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Bradford v Midland Railway CC

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Played at Bradford,

on Saturday, 14/02/1885,

over 10 boards, 2 games per board (time permitting)

As reported in the Sheffield & Rotherham Independent of 21/02/1885, the visiting team was “Midland Railway Chess Club”. This was presumably the Midland Rail Institute Chess Club, Derby. The home team, Bradford, had something of a reputation to uphold, as a fortnight earlier they had become the first winners of the Woodhouse Cup.

The outcome was a comfortable won for Bradford:

	Bradford	9½‑5½	Midland Railway CC
1	R. Whitaker	1-0	C. Hanson
2	R. M. Macmaster	1-0	C. W. Hives
3	G. E. Mallett	0-1	J. S. West
4	G. A. Scott [sic]	1-1	H. Balson
5	S. Hudson	1-1	C. H. Sherrard
6	C. D. Knapton	0-2	W. R. Bland
7	T. Fieldsend	2-0	H. T. Bland
8	J. H. Tetley	1-0	J. Cliff
9	J. Woollard	½-½	F. Knowles
10	E. B. Stead	2-0	H. S. Waddams

The identities of the Bradford players would seem to be as follows:

As Reported	Fuller Name
R. Whitaker	Robert Whitaker
R. M. Macmaster	Robert McCheyne Macmaster
G. E. Mallett	George Edmind Mallett
G. A. Scott [sic]	Gustavus Adolphus Schott
S. Hudson
C. D. Knapton	Charles Demain Knapton
T. Fieldsend	Thomas Fieldsend
J. H. Tetley
J. Woollard	Joseph Woollard
E. B. Stead	Edward Billingley Stead

Created

20/05/2014

Stephen John Mann

Last Updated

20/05/2014