| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1874 | 198 | 2169 | (77) | 15 |  
  | 1875 | 221 | 2152 | (79) | 8 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Willis, Henry Gaye |  
   | Born: Dec. 1847 |  
   | Died: 28 Jan. 1937 |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 344 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [CPC], vol. 4, no. 8, Apr. 1875, page 254 |  
   | [Fld], 1 Apr. 1876 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 66, no. 1859, 27 Mar. 1875, page 307 |  
   | [WP], vol. 7, no. 12, 1 Apr. 1875, page 237 |  
   | [WP], vol. 9, no. 2, 1 June 1876, page 26 |  | Web |  
   | Saunders, John.  [Varsity Oxford-Cambridge Match: Pen Pictures of Players] |  |  |