Tournament
Hereford Masters 1885 — Fifteenth Counties Chess Association Meeting
Incomplete record. This archive holds 33 of the 57 games played; 24 are missing. The archive preserves 32 of 55 main-tournament games and one of two played Bird–Schallopp tiebreak games; 24 scores are absent, and four retained scores are fragments.
Final standings
The standings below are the historical final result. Only 32 of the 55 games played survive in our source; the remaining 23 are lost and appear as · in the cross table.
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackburne, Joseph Henry | 8/10 | +7 -1 =2 | games |
| =2 | Bird, Henry Edward | 7½/10 | +6 -1 =3 | games |
| =2 | Schallopp, Emil | 7½/10 | +7 -2 =1 | games |
| 4 | Mackenzie, George Henry | 7/10 | +6 -2 =2 | games |
| =5 | Mason, James | 5½/10 | +4 -3 =3 | games |
| =5 | Gunsberg, Isidor | 5½/10 | +4 -3 =3 | games |
| 7 | Skipworth, Arthur Bolland | 3½/10 | +3 -6 =1 | games |
| =8 | Thorold, Edmund | 3/10 | +3 -7 =0 | games |
| =8 | Pollock, William Henry Krause | 3/10 | +3 -7 =0 | games |
| =8 | Ranken, Charles Edward | 3/10 | +3 -7 =0 | games |
| 11 | Owen, John | 1½/10 | +1 -8 =1 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackburne, Joseph Henry | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | |
| 2 | Bird, Henry Edward | ½ | · | ½ | · | 0 | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Schallopp, Emil | 1 | · | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | · | · | |
| 4 | Mackenzie, George Henry | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | |
| 5 | Mason, James | 0 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Gunsberg, Isidor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | ½ | |
| 7 | Skipworth, Arthur Bolland | 0 | · | 0 | · | · | · | 1 | · | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Thorold, Edmund | 0 | · | 1 | · | · | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | · | |
| 9 | Pollock, William Henry Krause | 0 | · | 0 | 0 | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | |
| 10 | Ranken, Charles Edward | 0 | 0 | · | · | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | · | · | |
| 11 | Owen, John | · | 0 | · | · | 0 | ½ | 0 | · | · | · |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player. · = game played but lost (not preserved in our source).