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Huddersfield, who
had finished fifth out of six in 1901-02, did not re-enter the Woodhouse
Cup. This was contested initially to be contested between five teams
rather than six - Bradford, Hull, Leeds, Sheffield and York - each team
playing each other team twice, home and away.
Then York, after
losing their first match ½-9½ to cup holders Hull, withdrew,
their scores consequently totally being discounted. That left only four
teams contesting the Woodhouse Cup for 1902-03.
Even then,
Sheffield defaulted their home match to Hull, and their first match against
Leeds.
The following
result table excludes the result of the match between Leeds and Sheffield due
to be played on 07/03/1903 (result not to hand) which did not affect the
final placings:
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Games
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Matches
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H
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A>
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Hl
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Bd
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Ls
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Sd
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F
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A
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P
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W
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D
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L
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Pts
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1
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Hull
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X
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draw
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Hull win*
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7½‑2½
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6
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3
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3
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0
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9
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2
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Bradford
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5‑5
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X
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Leeds win
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Br win(d)
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6
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3
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2
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1
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8
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3
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Leeds
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draw*
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3½‑6½
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X
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?*
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5
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2
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1
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2
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5
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4
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Sheffield
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Hl win(d)
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4 6
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Ls win*
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X
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5
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0
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0
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5
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0
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(d) denotes defaulted by Sheffield
* denotes venues of matches uncertain
This was
Hull’s second win in succession. They therefore stood to retain
the title if they won it in 1903-04, making it three times in
succession. (They didn’t, as it turned out.)
Detailed match
results, where known, were as follows. (The others need extracting from
reports in papers.) Colours were rarely indicated in results (though
sometimes inferable from reported games), and of course alternated down the
board order of each team. On the right is a list of players, in
alphabetical order of surname.
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Date
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Home Team
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Results
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Away Team
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List of Players
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18/10/1902
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Hull
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9½-0½
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York
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A E Alcock (Sheffield)
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R H Philip
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1-0
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A Humphreys
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W Atkinson (Hull)
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W Atkinson
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1-0
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F J Stephens
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Dr Banham (Sheffield)
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J J Shields
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1-0
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L R Flint
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G Barron (Hull)
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W G North
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1-0
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S Walker
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C Brown (York)
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E Waterhouse
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1-0
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- Recorden
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F W Brown (Sheffield)
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T G Hart
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1-0
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O C B Brown
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I M Brown (Bradford)
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S Jackson
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½-½
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C Dent
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O C B Brown (York)
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G Barron
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1-0
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J Millington
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P Chignell (Hull)
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C W Dreyer
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1-0
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W Flint
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H W Cole (Leeds)
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E P Dutton
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1-0
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C Brown
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C Dent (York)
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H Dixon (Hull)
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King's Arms Hotel, Sheffield
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C W Dreyer (Hull)
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01/11/1902
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Sheffield
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4-6
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Bradford
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E P Dutton (Hull)
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A E Harrison
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½-½
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J A Woollard
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J Egan (Bradford)
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W P Turnbull
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½-½
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J A Guy
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L R Flint (York)
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G H Harrison
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½-½
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G Howitt
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W Flint (York)
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H D Rockett
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1-0
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F Walton
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A Grainger (Hull)
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W H J Sparkes
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0-1
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A Macdonald
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J A Guy (Bradford)
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F Tillyard
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½-½
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Rev. S Walker
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J E Hall (Bradford)
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A E Alcock
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½-½
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C W Roberts
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A E Harrison
(Sheffield)
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L J Lean
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½-½
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C Quarkowsky
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G H Harrison
(Sheffield)
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H H Holroyd
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0-1
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W Shaw
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T G Hart (Hull)
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Dr Banham
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0-1
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J Egan
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S Holden (Leeds)
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H H Holroyd (Sheffield)
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08/11/1902
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Hull
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7½-2½
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Sheffield
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G Howitt (Bradford)
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W Atkinson
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1-0
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H D Rockett
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F Huckvale (Leeds)
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R H Philip
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1-0
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T A Peck
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A Humphreys (York)
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J J Shields
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½-½
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W H J Sparkes
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M Jackson (Hull)
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W G North
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0-1
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R Snow
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S Jackson (Hull)
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E Waterhouse
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1-0
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absentee
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C W Jeffery (Leeds)
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S Jackson
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1-0
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absentee
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L J Lean (Sheffield)
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G Barron
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1-0
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A E Alcock
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A Macdonald (Bradford)
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C W Dreyer
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1-0
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L J Lean
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J Millington (York)
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W Wolff
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0-1
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A B Shaw
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J Musgrove (Leeds)
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P Chignell
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1-0
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F W Brown
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W G North (Hull)
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T A Peck (Sheffield)
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Mecca Cafe, Bradford
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R H Philip (Hull)
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29/11/1902
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Bradford
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5-5
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Hull
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C Quarkowsky (Bradford)
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J E Hall
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1-0
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R H Philip
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- Recorden (York)
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J A Guy
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½-½
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W Atkinson
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C W Roberts
(Bradford)
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J A Woollard
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0-1
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J J Shields
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G L Rockett (Leeds)
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G Howitt
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0-1
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W G North
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H D Rockett
(Sheffield)
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I M Brown
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½-½
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E Waterhouse
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K Rowe (Leeds)
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A Macdonald
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0-1
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M Jackson
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F Schofield (Leeds)
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C W Roberts
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½-½
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G Barron
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A B Shaw (Sheffield)
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Rev. S Walker
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½-½
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C W Dreyer
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W Shaw (Bradford)
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C Quarkowsky
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1-0
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H Dixon
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J J Shields (Hull)
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W Shaw
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1-0
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A Grainger
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T Smith (Leeds)
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R Snow (Sheffield)
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10/01/1903
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Leeds
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3½-6½
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Bradford
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W H J Sparkes (Sheffield)
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F Schofield
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0-1
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J E Hall
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J Spencer (Leeds)
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J Spencer
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½-½
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J A Guy
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F J Stephens (York)
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C W Jeffery
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1-0
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J A Woollard
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F Tillyard (Sheffield)
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J Musgrove
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½-½
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I M Brown
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W P Turnbull
(Sheffield)
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S Holden
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0-1
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G Howitt
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Rev. S Walker (Bradford)
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K Rowe
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1-0
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A Macdonald
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S Walker (York)
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F Huckvale
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0-1
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C W Roberts
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F Walton (Bradford)
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H W Cole
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0-1
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Rev. S Walker
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E Waterhouse (Hull)
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G L Rockett
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0-1
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C Quarkowsky
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W Wolff (Hull)
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T Smith
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½@½
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W Shaw
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J A Woollard
(Bradford)
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