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Bradford had won the Woodhouse Cup in the previous two seasons, so if they won this time they would win the trophy outright.

 

The following result table excludes the match results of two matches, though Hull proved the eventually winners for this season.

 

 

 

 

Games

Matches

H

A>

Hl

Bd

Ls

Hd

Dy

Sd

F

A

P

W

D

L

Pts

1

Hull

X

3-2

5½-4½

5-4

7-3

 

10

7

0

2

14*

2

Bradford

3½-3½

X

3-7

5½-2½

6½-3½

6½-3½

10

7

0

2

14*

3

Leeds

2½-7½

3½-4½

X

6-4

5½-4½

6-3

10

6

0

4

12

4

Huddersfield

5½-4½

4-6

7-3

X

6-4

3-5

10

4

0

5

8*

5

Dewsbury

5½-4½

2½-6½

1½-8½

5-4

X

6½-3½

 

 

10

4

0

7

4*

6

Sheffield

4½-5½

3½-4½

3½-6½

2-7

7-3

X

 

 

10

2

0

8

4

* denotes one match result not included yet

 

A number of adjudication results are missing from individual games in the following matches, and the match Hull-Sheffield is missing..

 

Date

Home Team

Results

Away Team

 

List of Players

14/10/1905

Dewsbury

2½-6½

Bradford

 

Ernest Johnson Adams (Hull)

A W Preston

½-½

J E Hall

 

W Atkinson (Hull)

G Pollard

1-0

J Foulds

 

R Bainbridge (Hull)

J B Oates

0-1

G Howitt

 

G Barron (Hull)

H H Spencer

@

I M Brown

 

W Batley (Sheffield)

W A L Gibson

½-½

W Shaw

 

W Bell (Bradford)

G M Shaw

0-1

A Thomas

 

A O Boardman (Sheffield)

W E Melrose

½-½

J Egan

 

E Bottomley (Huddersfield)

F Newsome

0-1

W C Wilson

 

J W Broadbent (Sheffield)

H A Hughes

0-1

L A Skelton

 

H H Bromham (Sheffield)

H Pollitt

0-1

W Bell

 

J H Brooksbank (Leeds)

I M Brown (Bradford)

Mecca Cafe, Leeds (Leeds Chess Club)

J Calvert (Huddersfield)

14/10/1905

Huddersfield

5½-4½

Hull

 

W S Carey (Bradford)

L Denham

1-0

R H Philip

 

J Charlesworth (Huddersfield)

C F Lines

0-1

G Barron

 

P Chignell (Hull)

J Charlesworth

1-0

J J Shields

 

S Chrispin (Huddersfield)

W U Rothery

0-1

E Waterhouse

 

J Crake (Hull)

J A Liversedge

0-1

S Jackson

 

W Cresswell (Sheffield)

R Noble

1-0

C W Dreyer

 

E Dale (Sheffield)

W Halstead

1-0

R C Swinn

 

F W Darby (Leeds)

L Parry

0-1

E J Adams

 

A Denham (Huddersfield)

E Tyas

1-0

J G Wilson

 

L Denham (Huddersfield)

H J Lofthouse

½-½

W Johnson

 

A Drake (Sheffield)

C W Dreyer (Hull)

14/10/1905

Sheffield

3½-6½

Leeds

 

E P Dutton (Hull)

F E Foster

½-½

J Spencer

 

J Egan (Bradford)

H D Rockett

0-1

F P Wildman

 

F E Foster (Sheffield)

W H J Sparkes

0-1

C W Jeffery

 

J Foulds (Bradford)

L J Lean

½-½

F Schofield

 

G H Gibson (Hull)

T F Salt

0-1

E Skirrow

 

W A L Gibson (Dewsbury)

W Batley

½-½

R C Thorp

 

A Goodwin (Huddersfield)

W Cresswell

½-½

F Huckvale

 

S E Grimshaw (Leeds)

J D Witherspoon

½-½

S E Grimshaw

 

J A Guy (Bradford)

H H Bromham

1@0

F W Darby

 

J E Hall (Bradford)

A Drake

0-1

A C Ivimy

 

W Halstead (Huddersfield)

G H Harrison (Sheffield)

28/10/1905

Bradford

6½-3½

Sheffield

 

H W Hayes (Leeds)

J E Hall

1-0

E Dale

 

G Howitt (Bradford)

G Howitt

0-1

G H Harrison

 

F Huckvale (Leeds)

J Foulds

½@½

W H J Sparkes

 

H A Hughes (Dewsbury)

