London, England 1870 (1)




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
de Saint-Amant, Pierre    2311 (128) 1 /
Watts, John    2030 (86) 0 /
 
Alexander, Charles    1808 (199) 0.5 /
Rudderforth, W.H.    1994 (97) 0.5 /
 
Belaieff, Alexander    2036 (188) 0 /
Potter, William    2595 (68) 1 /
 
Blumberg, Henry (1)    2012 (139) 2 /
Lamb, F.E.    1992 (130) 1 /
 
Duffy, Patrick    1949 (172) 0 /
Chappell, William    2233 (92) 1 /
 
Elam, Charles    1 /
Beardsell, Thomas    2016 (88) 0 /
 
Franklin, Selim    2008 (95) 2 /
Clarke, Robert    1806 (145) 1 /
 
Franklin, William    2095 (121) 0 /
Huckvale, James    2157 (89) 1 /
 
Harrison, H.L.    2082 (146) 3 /
Humphreys, E.E.    2026 (85) 1 /
 
Hewitt, Thomas    2035 (129) 0.5 /
Smith, Thomas (1)    1866 (145) 0.5 /
 
Lewis, Frederic    2294 (125) 2 /
van der Velde    2021 (119) 0 /
 
Löwe, Edward    2009 (112) 0.5 /
Burn, Amos    2445 (47) 1.5 /
 
Marett, Charles    2156 (93) 0.5 /
Cole, Alfred    2220 (86) 1.5 /
 
Mocatta, Abraham    2285 (86) 2 /
Gossip, George    2206 (61) 0 /
 
Murphy, Joseph    2224 (89) 0.5 /
Frankenstein, Edward    2201 (88) 1.5 /
 
Ormond, Richard    1994 (136) 1 /
Down, Henry    1997 (84) 0 /
 
Westropp    2141 (161) 1 /
Fenton, Richard    2268 (67) 0 /
 
Wisker, John    2511 (44) 1 /
Lord, John    2329 (62) 1 /
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: Westminster Club - City of London Club Match
Place: London, England
Start date: 26 July 1870
End date: 26 July 1870
 
Notes:
The Illustrated London News gives the result of Murphy-Frankenstein as +0-1=0 and the result of Wisker-Lord as +1-1=1, whereas the Westminster Papers, the Era, and Forster give Murphy-Frankenstein as +0-1=1 and Wisker-Lord as +1-1=0. I will accept the latter scores.
 
References
Books
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 29
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 122
Periodicals
   [Era], vol. 32, no. 1661, 7 Aug. 1870, page 7
   [Fld], 30 July 1870
   [ILN], vol. 57, no. 1607, 6 Aug. 1870, page 155
   [WP], vol. 3, no. 28, 1 Aug. 1870, page 53

Tournament information updated: 5 May 2020