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{{Origins-game | {{Origins-game | ||
- | |Location= | + | |Location=Brooklyn |
|Year=1845 | |Year=1845 | ||
|Month=10 | |Month=10 | ||
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|Date-note=date possibly the 10th | |Date-note=date possibly the 10th | ||
|City=Brooklyn | |City=Brooklyn | ||
|State=NY | |State=NY | ||
|Country=US | |Country=US | ||
- | |Site=Union Star Cricket Club | + | |Site=grounds of the Union Star Cricket Club |
- | |NYBaseball= | + | |NYBaseball=Likely |
|Locals=Locals | |Locals=Locals | ||
|Team1=Brooklyn | |Team1=Brooklyn | ||
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|Length=three innings? | |Length=three innings? | ||
|Approved=Yes | |Approved=Yes | ||
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- | + | === Protoball Summary === | |
“The Base Ball match between eight Brooklyn players, and eight players of New York, came off on Friday on the grounds of the Union Star Cricket Club. The Yorkers were singularly unfortunate in scoring but one run in their three innings. Brooklyn scored 22 and of course came off winners.” | “The Base Ball match between eight Brooklyn players, and eight players of New York, came off on Friday on the grounds of the Union Star Cricket Club. The Yorkers were singularly unfortunate in scoring but one run in their three innings. Brooklyn scored 22 and of course came off winners.” | ||
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On 11/11/2008, Lee Oxford discovered identical text in a second NY newspaper, which included this detail: “After this game had been decided, a match at single wicket cricket came off between two members of the Union Star Club - Foster and Boyd. Foster scored 11 the first and 1 the second innings. Boyd came off victor by scoring 16 the first innings." The True Sun (New York City), Monday, October 13, 1845, page 2, column 5. | On 11/11/2008, Lee Oxford discovered identical text in a second NY newspaper, which included this detail: “After this game had been decided, a match at single wicket cricket came off between two members of the Union Star Club - Foster and Boyd. Foster scored 11 the first and 1 the second innings. Boyd came off victor by scoring 16 the first innings." The True Sun (New York City), Monday, October 13, 1845, page 2, column 5. | ||
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