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1st Annual Meeting of the Yorkshire County Chess Club
Mayor’s Parlour, Town Hall, Bradford
23rd January 1886
The prospectus for
the first annual meeting of the newly-formed Yorkshire County Chess Club, as
published in the Sheffield & Rotherham Independent of Saturday
09/01/1886, read as follows.
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YORKSHIRE COUNTY CHESS CLUB
The first
annual meeting will be held in the Mayor’s parlour, Town Hall,
Bradford, on Saturday, January 23rd 1886.
Arrangements
have been made for the following competitions:-
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Class A.-
The Marquis of Ripon’s Prize.
Class B.-
Ald. F. Priestman’s Prize.
Class C.-
Mr. T. Holliday’s Prize.
Class D.-
Mr. J. Rhodes’s Prize
A Problem
Solution contest – Mr. W. Grimshaw’s Prize
A Problem
Tournament
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Rules of Play
1. That
all competitions be open to Yorkshire players affiliated with the County
Club.
2.
That the players be paired by ballot, and that to the game tournaments the
entry fee be one shilling.
3.
That the entries close on Saturday, January 23rd, at 1.30 p.m.
4.
That there be a time limit of twenty moves an hour.
5.
That the first two rounds of each tournament must be played at this
meeting.
6.
Play to commence at 2.00 p.m., and continue until 5.30 p.m., and all games
left unfinished to be adjudicated upon by a committee which will be elected
at the meeting. This committee may order any game to be continued for
a limited time. All drawn games to be played at a time appointed by
the committee. At 5.30 the draw for the second round will take place,
and after an hour’s interval for tea, play will continue until 9.30
p.m.
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That the first move be decided by lot. The games must be recorded,
and become the property of the County Club, the committee reserving the
exclusive right to dispose of them.
8.
That the Rules of the game as laid down in Staunton’s Praxis govern
the play.
9.
That all disputes, &c., be referred to the committee, and that their
decision be final.
In each
class a second prize will be given, the value of which will be determined
upon a later date.
All entries
must be made to the hon. sec., Jas. Rayner, 128, North Street, Leeds; or to
the local hon. sec. Hartwig Cassel, 9, St. Jude’s Square, Bradford.
The committee
have the right to classify the players.
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The two interesting
points in the rules are firstly that a time limit is specified, and a
generous one at that, and that the YCCC attempted to assert ownership of the
recorded games.
The Sheffield
& Rotherham Independent Weekly Supplement of 30/01/1886 reported on
the meeting as follows (reformatted for clarity).
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YORKSHIRE COUNTY CHESS CLUB
On Saturday
the first meeting of the members of the recently organised chess club for
Yorkshire was held at the Town Hall, Bradford. The gathering proved
very interesting. Altogether there were 88 [sic] competitors, in five
classes, there being, in addition, a class for “woodshifters,”
which is the designation for novices in the game. In Class A there
were 24 competitors, in B 16 competitors, [in C 14 competitors, (omitted
from text of article)] in D 14 competitors, and in the Woodshifter’s
[sic] Class there were 12 competitors.
The prizes,
which were displayed in the Council Chamber, consisted
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in
Class A of a marble clock and a pair of tazzas, the gift of the Marquis of
Ripon,
the second prize being a Vienna regulator clock;
in
Class B, a walnut writing-case, given by Ald. F. Priestman,
the second being a small timepiece, given by Herr Cassel;
in
Class C, a game compendium, the gift of Mr. T. Holliday,
the second being a case of fish carvers, by the Rev. J. Huntsman;
in
Class D, a flower epergne, the gift of Mr. J. Rhodes,
the second being chessmen and board, given by the Rev. G. Black.
The
prize in the Woodshifters’ Class was a silver medal, presented by
Messrs. Fattorini and Sons.
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Only two
rounds in the several competitions were played at Saturday’s meeting,
and the contests will have to be continued at a future gathering.
Subjoined are the results [colours unspecified]:-
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Class A
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First Round
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Schofield beat
Ash *
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Wright beat Reay [Rea]
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White beat
Schott
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Onions beat
Bennett
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Smith beat
Hussey
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Rayner beat
Stokoe
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T. Spencer beat Macmaster *
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Hall beat Hudson
*
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Fieldsend beat
Shepherd
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Common beat
Tetley
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J Huntsman beat Whitaker *
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Whitley beat
Holliday
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The players marked thus * did not appear,
and the game was decided by default.
