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Played on Saturday, ?th ??? 1886, at the Bull Hotel, Wakefield.
Wakefield had
chosen to play over eleven boards. Play began at 4 p.m., continuing,
with a brief adjournment, to 9.15 p.m. There seem to have been no
adjudications. In the following table, the order of the games played at
each board is not implied, not being discernible from the report.
Wakefield
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10
|
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12
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Sheffield & DCA
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FH Wright
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1‑0
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1
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0‑1
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Rev. EJ Huntsman *
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S Day
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1‑0
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2
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½‑½
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GA Askham
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W Ash
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0‑1
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3
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0‑1
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FE Foster
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W Rea
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0‑1
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4
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0‑1
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J Crossland
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GG Hein
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1‑0
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5
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0‑1
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J Roe
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WR Scholefield
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1‑0
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6
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1‑0
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HA Rossell
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W Crofts
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0‑1
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7
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0‑1
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E Barraclough
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J Reyner
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0‑1
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8
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0‑1
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Harold Davy
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GH Bays, jun.
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1‑0
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9
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0‑1
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SB Slack
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AH Hawke
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1‑0
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10
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1‑0
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A Huntsman
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J Staynes
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1‑0
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11
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½‑½
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Marriott Oakes
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* = captain
(W Rea was probably Wakefield’s captain at this match,
as he spoke for Wakefield at the close.)
[Undated, unattributed newspaper cutting in WYCA Minute
Book]
The identity of players would appear to be as follows:
Ash, W
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William Ash
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Askham, G A
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George Albert
Roberts Askham
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Barraclough, E
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Edwin Barraclough
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Bays, GH, jun.
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George
Henry Bays, junior
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Crofts, W
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Crossland, J
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Davy, Harold
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Day, S
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Samuel Day
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Foster, F E
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Frederick
Edward Foster
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Hawke, A H
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Hein, G G
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George
Gustav Hein
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Huntsman, Rev. E J
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Rev.
Edmund John Huntsman
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Huntsman, A
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Alfred Edmund Francis Fonnereau Huntsman
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Oakes, Marriott
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Marriott
Oakes
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Rea, W
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William Rea
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Reyner, J
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James Reyner
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Roe, J
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John Roe
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Rossell, HA
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Henry
Augustus Rossell
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Scholefield, W R
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William
Ryder Scholefield
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Slack, SB
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Samuel
Benjamin Slack
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Staynes, J
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Wright, F H
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F H
Wright
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