Hookham, Henry




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1870  428  1890 (149) 7
1871  455  1897 (145) 0
1872  460  1905 (140) 0
1873  470  1913 (136) 0
1874  485  1921 (131) 0
1875  499  1928 (126) 0
1876  473  1936 (120) 0
1877  435  1944 (114) 0
1878  440  1952 (107) 0
1879  427  1959 (100) 15
1880  451  1958 (100) 0
1881  507  1957 (99) 0
1882  538  1956 (96) 0
1883  574  1955 (92) 0
1884  630  1954 (86) 21
1885  613  1967 (82) 0
1886  590  1979 (76) 0
1887  567  1991 (68) 9
1888  571  1998 (68) 0
1889  550  2005 (65) 5
1890  533  2021 (64) 4
1891  570  2006 (62) 9
1892  671  1975 (61) 8
1893  708  1969 (61) 9
1894  756  1952 (60) 10
1895  790  1929 (60) 11
1896  808  1912 (61) 13
1897  863  1884 (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