Crake, James




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1875  742  1655 (97) 4
1876  724  1666 (90) 9
1877  630  1691 (92) 0
1878  609  1715 (93) 0
1879  593  1740 (92) 0
1880  616  1764 (91) 0
1881  665  1789 (89) 0
1882  707  1813 (85) 2
1883  747  1819 (84) 3
1884  806  1835 (86) 2
1885  752  1844 (92) 0
1886  746  1854 (97) 0
1887  707  1863 (100) 0
1888  699  1873 (103) 0
1889  672  1882 (106) 0
1890  700  1892 (107) 0
1891  689  1902 (108) 0
1892  712  1911 (109) 1
1893  723  1918 (112) 0
1894  738  1925 (114) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Crake, James A.  
Born: 1847
Died: 14 Nov. 1929
 
Notes:
Steve Mann gives date of baptism as 23-12-1847, so I presume he was born in 1847.
 
References
Books
   Nottingham Chess Club, Nottingham Club Minutes Book
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 200
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 4, no. 12, Dec. 1884, page 440
   [CLCM], vol. 2, no. 3, Apr. 1875, page 70
   [CLCM], vol. 2, no. 6, July 1875, page 161
   [CLCM], vol. 2, no. 8, Sep. 1875, page 229
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 11, Oct. 1875, page 344
   [WP], vol. 8, no. 5, 1 Sep. 1875, page 82
   [WP], vol. 9, no. 7, 1 Nov. 1876, page 122
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1880: Edmund Thorold visit to Hull]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1883: Yorkshire v Lancashire]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1888: Edmund Thorold visit to Hull]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - James Crake]

Tournament data

Hull 1875 (1)     Hull Club - Hull Church Institute Club Match    
  Crake, J.A. - Freeborough, E.F.     0 - 2    
Hull 1875 (4)     Hull Church Institute - Hull Christian and Literary Institute Match    
  Crake, J.A. - Browne, M.E.     2 - 0    
Grimsby 1875     Grimsby - Hull Church Institute Club Match    
  Crake, J.A. - Lowenthal, J.J.     0 - 2    
Hull 1876 (2)     Hull Church Institute Club Championship    
  Crake, J.A. - Dixon, H.     1 - 2    
Hull 1876 (4)     Hull Club - Hull Church Institute Match    
  Crake, J.A. - Gresham, G.J.     1 - 1    
Hull 1876 (5)     Hull Church Institute - Hull Catholic Institute Match    
  Crake, J.A. - Walker, Ja. (1)     0 - 2    
Hull 1876 (6)     Hull Club - Hull Church Institute Match    
  Crake, J.A. - Walker, Ja. (1)     1 - 1    
Leeds 1882 (4)     Leeds - Hull Church Institute Club Match    
  Crake, J.A. - Cunningham, J.G.     2 - 0    
Leeds 1883 (1)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Crake, J.A. - Riddell, J.     0.5 - 1.5    
Leeds 1883 (3)     Manchester Athenaeum - Hull Church Institute Match    
  Crake, J.A. - Higginbotham, T.     0 - 1    
Manchester 1884     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Crake, J.A. - Holland, A.M.     1 - 1    
Nottingham 1892 (1)     Nottingham Club - Hull United Liberal Club Match    
  Crake, J.A. - Gerard, T.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
Nottingham 1894 (1)     Nottingham Club - Hull United Liberal Club Match    
  Crake, J.A. - Marriott, T.W.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1894 (1)     North and South Match    
  Crake, J.A. - Peachey, H.W.     0.5 - 0.5    


Player information updated: 5 Jan. 2023