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   | Results |  |  |  | Match scores |  | 
  | Name | Edo | Dev. | Score | / | Games |  
  | von Zabern, Theodor | 2174 | (69) | 1.5 | / | 2 |  
  | Hamel, Sigismund | 2075 | (76) | 0.5 | / | 2 |  |  |  
  | Jones, Henry (1) | 2293 | (69) | 0 | / | 1 |  
  | Marriott, Arthur | 2371 | (57) | 1 | / | 1 |  |  |  
  | Schiffmann, J. | 2212 | (104) | 2 | / | 2 |  
  | Marriott, Edwin | 2190 | (73) | 0 | / | 2 |  |  |  
  | Charles | 2030 | (175) | 1.5 | / | 2 |  
  | Johnson, Lewis | 2074 | (77) | 0.5 | / | 2 |  |  |  
  | Wilson, Thomas | 1975 | (64) | 0.5 | / | 1 |  
  | Mellor, Edwin | 2042 | (73) | 0.5 | / | 1 |  |  |  
  | Mitchell, Edward | 1918 | (84) | 0.5 | / | 1 |  
  | Browne, Hugh | 1832 | (96) | 0.5 | / | 1 |  |  |  
  | Heap, Henry | 2022 | (101) | 1.5 | / | 2 |  
  | Mellor, William | 1769 | (100) | 0.5 | / | 2 |  |  |  
  | Wood, M. Bateson | 1968 | (82) | 1 | / | 2 |  
  | Gerard, Thomas | 1993 | (77) | 1 | / | 2 |  |  |  
  | Brevig, Christen | 2117 | (79) | 0.5 | / | 1 |  
  | Thompson, Frederick | 1868 | (117) | 0.5 | / | 1 |  |  |  
  | Worrall, G. | 2029 | (108) | 0.5 | / | 1 |  
  | Suffolk, F.F. | 1998 | (78) | 0.5 | / | 1 |  |  |  
  | Greenleaves, J. | 1724 | (128) | 1 | / | 2 |  
  | Oliver, A.T. | 1837 | (87) | 1 | / | 2 |  |  |  
  | Cooper, R.O. | 1774 | (85) | 1 | / | 2 |  
  | Hatherly, Henry | 1690 | (79) | 1 | / | 2 |  |  |  
  | Hockmeyer, Otto | 1956 | (132) | 2 | / | 2 |  
  | Glendinning, J. | 1702 | (113) | 0 | / | 2 |  |  |  
  | Pollitt, John | 2153 | (110) | 2 | / | 2 |  
  | Sipman, Carl | 1719 | (92) | 0 | / | 2 |  |  |  
  | Boulaye, Isidore | 1927 | (96) | 0.5 | / | 1 |  
  | Spray, Charles | 1653 | (153) | 0.5 | / | 1 |  |  |  
  | Lewis, R. | 1952 | (142) | 1.5 | / | 2 |  
  | Durrant, W.H. | 1428 | (143) | 0.5 | / | 2 |  |  |  |  
Event table notes
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| Event data |  | 
   | Name: Manchester Athenaeum - Nottingham Club Match |  
   | Place: Derby |  
   | Start date: 29 Jan. 1881 |  
   | End date:   29 Jan. 1881 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Zavatarelli gives Nottingham's score as +4-13=8, but the full report in the Nottinghamshire Guardian gives +4-13=9. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Zavatarelli, Gloomy Fate of Arthur Towle Marriott, page 49, 149 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [BCM], vol. 1, no. 3, Mar. 1881, page 75 |  
   | [NG], no. 1863, 4 Feb. 1881, page 4 |  |  |