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Event table notes
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| Event data |  | 
   | Place: Manchester |  
   | Start date: Sep. 1863 |  
   | End date:   Oct. 1863 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | The result of this match is not entirely clear. This (+2-1=2 for Blackburne) is a best guess by Harding. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 49, 509 |  |  |