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   | Results |  |  |  | Match scores |  | 
  | Name | Edo | Dev. | Score | / | Games |  
  | Locock, Charles | 2280 | (44) | 0 | / | 1 |  
  | Roberts, John | 2209 | (85) | 1 | / | 1 |  |  |  
  | Wainwright, George | 2309 | (35) | 2 | / | 2 |  
  | Gwinner, Herman | 2217 | (68) | 0 | / | 2 |  |  |  
  | Walker, John | 1986 | (81) | 0.5 | / | 2 |  
  | Sherrard, Hugh | 2063 | (85) | 1.5 | / | 2 |  |  |  
  | Barnett, Richard | 2007 | (57) | 0 | / | 1 |  
  | Young, Frederick | 2106 | (98) | 1 | / | 1 |  |  |  
  | Newbolt, Francis | 1920 | (86) | 2 | / | 2 |  
  | Gibson, James | 1645 | (120) | 0 | / | 2 |  |  |  
  | Crump, Henry | 1733 | (175) | 0.5 | / | 2 |  
  | Allen, Raymund | 1896 | (165) | 1.5 | / | 2 |  |  |  
  | Buchanan, Sidney | 1823 | (95) | 0.5 | / | 2 |  
  | Chepmell, Claude | 2150 | (65) | 1.5 | / | 2 |  |  |  |  
Event table notes
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| Event data |  | 
   | Name: 13th Oxford - Cambridge University Match |  
   | Place: London, England |  
   | Start date: 26 Mar. 1885 |  
   | End date:   26 Mar. 1885 |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 347 |  
   | Winter, Kings, Commoners and Knaves, page 133 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [CPC], vol. 8, no. 247, 1 Apr. 1885, page 442 |  |  |