Edo Ratings, Mellor, W. (2)

Mellor, W. (2)

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1872	562	1770	(100)	6
1873	585	1770	(104)	0
1874	629	1770	(108)	0
1875	668	1770	(111)	0
1876	655	1770	(114)	0
1877	602	1770	(116)	0
1878	600	1770	(117)	0
1879	599	1770	(119)	2
1880	614	1782	(122)	0
1881	677	1794	(126)	0
1882	732	1805	(129)	1

Rating table notes

Biographical data

Name: Mellor, W. (2)

Born:

Died:

Notes:

Could this be W.R. Mellor, a Liverpool player from 1869 into the 1870s at least (and possibly as early as 1854)? Is it W. Mellor of Nottingham? Land and Water of 2 Nov. 1878 (p.382) and 30 Nov. 1878 (p.469) has 'Meller'. Zavatarelli and Renette (p.161) have 'Moller'.

References

Books

Zavatarelli and Renette, William N. Potter and John Wisker, page 161

Periodicals

[Era], vol. 34, no. 1730, 19 Nov. 1871, page 2

[ILN], vol. 71, no. 2009, 29 Dec. 1877, page 631

[LW], vol. 26, no. 666, 2 Nov. 1878, page 382

[LW], vol. 26, no. 670, 30 Nov. 1878, page 469

[WP], vol. 4, no. 9, 1 Jan. 1872, page 153

Tournament data

London, England 1872 (1)     City of London Club Handicap

  Mellor, W. (2) - Watts, J.J.     0.5 - 1.5          Watts, J.J. gave odds of pawn and move

  Mellor, W. (2) - Swyer, J.     1 - 1          Swyer, J. gave odds of pawn and move

London, England 1872 (5)     City of London Club Handicap

  Mellor, W. (2) - Beardsell, T.J.     1 - 0          Beardsell, T.J. gave odds of pawn and two moves

  Mellor, W. (2) - Fenton, R.H.F.     0 - 1          Fenton, R.H.F. gave odds of a knight

London, England 1879 (2)     City of London Club Handicap

  Mellor, W. (2) - Heppell, J.T.     0 - 1          Mellor, W. (2) gave odds of the move

  Mellor, W. (2) - Lovelock, J.F.     0 - 1          Mellor, W. (2) gave odds of the move

London, England 1882 (8)     City of London Club Handicap

  Mellor, W. (2) - Lord, F.W.     1 - 0          Lord, F.W. gave odds of pawn and two moves