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Event table notes
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| Event data |
| Place: New York |
| Start date: 22 Apr. 1872 |
| End date: 4 May 1872 |
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| Notes: |
| This was intended to be a match for the first to win 5 games, but the eighth game was unfinished and the match was abandoned. Van Winsen gives start date 23 Apr. 1872; the Spirit of the Times (27 Apr. 1872) says it started 'on Monday last', which was 22 Apr. 1872. |
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| References |
| Books |
| van Winsen, James Mason in America, page 289 |
| van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. V, page 64, 100 |
| Periodicals |
| [DCJ], vol. 4, no. 31, Sep. 1872, page 205 |
| [SoT], 27 Apr. 1872 |
| [SoT], 11 May 1872 |
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