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1889: Grosmont v Whitby

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The Whitby Gazette of Friday 25th January 1889 reported as follows:

Chess. – Whitby v. Grosmont. – A match between these clubs was played at Grosmont on Wednesday [23/02/1889], and resulted in a victory for the home team. Appended are the scores:-

Whitby		Grosmont
W. Forth	½ ½*	R. Speed	½ ½*
R. Peguero	1	W. Bird	0
E. Collier	0 0*	T. Short	1 1*
F. Matson	1 1	Dr. Smailes	0 0
E. Raw	0 1	R. Bennison	1 0
T. C. Alder	0 0	G. Stephenson	1 1
M. Feran	0 0	T. Wood	1 1
- Maw	0 0	G. Schofield	1 1
V. Collier	1 ½*	E. Ripley	0 ½*
- Love	0 0	E. Jones	1 1
	----		----
	6½		12½

* unfinished games adjudicated upon.

The match was essentially a 10-board match with 2 games played per board, where time permitted. Only one game was played on board 2.

Walter Grimshaw, who you’d expect to be on board one for Whitby, was in London at the time.

Identities of the players, where established:

T. C. Alder	Thomas Clavering Alder
R. Bennison	Robert Bennison
W. Bird
E. Collier	Edwin Collier
V. Collier	Vincent Collier
M. Feran
W. Forth	William Forth
E. Jones	Edwin Jones
- Love	Joseph Christopher Love ?
F. Matson
- Maw	Nawton Maw, George Maw ?
R. Peguero	Ramon Peguero
E. Raw
E. Ripley
G. Schofield	George Schofield
T. Short
Dr. Smailes	Dr. Francis William Smailes
R. Speed	Richard Speed
T. Wood	Thomas Wood

A report on the match appeared also in the York Herald of 25/01/1889.

See also Whitby Chess Club, and Grosmont Chess Club.

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19/10/2013

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19/10/2013