| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1865 | 397 | 1775 | (146) | 5 |  
  | 1866 | 434 | 1777 | (148) | 0 |  
  | 1867 | 418 | 1778 | (149) | 0 |  
  | 1868 | 431 | 1780 | (150) | 0 |  
  | 1869 | 437 | 1782 | (151) | 0 |  
  | 1870 | 489 | 1783 | (152) | 0 |  
  | 1871 | 535 | 1785 | (153) | 0 |  
  | 1872 | 547 | 1786 | (153) | 0 |  
  | 1873 | 569 | 1788 | (154) | 0 |  
  | 1874 | 610 | 1789 | (154) | 0 |  
  | 1875 | 650 | 1791 | (155) | 0 |  
  | 1876 | 630 | 1793 | (155) | 3 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Bodington, George Fowler |  | Also known as: Dr. Bodington |  
   | Born: 14 Sep. 1828 |  
   | Died: 8 May 1902 |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Periodicals |  
   | [CPM], vol. 2, no. 5, May 1866, page 155 |  
   | [CPM], vol. 2, no. 9, Sep. 1866, page 280 |  
   | [CPM], vol. 2, no. 11, Nov. 1866, page 331 |  
   | [CW], vol. 1, no. 8, Oct. 1865, page 251 |  
   | [CW], vol. 2, no. 4, June 1866, page 121 |  
   | [CW], vol. 2, no. 7, Sep. 1866, page 195 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 47, no. 1335, 23 Sep. 1865, page 299 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 48, no. 1364, 7 Apr. 1866, page 347 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 48, no. 1370, 12 May 1866, page 475 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 49, no. 1380, 14 July 1866, page 48 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 49, no. 1385, 18 Aug. 1866, page 171 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 49, no. 1386, 25 Aug. 1866, page 195 |  
   | [LeM], no. 9214, 24 Oct. 1867, page 3 |  | Web |  
   | Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1865: 1st Redcar Meeting] |  
   | Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1866: NYDCA, 2nd Redcar Meeting] |  
   | Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Dr. George Fowler Bodington] |  
   | Marsh, Sean.  [The Sean Marsh Chess Column: Column 20, Feb. 2003] |  |  |