1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d4 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Bb6 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bxf4 f6 9. Qd3 Qd8 10. Re1 Ne7 11. e5 f5 12. Ng5 Rf8 13. Nxh7 Rh8 14. Qh3 Rxh7 15. Qxh7 Nd5 16. Qg8+

1-0

Source(s): San Francisco Chronicle, June 12, 1897 p. 11, via Chess Notes 2947, collected in Chess and the House of Commons, Edward Winter, 2003, with additions.

Reference(s): Belfast News-Letter, Jun 1, 1897 p. 3 (‘On the sixteenth move Mr. Pearson, the American representative at board 1, resigned the game to Mr. Plunkett, and they then engaged in a friendly game, not to be counted in the match, and this Mr. Plunkett also won.’); Evening Herald, June 5, 1897 p. 8 (Porterfield Rynd) (‘Mr. Plunkett, at board 1, was engaged in a lively Bishop's Gambit, which his American opponent hardly defended in the best way ... It is a remarkable fact that Mr. Plunkett occupied only six minutes over the game’).

Event information: see Edward Winter article in Source (includes photos of players). The match ended 2½ - 2½.