| Results |
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| Crosstable scores |
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| Odds for class difference of 1: pawn and move |
| Odds for class difference of 2: pawn and two moves |
| Odds for class difference of 3: a knight |
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Match scores
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Event table notes
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| Event data |
| Name: Melbourne Club Handicap |
| Place: Melbourne |
| Start date: June 1870 |
| End date: Oct. 1870 |
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| Notes: |
| This was a 14-player single-round all-play-all handicap tournament. We give total scores of the six players who completed all their games. The other eight players (Barrows, Hammond, Trowell, Evans, R. Stephen, Hamel, Coates and North) each left between one and 4 games unplayed, but who played who and who did not is unclear. |
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| References |
| Periodicals |
| [Aus], vol. 8, no. 221, 25 June 1870, page 813 |
| [Aus], vol. 9, no. 222, 2 July 1870, page 13 |
| [Aus], vol. 9, no. 223, 9 July 1870, page 44 |
| [Aus], vol. 9, no. 224, 16 July 1870, page 77 |
| [Aus], vol. 9, no. 225, 23 July 1870, page 108 |
| [Aus], vol. 9, no. 226, 30 July 1870, page 141 |
| [Aus], vol. 9, no. 227, 6 Aug. 1870, page 173 |
| [Aus], vol. 9, no. 228, 13 Aug. 1870, page 204 |
| [Aus], vol. 9, no. 229, 20 Aug. 1870, page 237 |
| [Aus], vol. 9, no. 231, 3 Sep. 1870, page 300 |
| [Aus], vol. 9, no. 232, 10 Sep. 1870, page 333 |
| [Aus], vol. 9, no. 233, 17 Sep. 1870, page 364 |
| [Aus], vol. 9, no. 234, 24 Sep. 1870, page 396 |
| [Aus], vol. 9, no. 235, 1 Oct. 1870, page 428 |
| [Aus], vol. 9, no. 236, 8 Oct. 1870, page 460 |
| [Aus], vol. 9, no. 237, 15 Oct. 1870, page 493 |
| [Aus], vol. 9, no. 238, 22 Oct. 1870, page 524 |
| [MeL], vol. 18, no. 757, 2 July 1870, page 10 |
| [MeL], vol. 18, no. 759, 16 July 1870, page 6 |
| [MeL], vol. 18, no. 764, 20 Aug. 1870, page 6 |
| [MeL], vol. 18, no. 765, 27 Aug. 1870, page 6 |
| [MeL], vol. 18, no. 767, 10 Sep. 1870, page 6 |
| [MeL], vol. 18, no. 770, 1 Oct. 1870, page 6 |
| [WP], vol. 3, no. 33, 1 Jan. 1871, page 139 |
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