]. After leaving school he soon became a commercial traveller.
24-year-old bachelor Edward Gooder, commercial traveller of Oak Hurst, Grove? Road, Horbury, son of Walter Gooder, provision merchant, was married on 25/07/1928, at Otley parish church, by Sidney E Lowe, vicar, to 23-year-old spinster Kathleen Mary Barker of Westcroft, Otley, daughter of Cecil Albert Barker, leather manufacturer.
Details of his later life are not to hand.
Death
The death of Edward Gooder, aged 92, was registered in the third quarter of 1996, Wakefield (quoting 12/05/1904 as his date of birth).
Chess
Edward Gooder took up chess around the age of 14. [1]
He joined Wakefield chess club in 1930, and was its secretary from 1933. [1]
He soon became a prominent player in Wakefield’s Woodhouse Cup team, which he represented prior to World War II, and possibly after.
He also played for Yorkshire in inter-county matches such as the 1934 Yorkshire-Lancashire match, the 1934 Northumberland-Yorkshire match, and the 1935 Lancashire-Yorkshire match.
Had won the club championship four times by Jan 1937. [1]
He won the Kitchin Memorial tournament of 1935-36, at his first attempt.
He was one of those who managed a draw with Alekhine in the latter’s 1938 simultaneous display in Leeds.
He represented Yorkshire in the Counties & District Correspondence Championships, e.g. in 1937-38, 1938-39, and 1946-47, besides other seasons no doubt.
Reference: [1] Yorkshire Telegraph & Star of 30/01/1937
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