TIME LINE 1880-1889

1880

1/2 DEATH OF HARPER COLTHERD, AGE 61. FORMER MATCH CHAMPION OF ENGLAND. KNOWN AS A VERY STRONG CROSSBOARD PLAYER, HE HAD MATCHES WITH THE LIKES OF MARTINS, WYLLIE, McKERROW AND WAY.

FOUNDING OF FIRST GLASGOW DRAUGHTS ASSOCIATION, SCOTLAND

4/24-29 SUBSCRIPTION MATCH.

JAMES WYLLIE VS ROBERT MARTINS 4-1-15 DRAWS at GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - THE "29-25 SWITCHER MATCH". THEIR 6TH MEETING.

7/26 FRIENDLY MATCH.

CLARENCE FREEMAN VS. ROLAND EDWIN (R.E.) BOWEN

3-0-3 DRAWS at LONSDALE, RI. THIS WAS PLAYED AT THE HOME OF MILES MERRY. GAMES PUBLISHED IN CANADIAN CHECKER PLAYER VOL.4, NO.2, FEB. 1910.

SUMMER??? 2nd LANARKSHIRE TOURNAMENT.

WILLIE CAMPBELL WINS TITLE.

WISBECH DRAUGHTS CLUB IS FORMED. THIS IS POSSIBLY THE EARLIEST CLUB IN ENGLAND. RECORDS EXIST OF ANNUAL TOURNAMENTS UNTIL 1943 OR LATER.

1881

3/21-31 AMERICAN MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP.

CHARLES F.BARKER VS. JAMES P. REED 4-1-43 DRAWS at BOSTON, MASS. THEIR FIRST MEETING.

BARKER RETAINS TITLE.

3rd LANARKSHIRE TOURNEY, SCOTLAND.

WILLIE CAMPBELL RETAINS TITLE.

5/11 DEATH OF JOHN DRUMMOND at DENNY, SCOTLAND, AGED 75. CELEBRATED PLAYER AND AUTHOR.

5/15 AUGUST J. HEFFNER VS. HERBERT Z. WRIGHT 6-0-1 DRAW at BOSTON, MASS.

MAY JAMES MOIR ARRIVES IN AMERICA FOR A CHECKERS/DRAUGHTS PLAYING TOUR.

5/ J. MOIR VS. DR. I. CLUTE 1-0-5 DRAWS at SCHENECTADY, NY.

SUBSCRIPTION MATCH at OLDHAM, LANCASHIRE.

JAMES WYLLIE VS J. BIRKENSHAW 10-2-18 DRAWS.

5/ 28 GEORGE WILLIAM FAIRGRIEVE VS. JAMES MOIR 2-1-1 DRAW. THIS MEETING, THE FOURTH BETWEEN THESE TWO (OF WHICH MOIR WON THE FIRST TWO AND DREW THE THIRD), WAS THE ONLY SITTING WHICH MOIR LOST DURING HIS TOUR. FAIRGRIEVE'S WINS PUBLISHED IN AMERICAN CHECKER MONTHLY VOL II, NO. 9 SEPT. 1922.

6/1 J. MOIR VS. C.F. BARKER 1-0-9 DRAWS at BOSTON, MASS., US.

6/3 J. MOIR VS. C.F. BARKER 4-1-15 DRAWS at BOSTON, MASS. US.

6/ J. MOIR VS. A. BRODY 5-0-3 DRAWS at QUEBEC.

6/ J. MOIR VS. F. LORTIE 3-0-3 DRAWS at QUEBEC.

6/ J. MOIR VS. A. FINN at 7-1-4 DRAWS at MONTREAL .

7/16 J.MOIR ENDS HIS TOUR AND LEAVES FOR SCOTLAND.

6/12 WILLIAM STRICKLAND PLAYS 20 SIMULTANEOUS GAMES BLINDFOLD at LEEDS, 7-6-7 DRAWS.

