Birmingham, England (31 July-4 August 1883)
Prize Winners
Player Place/Prize
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Bevan 1st £5 5s
Lea 2nd-tie
Mackenzie 2nd-tie
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Participants
E. J. Bevan
Frank Brown (small possibility it was his youger brother Fred)
W. H. Court
J. Eaton
Samuel Israel, member of the City of London Chess Club and secretary of the Jewish Chess Club.
James Pollard Lea
John Alfred Mackenzie, former president of the St. George's
F McCarthy
Edmund Shorthouse
Introduction
There was also arranged an evening tourney for such second class players as were unable to come in the morning, the entries for which consisted of Messrs. Bevan, Brown, Court, Eaton, Israel, Lea, Mackenzie, McCarthy, and Shorthouse. The first prize in this class was taken by Mr. Bevan, and Messrs. Lea and McCarthy stood equal for the second. (1)
Sources
(1) British Chess Magazine, v3 n8/9, August/September 1883, p300
(2) Birmingham Daily Post, 1883.07.31, p4 (participant list)