London, England 1869 (2)




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Blackburne, Joseph    2562 (42) 0.5 /
Smith, Thomas (1)    1869 (148) 0.5 /
 
de Vere, Cecil    2546 (42) 1 /
Wormald, Robert    2453 (71) 0 /
 
Gossip, George    2201 (70) 1 /
Ide, Edward    1675 (162) 0 /
 
Hampton, William    2290 (74) 1 /
Haggard, H.D.    2040 (142) 0 /
 
Janson, Edwin    1909 (157) 1 /
Baxter, Alexander    1909 (85) 0 /
 
Lord, John    2327 (58) 1 /
Newham, William    2029 (60) 0 /
 
Mongredien, Augustus (2)    2072 (73) 1.5 /
Green, S.J.    2089 (81) 0.5 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2555 (47) 1 /
Franklin, Selim    2027 (89) 0 /
 
Skipworth, Arthur    2258 (44) 1 /
Green, Valentine    2253 (62) 0 /
 
Wisker, John    2483 (43) 1.5 /
Murphy, Joseph    2245 (83) 0.5 /
 
de Vere, Cecil    2546 (42) 1 /
Hampton, William    2290 (74) 0 /
 
Gossip, George    2201 (70) 1 /
Janson, Edwin    1909 (157) 0 /
 
Lord, John    2327 (58) 1 /
Blackburne, Joseph    2562 (42) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2555 (47) 1.5 /
de Vere, Cecil    2546 (42) 0.5 /
 
Wisker, John    2483 (43) 1.5 /
Gossip, George    2201 (70) 0.5 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2555 (47) 1 /
Lord, John    2327 (58) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2555 (47) 1 /
Wisker, John    2483 (43) 0 /
 
Wisker, John    2483 (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