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1879: Leeds v Manchester Athenaeum

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Played at the Great Northern Hotel, Leeds,

on Saturday, 29/03/1879,

over 13 boards, 2 games per board (time permitting).

(See also 1879: Manchester Athenaeum v Leeds for return match.)

The Manchester Athenaeum Chess Club (not to be confused with the Manchester Chess Club) had in 1878 played against Bradford (see 1878 Bradford v Manchester Athenaeum).  On that occasion Bradford had scored approximately 42%.  In this match Leeds managed only 35%.  (See also 1879: Manchester Athenaeum v Leeds for return match.)

The Leeds Mercury of 31/03/1879 reported the following results (order of games on a given board unspecified):

	Leeds	8½	15½	Manchester Athenaeum
1	Gregson	1-0	0-1	T Brown
2	Bilbrough	0-1	0-1	H Heap
3	Stokoe	1-0	1-0	[E.] Mitchell
4	Bennett	0-1	0-1	[J.] Fish
5	Hussey	1-0	½-½	M B[ateson] Wood
6	White	½‑½		D Jones
7	Meredith	0-1	½-½	[J.] Heap
8	Cunningham	0-1	0-1	L. Zöllner
9	Fawcett	1-0	0-1	[T. B.] Wilson
10	Pickard	1-0	0-1	[J.] Greenleaves
11	Carter	0-1	0-1	[T.] Higginbotham [–ttom]
12	Craven	1-0	0-1	[R. O.] Cooper
13	Millard	0-1		Breng [sic – C. Brevig]

The report was very lacking in in initials.  [The present writer has added some clarification to Manchester names in square brackets.]

The Leeds players’ identities were apparently as follows:

As Reported	Apparent Full Name
Bennett	Charles George Bennett
Bilbrough	Alfred Bilbrough
Carter	William Carter
Craven	John Craven
Cunningham	James Gavin Cunningham
Fawcett	Joseph Addey Fawcett
Gregson	Robert Gregson
Hussey	Edward Bishop Hussey
Meredith	Samuel Redhead Meredith
Millard	Henry Millard
Pickard	Thomas Jackson Pickard
Stokoe	Thomas Young Stokoe
White	James White

Created 12/05/2014

Stephen John Mann

Last Updated 12/05/2014