J A Woollard

0@1

J W Broadbent

 

L Ibbetson (Sheffield)

W Shaw

1-0

W Knowles

 

H R Ibbotson (Dewsbury)

C W Roberts

½-½

J D Witherspoon

 

H P Ingram (Dewsbury)

Rev. S Walker

½-½

L Whitefoot

 

A C Ivimy (Leeds)

A Thomas

1-0

L Ibbetson

 

M Jackson (Hull)

W C Wilson

1d0

absentee

 

S Jackson (Hull)

J Egan

1d0

absentee

 

C W Jeffery (Leeds)

W Johnson (Hull)

28/10/1905

Leeds

6-4

Huddersfield

 

W Knowles (Sheffield)

J Spencer

½-½

L Denham

 

L J Lean (Sheffield)

F P Wildman

½@½

C F Lines

 

H Lee (Huddersfield)

C W Jeffery

1-0

J Charlesworth

 

C F Lines (Huddersfield)

F Schofield

1-0

W U Rothery

 

F Littlewood (Huddersfield)

E Skirrow

½-½

J A Liversedge

 

J A Liversedge (Huddersfield)

R C Thorp

1-0

R Noble

 

H J Lofthouse (Huddersfield)

T Smith

0-1

W Halstead

 

J E Longbottom (Huddersfield)

A C Ivimy

½-½

E Tyas

 

H C Loving (Sheffield)

S E Grimshaw

0@1

E Bottomley

 

J A Macdonald (Sheffield)

F W Darby

1-0

F Littlewood

 

W E Melrose (Dewsbury)

L F Muller (Sheffield)

28/10/1905

Dewsbury

5½-4½

Hull

 

J Musgrove (Leeds)

G Pollard

½-½

R H Philip

 

F Newsome (Dewsbury)

J B Oates

@

G Barron

 

R Noble (Huddersfield)

W A L Gibson

½-½

E Waterhouse

 

J B Oates (Dewsbury)

H H Spencer

@

S Jackson

 

Dr Parke (Huddersfield)

A W Preston

0-1

J J Shields

 

L Parry (Huddersfield)

J Taylor

0-1

P Chignell

 

T A Peck (Sheffield)

G M Shaw

1d0

J T Sibree

 

R H Philip (Hull)

W E Melrose

1-0

E J Adams

 

G Pollard (Dewsbury)

F Newsome

1-0

W Johnson

 

H Pollitt (Dewsbury)

H A Hughes

0-1

R Bainbridge

 

A W Preston (Dewsbury)

Dr Pritchard (Dewsbury)

11/11/1905

Sheffield

7-3

Dewsbury

H A Rhodes (Dewsbury)

G Shories

1-0

G Pollard

 

Rev. M Riggall (Sheffield)

G H Harrison

½@½

H H Spencer

 

C W Roberts (Bradford)

E Dale

1-0

J B Oates

 

H A Roberts (Dewsbury)

J A Macdonald

0-1

W A L Gibson

 

G L Rockett (Leeds)

A O Boardman

½@½

H A Roberts

 

H D Rockett (Sheffield)

D H Smyth

1-0

G M Shaw

 

W U Rothery (Huddersfield)

W H J Sparkes

½-½

W E Melrose

 

T F Salt (Sheffield)

L J Lean

1-0

F Newsome

 

F Schofield (Leeds)

J W Broadbent

½@½

H A Hughes

 

G M Shaw (Dewsbury)

H H Bromham

1-0

H P Ingram

 

W Shaw (Bradford)

J J Shields (Hull)

11/11/1905

Huddersfield

4-6

Bradford

G Shories (Sheffield)

L Denham

0-1

J E Hall

 

J T Sibree (Hull)

A Denham

0-1

G Howitt

 

L A Skelton (Bradford)

C F Lines

½-½

J A Woollard

 

E Skirrow (Leeds)

J Charlesworth

½-½

J A Guy

 

T Smith (Leeds)

S Chrispin

½-½

I M Brown

 

W Smith (Bradford)

J A Liversedge

½-½

W Shaw

 

D H Smyth (Sheffield)

W U Rothery

0-1

C W Roberts

 

W H J Sparkes (Sheffield)

W Halstead

½-½

Rev. S Walker

 

H H Spencer (Dewsbury)

L Parry

½-½

A Thomas

 

J Spencer (Leeds)

E Tyas

1-0

J Egan

 

R C Swinn (Hull)

J Taylor (Dewsbury)

11/11/1905

Hull

5½-4½

Leeds

A Thomas (Bradford)

