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1896, November: Blackburne in Yorkshire

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Joseph Henry Blackburne had visited Sheffield and Huddersfield in February 1896.  In November he visited York, Scarborough, Hull and Leeds, with the following results:

Location	Type of Event	Played	Won	Drew	Lost
York	simultaneous display (sighted)	30	18	11	1
Scarborough	simultaneous display (sighted)	25	20	5	0
Hull	simultaneous display (sighted)	22	17	3	2
Hull	blindfold simultaneous display	7	3	3	1
Leeds	simultaneous display (sighted)	24	12	11	1

Blackburne’s blindfold loss at Hull was to Robert Harris Philip.

Created 31/08/2013

Stephen John Mann

Last Updated 31/08/2013