WILLIE GARDNER VS. BARRETT 4-3-4 at LEEDS. GARDNER'S FIRST MATCH.

OCT JAMES WYLLIE BEGINS HIS 2ND TOUR OF NORTH AMERICA, LASTING UNTIL 1885.

"THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS; SELECTED PROBLEMS" PUBLISHED BY H.D. LYMAN at WORCESTER, MA. ACKNOWLEDGED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST PROBLEM BOOKS.

DECEMBER AMERICAN MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP.

CHARLES F.BARKER VS. JAMES P.REED 4-1-43 DRAWS at BOSTON, MA. THEIR SECOND MEETING PRODUCED EXACTLY THE SAME SCORE AS IN THE FIRST MATCH!

BARKER RETAINS TITLE.

1882

JAN JANVIER'S ANDERSON ISSUED.

1/27 DEATH OF W.H. BROUGHTON PORTLAND, ME. US.

4TH LANARKSHIRE TOURNEY, SCOTLAND.

WILLIAM BRYDEN WINS TITLE.

SEPT W. BEATTIE VS. J. SMITH 6-5-9 at LIVERPOOL

WILLIAM CAMPBELL VS. JAMES FERRIE 1-0-7 at GLASGOW, SCOTLAND

10/24-11/6 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

JAMES WYLLIE VS. CHARLES BARKER 1-1-48 at BOSTON .

WYLLIE RETAINS TITLE

LEEDS DRAUGHTS AND CHESS CLUB FORMED IN ENGLAND

1885

1/15 JAMES WYLLIE WAS DUE TO LEAVE NEW YORK FOR LONDON AFTER TOURING IN THE US AND CANADA FOR OVER THREE YEARS. HE'D PLAYED 19,517 GAMES, WITH A SCORE OF 17,654-109-1754 DRAWS.

1/3 "DRAUGHT-PLAYERS' WEEKLY MAGAZINE" FIRST ISSUED. EDITED BY FRASER, HANNAH AND ROSS at GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.

1/5-13 AMERICAN MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP PLUS $400.

CHARLES BARKER VS MATTY PRIEST 3-1-45 DRAWS at PHILADELPHIA.

BARKER WINS TITLE.

1/8-15 FIRST AUSTRALIAN TOURNAMENT at DUNEDIN, N.Z.

JAMES LITTLE WINS TITLE.

2/5 TEAM MATCH, 14 PER SIDE, at LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL VS MANCHESTER 24-20-20 DRAWS. THEIR 4TH MEETING.

APRIL 7TH LANARKSHIRE TOURNEY at HAMILTON, SCOTLAND.

JAMES MOIR WINS TITLE.

4/11-27 AMERICAN MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP.

CLARENCE FREEMAN VS CHARLES BARKER 6-3-39 DRAWS

at PROVIDENCE, RI.

FREEMAN WINS TITLE.

EASTER/SPRING WILLIE GARDNER VS. WILLIAM STRICKLAND 2-2-16 at

5/25-6/2 AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

AUGUST J. HEFFNER VS. CLARENCE H. FREEMAN 4-3-17 DRAWS at PROVIDENCE, R.I.

HEFFNER WINS TITLE

5/26-29 1ST ENGLISH NATIONAL TOURNAMENT at MANCHESTER.

JAMES SMITH VS ANDREW JACKSON IN FINAL.

SMITH WINS TITLE.

6/27-29 MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP OF NORTHUMBERLAND at NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE.

J. G. LEWIS VS R. DOVER 4-2-4 DRAWS.

LEWIS WINS TITLE.

SEPT H. Z. WRIGHT VS. C.F. BARKER 9-8-33 DRAWS at

9/11-10/30 J. MOIR VS D. C. McKELVIE 3-3-14 . THIS WAS THE FIRST RECORD OF A MATCH PLAYED USING 11 PIECES EACH, THE SYSTEM BEING A FORERUNNER OF THE 11-MAN BALLOT OPENINGS. SERIES OF GAMES PLAYED OVER 12 SITTINGS.