R H Philip

0-1

J Spencer

 

R C Thorp (Leeds)

G Barron

0-1

F P Wildman

 

E Tyas (Huddersfield)

W Atkinson

½-½

F Schofield

 

Rev. S Walker (Bradford)

E Waterhouse

½-½

E Skirrow

 

E Waterhouse (Hull)

S Jackson

1-0

R C Thorp

 

R Weiss (Dewsbury)

M Jackson

1-0

F Huckvale

 

R Whitaker (Bradford)

J Crake

1-0

A C Ivimy

 

L Whitefoot (Sheffield)

C W Dreyer

0-1

F W Darby

 

F P Wildman (Leeds)

R C Swinn

½-½

S E Grimshaw

 

A A Williams (Leeds)

P Chignell

1-0

A A Williams

 

J G Wilson (Hull)

W C Wilson (Bradford)

25/11/1905

Sheffield

2-7

Huddersfield

J D Witherspoon (Sheffield)

G Shories

1-0

L Denham

 

J D Withinshaw (Sheffield)

F E Foster

0-1

A Denham

 

J A Woollard (Bradford)

D H Smyth

0-1

C F Lines

 

F D Yates (Leeds)

E Dale

½-½

S Chrispin

 

T S Yates (Huddersfield)

T A Peck

0-1

J Charlesworth

 

A O Boardman

½-½

W U Rothery

 

W H J Sparkes

@

L Parry

 

J D Withinshaw

0-1

E Tyas

 

H H Bromham

0-1

E Bottomley

 

L F Muller

0-1

H Lee

 

25/11/1905

Bradford

3½-3½

Hull

J E Hall

@

W Atkinson

 

G Howitt

0-1

G Barron

 

J Foulds

1-0

E Waterhouse

 

I M Brown

½-½

S Jackson

 

J A Woollard

½-½

M Jackson

 

J A Guy

@

J J Shields

 

W S Carey

½-½

C W Dreyer

 

C W Roberts

0-1

R C Swinn

 

W Shaw

@

P Chignell

 

Rev. S Walker

1-0

E J Adams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25/11/1905

Leeds

5½-4½

Dewsbury

 

 

 

J Spencer

½-½

H H Spencer

 

 

 

F P Wildman

0-1

J B Oates

 

 

 

E Skirrow

½-½

G Pollard

 

 

 

R C Thorp

1-0

H A Roberts

 

 

 

A C Ivimy

½-½

G M Shaw

 

 

 

F Huckvale

1-0

J Taylor

 

 

 

F W Darby

0-1

H R Ibbotson

 

 

 

T Smith

½-½

Dr Pritchard

 

 

 

S E Grimshaw

½-½

W E Melrose

 

 

 

A A Williams

1-0

F Newsome

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09/12/1905

Leeds

3½-4½

Bradford

 

 

 

J Spencer

@

J E Hall

 

 

 

F P Wildman

0-1

G Howitt

 

 

 

F Schofield

1-0

J Foulds

 

 

 

J Musgrove

½-½

J A Woollard

 

 

 

J H Brooksbank

0-1

I M Brown

 

 

 

E Skirrow

½-½

W Shaw

 

 

 

R C Thorp

@

C W Roberts

 

 

 

F D Yates

1-0

Rev. S Walker

 

 

 

G L Rockett

0-1

W C Wilson

 

 

 

A C Ivimy

½-½

R Whitaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09/12/1905

Huddersfield

6-4

Dewsbury

 

 

 

L Denham

½-½

J B Oates

 

 

 

A Denham

1-0

G Pollard

 

 

 

C F Lines

0-1

H H Spencer

 

 

 

J A Liversedge

½-½

A W Preston

 

 

 

W Halstead

½-½

W E Melrose

 

 

 

W U Rothery

½-½

Dr Pritchard

 

 

 

E Tyas

0-1

H R Ibbotson

 

 

 

L Parry

1-0

G M Shaw

 

 

 

E Bottomley

1-0

J Taylor

 

 

 

H Lee

1-0

F Newsome

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13/01/1906

Leeds

6-3

Sheffield

 

 

 

J Spencer

1-0

G Shories

 

 

 

F P Wildman

@

F E Foster

 

 

 

F Schofield

0-1

G H Harrison

 

 

 

E Skirrow

½-½

E Dale

 

 

 

F D Yates

1-0

T A Peck

 

 

 

R C Thorp

½-½

W H J Sparkes

 

 

 

A C Ivimy

1-0

A O Boardman

 

 

 

F Huckvale

1-0

H D Rockett

 

