London, England 1869 (2)




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Blackburne, Joseph    2564 (42) 0.5 /
Smith, Thomas (1)    1865 (149) 0.5 /
 
de Vere, Cecil    2548 (42) 1 /
Wormald, Robert    2454 (71) 0 /
 
Gossip, George    2211 (70) 1 /
Ide, Edward    1679 (162) 0 /
 
Hampton, William    2291 (74) 1 /
Haggard, H.D.    2041 (142) 0 /
 
Janson, Edwin    1914 (157) 1 /
Baxter, Alexander    1914 (85) 0 /
 
Lord, John    2326 (58) 1 /
Newham, William    2034 (60) 0 /
 
Mongredien, Augustus (2)    2060 (72) 1.5 /
Green, S.J.    2085 (81) 0.5 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2557 (47) 1 /
Franklin, Selim    2023 (89) 0 /
 
Skipworth, Arthur    2262 (44) 1 /
Green, Valentine    2254 (62) 0 /
 
Wisker, John    2486 (43) 1.5 /
Murphy, Joseph    2245 (83) 0.5 /
 
de Vere, Cecil    2548 (42) 1 /
Hampton, William    2291 (74) 0 /
 
Gossip, George    2211 (70) 1 /
Janson, Edwin    1914 (157) 0 /
 
Lord, John    2326 (58) 1 /
Blackburne, Joseph    2564 (42) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2557 (47) 1.5 /
de Vere, Cecil    2548 (42) 0.5 /
 
Wisker, John    2486 (43) 1.5 /
Gossip, George    2211 (70) 0.5 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2557 (47) 1 /
Lord, John    2326 (58) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2557 (47) 1 /
Wisker, John    2486 (43) 0 /
 
Wisker, John    2486 (43) 1 /
Lord, John    2326 (58) 0 /
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: Glowworm Prize Tournament
Place: London, England
Start date: 24 Nov. 1868
End date: Feb. 1869
 
Notes:
A 20-player knockout tournament, with a single win needed to win in a round, draws replayed. Gillam gives all known games including some draws. T. Smith 'resigned' (i.e. withdrew) after drawing Blackburne in round 1. Gillam says that MacDonnell beat Mongredien in round 2 'probably by default', so I have not counted this score. Gillam also says that Wisker beat Skipworth in round 2, when Skipworth withdrew. Five players went through to round 3, so Lord had no opponent. Then the final three played each other as a pool.
 
References
Books
   Gillam, London, 1868/9, page 2, 4, 32
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 59, 511
   Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 3, 4, 11, 96
Periodicals
   [BLL], no. 2430, 14 Nov. 1868, page 9
   [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 5, Feb. 1869, page 153
   [CW], vol. 4, no. 9, Dec. 1868, page 344
   [NYC], 26 Dec. 1868
   [SZ], vol. 23, no. 21, Nov. 1868, page 339
   [SZ], vol. 23, no. 23, Dec. 1868, page 361

Tournament information updated: 6 Aug. 2024