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Class A
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Second
Round
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J Huntsman
beat Fieldsend
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Hall beat
Smith
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Rayner beat
Schofield
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Wright and Onions drew
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T. Spencer and Whitley drew
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White beat
Common
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Class B
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First Round
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Woollard and
Black drew
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E Hobson beat WG North
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Yates beat
Woodhead
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C Muller beat
Shinger
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Garell beat
Rhodes
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O North beat W
Croft
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McKinley and
Blythe drew
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AH Hawke beat
J Craven
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Class B
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Second
Round
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Yates beat
Dobson
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McKinley beat
Muller
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Hawke and
Woollard drew
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Garell beat
Dr. Black
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Blythe beat
North
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Class C
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First Round
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C Quarkowsky beat JN Browne
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AF Priestman beat Wacheux
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HC Paget beat
A Huntsman
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A Priestman
beat JE Smiddy
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JA Guy beat
Irving
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Tate beat Moss
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Moorhouse beat
Staynes
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Class C
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Second
Round
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Tate beat
Paget
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Moorhouse beat AF Priestman
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A Priestman
and JA Guy drew
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Quarkowsky a
bye
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Class D
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First Round
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Manning beat
Hancock
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C Croft beat
Dobson
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Trimnell beat
LR Browne
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Hickson beat
Garside
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Thos. Hill beat
E Day
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Hamyer beat
Elliott
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W Bell beat
Brook
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Class D
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Second
Round
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Croft beat
Hamyer
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Bell beat
Manning
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Trimnell beat
Hill
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Hickson a bye
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Woodshifters
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First Round
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Lupton beat
Petty
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Padgett beat
Greenwood
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Fattorini beat
Reuchardt
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Ball beat Duckworth
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Ackroyd beat
Moore
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Garside beat
Greenhough
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Woodshifters
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Second
Round
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Fattorini beat
Lupton
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Garside beat
Ball
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Ackroyd beat
Padgett
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Consolation Tournament
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First Round
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Rea [A] beat
Muff
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Stok[o]e [A] beat Woodhead [B]
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Browne [B/D] beat
Hussey [A]
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Shepherd beat
North
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The latter
was a draw, but Mr. North withdrew in favour of Mr. Shepherd, because of
his inability to attend the next meeting.
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Consolation Tournament
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Second
Round
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Browne beat
Stokoe
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Messrs. Rea and
Shepherd will have to meet at a future date.
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It is apparent
form the results that although the competitions were essentially knockouts, a
drawn game meant both players proceeded to the next round.
The claim that there
were 88 competitors may be based on including those who didn’t turn up,
and including the 8 in Consolation Tournament (for losers in the first round,
though [Henry?] Muff was not a first-round loser, being perhaps a spectator
drafted in to make an even number). A total of 81 seems correct.
The Sheffield
& Rotherham Independent Weekly Supplement of 30/01/1886 appended the
following game:
Yorkshire County
Chess Club, 1st Annual Meeting, Bradford, 30/01/1886
Class A, round 2
White: Hall, John
Edmund (Bradford)
Black: Smith, T
(Leeds)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5
3. Bd3 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Nc3 Qh5 9. Be3
Ngf6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qd2 O-O 13. O-O Rad8 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15.
Qd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Nb6 17. Nb5 a6 18. Rxb6 axb5 19. Rxb5 Rb8 20. Kf1 Rfd8 21.
Ke2 Nd5 22. g3 Nc7 23. Rb3 f6 24. c4 e5 25. Rc1 b6 26. Rd3 Re8 27. Rd7 Ne6
28. Rcd1 b5 29. cxb5 Rxb5 30. b3 f5 31. R[unspecified]d5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 e4 33.
Nd4 Nxd4+ 34. Rxd4 Ra8 35. a4 Ra7 36. Rd5 g6 37. Ke3 Rb7 38. Rb5 Rd7 39. a5 Kf7
40. a6 Ke6 41. Rb7 Rd8 42. b4 g5 43. a7 Ra8 44. b5 Black resigns
The woeful
scarcity of initials or clubs in the report makes identifying players,
especially in the lower classes, somewhat difficult. The following
table constitutes an attempt at “disambiguation” as regards the
identity of the players named in the report.