 

 

F W Darby

½-½

D H Smyth

 

 

 

A A Williams

½-½

J D Withinshaw

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13/01/1906

Hull

5-4

Huddersfield

 

 

 

W Atkinson

½-½

A Denham

 

 

 

G Barron

1-0

C F Lines

 

 

 

E Waterhouse

1-0

J A Liversedge

 

 

 

S Jackson

1-0

S Chrispin

 

 

 

J J Shields

0-1

W Halstead

 

 

 

C W Dreyer

1-0

W U Rothery

 

 

 

R C Swinn

0-1

E Tyas

 

 

 

P Chignell

@

J E Longbottom

 

 

 

E J Adams

½-½

H Lee

 

 

 

G H Gibson

0-1

A Goodwin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13/01/1906

Bradford

6½-3½

Dewsbury

 

 

 

J E Hall

1-0

W A L Gibson

 

 

 

G Howitt

½-½

J B Oates

 

 

 

I M Brown

0-1

G Pollard

 

 

 

J Foulds

0@1

H H Spencer

 

 

 

C W Roberts

½-½

A W Preston

 

 

 

W C Wilson

½-½

H R Ibbotson

 

 

 

W Shaw

1-0

W E Melrose

 

 

 

R Whitaker

1-0

H A Roberts

 

 

 

L A Skelton

1-0

F Newsome

 

 

 

W Smith

1-0

H P Ingram

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27/01/1906

Sheffield

3½-4½

Bradford

 

 

 

G Shories

1-0

J E Hall

 

 

 

G H Harrison

0-1

W S Carey

 

 

 

T A Peck

½-½

G Howitt

 

 

 

E Dale

@

J A Woollard

 

 

 

H D Rockett

½-½

I M Brown

 

 

 

A O Boardman

@

J Foulds

 

 

 

L J Lean

0-1

J A Guy

 

 

 

D H Smyth

1-0

W C Wilson

 

 

 

J A Macdonald

0-1

C W Roberts

 

 

 

J W Broadbent

½-½

W Shaw

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27/01/1906

Hull

7-3

Dewsbury

 

 

 

W Atkinson

½-½

G Pollard

 

 

 

R H Philip

½-½

J B Oates

 

 

 

G Barron

1-0

H H Spencer

 

 

 

E Waterhouse

1-0

A W Preston

 

 

 

S Jackson

0-1

H R Ibbotson

 

 

 

J Crake

½-½

H A Roberts

 

 

 

C W Dreyer

1-0

G M Shaw

 

 

 

R C Swinn

½-½

F Newsome

 

 

 

E J Adams

1-0

R Weiss

 

 

 

E P Dutton

1-0

H P Ingram

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27/01/1906

Huddersfield

7-3

Leeds

 

 

 

L Denham

½-½

J Spencer

 

 

 

A Denham

1-0

F P Wildman

 

 

 

C F Lines

1-0

F Schofield

 

 

 

J Charlesworth

0-1

F D Yates

 

 

 

R Noble

1-0

E Skirrow

 

 

 

W Halstead

1-0

R C Thorp

 

 

 

L Parry

0-1

A C Ivimy

 

 

 

E Tyas

1-0

F Huckvale

 

 

 

E Bottomley

½-½

T Smith

 

 

 

H Lee

1-0

S E Grimshaw

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/02/1906

Dewsbury

6½-3½

Sheffield

 

 

 

J B Oates

0-1

G Shories

 

 

 

G Pollard

1-0

H D Rockett

 

 

 

H H Spencer

½@½

W H J Sparkes

 

 

 

W A L Gibson

0-1

W Batley

 

 

 

H R Ibbotson

1-0

W Knowles

 

 

 

A W Preston

0-1

A Drake

 

 

 

H A Roberts

1-0

H C Loving

 

 

 

F Newsome

1d0

absentee

 

 

 

H A Hughes

1d0

absentee

 

 

 

R Weiss

1d0

absentee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/02/1906

Bradford

5½-2½

Huddersfield

 

 

 

J E Hall

@

L Denham

 

 

 

G Howitt

½-½

A Denham

 

 

 

I M Brown

@

C F Lines

 

 

 

J A Woollard

½-½

J Charlesworth

 

 

 

C W Roberts

½-½

R Noble

 

 

 

J Foulds

1-0

W Halstead

 

 

 

R Whitaker

1-0

E Tyas

 

 

 

Rev. S Walker

1-0

W U Rothery

 

 

 

W Shaw

½-½

E Bottomley

 

 

 

