Edo Ratings, Mellor, W. (2)

Mellor, W. (2)

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1872	506	1823	(102)	6
1873	527	1830	(108)	0
1874	562	1836	(113)	0
1875	587	1843	(117)	0
1876	550	1849	(120)	0
1877	503	1856	(124)	0
1878	503	1862	(127)	0
1879	482	1869	(129)	0
1880	510	1875	(132)	0
1881	573	1882	(134)	0
1882	610	1888	(136)	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?

References

Periodicals

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

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

[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 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