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early games was actually Black!
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Date
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White
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Result
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Black
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Event
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Venue
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1824-25
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Liverpool
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0-1
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Leeds
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Correspondence
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play
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1834-35
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Leeds
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0-1
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Doncaster
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Corres. game 1
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play
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1834-35
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Doncaster
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1-0
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Leeds
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Corres. game 2
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play
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<1844
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Leeds A
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1-0
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Leeds B
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Correspondence
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play
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12/05/1847
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Daniel Harrwitz
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0-1
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Samuel Standidge Boden
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Yorkshire CA
Meeting
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Hull
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play
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May 1847
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J Rhodes & R Cadman
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1-0
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St Amant
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Leeds
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play
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1852
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A N Other
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0-1
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Edward Cronhelm
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Halifax
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play
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1853
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Walter Grimshaw
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1-0
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John Watkinson
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play
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23/02/1861
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Edmund Thorold
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1-0
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John Watkinson
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Match game 1
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Huddersfield
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play
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02/03/1861
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John Watkinson
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1-0
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Edmund Thorold
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Match game 2
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Sheffield
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play
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09/03/1861
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Edmund Thorold
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1-0
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John Watkinson
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Match game 3
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Huddersfield
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play
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16/03/1861
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John Watkinson
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0-1
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Edmund Thorold
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Match game 4
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Sheffield
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play
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23/03/1861
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Edmund Thorold
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1-0
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John Watkinson
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Match game 5
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Huddersfield
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play
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06/04/1861
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John Watkinson
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1-0
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Edmund Thorold
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Match game 6
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Sheffield
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play
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20/04/1861
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Edmund Thorold
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0-1
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John Watkinson
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Match game 7
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Huddersfield
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play
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18/05/1861
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John Watkinson
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1-0
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Edmund Thorold
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Match game 8
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Sheffield
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play
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25/05/1861
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Edmund Thorold
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0-1
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John Watkinson
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Match game 9
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Huddersfield
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play
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08/06/1861
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John Watkinson
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1-0
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Edmund Thorold
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Match game 10
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Sheffield
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play
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03/08/1861
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Edmund Thorold
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0-1
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John Watkinson
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Match game 11
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Huddersfield
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play
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1862
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S Solomons
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0-1
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James Wilson Rimington Wilson
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BCA Handicap
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London
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play
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1862
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William John Wilson
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1-0
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Wilhelm Steinitz
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casual ?
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London
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play
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Aug. 1866
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Cecil de Vere
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0-1
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Edmund Thorold
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2nd NY&DCA mtg
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Redcar
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play
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Aug. 1866
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Edmund Thorold
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0-1
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William John Wilson
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2nd NY&DCA mtg
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Redcar
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play
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Aug. 1869
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Rev. A. B. Skipworth
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1-0
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Edmund Thorold
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YCA (2) Class I
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York
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play
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Aug. 1869
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Rev. C. E. Ranken
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0-1
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Rev. A. B. Skipworth
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YCA (2) Class I
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York
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play
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Aug. 1869
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Arthur Ball
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1-0
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Rev. William Wayte
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YCA (2) Handicap
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York
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play
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Aug. 1869
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Joseph Henry Scott Finlinson
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1-0
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Edmund Thorold
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YCA (2) Handicap
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York
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play
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Aug. 1869
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Joseph Henry Scott Finlinson
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0-1
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Walter Grimshaw
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YCA (2) Class II
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York
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play
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21/05/1870
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Rev. A. B. Skipworth
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0-1
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John Watkinson
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WYCA Meeting
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Halifax
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play
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19/02/1873
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Joseph Henry Blackburne
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0-1
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C W Whitman
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Blindfold Simul
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Sheffield
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play
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16/05/1874
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John William Young
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1-0
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James White
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WYCA Meeting
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Huddersfield
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play
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19/03/1875
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Charles Lewis Brook (Oxford)
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0-1
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Edmund Arblaster (Cambridge)
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Intervarsity match
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London
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play
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1879
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Walter Grimshaw
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1-0
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Wilhelm Steinitz
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(allegedly)
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London
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play
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1879
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Samuel Wharton Kirke
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1-0
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Robert James Parkinson Iles
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Grimsby
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play
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1879
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Samuel Wharton Kirke
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1-0
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G Smith
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Grimsby
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play
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1880
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Edmund Thorold
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0-1
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Robert Harris Philip
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Simultaneous?
