London, England 1869 (2)




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Blackburne, Joseph    2563 (42) 0.5 /
Smith, Thomas (1)    1869 (148) 0.5 /
 
de Vere, Cecil    2547 (42) 1 /
Wormald, Robert    2454 (71) 0 /
 
Gossip, George    2202 (70) 1 /
Ide, E.G.    1676 (162) 0 /
 
Hampton, William    2291 (74) 1 /
Haggard, H.D.    2041 (142) 0 /
 
Janson, Edwin    1909 (157) 1 /
Baxter, Alexander    1909 (85) 0 /
 
Lord, John    2327 (58) 1 /
Newham, William    2030 (60) 0 /
 
Mongredien, Augustus (2)    2073 (73) 1.5 /
Green, S.J.    2090 (81) 0.5 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2556 (47) 1 /
Franklin, Selim    2029 (89) 0 /
 
Skipworth, Arthur    2259 (44) 1 /
Green, Valentine    2255 (61) 0 /
 
Wisker, John    2484 (43) 1.5 /
Murphy, Joseph    2247 (83) 0.5 /
 
de Vere, Cecil    2547 (42) 1 /
Hampton, William    2291 (74) 0 /
 
Gossip, George    2202 (70) 1 /
Janson, Edwin    1909 (157) 0 /
 
Lord, John    2327 (58) 1 /
Blackburne, Joseph    2563 (42) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2556 (47) 1.5 /
de Vere, Cecil    2547 (42) 0.5 /
 
Wisker, John    2484 (43) 1.5 /
Gossip, George    2202 (70) 0.5 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2556 (47) 1 /
Lord, John    2327 (58) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2556 (47) 1 /
Wisker, John    2484 (43) 0 /
 
Wisker, John    2484 (43) 1 /
Lord, John    2327 (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