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   | Results |  |  |  
   | Crosstable scores |  | 
  | Name | Edo | Dev. | Score | / | Games |  
  | Blake, Joseph | 2405 | (49) | 7.5 | / | 10 |  
  | Ward, William | 2351 | (47) | 7.5 | / | 10 |  
  | Gunston, William | 2350 | (38) | 7 | / | 10 |  
  | Bellingham, George | 2427 | (37) | 6 | / | 10 |  
  | Blieden, Max | 2293 | (63) | 5.5 | / | 10 |  
  | Loman, Rudolf | 2314 | (39) | 5.5 | / | 10 |  
  | Elwell, Francis | 2316 | (50) | 5 | / | 10 |  
  | Sherrard, Charles | 2352 | (39) | 4.5 | / | 10 |  
  | Wilmot, Bernard | 2249 | (41) | 3.5 | / | 10 |  
  | Rumboll, Alfred | 2019 | (61) | 2 | / | 10 |  
  | Stevenson, Alfred | 1889 | (60) | 1 | / | 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  
Event table notes
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| Event data |  | 
   | Name: Southern Counties Chess Union Tournament |  
   | Place: Salisbury |  
   | Start date: 12 Sep. 1898 |  
   | End date:   20 Sep. 1898 |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 188 |  
   | Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables I, page 126 |  
   | Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 231 |  |  |