A Thomas

½-½

J E Longbottom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/02/1906

Leeds

2½-7½

Hull

 

 

 

J Spencer

0-1

W Atkinson

 

 

 

F P Wildman

0-1

G Barron

 

 

 

F Schofield

0-1

E Waterhouse

 

 

 

F D Yates

0-1

S Jackson

 

 

 

E Skirrow

½-½

J J Shields

 

 

 

A C Ivimy

½-½

M Jackson

 

 

 

R C Thorp

0-1

J Crake

 

 

 

F Huckvale

1-0

C W Dreyer

 

 

 

F W Darby

½-½

R C Swinn

 

 

 

T Smith

0-1

P Chignell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24/02/1906

Huddersfield

3-5

Sheffield

 

 

 

L Denham

0-1

G Shories

 

 

 

A Denham

½-½

E Dale

 

 

 

C F Lines

@

W H J Sparkes

 

 

 

J Charlesworth

@

A O Boardman

 

 

 

R Noble

0-1

D H Smyth

 

 

 

J A Liversedge

½-½

J A Macdonald

 

 

 

W Halstead

0-1

W Batley

 

 

 

E Tyas

1-0

L F Muller

 

 

 

E Bottomley

1-0

W Knowles

 

 

 

H Lee

0-1

A Drake

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24/02/1906

Hull

3-2

Bradford

 

 

 

W Atkinson

@

J E Hall

 

 

 

R H Philip

½-½

G Howitt

 

 

 

G Barron

1-0

J Foulds

 

 

 

E Waterhouse

@

J A Woollard

 

 

 

S Jackson

@

I M Brown

 

 

 

J J Shields

½-½

J A Guy

 

 

 

M Jackson

½-½

W S Carey

 

 

 

J Crake

@

C W Roberts

 

 

 

C W Dreyer

@

Rev. S Walker

 

 

 

R C Swinn

½-½

W C Wilson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24/02/1906

Dewsbury

1½-8½

Leeds

 

 

 

G Pollard

0-1

J Spencer

 

 

 

J B Oates

0-1

F P Wildman

 

 

 

H H Spencer

0-1

F D Yates

 

 

 

A W Preston

½-½

A C Ivimy

 

 

 

W A L Gibson

0-1

F Huckvale

 

 

 

H R Ibbotson

½-½

R C Thorp

 

 

 

H A Rhodes

0-1

F W Darby

 

 

 

G M Shaw

0-1

T Smith

 

 

 

W E Melrose

½-½

A A Williams

 

 

 

F Newsome

0-1

H W Hayes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/03/1906

Sheffield

4½-5½

Hull

 

 

 

G Shories

1@0

W Atkinson

 

 

 

W H J Sparkes

½-½

G Barron

 

 

 

A O Boardman

½-½

E Waterhouse

 

 

 

L J Lean

½@½

S Jackson

 

 

 

W Batley

½-½

J J Shields

 

 

 

D H Smyth

0-1

C W Dreyer

 

 

 

H H Bromham

0-1

P Chignell

 

 

 

A Drake

1-0

E J Adams

 

 

 

Rev. M Riggall

0@1

G H Gibson

 

 

 

H C Loving

½-½

E P Dutton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/03/1906

Bradford

3-7

Leeds

 

 

 

J E Hall

0-1

J Spencer

 

 

 

G Howitt

½-½

F P Wildman

 

 

 

I M Brown

½-½

F Schofield

 

 

 

J A Woollard

0-1

F D Yates

 

 

 

J A Guy

0-1

E Skirrow

 

 

 

Rev. S Walker

½-½

R C Thorp

 

 

 

C W Roberts

1-0

A C Ivimy

 

 

 

W Shaw

½-½

F Huckvale

 

 

 

A Thomas

0-1

F W Darby

 

 

 

R Whitaker

0-1

A A Williams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/03/1906

Dewsbury

5-4

Huddersfield

 

 

 

A W Preston

@

L Denham

 

 

 

J B Oates

1-0

A Denham

 

 

 

H H Spencer

1-0

C F Lines

 

 

 

G Pollard

1d0

Dr Parke

 

 

 

W A L Gibson

0-1

R Noble

 

 

 

H A Roberts

½-½

W Halstead

 

 

 

G M Shaw

1-0

E Bottomley

 

 

 

H A Hughes

0-1

W U Rothery

 

 

 

F Newsome

0-1

T S Yates

 

 

 

R Weiss

½-½

J Calvert

 

 

 

 

Created

21/08/2013

Stephen John Mann

Last Updated

21/08/2013