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Hull
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play
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13/09/1882
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Joseph Henry Blackburne
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0-1
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David Yarnton Mills
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Simultaneous
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Leeds
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play
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13/09/1882
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Joseph Henry Blackburne
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0-1
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J. S. Shaw
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Simultaneous
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Leeds
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play
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29/09/1884
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Robert McCheyne Macmaster
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½‑½
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John William Young
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Bradford v Wakefield
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telephone
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play
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29/09/1884
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S Hudson
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?@?
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W Schofield
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Bradford v Wakefield
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telephone
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play
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08/06/1885
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Henry Edward Bird
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½‑½
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James White
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Simultaneous
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Leeds
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play
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04/08/1885
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Eliza Mary Thorold
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1-0
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James Pollard Lea
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Counties Chess Assoc.
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Hereford
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play
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21/01/1886
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Walter Grimshaw
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1-0
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A. (or R.?) Love
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Whitby
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play
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04/09/1890
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Eliza Mary Thorold
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1-0
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John Edmund Hall
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British Chess Assoc.
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Manchester
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play
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??/??/18??
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Walter Gledhill
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1-0
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George Brumfitt
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Blindfold casual
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play
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20/07/1895
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Emanuel Lasker
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½‑½
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Walter Gledhill
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Simultaneous
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Ilkley
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play
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??/??/1897
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Walter Gledhill
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1-0
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Horace Gledhill (age 9)
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Blindfold casual
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play
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11/02/1910
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George H Wolbrecht
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0-1
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Fred Dewhirst Yates
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Anglo-American Cable
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London
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play
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29/04/1908
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Emanuel Lasker
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0-1
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Victor Brentnall Rush
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Simultaneous
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London
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play
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1909
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Fred Dewhirst Yates
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1-0
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James Wickstead Perkins
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Yorkshire Championship
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play
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11/02/1910
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Henry Ernest Atkins
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1-0
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James Finan Barry
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Anglo-American Cable
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London
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play
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11/02/1910
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George H Wolbrecht
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0-1
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Fred Dewhirst Yates
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Anglo-American Cable
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London
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play
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21/04/1911
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Fred Dewhirst Yates
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1-0
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Hermann G Voigt
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Anglo-American Cable
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London
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play
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06/11/1911
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Fred Dewhirst Yates
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0-1
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Oldrich Duras
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Match Game 1
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Bradford
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play
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07/11/1911
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Oldrich Duras
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1-0
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Fred Dewhirst Yates
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Match Game 2
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Bradford
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play
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08/11/1911
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Fred Dewhirst Yates
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1-0
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Oldrich Duras
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Match Game 3
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Bradford
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play
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07/10/1919
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Jose Raul Capablanca
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0-1
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William Clough
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Simultaneous
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Bradford
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play
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07/10/1919
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Jose Raul Capablanca
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0-1
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Edward Albert Lassen
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Simultaneous
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Bradford
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play
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07/10/1919
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Jose Raul Capablanca
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0-1
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Lovell Edward Williams
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Simultaneous
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Bradford
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play
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08/10/1919
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Jose Raul Capablanca
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½‑½
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Hildreth Dudley Rockett
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Simultaneous
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Sheffield
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play
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13/09/1922
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Alexander A Alekhine
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0-1
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Fred Dewhirst Yates
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Internat. Tournament
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Hastings
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play
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06/05/1923
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Alexander A Alekhine
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0-1
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Fred Dewhirst Yates
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Internat. Tournament
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Carlsbad
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play
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12/04/1926
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Fred Dewhirst Yates
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½‑½
|
Alexander A Alekhine
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Internat. Tournament
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Dresden
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play
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24/05/1926
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Gerald Mutrie Reid
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0-1
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Alexander A Alekhine
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Round 3
|
Scarborough
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play
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26/05/1926
|
Gerald Mutrie Reid
|
1-0
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Climenson Y C Dawbarn
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Round 5
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Scarborough
|
play
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|
1932
|
Harry Golombek
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0-1
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Harold Alexander Hunnam
|
British Championship
|
London
|
play
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Dec? 1935
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C North
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0-1
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Jacob Bronowski
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Yorks. Champ. Round 2
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play
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09/05/1936
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Jacob Bronowski
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1-0
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Arnold Yorwarth Green
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Yorks. Champ. Final
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Goole
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play
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12/06/1937
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Conrad Gallimore Wenyon
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0-1
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Thomas Jjohn Beach
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Yorks. Champ. Final
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Huddersfield
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play
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??/??/19??
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John E Povey
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1-0
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R Blades
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?
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Airedale CC
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play
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c. 1954
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unknown
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0-1
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Abba Rivlin
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unknown
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play
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1972
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Robert Eugene Byrne
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0-1
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George Steven Botterill
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Hastings 1971-72
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Hastings
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play
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