London, England 1869 (2)




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Blackburne, Joseph    2568 (42) 0.5 /
Smith, Thomas (1)    1868 (149) 0.5 /
 
de Vere, Cecil    2551 (42) 1 /
Wormald, Robert    2458 (71) 0 /
 
Gossip, George    2215 (70) 1 /
Ide, Edward    1681 (162) 0 /
 
Hampton, William    2295 (74) 1 /
Haggard, H.D.    2044 (142) 0 /
 
Janson, Edwin    1917 (157) 1 /
Baxter, Alexander    1918 (85) 0 /
 
Lord, John    2330 (58) 1 /
Newham, William    2038 (60) 0 /
 
Mongredien, Augustus (2)    2064 (72) 1.5 /
Green, S.J.    2089 (81) 0.5 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2561 (47) 1 /
Franklin, Selim    2026 (89) 0 /
 
Skipworth, Arthur    2266 (44) 1 /
Green, Valentine    2258 (62) 0 /
 
Wisker, John    2489 (43) 1.5 /
Murphy, Joseph    2249 (83) 0.5 /
 
de Vere, Cecil    2551 (42) 1 /
Hampton, William    2295 (74) 0 /
 
Gossip, George    2215 (70) 1 /
Janson, Edwin    1917 (157) 0 /
 
Lord, John    2330 (58) 1 /
Blackburne, Joseph    2568 (42) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2561 (47) 1.5 /
de Vere, Cecil    2551 (42) 0.5 /
 
Wisker, John    2489 (43) 1.5 /
Gossip, George    2215 (70) 0.5 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2561 (47) 1 /
Lord, John    2330 (58) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2561 (47) 1 /
Wisker, John    2489 (43) 0 /
 
Wisker, John    2489 (43) 1 /
Lord, John    2330 (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