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Yorkshire Chess History |
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1883: Hull Church Institute v Manchester Athenaeum |
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Hull Church Institute Chess Club seems to have been the most enterprising of the Hull chess clubs in the 1880s.
A match between the Hull Church Institute Chess Club and the Manchester Athenaeum Chess Club was played over 13 boards on 15/12/1883 at the Queen’s Hotel, Leeds, which is conveniently close to the railway station. One or two games were played on each board, depending on what the available time permitted; two games were managed on 8 of the 13 boards.
Play started at 2.30 p.m., with a number of Leeds players looking on. Play was over by 6.30, about when the players took tea, with Mr. Bateson Wood, of Manchester, presiding.
The match was reported in the Sheffield & Rotherham Independent of 22/12/1883, and in the Leeds Mercury Weekly Supplement of 29/12/1883. The names in the two reports differed to some extent, and in the above results the “best” spelling and initials have been selected. The identity of Hull’s board 10 is unclear. Was he in fact later Yorkshire Champion William George North?
The team from Hull was taking on one of the strongest Lancashire clubs, most if not all of whose players in this match were county players. Nevertheless, the Hull players managed three wins, one of which ran as follows.
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Created 11/09/2013 |
Stephen John Mann |
Last Updated 11/09/2013 |