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Event table notes
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| Event data |  | 
   | Place: Bilsdale |  
   | Start date: 7 Feb. 1871 |  
   | End date:   11 Feb. 1871 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Only 3 games were played in what was originally intended to be a match of 12 games. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 140 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 8, Apr. 1871, page 245, 249 |  
   | [DCJ], vol. 8, no. 62, Apr. 1875, page 199 |  
   | [Era], vol. 33, no. 1694, 12 Mar. 1871, page 2 |  
   | [Str], vol. 5, no. 7, 15 July 1872, page 206, 208 |  
   | [TFF], 10 Mar. 1871 |  
   | [WP], vol. 3, no. 35, 1 Mar. 1871, page 169 |  |  |