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1892-93: Woodhouse Cup

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For the 1892-93 season, Halifax, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Dewsbury withdrew from the Woodhouse Cup, leaving Leeds (Chess Club), Sheffield (& District Chess Association), Bradford (Chess Club) and Hull (& District Chess Association) from the previous season, these being joined by the previous season’s Bradford Observer winners, Leeds Draughts and Chess Club, meaning the new line-up featured two Leeds clubs.

 

In an attempt to deal with the problems of teams being deterred from travelling long distances, the rule had been introduced that if the distance by rail between teams was more than 25 miles, then the venue was to be an intermediate one.  Otherwise the venue was to be that of the team drawn as the “home” team, as before.

 

As there were now less than eight entrants, the pairings were one again on an all-play-all once basis.  The initial draw was published as in the following table, though in the event, Leeds v Hull was played on 18/02/1893, as explained lower down:

 

Round

Date

Match 1

Match 2

Bye

1

14/01/1893

Bradford v Leeds

Hull v Sheffield *

Leeds D&C C

2

04/02/1893

Leeds v Sheffield *

Bradford v Leeds D&C C

Hull

3

18/02/1893

Hull v Bradford *

Leeds D&C C v Leeds

Sheffield

4

04/03/1893

Leeds v Hull *

Leeds D&C C v Sheffield *

Bradford

5

18/03/1893

Hull v Leeds D&C C *

Bradford v Sheffield *

Leeds

Pairings in italics were not played due to the withdrawal of Leeds D&C C, then Bradford.

* Venue to be an intermediate one, unless otherwise mutually agreed,

otherwise first-named was home team.

(Click on underlined pairing for match details.)

 

The rule which precluded the team winning the Minor Trophy competition playing in it again in the following season, forcing them into the Woodhouse Cup, seems too frequently to have resulted in that team withdrawing from the Woodhouse, after the pairings had been made.  Leeds Draughts and Chess Club, Minor Trophy winners of 1891-92, were in this way forced into the Woodhouse for 1892-93.  They had a bye in round one, but withdrew from the competition before round two.

 

Then, having played their first-round match, Bradford withdrew, perhaps in part, at least, because they were faced with an away match against Hull for their next match.

 

The fourth-round Leeds v Hull match was played on the date fixed for round three in view of the hiatus in the fixture schedule created by the two withdrawals.  Had Leeds lost to Hull, then the three matches between Hull, Leeds and Sheffield would have had to be replayed, but in the event, Leeds won.

 

Final results are summarised in the following table.

 

 

Lee

She

Hul

Bra

LDC

P

W

D

L

Pts*

Leeds

X

11½

10½

(11½)

-

2

2

0

0

2

Sheffield

X

7

-

-

2

1

0

1

1

Hull

7

X

-

-

2

0

0

2

0

Bradford

(8½)

-

-

X

-

-

-

-

-

-

Leeds D&C C

-

-

-

-

X

 

-

-

-

-

* Scoring was 1 match point for a win, and half a match point for a draw.

 

The following match details are primarily from the Leeds Mercury Weekly Supplement, though they were given also by other local newspapers.

 

Date/Board

Home

Score

Away

Venue &c

 

 

14/01/1893

Bradford

8½-11½

Leeds

Exchange Cafe,

1

T A Guy

0-1

F P Wildman

Market Street, Bradford

2

J E Hall

½-½

F Toothill

3

G A Schott

1-0

A Bilbrough

4

J A Guy

½-½

J Rayner

5

J A Woollard

0-1

J S West

6

C Quarkowsky

½-½

J Parker

7

R Whitaker

0-1

J Musgrove

8

J Atkinson

1-0

I M Brown

9

E Bottomley

0-1

W T Butterfield

10

T Spencer

1-0

F C Howell

11

S Brodgen

0-1

A W Bairstow

12

E Dobson

½-½

J White

13

H C Padgett

0-1

T Y Stokoe

14

LH Browne

0-1

Seth Ward, jun.

15

F W Elliott

1-0

W Carter

16

W Shaw

1-0

J P Myers

17

J Milner

1-0

J W Harrison

18

P G Bynon

0-1

J W Stringer

19

Dr Dodd

0-1

S Cohen

20

H Clay

½-½

W Gardner

/\ back to fixtures /\

 

 

14/01/1893

Hull

7-8

Sheffield

Leeds Chess Club

1

W Atkinson

1-0

Rev E J Huntsman

2

R H Philip

0-1

T C Chapman

3

W G North

0-1

F E Foster

4

H Gray

½-½

T E Vickers

5

J Crake

1-0

J Wollman

6

J J Shields

0@1

G H Harrison

7

E W McBride

0-1

T A Peck

8

W D Theaker

1-0

W H Camm

9

G Thorp

0-1

H Mercer

10

Dr M Jackson

1-0

A E Harrison

11

R Morris

½-½

R Snow

12

E Waterhouse

1-0

S Lanton

13

H T Todd

1-0

A T Ripley

14

A White

0-1

A Sellers

15

J Gibson

0-1

G Kaye

/\ back to fixtures /\

 

 

04/02/1893

Sheffield

8½-11½

Leeds

Clarence Hotel, Sheffield

1

Rev E J Huntsman

0-1

J Rayner

2

T C Chapman

0-1

F P Wildman

3

F E Foster

½-½

Harry Jackson

4

G A Askham

1-0

F Toothill

5

J Wollman

0-1

A Bilbrough

6

F Lamb

0-1

J S West

7

G H Harrison

1-0

J Musgrove

8

T A Peck

½-½

I M Brown

9

H Mercer

0-1

T Y Stokoe

10

A Huntsman

0-1

A W Bairstow

11

A E Harrison

1-0

W Gledhill

12

A Davy

0-1

W T Butterfield

13

Ald E Foster

1-0

F C Howell

14

R Snow

0-1

J White

15

J T Dayson

1-0

E B Hussey

16

F S Lawton

1-0

W Carter

17

W L Shaw

0-1

S Cohen

18

A E Godley

½-½

J P Myers

19

G Kaye

1-0

S Holden

20

F Yeardley

0-1

J W Harrison

/\ back to fixtures /\

 

