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   | Results |  |  |  | Match scores |  | 
  | Name | Edo | Dev. | Score | / | Games |  
  | Burns, Andrew | 2306 | (67) | 3 | / | 3 |  
  | Goldsmith, B. |  |  | 0 | / | 3 |  
   | Burns, Andrew gave odds of knight and move |  |  |  
  | Hart, S. | 1790 | (202) | 3 | / | 4 |  
  | Andrew, C. | 1611 | (183) | 1 | / | 4 |  
   | Hart, S. gave odds of pawn and move |  |  |  
  | A'Beckett, E.F. | 1886 | (74) | 3 | / | 3 |  
  | Trowell, T.J. | 1712 | (87) | 0 | / | 3 |  |  |  
  | Henderson, R.C. | 2035 | (109) | 3 | / | 4 |  
  | Simpson, William | 1867 | (104) | 1 | / | 4 |  |  |  
  | Baynes, George | 1948 | (84) | 1 | / | 4 |  
  | Hammond, R.K. | 1890 | (76) | 3 | / | 4 |  
   | Baynes, George gave odds of pawn and move |  |  |  
  | Runting, W.J. | 1735 | (82) | 2 | / | 4 |  
  | Myers, M. | 1532 | (117) | 2 | / | 4 |  
   | Runting, W.J. gave odds of pawn and move |  |  |  
  | Stephen, William | 2059 | (69) | 3.5 | / | 5 |  
  | Colville, J.W. | 1683 | (129) | 1.5 | / | 5 |  
   | Stephen, William gave odds of pawn and two moves |  |  |  
  | Burns, Andrew | 2306 | (67) | 1 | / | 4 |  
  | Stephen, William | 2059 | (69) | 3 | / | 4 |  
   | Burns, Andrew gave odds of pawn and two moves |  |  |  
  | Runting, W.J. | 1735 | (82) | 3 | / | 4 |  
  | Lulman, A. | 1867 | (78) | 1 | / | 4 |  |  |  
  | A'Beckett, E.F. | 1886 | (74) | 3.5 | / | 5 |  
  | Hammond, R.K. | 1890 | (76) | 1.5 | / | 5 |  |  |  
  | A'Beckett, E.F. | 1886 | (74) | 3 | / | 3 |  
  | Runting, W.J. | 1735 | (82) | 0 | / | 3 |  |  |  
  | A'Beckett, E.F. | 1886 | (74) | 3 | / | 5 |  
  | Stephen, William | 2059 | (69) | 2 | / | 5 |  
   | Stephen, William gave odds of pawn and move |  |  |  |  
Event table notes
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| Event data |  | 
   | Name: Melbourne Handicap Challenge Cup Tournament |  
   | Place: Melbourne |  
   | Start date: 11 May 1874 |  
   | End date:   July 1874 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | This was a 16-player knockout tournament, with 3 games per pairing. The 16th player, Black, 'resigned' to Lulman in the first round without playing, so he is not included here. The last result I found for the Stephen-Colville match in the first round gives +2-1=1 for Stephen, who then appears in the next round, so I will guess that it finished +3-1=1. In the second round, Henderson forfeited to Hart without playing, and in the third round, Hart forfeited to Stephen without playing. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Periodicals |  
   | [Aus], vol. 16, no. 423, 9 May 1874, page 588 |  
   | [Aus], vol. 16, no. 424, 16 May 1874, page 620 |  
   | [Aus], vol. 16, no. 425, 23 May 1874, page 652 |  
   | [Aus], vol. 16, no. 426, 30 May 1874, page 684 |  
   | [Aus], vol. 16, no. 427, 6 June 1874, page 716 |  
   | [Aus], vol. 16, no. 428, 13 June 1874, page 748 |  
   | [Aus], vol. 16, no. 429, 20 June 1874, page 780 |  
   | [Aus], vol. 16, no. 430, 27 June 1874, page 813 |  
   | [Aus], vol. 17, no. 431, 4 July 1874, page 13 |  
   | [Aus], vol. 17, no. 432, 11 July 1874, page 44 |  
   | [Aus], vol. 17, no. 433, 18 July 1874, page 77 |  
   | [Aus], vol. 17, no. 434, 25 July 1874, page 109 |  
   | [MeL], vol. 27, no. 957, 2 May 1874, page 6 |  
   | [MeL], vol. 27, no. 958, 9 May 1874, page 6 |  
   | [MeL], vol. 27, no. 960, 23 May 1874, page 6 |  
   | [MeL], vol. 27, no. 961, 30 May 1874, page 6 |  
   | [MeL], vol. 27, no. 962, 6 June 1874, page 6 |  
   | [MeL], vol. 27, no. 963, 13 June 1874, page 6 |  
   | [MeL], vol. 27, no. 964, 20 June 1874, page 6 |  
   | [MeL], vol. 27, no. 965, 27 June 1874, page 6 |  
   | [MeL], vol. 27, no. 966, 4 July 1874, page 6 |  
   | [MeL], vol. 27, no. 967, 11 July 1874, page 6 |  
   | [MeL], vol. 27, no. 968, 18 July 1874, page 6 |  
   | [WP], vol. 7, no. 6, 1 Oct. 1874, page 106 |  |  |