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In Report
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Section
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probable Identity
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and Club
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Ackroyd
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W
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Ash
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A
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Ash, William
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Wakefield
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Ball
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W
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Bell, W
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D
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Bell, W
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Manningham Liberal Club
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Bennett
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A
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Bennett,
Charles George
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Leeds
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Black, Dr
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B
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Blythe
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B
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Brook
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D
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Browne, JN
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C
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Browne,
Isaac McIntyre
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Leeds
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Browne, LR
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D
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Browne,
Lionel Henry
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Bradford
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Common
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A
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Common,
Arthur Welsh
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Halifax
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Craven, J
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B
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Craven, John
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Leeds
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Croft, C
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D
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Charles Croft
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Burley-in-Wharfedale
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Croft, W
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B
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Crofts, W
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Wakefield
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Day, E
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D
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Day, Edward
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Wakefield
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Dobson
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D
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Duckworth
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W
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Elliott
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D
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Fattorini
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W
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Fattorini,
Antonio
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Bradford
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Fieldsend
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A
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Fieldsend, Thomas
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Bradford
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Garell
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B
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Gorell, J
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Bradford
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Garside
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D
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Garside, TD
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Bradford
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Garside
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W
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Greenhough
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W
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Greenhough, W
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Bradford
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Greenwood
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W
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Guy, JA
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C
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Guy,
John Anthony
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Bradford
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Hall
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A
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Hall,
John Edmund
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Bradford
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Hamyer
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D
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Hancock
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D
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Hawke, AH
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B
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Hawke, AH
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Wakefield
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Hickson
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D
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Hill, Thomas
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D
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Hobson , E
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B
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Hobson, E
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Huddersfield
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Holliday
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A
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Holliday,
Thomas
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Huddersfield
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Hudson
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A
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probably Hudson, S
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Bradford
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Huntsman, A
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C
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Huntsman, Alfred Edmund Francis Fonnereau
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Sheffield
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Huntsman, J
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A
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Huntsman, Rev. Edmund John
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Sheffield
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Hussey
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A
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Hussey,
Edward Bishop
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Leeds
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Irving
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C
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Lupton
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W
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Macmaster
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A
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Macmaster,
Robert McCheyne
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Bradford
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Manning
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D
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Manning, John Burgess
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Wakefield
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McKinley
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B
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Moore
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W
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Moorhouse
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C
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Moorhouse, James
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Leeds
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Moss
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C
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Moss, JA
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Huddersfield
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Muff
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Con
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Muff, Henry
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Bradford
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Muller, C
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B
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Müller,
Charles Augustus
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Bradford
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North, WG
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B
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North, O
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B
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North, Oliver
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Bradford
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Onions
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A
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Onions,
George Frederick
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Bradford
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Padgett
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W
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Padgett,
Henry Clarence
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Bradford
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Paget, HC
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C
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Padgett,
Henry Clarence
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Bradford
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Petty
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W
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Petty, Joshua
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Bradford/Ilkley
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Priestman, A
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C
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Priestman, A
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Bradford
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Priestman, AF
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C
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Priestman, Alderman F
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Bradford
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Quarkowsky, C
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C
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Quarkowsky,
Charles
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Bradford
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Rayner
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A
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Rayner, James
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Leeds
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Rea
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A
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Rea, William
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Wakefield
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Reuchardt
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W
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Rhodes
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B
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Rhodes, J OR M
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Keighley OR Dewsbury
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Schofield
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A
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Schott
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A
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Schott,
George A
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Bradford
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Shepherd
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A
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Shepherd,
Frederick Crosland
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Leeds
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Shinger
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B
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(Slinger!?)
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Smiddy, JE
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C
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Smith
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A
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Smith, T
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Leeds
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Spencer , T
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A
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Spencer , T
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Bradford
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Staynes
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C
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Staynes, J
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Wakefield
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Stokoe
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A
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Stokoe,
TY
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Leeds
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Tate
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C
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Tate,
Thomas William
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Leeds
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Tetley
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A
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Tetley, J H
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Bradford
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Trimnell
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D
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Wacheux
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C
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Wacheux,
Eugene Joseph
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Leeds
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Whitaker
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A
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Whitaker, Robert
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Bradford
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White
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A
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White, James
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Leeds
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Whitley
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A
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Whitley, P
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Halifax
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Woodhead
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B
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Woodhead, J
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Dewsbury
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Woollard
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B
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Woollard,
Joseph Algernon
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Bradford
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Wright
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A
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Wright,
Murrell (jun)
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Leeds
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Yates
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B
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Yates,
Thomas Shuttleworth OR Yates WW
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Huddersfield OR Dewsbury
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