9/30-10/2 SUBSCRIPTION MATCH

J. WYLLIE VS W. STRICKLAND 3-2-15 at LEEDS

10/31 BIRMINGHAM DRAUGHTS CLUB OPENED IN ENGLAND

CANADIAN MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP

J. LABADIE VS. FLETCHER 14-3-23 at

DEATH OF ROBERT YATES, AGED 28. HE WAS A SHIP'S DOCTOR WHO CONTRACTED TYPHUS AND DIED ON HIS FIRST VOYAGE. HE WAS BURIED AT SEA. FORMER WORLD CHAMPION AND ONE OF THE GREATEST PLAYERS THE GAME HAS KNOWN.

1886

1/4-13 ENGLISH MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP PLUS £100.

JAMES SMITH VS A. JACKSON 3-0-25 DRAWS at SPENNYMOOR.

SMITH WINS TITLE.

1/11- AMERICAN MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP.

CHARLES F.BARKER VS. AUGUST J. HEFFNER 2-1-47 DRAWS at PROVIDENCE, RI.

BARKER WINS TITLE.

4/2 DERRY NEWS CHECKER COLUMN, EDITED BY LYMAN STEARNS, BEGINS.

4/26-5/8 WILLIE GARDNER VS. WILLIAM STRICKLAND 4-2-37 DRAWS at LEEDS (RESTRICTED MATCH GAMES).

APRIL FIRST LONDON CHAMPIONSHIP - JAMES FERRIE.

SPRING ??? 8TH LANARKSHIRE TOURNAMENT, SCOTLAND.

WILLIAM BRYDEN WINS TITLE.

MAY HERBERT SANDERSON VS. HENRY HUTZLER 2-1-5 DRAWS at OHIO.

8/28-9/10 SUBSCRIPTION MATCH.

JAMES WYLLIE VS. WILLLIAM BRYDEN 4-0-16 DRAWS at GLASGOW, SCOTLAND. GAMES PUBLISHED IN DRAUGHTS-PLAYERS GUIDE BY FRANK DUNNE.

OCT. TEAM MATCH

LANCASHIRE VS YORKHIRE 22-16-35 DRAWS at LIVERPOOL.

1887

MARCH JAMES WYLLIE LEAVES LONDON FOR A FOUR YEAR TOUR OF AUSTRALIA.

MARCH DURING AN EXHIBITION TOUR OF ENGLAND, AMERICAN JAMES REED RECORDED THE FOLLOWING SCORES IN FRIENDLY EXHIBITION MATCHES;

JAMES P. REED VS. JAMES SMITH 1-1-14 DRAWS at SOUTH SHIELDS.

JAMES P. REED VS. RICHMOND 3-3-10 DRAWS at ???

JAMES P. REED VS. W. CAMPBELL 2-2-16 DRAWS at ???

SPRING 9TH LANARKSHIRE TOURNAMENT, SCOTLAND.

WILLIAM BRYDEN RETAINS TITLE.

SUBSCRIPTION MATCH

JAMES P. REED VS DR SCHAEFER 3-1-16 at NEW YORK

9/19- AMERICAN MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP

CHARLES F.BARKER VS. JAMES P. REED 5-1-41 DRAWS at PITTSBURGH PA.

BARKER RETAINS TITLE.

THEIR THIRD MEETING.

OCTOBER DEATH OF WILLIAM STRICKLAND, LEEDS. (BORN MARCH 1849). A BLINDFOLD EXPERT.

11/23-24 CONNECTICUT MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP.

