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Event table notes
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| Event data |
| Place: London, England |
| Start date: 1877 |
| End date: May 1877 |
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| Notes: |
| Blackburne was given one point head start in return for giving the odds. The official score was +5-2=1, according to Land and Water, but that means +4-2=1 in games actually played. Harding mentions that the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News gives the official score +5-2=2. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 128, 509 |
| Periodicals |
| [LW], 19 May 1877, page 373 |
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