Clarke, Joseph




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1871  477  1867 (112) 3
1872  500  1860 (111) 4
1873  527  1853 (117) 0
1874  569  1846 (122) 0
1875  610  1840 (126) 0
1876  597  1833 (131) 0
1877  558  1826 (135) 0
1878  569  1820 (139) 0
1879  564  1813 (142) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Clarke, Joseph E.  
Born:
Died:
 
Notes:
The Westminster Papers of 1 Jan. 1871 (p.139) has 'J. Clark'. The Era of 22 Jan. 1871 (p.4) has 'I. Clarke' and the issue of 18 Jun. 1871 (p.14) has 'J. Clark'. Land and Water of 2 Nov. 1878 (p.382) has 'Clarke', but the issue of 30 Nov. 1878 (p.469) has 'Clark'. Renette and Zavatarelli in Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle (p.371) identify him as 'Clarke, John E.' but in William N. Potter and John Wisker (p.469), they identify him as 'Clarke, Joseph E.'. Harding also has 'Joseph Clarke' in his biography of Blackburne (p.213).
 
References
Books
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 32
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 213
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 371
   Zavatarelli and Renette, William N. Potter and John Wisker, page 469
Periodicals
   [Era], vol. 33, no. 1687, 22 Jan. 1871, page 4
   [Era], vol. 33, no. 1708, 18 June 1871, page 14
   [LW], vol. 26, no. 666, 2 Nov. 1878, page 382
   [LW], vol. 26, no. 670, 30 Nov. 1878, page 469
   [WP], vol. 3, no. 33, 1 Jan. 1871, page 139

Tournament data

London, England 1871 (3)     City of London Club Handicap - Section 3    
  Clarke, J.E. (1) - Swyer, J.     1 - 0    
  Clarke, J.E. (1) - Harper, T.     0.5 - 1.5          Harper, T. gave odds of pawn and two moves
London, England 1872 (1)     City of London Club Handicap    
  Clarke, J.E. (1) - Hoon, C.R.     1 - 0          Hoon, C.R. gave odds of pawn and two moves
  Clarke, J.E. (1) - Gamman, E.     1 - 2          Gamman, E. gave odds of pawn and two moves
London, England 1879 (2)     City of London Club Handicap    
  Clarke, J.E. (1) - Bentley, G.H.     1 - 0          Clarke, J.E. (1) gave odds of pawn and move
  Clarke, J.E. (1) - Sandifer     0 - 1          Sandifer gave odds of the move


Player information updated: 20 Sept. 2025