Edo Ratings, Mellor, W. (2)

Mellor, W. (2)

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1872	463	1839	(103)	6
1873	482	1846	(108)	0
1874	503	1853	(113)	0
1875	519	1860	(117)	0
1876	479	1867	(121)	0
1877	453	1874	(124)	0
1878	454	1881	(127)	0
1879	453	1888	(130)	0
1880	478	1895	(132)	0
1881	530	1902	(134)	0
1882	560	1909	(136)	1

Rating table notes

Biographical data

Name: Mellor, W. (2)

Born:

Died:

Notes:

Could this be W.R. Mellor, a Liverpool player from 1869 into the 1870s at least (and possibly as early as 1854)? Is it W. Mellor of Nottingham?

References

Periodicals

[Era], vol. 34, no. 1730, 19 Nov. 1871, page 2

[ILN], vol. 71, no. 2009, 29 Dec. 1877, page 631

[WP], vol. 4, no. 9, 1 Jan. 1872, page 153

Tournament data

London, England 1872 (1)     City of London Club Handicap

  Mellor, W. (2) - Watts, J.J.     0.5 - 1.5          Watts, J.J. gave odds of pawn and move

  Mellor, W. (2) - Swyer, J.     1 - 1          Swyer, J. gave odds of pawn and move

London, England 1872 (5)     City of London Club Handicap

  Mellor, W. (2) - Beardsell, T.J.     1 - 0          Beardsell, T.J. gave odds of pawn and two moves

  Mellor, W. (2) - Fenton, R.H.F.     0 - 1          Fenton, R.H.F. gave odds of a knight

London, England 1882 (8)     City of London Club Handicap

  Mellor, W. (2) - Lord, F.W.     1 - 0          Lord, F.W. gave odds of pawn and two moves