| Results |
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Match scores
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| Name |
Edo |
Dev. |
Score |
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Games |
| Parratt, Walter |
2330 | (77) |
2 | / | 2 |
| de Soyres, John |
2220 | (43) |
0 | / | 2 |
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| Schomberg, Reginald |
2102 | (140) |
2 | / | 2 |
| Ogden, Charles |
1972 | (110) |
0 | / | 2 |
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| Anthony, Edwyn |
2092 | (110) |
2 | / | 2 |
| Simon, Robert |
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0 | / | 2 |
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| Madan, Falconer |
2058 | (128) |
1 | / | 2 |
| Neville, Francis |
2204 | (110) |
1 | / | 2 |
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| Meredith, Samuel |
2107 | (78) |
1 | / | 2 |
| Keynes, John |
2265 | (79) |
1 | / | 2 |
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| Nicholson, Edward |
1943 | (163) |
1 | / | 2 |
| Ball, Rouse |
2080 | (83) |
1 | / | 2 |
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| Whitefoord, Benjamin |
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1 | / | 1 |
| Hayes, Alfred |
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0 | / | 1 |
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Event table notes
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| Event data |
| Name: 1st Oxford - Cambridge University Match |
| Place: London, England |
| Start date: 28 Mar. 1873 |
| End date: 28 Mar. 1873 |
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| Notes: |
| Staunton in the Illustrated London News gives 'Whiteford' at this event, as does the Chess Player's Chronicle of June 1873 (p.279) and the Field of 5 Apr. 1873; Sergeant and Harding give 'B. Whitefoord'. There was some confusion about whether de Soyres won one game from Parratt, but this seems to have been caused by a confusion over colours (since black played first in some games). The second game between them is given as a win for de Soyres, for example, in the Chess Player's Chronicle of Apr. 1874 (p.50). Perhaps the players were reversed, since Parratt should have played first in this one if he played second in the other. Staunton (in the 5 Apr. 1873 and 26 Apr. 1873 issue of the Illustrated London News, which corrects the earlier article), Sergeant and Harding clarify that Parratt won both his games against de Soyres. The second game on each of the first 2 boards (Parratt - de Soyres and Schomberg - Ogden) were adjudicated by Steinitz as wins for the Oxford side. The initial report in the Chess Player's Chronicle has a score of 0-0 for Meredith-Keynes. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 294, 344 |
| Periodicals |
| [CPC], vol. 3, no. 9, June 1873, page 279 |
| [CPC], vol. 4, no. 2, Apr. 1874, page 50 |
| [Era], vol. 35, no. 1801, 30 Mar. 1873, page 12 |
| [Era], vol. 35, no. 1802, 6 Apr. 1873, page 3 |
| [Fld], 5 Apr. 1873 |
| [HCM], vol. 1, no. 8, May 1873, page 153 |
| [ILN], vol. 62, no. 1753, 5 Apr. 1873, page 330 |
| [ILN], vol. 62, no. 1756, 26 Apr. 1873, page 403 |
| [ST], no. 2608, 6 Apr. 1873, page 6 |
| [WP], vol. 5, no. 12, 1 Apr. 1873, page 187, 194 |
| Web |
| Harding, Tim. [Chess Book Heaven at the Royal Dutch Library], page 10 |
| Harding, Tim. [The First Oxford-Cambridge University Match] |
| Mann, Steve. [Yorkshire Chess History - 1873: First Oxford-Cambridge Match] |
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