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1886: Manchester Athenaeum v Bradford |
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Played at Manchester, on Saturday, 06/11/1886, over 15 boards, 2 games per board (time permitting).
The Manchester Athenaeum Chess Club had not sustained a match defeat since its revival in 1874. Past opponents included Liverpool, Birmingham, Nottingham, Sheffield, Leeds, Bradford and Hull. (Did they not take on the older Manchester Chess Club?)
The Manchester Evening News reported that the committee of the Manchester Athenaeum club were fortunate in finding all their top players available for the match. In contrast, various stronger Bradford players were unavailable for this match which Bradford were in any event destined to lose. A number of class B Bradford players had to be drafted in to make up numbers. The result was a severe defeat of the Bradford team.
Play commenced at 5.00 p.m., and after a break for tea from 6.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m., played continued to 9.30 p.m. The rule in this match was that a second game could not be started after 8.00 p.m.
Results as reported in an unidentified newspaper cutting in the West Yorkshire Cess Association Minute Book were as follows:
The identities of the Bradford players would appear to be as follows:
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Created 21/05/2014 |
Stephen John Mann |
Last Updated 21/05/2014 |