 

18/02/1893

Leeds

10½-5½

Hull

Leeds Chess Club

1

A Bilbrough

½-½

E Freeborough

2

F P Wildman

½-½

F F Ayre

3

J Rayner

1-0

W Atkinson

4

F Toothill

½-½

R H Philip

5

J S West

0-1

W G North

6

J Musgrove

1-0

J Crake

7

I M Brown

1-0

J J Shields

8

Seth Ward, jun.

1-0

W D Theaker

9

A W Bairstow

½-½

E W McBride

10

F C Howell

½-½

G Thorpe

11

W Gledhill

0-1

M Jackson

12

T Y Stokoe

1-0

J Hyde

13

Jas. White

1-0

R Morris

14

E B Hussey

1-0

J W Walton

15

J Jonas

0-1

E Waterhouse

16

S Cohen

1-0

J C Davies

/\ back to fixtures /\

 

Apparent identities of the players are as follows:

 

G A Askham

Sheffield

George Albert Roberts Askham

J Atkinson

Bradford

W Atkinson

Hull

Walter Atkinson

F F Ayre

Hull

Frederic Fearnley Ayre

A W Bairstow

Leeds

Arthur William Bairstow

A Bilbrough

Leeds

Alfred Bilbrough

E Bottomley

Bradford

S Brodgen

Bradford

Samuel Brodgen

I M Brown

Leeds

Isaac McIntyre Brown

LH Browne

Bradford

Lionel Henry Browne

W T Butterfield

Leeds

William Thomas Butterfield

P G Bynon

Bradford

 

W H Camm

Sheffield

William Henry Camm

W Carter

Leeds

William Carter

T C Chapman

Sheffield

Thomas Coulson Chapman

H Clay

Bradford

 

S Cohen

Leeds

 

J Crake

Hull

James Crake

J C Davies

Hull

A Davy

Sheffield

Arthur (Sheffield) Davy

J T Dayson

Sheffield

James Thomas Dayson

E Dobson

Bradford

Dr Dodd

Bradford

(G Dodd?)

F W Elliott

Bradford

Frederic W Elliott

Ald E Foster

Sheffield

Edward Savile Foster

F E Foster

Sheffield

Frederick Edward Foster

E Freeborough

Hull

Edward Freeborough

W Gardner

Leeds

 

J Gibson

Hull

 

W Gledhill

Leeds

Walter Gledhill

A E Godley

Sheffield

Albert Edward Godley

H Gray

Hull

 

J A Guy

Bradford

John Anthony Guy

T A Guy

Bradford

Thomas Arnaud Guy

J E Hall

Bradford

John Edmund Hall

A E Harrison

Sheffield

Arthur Ernest Harrison

G H Harrison

Sheffield

George Henry Harrison

J W Harrison

Leeds

S Holden

Leeds

Samuel Holden

F C Howell

Leeds

Frederick Cecil Howell

A Huntsman

Sheffield

Rev. Edmund John Huntsman

Rev E J

Sheffield

Rev. Edmund John Huntsman

E B Hussey

Leeds

Edward Bishop Hussey

J Hyde

Hull

Harry Jackson

Leeds

Harry Jackson

(Dr) M Jackson

Hull

Maxwell Jackson

J Jonas

Leeds

Joseph Jonas

G Kaye

Sheffield

 

F Lamb

Sheffield

 

S Lanton

Sheffield

 

F S Lawton

Sheffield

 

E W McBride

Hull

Edward William McBride

H Mercer

Sheffield

Henry Mercer

J Milner

Bradford

 

R Morris

Hull

 

J Musgrove

Leeds

John Musgrove

J P Myers

Leeds

John Palliser Myers

W G North

Hull

William George North

H C Padgett

Bradford

Henry Clarence Padgett

J Parker

Leeds

T A Peck

Sheffield

Thomas Arthur Peck

R H Philip

Hull

Robert Harris Philip

C Quarkowsky

Bradford

Charles Quarkowsky

J Rayner

Leeds

James Rayner

A T Ripley

Sheffield

G A Schott

Bradford

George Adolphus Schott

A Sellers

Sheffield

W L Shaw

Sheffield

Walter Lewis Shaw

W Shaw

Bradford

J J Shields

Hull

James John Shields

R Snow

Sheffield

Robert Snow

T Spencer

Bradford

Thomas Spencer

T Y Stokoe

Leeds

Thomas Young Stokoe

J W Stringer

Leeds

John William Stringer

W D Theaker

Hull

 

G Thorp/Thorpe

Hull

(which spelling?)

H T Todd

Hull

F Toothill

Leeds

Frank Toothill

T E Vickers

Sheffield

Col Thomas Edward Vickers

J W Walton

Hull

James William Walton

Seth Ward, jun.

Leeds

Seth Ward, junior

E Waterhouse

Hull

J S West

Leeds

James Samuel West

R Whitaker

Bradford

 

A White

Hull

 

J/Jas. White

Leeds

James White

F P Wildman

Leeds

Frank Preston Wildman

J Wollman

Sheffield

Joseph Wollman

J A Woollard

Bradford

Joseph Algernon Woollard

F Yeardley

Sheffield

Yeardley

 

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Created

01/06/2014

Stephen John Mann

Last Updated

01/06/2014