Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (8 August 1888-20 August 1888)

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7  Score   Place/Prize
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1 Macmaster  • ½ 1 1 1 1 +    5½    1st  Tennyson's collected works
2 Newham     ½ • 1 0 1 ½ +    4
3 Hussey     0 0 • 1 ½ 1 1    3½
4 Wilmot     0 1 0 • … 1 1    3
5 Bottomley  0 0 ½ … • 1 1    2½ 
6 Foster     0 ½ 0 0 0 • 1    1½ 
7 Dodd       - - 0 0 0 0 •    0 
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8 Cadman     … … 0 … … 0 …    (Withdrew) 
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Unplayed games: (+) win, (=) draw, (-) loss, and (…) unscored.

Introduction
Open to members of the profession of the Church, Law, Medicine, Army, and Navy; the prize consisting of the works of the Poet Laureate and the President of the B.C.A., with his autograph inscription. (1)

Tennyson Competition (open to members of the professions of the church, law, medicine, army, and navy). The competition begins to-day. (2)

Tennyson Competition (open to members of the Professions of the Church, Law, Medicine, the Army, and Navy.)—This competition was continued on Saturday, with the following results:—Total wins: Bottomley 1½, Cadman 0, Dodd 0, Foster ½, Hussey 3½, Newham ½, Macmaster —, Wilmot 0. (3)

This competition was continued yesterday, but only one game was played—Macmaster 1 v Wilmot 0. The score now stands thus:—Total wins—Bottomley, 1½, Cadman 0, Dodd 0, Foster ½, Hussey 3½, Newham ½, Macmaster 1, Wilmot 0. (4)

In the Tennyson Competition, which is confined to members of the professions of the Church, Law, Medicine, and Army and Navy, a few games remain to be played, but they are all between local players, and will doubtless be speedily concluded. The Rev W. L. Newham and Messrs R. M. Macmaster and E. B. Hussey are at present leading, and the prize—the works of the Poet-Laureate with his autograph inscription—will in all probability fall to one of them. (5)

The International Chess Tournament having concluded, to-day the consultation match between representatives of England and Germany will take place, the Amateur Championship will be decided, and the Tennyson competition concluded. (6)

Conclusion
The Tennyson Competition, the prize for which is the complete works of Tennyson, was won by Mr. R. M. Macmaster (Bradford), who, on Monday, defeated Mr. Bottomley. (7)

The Tennyson competition was won by Mr R. M. Macmaster, of Bradford. (8)

Last Known Cross Table
The following is the last published cross table for this event. (9) The mostly likely conclusion to this event is that Cadman and Dodd withdrew from the competition, leaving Macmaster vs Bottomely and Bottomely vs Wilmot as the only two games left to be played. After Macmaster beat Bottomely (7) the contest for Tennyson's prize was over and Bottomely vs Wilmot became a moot point and was probably left unplayed.

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  Score
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1 Bottomley  • … 1 1 ½ 0 … …    2½  
2 Cadman     … • … 0 0 … … …    0  
3 Dodd       0 … • 0 0 … … 0    0  
4 Foster     0 1 1 • 0 ½ 0 0    2½  
5 Hussey     ½ 1 1 1 • 0 0 1    4½  
6 Newham     1 … … ½ 1 • ½ 0    3  
7 Macmaster  … … … 1 1 ½ • 1    3½ 
8 Wilmot     … … 1 1 0 1 0 •    3  
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Sources
(1) London Field, 1888.08.18, p258
(2) Bradford Daily Telegraph, 1888.08.08, p4
(3) Bradford Daily Telegraph, 1888.08.13, p2
(4) Bradford Daily Telegraph, 1888.08.14, p4
(5) Bradford Daily Telegraph, 1888.08.20, p2
(6) Leeds Mercury, 1888.08.20, p4
(7) Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 1888.08.21, p3
(8) London Field, 1888.09.01, p345
(9) Leeds Mercury, 1888.08.20, p8 (last published cross table)