London, England 1874 (3)




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Parratt, Walter    2308 (79) 1 /
de Soyres, John    2222 (40) 2 /
 
Madan, Falconer    2054 (126) 0.5 /
Keynes, John    2286 (70) 2.5 /
 
Meredith, Samuel    2088 (72) 1 /
Ogden, Charles    1987 (105) 2 /
 
Grundy, William    2108 (91) 1 /
Ball, Rouse    2091 (72) 1 /
 
Plunkett, Horace    2051 (81) 0.5 /
May, Thomas    2060 (66) 2.5 /
 
Tracey, Campbell    2011 (89) 1 /
Nicholson, Joseph    2131 (78) 3 /
 
Connell, Alexander    1903 (151) 1 /
Hooper, Wynnard    2107 (86) 2 /
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: 2nd Oxford - Cambridge University Match
Place: London, England
Start date: 27 Mar. 1874
End date: 27 Mar. 1874
 
Notes:
According to the Illustrated London News of 4 Apr. 1874 (p.331) Nicholson won +3-1 against Tracey, but the official score was +2-1 as only 3 games counted. The Huddersfield College Magazine of May 1874 (p.156) and the Field of 4 Apr. 1874 have +3-0 for Nicholson, which includes an unfinished game that was adjudicated in Nicholson's favour by Steinitz. I will assume that the extra game was played, though not counted and that +3-1 was the result, though it may have been Tracey's win that was the extra game. The Illustrated London News of 4 Apr. 1874 (p.331), the Field of 4 Apr. 1874, and the Huddersfield College Magazine of May 1874 (p.156) show the result of the Meredith-Ogden match as +1-2 for Meredith; the Chess Player's Chronicle of Apr. 1874 (p.57) gives +0-2 for Meredith. Sergeant follows the Chess Player's Chronicle. I don't know which is correct but will follow Steinitz in the Field, since it was he who adjudicated unfinished games.
 
References
Books
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 295, 344
Periodicals
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 3, Apr. 1874, page 71
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 2, Apr. 1874, page 57
   [Fld], 4 Apr. 1874
   [HCM], vol. 2, no. 8, May 1874, page 155
   [ILN], vol. 64, no. 1804, 21 Mar. 1874, page 283
   [ILN], vol. 64, no. 1806, 4 Apr. 1874, page 331
   [WP], vol. 6, no. 12, 1 Apr. 1874, page 245, 253

Tournament information updated: 25 Dec. 2021