Early baseball in New Jersey/Game 16

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Location	New Jersey
Year	1860
Month	8
Date	15
City	Belleville
State	NJ
Country	US
Was NY rules baseball	Yes
Played by	Locals
Team 1	Pacific (Newark)
Team 2	Essex (Belleville)
Team 1 Score	33
Team 2 Score	31

This game appears in the Protoball Games Tabulation [NYC Table} compiled by Craig Waff. It was reported in the Newark Daily Advertiser on August 16, 1860.