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1885: Derby County CC v Sheffield & District CA

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Played at Low’s Restaurant, Victoria Street, Derby,

on the evening of Saturday, 08/12/1885,

over 11 boards, 2 games per board (time permitting).

This was the return match to that played in Sheffield on 16/02/1884. Played commenced soon after 6 p.m. and ended at 9.45 p.m., when unfinished games were adjudicated. In one unfinished game the Sheffield player was rook for knight up, and claimed a win, but his opponent wouldn’t accept a loss on adjudication, so, as the hour was late, the game was scored as a draw. Messrs. Cooper (Derbyshire CCC) and Snow (Sheffield & District Chess Association) made the arrangements.

Results, as reported by the Sheffield & Rotherham Independent of Tuesday, 15/12/1885, were as follows:

	Derbyshire	9½‑6½	Sheffield & DCA
1	C. W. Hives	½-½	F. E. Foster
2	J. S. West	1-0	J. M. Crossland
3	H. Balson	0-2	H. A. Rossell
4	W. R. Bland	1½-½	E. Barraclough
5	H. T. Bland	1-0	W. H. Camm
6	A. N. Owen	1½-½	Marriott Oakes
7	Geo. Brown	1-1	J Barren
8	J. S. Storey	1-0	S B Slack
9	W. Hutchison	0-1	R. Snow *
10	J. Cooper	0-1	R. Snow *
11	H. Chandler	1-0	P Gieve

* The Independent made no mention of R. Snow playing on two boards, so that was presumably an error.

The identities of the Sheffield & District players would appear to be as follows:

Name as Reported	Fuller Name	Club
F. E. Foster	Frederick Edward Foster	Sheffield Athenaeum
J. M. Crossland	John M. Crossland	St. George's
H. A. Rossell	Henry Augustus Rossell	Sheffield Athenaeum
E. Barraclough	Edwin Barraclough	Arundel
W. H. Camm	William Henry Camm	S. Athenaeum & Arundel
Marriott Oakes	Marriott Oakes	Sheffield Athenaeum
J Barren	J Barren
S B Slack	Samuel Benjamin Slack
R. Snow *	R. Snow *	Arundel
P Gieve	Percy Parnall Gieve

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20/05/2014

Stephen John Mann

Last Updated

20/05/2014