Hookham, Henry




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1870  424  1874 (151) 7
1871  449  1881 (147) 0
1872  455  1888 (143) 0
1873  463  1896 (139) 0
1874  483  1903 (134) 0
1875  497  1910 (129) 0
1876  473  1918 (124) 0
1877  438  1925 (118) 0
1878  431  1932 (112) 0
1879  412  1940 (105) 15
1880  437  1940 (104) 0
1881  496  1941 (103) 0
1882  526  1941 (100) 0
1883  572  1942 (96) 0
1884  623  1943 (90) 21
1885  609  1955 (85) 0
1886  577  1968 (78) 0
1887  558  1981 (69) 9
1888  548  1989 (69) 0
1889  529  1996 (66) 5
1890  526  2011 (64) 4
1891  561  1995 (62) 9
1892  648  1964 (62) 8
1893  670  1957 (61) 9
1894  705  1940 (61) 10
1895  739  1917 (61) 11
1896  753  1900 (62) 13
1897  816  1871 (67) 10

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Hookham, Henry  
Born: 22 Oct. 1824
Died: 24 Nov. 1898
 
Notes:
Gaige says born 22?-10-1824. The Sunday Times of 19 Dec. 1858 (p.10) mentions a Hookham playing in London. Was this the New Zealand player of the 1880s and 1890s?
 
References
Books
   Bignold, Australian Chess Annual, page 99, 105, 111
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 178
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 212
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 216
Periodicals
   [CPC], vol. 2, no. 13, Jan. 1860, page 10
   [ST], no. 1861, 19 Dec. 1858, page 10

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Hookham, H. - Jacobsen, P.F. 1884         (f)     11   -   10

Tournament data

Christchurch 1870     Canturbury Province Championship     6  /  7
Christchurch 1879     1st New Zealand Championship     10  /  14
  Hookham, H. - Hay, D.R.     1 - 0    
Adelaide 1887 (1)     Australian Jubilee Congress - Major Tournament     3  /  9
Christchurch 1889     2nd New Zealand Championship     2.5  /  5
Dunedin 1890     3rd New Zealand Championship     3.5  /  4
  Hookham, H. - Barnes, R.J.     1 - 0    
Wellington 1891     4th New Zealand Championship     6  /  9
Auckland 1892     5th New Zealand Championship     3.5  /  8
Christchurch 1893     6th New Zealand Championship     6.5  /  9
Dunedin 1894     7th New Zealand Championship     6.5  /  10
Wellington 1895     8th New Zealand Championship     6.5  /  11
Wanganui 1896     9th New Zealand Championship     8  /  13
Christchurch 1897     10th New Zealand Championship     3.5  /  10


Player information updated: 6 Aug. 2024