London, England 1869 (2)




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Blackburne, Joseph    2561 (42) 0.5 /
Smith, Thomas (1)    1862 (149) 0.5 /
 
de Vere, Cecil    2544 (42) 1 /
Wormald, Robert    2451 (71) 0 /
 
Gossip, George    2201 (70) 1 /
Ide, Edward    1673 (162) 0 /
 
Hampton, William    2288 (74) 1 /
Haggard, H.D.    2038 (142) 0 /
 
Janson, Edwin    1910 (157) 1 /
Baxter, Alexander    1911 (85) 0 /
 
Lord, John    2324 (58) 1 /
Newham, William    2030 (60) 0 /
 
Mongredien, Augustus (2)    2069 (73) 1.5 /
Green, S.J.    2087 (81) 0.5 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2554 (47) 1 /
Franklin, Selim    2019 (89) 0 /
 
Skipworth, Arthur    2258 (44) 1 /
Green, Valentine    2251 (62) 0 /
 
Wisker, John    2482 (43) 1.5 /
Murphy, Joseph    2241 (83) 0.5 /
 
de Vere, Cecil    2544 (42) 1 /
Hampton, William    2288 (74) 0 /
 
Gossip, George    2201 (70) 1 /
Janson, Edwin    1910 (157) 0 /
 
Lord, John    2324 (58) 1 /
Blackburne, Joseph    2561 (42) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2554 (47) 1.5 /
de Vere, Cecil    2544 (42) 0.5 /
 
Wisker, John    2482 (43) 1.5 /
Gossip, George    2201 (70) 0.5 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2554 (47) 1 /
Lord, John    2324 (58) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2554 (47) 1 /
Wisker, John    2482 (43) 0 /
 
Wisker, John    2482 (43) 1 /
Lord, John    2324 (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