P. F. CONWAY VS DR GILBERT 8-4-6.

12/26-1/10/88 MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP OF GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA

CHARLES F. BARKER VS. ROBERT MARTINS 3-1-45 at GLASGOW, SCOTLAND

BARKER WINS TITLE. ALTHOUGH THIS WAS PUBLISHED AS A "CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH", THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A RECOGNIZED MATCH CHAMPION OF GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA. GAMES PUBLISHED IN "THE AMERICAN CHECKER PLAYER" BY CHARLES FRANCIS BARKER.

WINTER NEW YORK CHECKER CLUB TY WON BY DR AUGUST SCHAEFER.

DECEMBER JAMES P. REED VS MATTY PRIEST 7-1-17 at PHILADELPHIA

1888

FEB CANADIAN CHECKERIST FIRST ISSUED.

3/9-22 BLINDFOLD MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP

McKELVIE VS. CAMPBELL 1-1-26 DRAWS at GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.

SPRING 10th LANARKSHIRE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY IN SCOTLAND.

JAMES YOUNG WINS TITLE

4/9-16 2ND LONDON CHAMPIONSHIP.

FRANCIS TESCHELEIT WINS TITLE.

5/1 "AMERICAN CHECKER REVIEW" FIRST ISSUED

5/21 TEAM MATCH

29-A-SIDE.

YORKSHIRE VS LANCASHIRE 31-21-47 DRAWS at LEEDS.

JUNE "ROBERTSON'S GUIDE" PUBLISHED BY JOHN ROBERTSON.

6/25-27 LONDON CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

E. MORIARTY VS. FRANCIS TESCHELEIT.

MORIARTY WINS TITLE.

MATCH GAMES PUBLISHED IN DRAUGHTS REVIEW, VOL.6, NO. 1, JAN 1930.

2nd AUSTRALIAN TOURNAMENT at MELBOURNE.

J. PATTERSON WINS TITLE.

J.H. BAILEY VS. ALF JORDAN 1-0-5 DRAWS at

9/3-7 LONDON CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

A.H. GRANGER VS E. MORIARTY 2-1-5 DRAWS.

GRANGER WINS CHAMPIONSHIP.

NOV TEAM MATCH.

MANCHESTER VS LIVERPOOL 11-10-13 DRAWS at LIVERPOOL.

12/24 -1/7/89 STAKE MATCH.

CHARLES F. BARKER (AMERICAN CHAMPION) VS JAMES SMITH (ENGLISH CHAMPION) 5-1-23 DRAWS at SPENNYMOOR, ENGLAND. THIS WAS A NON-TITLE MATCH.

LONDON WANDERERS DRAUGHTS CLUB FORMED.

"THE MOST IMPORTANT MATCHES FROM ANDERSON-WYLLIE(1847) TO THE PRESENT TIME" IS PUBLISHED BY JOSEPH GOULD.

MOST COMMONLY KNOWN AS "GOULD'S MEMORABLE MATCHES".

TEAM MATCH. NOTTINGHAM VS BIRMINGHAM 23-14-10 DRAWS at NOTTINGHAM. THIS WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST MATCH BETWEEN THESE TWO CITIES.

SPRING LONDON CHAMPIONSHIP

A.H. GRANGER VS E. MORIARTY 3-1-2 at LONDON

GRANGER RETAINS CHAMPIONSHIP

SPRING 11TH LANARKSHIRE TOURNAMENT, SCOTLAND.

ROBERT MARTINS WINS TITLE.

FOUNDING OF SECOND GLASGOW DRAUGHTS ASSOCIATION IN SCOTLAND

JAMES A. BOREHAM VS. DAVID BRODIE 3-0-5 at NEW ZEALAND

SEPT? LONDON CHAMPIONSHIP

A. H. GRANGER VS G. FREEMAN 2-0-4 at LONDON

GRANGER RETAINS CHAMPIONSHIP

ILLINOIS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at MOLINE.

A.W. VALENTINE WINS TITLE.

OCT DEATH OF JOHN ROBERTSON, AGED 74. ANALYST, AND AUTHOR OF "ROBERTSON'S GUIDE".