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1800
STURGES' GUIDE TO THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS PUBLISHED.
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1808
STURGES' CRITICAL SITUATIONS IN THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS PUBLISHED
1813
8/12 DEATH OF JOSHUA STURGES, AGE 55
1832
JAMES SINCLAIR'S "THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS" PUBLISHED.
1835
WALKER'S STURGES PUBLISHED.
1837
THE PHILIDORIAN, A LONDON PERIODICAL OF CHESS AND OTHER GAMES,
PUBLISHES FOUR CHECKERS/DRAUGHTS PROBLEMS....FIRST CHECKERS/DRAUGHTS COLUMN ?
J. WYLLIE VS. BERTRAM at EDINBURGH. FIRST MATCH IN
THE CAREER OF "THE HERD LADDIE", "THE FATHER OF MODERN DRAUGHTS"....JAMES WYLLIE.
1838
WILLIAM HAY'S "THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS" PUBLISHED.
JOHN DRUMMOND'S "THE SCOTTISH DRAUGHTS PLAYER" PUBLISHED.
1839
3/23 ANDREW ANDERSON VS. JAMES WYLLIE 8-6-6 at EDINBURGH,
SCOTLAND. THE FIRST MATCH IN ONE OF THE GREATEST RIVALRIES IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME. BEST OF 21 GAMES. THE MATCH STARTED
IN THE MORNING AND FINISHED NEAR MIDNIGHT.
APRIL 20 GAME
(SCHEDULED) SUBSCRIPTION MATCH FOR £20
JAMES WYLLIE VS.
J. STEELE, 8-5-6 DRAWS at BIGGAR, SCOTLAND.
8/15-16
ANDREW ANDERSON VS. JAMES WYLLIE, 9-1-4 DRAWS at EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. THEIR SECOND MEETING. BEST OF 21 GAMES.
1840
JAN 20 GAME STAKE MATCH £7 PER SIDE.
ANDREW
ANDERSON VS. J. STEEL, 8-6-5 DRAWS at ????
JAMES
WYLLIE'S FIRST TOUR OF ENGLAND.
STAKE
MATCH £100.
JAMES
WYLLIE VS W. PRICE 11-2-0 AT ????
PRICE
OF MANCHESTER WAS ONE OF THE STRONGEST PLAYERS IN ENGLAND.
11/5-7 "CHAMPIONSHIP"
MATCH
ANDREW ANDERSON VS. JAMES WYLLIE 7-5 at LANARK, SCOTLAND. (FIRST TO 7 WINS.) THEIR THIRD MEETING.
1842
STAKE MATCH
JAMES WYLLIE VS. PRICE at MANCHESTER.
THIS WAS A "RETURN MATCH" ARRANGED AS A RESULT OF THE MATCH
FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WITH WHICH PRICE (NICK-NAMED THE "MILKMAN") WAS DISAPPOINTED. WYLLIE CONCEDED 7 WINS START OUT OF
THE FIRST THIRTEEN GAMES WON, AND STILL WON THE MATCH. MR. PRICE THEN DISAPPEARED FROM THE PAGES OF THE GAME'S HISTORY.
1844
6/11-18
JAMES WYLLIE VS. ANDREW ANDERSON 9-4-33 DRAWS at CARLUKE, SCOTLAND. THEIR FOURTH MEETING.
1846
JOHN McKERROW VS HARPER COLTHERD
9-8- 27 DRAWS.
2/23-3/12 MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP OF SCOTLAND
ANDREW ANDERSON VS. JAMES WYLLIE 9-6-31 DRAWS at EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND.
THE WINNER THE FIRST TO SCORE NINE WINS. THIS WAS THE FIFTH AND FINAL MATCH
BETWEEN THE TWO, AND WAS ALSO ANDERSON'S FINAL CROSSBOARD MATCH EVER.
JAMES WYLLIE THEN CLAIMED THE CHAMPIONSHIP. THE GAMES OF THIS MATCH ARE
PUBLISHED IN "GOULD'S HISTORIC AND MEMORABLE MATCHES".
1848
4/6- ROBERT MARTINS
VS JOHN WAY 9-7-23 DRAWS at LONDON.
ANDERSON'S
GUIDE TO THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS PUBLISHED.
1849
JAN. ROBERT MARTINS VS. COLLISHAW 10-3-12 at NOTTINGHAM.
THIS MATCH , SCHEDULED FOR 31 GAMES,WAS PLAYED FOR £20, WITH A STIPULATION THAT SPECTATORS BE CONTAINED TO A SEPARATE ROOM.
3/19-
MATCH FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF ENGLAND AND £30 A SIDE.
HARPER COLTHERD VS ROBERT MARTINS 9-6-29 DRAWS at NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. TERMS WERE THE FIRST TO 9 WINS.
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